Cynthetiq

Yes. It doesn't diminish my understanding of how the RC church thinks and operates. I cannot say the same things about pentacostal, evangelical or any Christian based faith ministries. These aren't ghosts, they are understandings of how the teachings and mechanisms are within the RC churches. I was considering myself at one point in time for the seminary, and even after rejecting that considering being a deacon because of the more lax rules towards chastity and marriage.

It's not much different than understanding how the rabbis influence the lives of their followers in the Judaic faith. Sure I can decry that I love to eat bacon and pork, eating nonkosher items such as beef and chicken, but it has little to do with how they understand their own spirituality and access to God.

I don't believe that they should stop distributing condoms. I don't think that the Catholic church can say that condom distribution is within their accepted points of view either. They cannot say,"Sure distribute condoms..." It would go against the normal dogma that they currently have with regards to condoms as a means of stopping pregnancy.

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