Comments on: I Just Don’t Get Popemania http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/17/i-just-dont-get-popemania/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Max http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/17/i-just-dont-get-popemania/comment-page-1/#comment-13545 Max Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:14:59 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/17/i-just-dont-get-popemania/#comment-13545 Me neither. Me neither.

]]> By: monica http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/17/i-just-dont-get-popemania/comment-page-1/#comment-13540 monica Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:19:05 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/17/i-just-dont-get-popemania/#comment-13540 I was raised Catholic but left that religion more than a decade ago. Unlike most of my friends, who went and go to church to meditate, I learned the rules and laws of Catholicism and just didn't believe they were relevant today. Not to mention the Church's hypocrisy --- love they neighbor as yourself but not if they're homosexual or atheist or female. I appreciate that many people are excited to see this Pope. I declined the opportunity to go to Catholic University yesterday -- figured someone who really wants to see him ought to use the ticket. I think even if this Pope were more like John Paul II, I'd feel much the same. In some communities the church does a lot to ease suffering for its Parishioners, but in general the Catholic Church does not do enough. And in some communities -- Massachusetts and California spring to mind -- Priests and the church do more harm than good. I was raised Catholic but left that religion more than a decade ago. Unlike most of my friends, who went and go to church to meditate, I learned the rules and laws of Catholicism and just didn’t believe they were relevant today. Not to mention the Church’s hypocrisy — love they neighbor as yourself but not if they’re homosexual or atheist or female.

I appreciate that many people are excited to see this Pope. I declined the opportunity to go to Catholic University yesterday — figured someone who really wants to see him ought to use the ticket. I think even if this Pope were more like John Paul II, I’d feel much the same.

In some communities the church does a lot to ease suffering for its Parishioners, but in general the Catholic Church does not do enough. And in some communities — Massachusetts and California spring to mind — Priests and the church do more harm than good.

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