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Subject: Traditional Catholic beliefs versus our New Beliefs

Author:
Nikie

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Date Posted: 22:41:11 03/06/03 Thu

Traditional Catholic Religion teaches� - while I believe in�

Fear for God - Love for God
Obligation to do good - Opportunity to do good
Judgement by God - Non-judgement by God
Original Sin; Man is by nature bad - Man is by nature good
Guilt from Sin - Learning from Mistakes
Focus on Past and Future - Focus on Now
Separation between Man and God - Oneness of Man and God
Salvation only for Christians - Salvation regardless of religion
Salvation from without (via Jesus, priests, etc.) - Salvation from within
Faith in the Church�s teachings - Faith in my highest Self
Superiority of Males (God is a �he�, priests are male) - Equality of Male and Female
Truth is Absolute - Truth is Relative
Defined Right and Wrong - Relative Right and Wrong
Suffering is good - Suffering is unnecessary
Material Wealth is bad - Material Wealth can be used either way
Confession to priests for forgiveness of sin - Self-forgiveness to remove guilt
Sex only for pro-creation - Sex as an expression of love
Love the other, before you love yourself - Love yourself, before you love the other
Pray to ask - Pray to thank
Focus on Lack - Focus on Abundance
I am (inherently) unworthy - I am worthy

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Traditional Catholic beliefs versus our New Beliefs	Joel	00:50:52 03/20/03 Thu
Re: Traditional Catholic beliefs versus our New Beliefs -- Nikie, 22:58:48 03/25/03 Tue
Re: Traditional Catholic beliefs versus our New Beliefs	Edaleen	20:49:34 04/25/03 Fri