Posted by Philip St. Romain on September 27, 19100 at 17:49:09:
In Reply to: Re: Sin, Soul, Self, Catholicism, Hinduism posted by CeCe Light on September 27, 19100 at 17:47:53:
: My parish Pastor looked at me and my loving, good standing family straight in the eye and told us he would sooner allow a murderer to Christen a child there than us because there was no record of money donations by us as the murderer had.
I'm really sorry to hear that, CeCe! That was a horrible thing for the priest to say. My guess is that your pastor had no record of active support for the Church, and so assumed there was no commitment to belonging to the life of the Church and parish community. People who don't go to Church frequently want to have their kids baptized, and that makes no sense either.
But, you surely must know that this personal experience of a man with moronic social skills doesn't warrant judgement against the doctrines of an entire Tradition. That's kind of like saying one's experience with a cranky clerk at Walmart means that Walmart is an incompetent institution, and you'll never go there again, no matter what the sales.
Peace,
Phil
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