So I decided to delete my rant about the organization that controls my workplace. At first I figured they could go ahead and fire me if they don't like my views, but after a night's sleep...I like my job. I may wish the organization that controls my workplace shared my views, and I will likely look for a job with a different organization someday, one that stands for what I stand for. But for now I am where I am.
Sorry for any offense. Feel free to lamblast Gnostic Quaker Baptists anytime.
2 comments:
Interestingly, your post was not quite as deleted as you hoped. Google reader picked it up just fine :)
And, FWIW, I believe that the vast majority of American Catholics agree with you about fertility treatments and birth control. My husband's sister had twins via IVF, and if you think that the reason hubby and I have conceived exactly 2 children is either divine luck or from taking my temperature every morning, than you are giving us too much (or too little?) credit.
And, btw, you should look up their policies on tubal pregnancies--a doctor at a Catholic hospital could remove an entire fallopian tube to save the mother's life, but would not be allowed to remove just the embryo implanted in the tube. Despite there being several very good Catholic hospitals in my city, I chose a doctor who delivered at one of the other options (one with Baptist in the name...)
The problem is, the Catholic Church (capital letter important here) is not American. It is worldwide, and American values and beliefs do not dictate the Catholic Church's decision. And, IMO, the leadership consists of men. Old men. Old men who have never been fathers. Old men of a different generation who have never been fathers. (Probably 2 generations removed from us). While I try really hard to hear and understand their argument that "children have a right to be conceived in love", I don't agree that their definition of love and IVF are incompatible. The doctrine of the Catholic church is not catholic (lower case intentional).
Yep, still Catholic. I knowingly and willingly chose a religion that I believe to be flawed, and with which I disagree (strongly) on many points.
And I'm very happy that my health insurance options are not provided by my church.
I actually wrote this response about a week ago, but my computer died before it posted and I thought I'd lost it... Anyway, better late than never:
I know, there's no way to delete anything on the web, just damage control... But how did Google reader pick it up? I did a search and couldn't find it.
And I don't want to sound like I'm condemning the Catholic Church (big or little C). There are many strong points of Catholicism that I chose not to include in my rant.
I still prefer my non-Catholic church, but I don't agree with everything they say either. The bigger message is important (love) even if people's interpretations are often flawed (i.e. human and not Godly).
But it's really the POWER that drives me bonkers.
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