Often people say Catholics just do whatever the Pope tells them and don't think for them selves. They say we are a cult or brainwashed. However, we as Catholics have a moral obligation to do what we believe is right.
If the Pope told us to kill ourselves we would not do it because obviously it is wrong. We must always do what we believe to be God's will. Since God is the source of all truth, to deny what is common sense, or what we believe to be true, would be an offense to God. It would be denying God by denying the truth.
Catholics obey the faith because they believe in what the Church teaches. We also have faith in the Church that she teach the correct doctrines and not lead us into error.
The Church has been wrong before. One instance is that the Church used to support the death penalty. Thus, the Church can be wrong. However, the faithful must trust the Church as a caring mother and her priests as teachers of the faith since it is the Church that Christ founded. The Church has survived two millennia and has had many wonderful people from which she has made her decisions.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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