Comments on: Top 15 Misconceptions About Catholics http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phillip http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36158 Phillip Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:44:11 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36158 Catholics believe engaging in homosexual sex is a sin. Whether people are in their "being" gay, that is that it is genetically determined, is far from scientifically proven. But if so, it would be like alcoholism. There would be a genetic predispostion to sin which in itself would not be sinful but which, through grace, could be overcome. Catholics believe engaging in homosexual sex is a sin. Whether people are in their “being” gay, that is that it is genetically determined, is far from scientifically proven. But if so, it would be like alcoholism. There would be a genetic predispostion to sin which in itself would not be sinful but which, through grace, could be overcome.

]]> By: restrainedradical http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36157 restrainedradical Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:24:05 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36157 Too often Catholics get lumped together with puritan Protestant Creationists. And too often it's Catholics who do it. Catholics can drink, smoke, believe in evolution, dinosaurs, the big bang, aliens, believe that you can be born gay, reject intelligent design, and celebrate Halloween. Here's a couple others: Catholics are anti-sex or Catholics believe sex is purely for pro-creation. Catholics believe being gay is a sin. Too often Catholics get lumped together with puritan Protestant Creationists. And too often it’s Catholics who do it.

Catholics can drink, smoke, believe in evolution, dinosaurs, the big bang, aliens, believe that you can be born gay, reject intelligent design, and celebrate Halloween.

Here’s a couple others:

Catholics are anti-sex or Catholics believe sex is purely for pro-creation.

Catholics believe being gay is a sin.

]]> By: Pinky http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36156 Pinky Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:40:17 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36156 Number 9 was news to me. Wine is even part of our sacramental life, unlike those denominations that use grape juice. I've never heard a stereotype about a sober Irishman, a teetotaling Italian, or a Mexican refusing beer, so I don't know where the myth of Catholic avoidance of alcohol comes from. Number 9 was news to me. Wine is even part of our sacramental life, unlike those denominations that use grape juice. I’ve never heard a stereotype about a sober Irishman, a teetotaling Italian, or a Mexican refusing beer, so I don’t know where the myth of Catholic avoidance of alcohol comes from.

]]> By: afl http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36155 afl Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:46:53 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36155 Yes Pinky, Chesteron really had a unigue use of words and as far as 9 is concerned ,they probably never heard of Hilaire Belloc.."wherever the Catholic sun doth shine there's always laughter and good red wine. At least I always found it so Benedicamus Domino " Yes Pinky, Chesteron really had a unigue use of words and as far as 9 is concerned ,they probably never heard of Hilaire Belloc..”wherever the Catholic sun doth shine there’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I always found it so Benedicamus Domino “

]]> By: Pinky http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36154 Pinky Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:03:31 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36154 I think that a lot of these misconceptions come from different places. The Dan Brown stuff is probably more common among evangelicals and conspiracy-types, two crowds that probably don't have much in common. Ditto for the claim of oppressing women, which would come from feminist atheists and faithful Protestants. The supposed conflict between faith and reason in #4 is the one that irritates me the most. It's so patently wrong! I attended a lecture on data visualization (of all things) last week, and the instructor went off on a tangent about the persecution of Galileo. For whatever reason, we get tarred by the same brush as evangelicals about science, then tarred by evangelicals about Mary. Oh well. As Chesterton said, if you're being accused by everyone of every possible error, you may be perfectly correct. I think that a lot of these misconceptions come from different places. The Dan Brown stuff is probably more common among evangelicals and conspiracy-types, two crowds that probably don’t have much in common. Ditto for the claim of oppressing women, which would come from feminist atheists and faithful Protestants.

The supposed conflict between faith and reason in #4 is the one that irritates me the most. It’s so patently wrong! I attended a lecture on data visualization (of all things) last week, and the instructor went off on a tangent about the persecution of Galileo. For whatever reason, we get tarred by the same brush as evangelicals about science, then tarred by evangelicals about Mary. Oh well. As Chesterton said, if you’re being accused by everyone of every possible error, you may be perfectly correct.

]]> By: Tito Edwards http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/04/20/top-15-misconceptions-about-catholics/#comment-36153 Tito Edwards Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:26:11 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=19521#comment-36153 lol @ RR. lol @ RR.

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