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"hate the sin, not the sinner."

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Now, whether or not the priest should deny ANYBODY communion, I don't know. I'm not familiar with the SOP in that situation

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"'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." - Leviticus 18:22 (pretty sure this is the Old Testament . . . before the Catholic church)

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“Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.” (Matthew 19:11-12)

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I think you've got that backwards, friendo.

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.

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If you're living in a state of sin, you should not take communion. Period.

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I'm sure the average parishioner is great at differentiating between the two.

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if everyone was honest, the lines to receive communion would be short as hell

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Sorry, Thomas Jefferson disagrees:

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The problem is that there are too many people that identify as Catholics that are ignorant to much of the church doctrine. I am certainly not perfect but I am trying to learn and continue to learn all about my Catholic faith everyday. Too many people are indifferent and that's why you see many "hypocritical" Catholics.

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Thomas Jefferson slept with black chicks.

Isn't that against the rules as well? You shouldn't use him to justify your argument.

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i feel like god knows my sins but still accepts me as his son. if some dick in a priest costume can't accept that and give me my holy wafer, then he can go frick himself. i'll still talk to god every morning and every night.

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i feel like god knows my sins but still accepts me as his son. if some dick in a priest costume can't accept that and give me my holy wafer, then he can go frick himself. i'll still talk to god every morning and every night.

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TigerNOVA
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As someone who was actually at this funeral, the denial of communion was only part of it. The offensive thing was the priest leaving the altar during the daughter's eulogy and him walking away from the hearst and refusing to go the burial. At that moment, by his own actions and no one else's, he hurt so many other people besides the one gay daughter, including the deceased's other children, her grandchildren and her friends. There is NOTHING in my Catholic Church's teaching that defends those actions.

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As someone who was actually at this funeral, the denial of communion was only part of it. The offensive thing was the priest leaving the altar during the daughter's eulogy and him walking away from the hearst and refusing to go the burial. At that moment, by his own actions and no one else's, he hurt so many other people besides the one gay daughter, including the deceased's other children, her grandchildren and her friends. There is NOTHING in my Catholic Church's teaching that defends those actions.

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