The Catholic Church is not for respectable people

triumphguy · #1 May 16, '12, 8:22 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9...le-people.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...-hilary-mantel

Hilary Mantel an award winning novelist thinks that the Catholic Church is not for respectable people.

In a back to front way it reminds me of Groucho Marx - I'd never join a club that would have me as a member.

I think it was the respectable people of the day who crucified Our Lord wasn't it?

summer1052 · #2 May 16, '12, 9:06 pm

You mean, people who believe themselves to be respectable, or people others deem respectable? Either way, we're all mortal, frail, and sinful. Whitewashed sepulchers, and all that.

I think Jesus came for the sinners, not just the winners!

And boy am I glad, 'cause I know which group I'm part of!

Summer

anp1215 · #3 May 16, '12, 10:07 pm

Yeah, that awful Mother Teresa, she wasn't a very respectable person.

Califman831 · #4 May 16, '12, 10:53 pm

maybe she is equating respectable people with those in the society pages.

Seira · #5 May 16, '12, 11:02 pm

Are any of us respectable?

Theophorus · #6 May 16, '12, 11:51 pm

To quote Oscar Wilde:

"The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone. For respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.”

thewanderer · #7 May 16, '12, 11:55 pm

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Originally Posted by anp1215

Yeah, that awful Mother Teresa, she wasn't a very respectable person.

triumphguy · #8 May 17, '12, 6:15 am

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Originally Posted by Theophorus

To quote Oscar Wilde:

"The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone. For respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.”

Nice one!

**JharekCarnelian** · #9 May 17, '12, 12:42 pm

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Originally Posted by Theophorus

To quote Oscar Wilde:

"The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone. For respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.”

This quote goes a long of course to explaining why Oscar was received into the Church on his deathbed.

AthenaC · #10 May 17, '12, 1:15 pm

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Originally Posted by anp1215

Yeah, that awful Mother Teresa, she wasn't a very respectable person.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theophorus

To quote Oscar Wilde:

"The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone. For respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.”

(Three smileys is sufficient, right? Thought so.)

I hear from my agnostic husband that some of my atheist and pagan friends ask him, "Why is Athena religious? She's WAY smarter than that." So the attitude expressed by Ms. Mantel isn't really all that uncommon. At this point, I am content to (hopefully) be a counter-example to all the stereotypes out there.