From: Gillian_White@nospampleasethanksmail.com   
      
   "Katie"  wrote in message   
   news:bffe120e.0402141139.3691ca05@posting.google.com...   
      
   > A few of your posts hit the boards (at least on google) after I posted   
   > mine.  I didn't see what you wrote when I posted my last response.   
   > I'm Catholic and understand that it's hard to live by the Church's   
   > teachings.  At the same time, I find it somewhat hypocritical that   
   > Rosemary (or anyone else) would decide to make things better when they   
   > got older and closer to death.  How convenient is that?  Disobey some   
   > or all of the teachings until you really need the Church.   
      
   Convenient, but also very human, and to some extent, rather predictable.   
   It's easier to ignore religious issues when you're 40 and healthy than it is   
   when you're 70, possibly in the last years of your life, and fast   
   approaching the point where you find out once and for all if there is a   
   heaven and hell.   
      
   It may be hypocritical, but I think everyone and everything is at some point   
   in their life, including the Catholic Church itself.   
      
   Gillian   
      
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