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Cowgirl Jack said:
2. So, why join an organized religion in the first place? Why follow Tradition? I didn't have to become Catholic. I'm lucky to have the sort of family that encourages me in everything I do, but they see no reason in actually directing me. They don't care what I do, so long as I'm happy doing it.

I think many people decide on a religion because it gives them a code, a moral compass, or a guide. I like the disciple in my religion. It's fucking tough to be a Catholic in this world.



Then why be Catholic? Why not live your live by your own moral code? Why do you have to associate yourself with an organization that has different views than your own?

I'm asking this because this is one of the reasons I left the church. I got tired of having some guy I didn't know tell me how to best live my life. Theres some things I like about religion but I can't live with myself if I was living my life by someone else's moral code.

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You know what it's like to piss off a hot guy because you wont give him a blow job, because part of you knows you made a promise to yourself? And this other part of me says No one else has an stupid code of honor like you, why act in such a silly way? Realism and Romanticism isn't just for literature. It happens all the time.



If a guy isn't interested in you because you refuse to do something you don't want to do, its his loss. Just don't tell him you're not doing it because you made a promise to god, no guy will ever believe that.

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I get pissed when abortion clinics get bombed or a priest scandel errupts, just like everyone else. But I tend to think it's the person that created the problem, not the organization. Being raised in a Republican states by a Catholic family can produce either a terrorist or a saint. Can anyone, religious or not, point a finger at the organization and say 'how dare you produce a terrorist' when that same organization produced a saint.



This is another reason why I don't like to be associated with groups. No matter what, people will see you as the most extreme part of that group. I left the church because I was told to look past my priests problems (he never molested kids buy he abused his power). I can't do something like that.

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5. The only people really going to hell are the lawyers. *swing!*



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November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.