{"id":2839,"date":"2008-05-07T09:33:36","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T14:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/05\/07\/its-the-bride-of-christ-or-its-nothing\/"},"modified":"2008-05-07T09:33:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T14:33:36","slug":"its-the-bride-of-christ-or-its-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/05\/its-the-bride-of-christ-or-its-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"It's the Bride of Christ or it's nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

…But yeah–I guess what’s especially strange for me is hearing people who were raised Catholic talk about the Church as if it’s a group of people in a room, who may be "supportive" or may be not. When to me, it’s the Bride of Christ or it’s nothing. If I had to pick a religion based on which people were more awesome, there’s just no way I’d be Catholic. If it’s a bunch of people in "the bright room called day" of history, why on earth would anyone convert?<\/p>\n

If the Catholic Church is just your experience, you should stop. Because that bunch of people has done horrible things. That bunch of people is not a good-enough grounding for ethics.<\/p>\n

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