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[quote]Hi, Jameelah, my friend.
Again I have to express my gratitude for your kind words in your last post and I'm very glad that we can understand each other in peace and harmony.

I'll try to explain why I don't like the label "catholic" attached to the word Christian.

Probably you know that this word is of greek origin and means "universal". And that's what Catholic Church proclaim, its universality. That's a impressive goal I find very difficult to achieve.

But my troubles (spiritual troubles) with my church (I was baptized inside it) comes from church's dogmas.
Dogmas are "articles of faith" meaning that if you're catholic you MUST believe everyone of those dogmas.
The problem is that many of those dogmas are not supported by the Bible (or at least I'm not able to see where they are stated).
Among the most known catholic dogmas are those of Pope's infalibility (meaning that everything the Pope says MUST be true, he never fails because the Holy Ghost speaks through him), the worship of the Virgin Mary and many many saints, the confession to wash your sins and so on.

So I see the church just like a wall between me and God. Everything regarding my faith (my own faith) have to be sanctioned, filtered and "blessed" by one of the church ministers.

Well, I personally don't like this. I believe that Jesus' message was clear enough, that God's words are clear enough and they don't need anyone to explain them to me.

In writing this I'm assuming that you know something about Christian's rites given you were living in Spain for a while.

I like to think of myself as a good person trying to be a good christian (just a christian, no labels).

By the way, I know pretty well Barcelona, I go there quite often from seven years.

Once again my gratitude for your time and your words.

Un calido saludo desde mi pais.[/quote]

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