>>>Do you believe in hell?
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>>Did you read the small print? He must believe in devils, angels etc, the whole bundle. Can't subscribe a la cart, gotta take the whole package.
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>That is certainly the view of the Catholic Church. Periodically the Vatican will rail against American "cafeteria Catholics" who subscribe to most of the dogma but not all of it. They may be in favor of birth control or not consider homosexuality a sin, for example. Nope, the Vatican says, it's all or nothing.

Mike;

I recall Pope John Paul II standing on the steps of Mission Dolores Church in San Francisco, just before giving mass during his visit to our town. He was confronted by a group of homosexuals carrying signs protesting the view of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality. One of the members of the group stopped the Pope and presented the views of his group on the subject. The Pope responded, “It is not a sin to be a homosexual but it is a sin to commit a homosexual act”.

Tom