Comments on: “Believing without belonging” challenges Catholicism – NY Cardinal Dolan http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2013/03/01/believing-without-belonging-challenges-catholicism-ny-cardinal-dolan/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: communitytalks http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2013/03/01/believing-without-belonging-challenges-catholicism-ny-cardinal-dolan/comment-page-1/#comment-76537 communitytalks Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:07:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=27844#comment-76537 The position of Cardinal Timothy Dolan --namely that believing without belonging poses a real problem to the Roman Catholic community -- gives light to the way that this community functions. In order to belong to this community, it is not enough to share and ascribe to the same beliefs as other community members. In order to belong, there are certain ritual actions that one must take. Church attendance functions as sort of rite of passage. It serves as a physical commitment. http://thecommunitytalks.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/believing-without-belonging/ The position of Cardinal Timothy Dolan –namely that believing without belonging poses a real problem to the Roman Catholic community — gives light to the way that this community functions. In order to belong to this community, it is not enough to share and ascribe to the same beliefs as other community members. In order to belong, there are certain ritual actions that one must take. Church attendance functions as sort of rite of passage. It serves as a physical commitment.

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]]> By: OneOfTheSheep http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2013/03/01/believing-without-belonging-challenges-catholicism-ny-cardinal-dolan/comment-page-1/#comment-76535 OneOfTheSheep Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=27844#comment-76535 "Believing without belonging" is the common man's first step on the path to freedom from his primal fear of the unknown and the unknowable and his intellectual fear of the illogical. “Believing without belonging” is the common man’s first step on the path to freedom from his primal fear of the unknown and the unknowable and his intellectual fear of the illogical.

]]> By: AppletreeD http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2013/03/01/believing-without-belonging-challenges-catholicism-ny-cardinal-dolan/comment-page-1/#comment-76511 AppletreeD Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:38:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=27844#comment-76511 This is like, I love your product but I hate your company. It's incredible that the priest abuse was not the number 1 item on their list years ago - how many principles did it violate? If you want trust, you have to earn trust. If you say you believe in truth, you better be saying truth - no matter how difficult it is. This is like, I love your product but I hate your company. It’s incredible that the priest abuse was not the number 1 item on their list years ago – how many principles did it violate? If you want trust, you have to earn trust. If you say you believe in truth, you better be saying truth – no matter how difficult it is.

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