This is not the debate as much as that Christianity has been demonized the last few decades. What the Churches use as adornments and tools are taken by those with no faith pushed in blasphemy ways. A Cross in piss or using a cross to give pleasure in orifices and things like that. And of course the constant propaganda machine venom pushed by those certified journalists like Fredo has weakened faith in us all. With TV and movies blending good and evil where the devil is a hero to many now. For what it is worth and many people have walked away from the Catholic Church, I never heard a nun, a priest or a lay teacher say a nasty word about anyone. You make your own decisions in life. But the Church has its views and they are more stringent then people use in everyday life.
What you refer to as "the Church" that has "its views" is an organization run by a bunch of males, who determine what "its views" will be. Just a bunch of guys; no women allowed. Even if they were, it would just be a bunch of humans. You confuse criticism of these humans and their actions with "demonizing" Christianity. Jackasses like timmy dolan, ratzinger ("pope" benedict), graham, and hagee are humans who have claimed to represent the Supreme Being and the religion of Christianity and think that they are immune from criticism. This is the height of arrogance. It is not demonizing an entire worldwide religion to criticize these jerks.
LOL, you think they the Kosher people are immune to criticism.
But, then complain about Catholics & Protestants thinking they are immune to criticism.
Stop being a childish asshole with your "Kosher people" garbage. No one of any religion should get away with wrongdoing, but it has to be actual wrongdoing. Do not put words in my mouth. Catholics and protestants actually do play the game of being immune from criticism as "men of God." This is horseshit. Account please for the likes of timmy dolan, frankie graham, pigpence, hagee, ratzinger, hannity, carlson,. Do you like their disgusting behavior?
If you criticize Kosher people, it's anti-Semitism.
Because they obviously don't try to silence criticism.
(Rolls eyes)
Jerk. You still have not explained the "Christian" trash whom I mentioned. l was born Catholic, born in a Catholic hospital, graduated from Catholic schools, and still retain a spirituality, but how do I continue after finding out that thugs reign in "Christian" leadership? They continue to abuse the spirituality of others to try and get and maintain power.
The issue is how to maintain faith and simultaneously disassociate oneself from these thugs. Years ago, I met a noted Christian author in a receiving line after a service one winter morning and thanked him for saving my Christianity, which was just hanging on by a thread. I told him that I thought that most of Christianity was B.S. His reply was, to paraphrase, that most of it is, but look for the little bit that did and does contain a higher truth.