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[Barnaby W. Füi]

<------god free and guilt free

 

[Ameesh]

how can you avoid it when you ask a loaded question like that

 

[polypterus]

I believe this is why they added this:

dc

 

[Mookow]

<< <------god free and guilt free >>



werd

 

[astroview]

How is my question a loaded question, I know loaded questions and that isn't one of them.

 

[IGBT]

Guilt is the fundamental operating principal of ALL organized religion...sinner.

 

[Lola]

OH my GOD!!! my mom talks about this "Catholic Guilt" all of the time...it's horrible. Now, i don't go to church anymore...that doesn't mean i don't believe, but i can't believe EVERYTHING the catholic church says. I think i did it for my own good!

 

[AMDJunkie]

What's Catholic Guilt? I'm Catholic, where's my share?

 

[Ameesh]

<< Guilt is the fundamental operating principal of ALL organized religion...sinner. >>



that is exactly how it is loaded.

 

[rgwalt]

I think it revolves around feelings that you will never be good enough and you can't pray enough to buy your way into heaven.



Ryan

 

[Mister T]

<< <------god free and guilt free >>

 

[Novgrod]

There are a couple types of catholic guilt, I believe. The first is guilt that you're a catholic and that your religion has done so much evil throughout the ages, what with the inquisition and religious wars and killing dissidents and popes having orgies (for more information check out "a world lit only by fire" or any other book on medieval/renaissance politics, particularly in italy. There's one by a guy named Bonney; I think it's "European Dynastic States" and a number more). That's why, post Vatican II, Catholics are always half-heartedly apologizing for all sorts of stuff. See Catholics have a martyr complex wherein they think they're always getting screwed, and they have a guilt complex where they realize that the church is responsible for much wrongdoing. This is why they're really really sorry about the holocaust, but they can't admit that the pope didn't speak out against it.

The other sort of Catholic guilt is that you're a Catholic, and you're supposed to do all this stuff (salvation through faith and through works) and you can never do all of it, and the relgion sort of shames you because you haven't done what you're supposed to do.

 

[Skel]

I suffer from Buddhist guilt... does that count??

 

[AMDJunkie]

Those holding the Catholic faith should not be so concerned about the sins of the past and present clergy, their wrongs are unavoidable, but they must believe that the doctrines the church has held for centuries are true and God-graced, to have doubt in them is to not be a Catholic. For those who think the Catholic life is too tough, well, no one said it was easy, and I'm no angel either. That's what forgiveness is for. So you can start fresh, of course, only if you want to.

 

[swayinOtis]

how can you not feel guilty when you have to go to confession every week? i grew up in a catholic neighborhood. those poor kids were tortured. "father, please forgive me for i have masturbated 31 times this week."

 

[WageSlave]

<------god free and guilt free

 

[jbod]

Obviously the question refers to Catholics....duh....else he would have asked "Do you suffer from agnostic or atheist guilt?" It's not right for someone other than Catholics to answer this question because it was not directed towards you! If the question does not apply to you, and you do not subscribe to Catholicism , know your role!

It's not a loaded question if you are a Catholic, but obviously atheists have guilt that they are not religious! Otherwise they would not have even responded, except for reasons that they want you to know that they do not believe in God.

For those people, I do not care if you don't believe in God, nor do I care that you think you are smarter and better off than the religious person. I've been around both and I'll gladly chose the humble God loving person any day over some pompous, know-it-all.

 

[Atlantean]

I get christian guilt, but usually I ignore it cause I am an idiot.