The list
This is No. 30 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. This is the last installment of my series on why I left the Roman Catholic Church. What am I… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: October, 2014
Someday, and today
This is No. 29 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like now, as well as the lives of my siblings, if… Continue reading
My final reasons
This is No. 28 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I’ve crossed addressed objections off my list of reasons, I’ve also crossed off a few that I haven’t… Continue reading
Four more reasons
This is No. 27 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Before I started this series, I made a list. I asked myself, what are the reasons why I left… Continue reading
Scandal and cover-up
This is No. 26 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. The contrast between the piety and integrity of lay Catholics like my parents, which I highlighted yesterday, and the… Continue reading
The integrated faith
This is No. 25 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I enter the home-stretch of my month-long series on why I left the Catholic Church, I want to… Continue reading
The truth about truth
This is No. 24 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. What’s the big deal? Why spend a whole month picking on the Catholic Church? Aren’t there more important issues… Continue reading
The only way
This is No. 23 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I mentioned yesterday that some Catholics accuse ex-Catholics like me of turning away from the Church because we find… Continue reading
I am saved, and maybe you are too
This is No. 22 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I was very angry with the Catholic Church when I left…a common refrain among ex-Catholics. I felt lied-to, cheated,… Continue reading
Saints, statues, and superstition
This is No. 21 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. St. Joseph sold our home! I am so happy I bought St. Joseph! I buried him upside down next… Continue reading
Holy Father
This is No. 20 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. John 17:11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am… Continue reading
The flesh opposes the Spirit
This is No. 19 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I mentioned in a previous post, not all my 30 reasons were instrumental in my decision to leave… Continue reading
Nuns with guns
This is No. 18 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Catholic schools. Enough said. Bam. Huh? 🙂 As I continue with my laundry list of reasons why I left… Continue reading
Inordinate power and control
This is No. 17 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I’ve always been pretty much a conformist. While in my parents’ home I acknowledged their authority and tried to… Continue reading
Truth or consequences
This is No. 16 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Well, I’m halfway through this series on why I am no longer in the Catholic Church, and all along… Continue reading