Richard Sherlock
One should never leave the religion in which one was born or raised for anything but the most serious of reasons. Warm feelings, family, friends, a social ethos, should never be the reason for joining or leaving a religion. The fact that you do not like the priest, pastor or parishioners should never be a reason for staying or leaving. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have never been a person to "go with the flow" or seek popularity. I was a conscientious objector in the Vietnam War and I have a 1-0 draft card to prove it.I HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE OPPONENT OF ABORTION, EUTHANASIA, AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. WHEN I WAS A PROFESSOR OF MORAL THEOLOGY AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY IN THE MID-1980'S I HAPPILY DEFENDED THE VIEW THAT ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL IS MORALLY WRONG. THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN MANY, IF NOT MOST, ACTUALLY CATHOLIC MORAL THEOLOGIANS WOULDN'T DO SO, OR WOULDN'T DO SO STRONGLY. I HAVE NOT LEFT RELIGION OR CHRISTIANITY. BUT I HAVE LEFT MORMONISM. I HAVE BECOME A DEEPER, MORE INTELLECTUAL, MORE SPIRITUAL AND TRUER CHRISTIAN THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN, LITERALLY. I AM CONVERTING TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ALL TRUE ROADS DO LEAD TO ROME.LINK (HERE) TO RICHARD SHERLOCK PROF. OF PHILOSOPHY AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS STORY AT WHY I AM CATHOLIC"
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