Could the Catholic Church be EVIL?

Reading the hate sites again I can see. Let me see Catholic Charities does more work, gives more food, more housing and more money than any other single group in the world. They were there at the hurricane helping but guess what, no one wanted to show them there doing more than most of the other groups.


And Mexico is the way it is because of its government, not its religion.

If you did not really beleve this bull I would have to laught because I guess the bigger the lie and the louder you yell it someone can fall for it.

The catholic church while it had its share of problems and political isssues though the years, without it, there would be no bible, since they protected and made hand copies for 100's of years. It was the councils of the early church (catholic and orthodox, east and west) that made up the creeds used by all christians and even were the ones to develop the bible and decide what books went and which did not.

Without the catholic church in history there would not be christianity today.

The Pope, esp the last one was most likley the most devout and earnest Christian the world has seen this century.

If it said "A 68-year-old School Teacher goes on trial Monday..." should we then ask

Could School Teachers be Evil?

There's always going to be bad people in every religion or organized group of any kind. And unfortunately bad news seems to get the best press. We rarely hear about the good. I know that the Catholic Church (and in Canada at least, the Anglican Church as well), is responsible for abuse of children in the Indian Residential Schools, orphanages, etc... No one denies that. But there's lots of good people too. I grew up in foster care and went to a Catholic boarding school run by nuns, and it saved my life. Those nuns never abused me. They did a lot of good for me and the other girls at the school. They definitely weren't evil, and I think more people in the Church are like my nuns, rather than those people that make the news.

Yes, locally in TN in the last year, we had several teacher issues, a preacher of a non catholic church, a karate teacher but none of them made even the state news, barely second page on the local news.

But a 20 year old case for a priest seems to get national coverage. But of course there are anti catholic groups that make sure it does.

Sweet Mary Mother of GOD! I am so sorry to offend. I am going down to the nearest Catholic church right now and get obsolved of my sins so I can start over with a clean slate. Like the Mafia hit man said, "It's nice being Catholic, you go to confessional on Sunday and start out clean on Monday."

Rickj: "We can all agree that some things are not written to be taken as fact. I would point to many of the Proverbs to begin with..."
I am not refurring to one "bad person" rickj, over and over there are terrible things coming from the Catholic church. How many children have been molested by priests? There is something horrible going on in that church and if you want to question my intelligence because I have the cahones to point it out then knock yourself out. The fact remains that it goes on every minute and these Catholics that puff up over my words seem to be getting puffed up about about the wrong things. I am a retired Federal prison guard and I also worked the state prison system. The worst scum I ever delt with were the baby rapers. When I hear about another priest that has violated a child I go balistic. I also know that we are not hearing about every case. So, what do the Catholic people think about the priests that are doing this and what are you doing to stop it?

Fr Chuck, no, I'm not reading hate sites again...just the newspaper.

Hi, Magprob,
No, I don't believe any Church is evil. Some do get more Media and Newspaper coverage than others!
You say you get "bad vibes" from all Churches, and mention Satan. Could it be Satan has you in his grips? I do not mean that to be offensive, just simply that Satan has a way of instilling thoughts which are, as you know, opposite the Will of God.
I do believe that all Churches, not just Catholic or any particular denomination, or belief, has those who do not follow the Will of God in their everyday life. A good example is a few of the TV and Radio Ministers; rich beyond most people, who own race horses, country homes, planes, etc.....

MagProb,

You have some real issues. It is not with the church but yourself. All I have seen from you is judging groups of people because of some bad apples. Just because there are some bad apples does not make the whole bunch bad. I have been brought up as a Roman Catholic and have had no problems whatsoever. I do not agree with the abuse that has happened. It does not mean that it happens everywhere as that it is the way it is coming off from you.

There are teachers who sleep with their students, that is abuse. Does that mean all of the teachers are abusers?

Many people I have heard bring this up. On the news, the white man is usually involved in rape crimes. Black man are usually involved in Murder and shooting crimes. Okay does that make White Men mostly rapists and does that make black men mostly murderers? The answer is of course no. What you are doing is lumping everybody together in a body of church and for some reason you have Labelled the whole organizing evil. Do you think it is right for judgement like that on your part? No. What do I think about the abuse, the abuse is wrong and anybody that is found completely guilty without a doubt should be punished for their wrong doing, but then again there are others who are falsly accused as well, but people like you automatically feel that all is guilty which is a warped way of thinking of it.

P.S. My Wife and I had a very bad experience with a young punk cop threatning us and punching the car. He was very bad, did not do anything wrong. He was a crooked cop. Does that make all Cops bad. The answer again is NO.

Joe