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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
Many people I know, including lifelong Catholics in my own family, also oppose the Church's position on the role of women. That is probably a bigger net negative than you realize.
Oh, also there's the position on divorce. Many people don't like that.
Oh, then there was the whole "defend the child molester priests at any and all cost" thing, which cost them quite a few parishioners.
I'd redo the positive/negative balancing in light of these issues.
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The Divorce thing may be a bummer for the people who are Catholics, but no one is forcing them to stay in the church. Same with the role on Women. If you are a women and you don't like their position, leave the church. The discouragement of contraceptions effects everyone negatively, not just Catholics.
The defense of the child molesters was unforgiveable and awful. A huge black mark on the church. But the good the church does, even with these huge scars, in my opinion outweighs the bad. But of course that is a totally subjective assessment and I am not a Catholic.
