unreal.

i'm sure everyone's heard about the pope's comments regarding the harry potter series of books.

*sigh*

catholics are so pathetic. yes, you heard me. gird up, friends and neighbors, it's another netta rant.

i wonder if i'm the only lapsed catholic that sees these comments made by the pope as a smoke screen to cover other, more evil problems than poor little harry? for instance, did you know the catholic church has paid out over ONE BILLION DOLLARS to date on the sexual molestation charges leveled against it? did you know they are expected to TRIPLE that amount before it's all said and done?

that's a lot of money. but that's a lot of damage.

so, if you can get the faithful to get all fired up over "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" i guess you can bypass the the whole statement about he who harms one hair on a child's head will wish he had never been born. (paraphrased.)

i am a little sensitive on this subject, i supposed. no, neither i nor anyone close to me has ever been molested by a priest (to my knowledge) but sexual abuse has touched my life and someone very dear to me. i went to the church for comfort and support, and was pretty much hung out to dry. am i bitter? well, yeah. i thought i had a bedrock in my family, the church and what i got was a whole lot of nothing. that's when i decided God was not hanging out in the catholic church; She had much better things to do.

i was very involved in the church, you know, doing the readings, participating in children's church, serving on committees,etc. i saw a lot of hypocrisy...for instance, instead of listening to the sermon, i knew two women personally who would sit through the whole service and critique everyone's outfit, trade gossip about the latest pecidillos going on, who got their hair cut and who slept with another man. they knew it all and passed it on. never heard a word of the word of God.

and when catholics leave the parking lot? OMG. rudeness, cussing, get the hell out of my way you fucking moron...i learned a lot of swear words in a catholic church's parking lot on sunday morning after 10AM mass.

anyway.

wait, one more thing that bugged the shit out of me...the sermons that asked for money. a LOT of sermons about that, because the rectory needed a new roof, the saint's statues needed to be refurbished, new flagstones for the grotto, blah blah blah. i didn't go to church to hear about money, i wanted to hear the word of the Lord...but all i heard was CHA CHING.

okay that's it. for now.

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i love being ornery. it's so much fun. i can feel the flames of hell on my butt cheeks even as we speak. catholics are real good at the guilt thing too, by the way.

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so leave poor harry alone, willya already? instead of picking on him, clean up your own act. let the priests marry, (or at least jack off without repercussions, sheesh), come into the 21st century, take a good look at your parishioners and what they need. the demons you want to fight are not in the harry potter books.

dufus.