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Originally Posted by Cheese
Re Catholics...or any other religion...why would an adherent call themselves Catholics, or Muslims, yet not follow the tenets as set out by those who hold court over it? Seems rather fraudulent doesn't it?
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Back in the Middle Ages, the Church used to call people that didn't adhere to ALL the dogma "heretics" and encourage them to recant their heresy with all kinds of unpleasant and violent methods. Nowadays I imagine you'd just call them "hypocrites", for saying one thing (I'm Catholic!) while believing another, while the Church ignores their heresy because kicking all the heretics out would leave the priests preaching to empty buildings.