The Catholic Church has very little to do with Christianity anymore. It's a corrupt money powered religious enterprise. In the original church under the Apostles, people gave away their possessions for the common good of its members. And when a couple withheld their possessions in the Book of Acts, they were struck down dead on the spot by God. Nowadays, the Catholic Church takes your money, and if you want something from the Church (e.g. Communion, Baptism), you have to pay for it. Meanwhile, the Pope is surrounded by gold and expensive ornamentation in the Vatican, even though Christ himself was born in the most humble structure---a manger---and was poor. Beyond that, Catholic doctrine deviates from true Christian doctrine by having people pray to Mary, recite the rosary, say repetitive prayers, all of which have no basis in the bible. In other words, Catholic doctrine is man-made doctrine, which heresy.

Maybe the Pope should have looked in the mirror first before he said recently that it is better to be an atheist than a hypocrite Catholic.

He decides for all because he knows.

On another note, I do find it funny to read the posts by Catholics on this board. It's as though they think they have some "better" form of Christianity. Some of the posts go as far as to suggest that Catholicism should be listed as its own religion.

Catholicism is merely a form of Christianity. And in America, it's not the majority sect of Christianity. We WASPs were raised going to church and keeping our beliefs to ourselves. We didn't need booze, lent, wine, priests, confession, nuns, or all-girls/boys schools to have spirituality. We went to church every Sunday and minded our own business. We also kept Catholics (sans Kennedy) out of office because we realized how non-devout they were.