At the first general audience of 2019, Pope Francis said this:
POPE FRANCIS
"How many times do we see the scandal of those people who go to church, and are there all day or go every day, and then they live hating others or talking badly about people. This is a scandal. It is better not to go to Church if you live like that, like an atheist. But if you go to Church, live like a child, like a sibling, and give a true testimony, not a false testimony."
I see two ideas coming out of the above...at least for me:
1. Persons that go to church every day should KNOW that they are not to hate others. If they don't, it means the Catholic church is not doing the proper teaching.
2. How could it be better not to go to church? How could it be better to live like an atheist?
What do the catholics on this forum think of what he said?
POPE FRANCIS
"How many times do we see the scandal of those people who go to church, and are there all day or go every day, and then they live hating others or talking badly about people. This is a scandal. It is better not to go to Church if you live like that, like an atheist. But if you go to Church, live like a child, like a sibling, and give a true testimony, not a false testimony."
I see two ideas coming out of the above...at least for me:
1. Persons that go to church every day should KNOW that they are not to hate others. If they don't, it means the Catholic church is not doing the proper teaching.
2. How could it be better not to go to church? How could it be better to live like an atheist?
What do the catholics on this forum think of what he said?