The Catholic Church now has a new Pope. Some people aren’t happy about the selection. Benedict XVI has a reputation as someone who believes the Church has standards which must be upheld.
Why is that bad? Because some people in this world don’t want to have to live up to standards. They want the standards changed to suit their own sense of how things should be done. That is true in just about every area of our lives. It is why we have so many problems in our public education system. It is why criminals thrive in certain areas. Just about any problem you name can be traced to someone unwilling to maintain a standard.
The new Pope wants his Church to maintain standards.
I don’t think that’s too much to ask. If you don’t like the standards, you shouldn’t be part of an organization. In matters of Christianity, those standards are absolutes, not suggestions. They have a history and are founded on the words and deeds of the Man the entire religion is based upon.
And those standards aren’t too hard to follow, they are simply inconvenient to some. Rather than follow their faith, they would prefer to pick and choose the tenets they agree with. It has more to do with ego and the need for acceptance than anything else. Engaging in activities condemned by the Church brings a stigma. Rather than abstain from the activity that causes it, some would have the Church accept it so the stigma no longer exists.
Sorry. I don’t buy that. I’m not Catholic, but if you are and continue to be, you should embrace the Church’s standards as your own. Otherwise, you are not really part of that community and are simply delusional.