Are Roman Catholics especially sensitive, so that they have to censor people?

Question

I heard that brainwashing took on a negative connotation during the Vietnam War. So it's not all bad. I think that the positive type of brainwashing has been renamed to an Attitude Adjustment.

I'm a Protestant. And I have my grievances towards Roman Catholic Doctrine. They get a lot wrong, and I don't care how big they are, they are just plain wrong scripturally.

The type of brainwashing they get is sometimes referred to as "dinning in", in the sense of that word:
To instill by wearying repetition.

The example in the dictionary : dinned the Latin conjugations into the students' heads.

So the brainwashing in itself isn't bad. It's a technique in learning. What's being learned can be bad. And in this case it's bad, it's learned with rigorous training, and it's difficult for the student to break the habit of the errant lesson.

It's good to know that not all of us agree with their doctrine, and have escaped the training of errant doctrine.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=din&x=41&y=18

none of the answers were adequate. Thanks to all who tried.

Answer 1

So you are anti-Catholic - get in line. But do you know WHY you are anti-Catholic? I doubt you have taken the time to actually study what Catholics really believe and have taken you "opinion" from someone else (oh, isn't that brainwashing?) who probably took his "opinion" from someone else.

There are not over a 100 people in the U.S. that hate the Catholic Church, there are millions however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church. If you are going to hate us, try to be one of the 100, not 1 in a million.

Answer 2

Um, lots of people are "especially sensitive" and feel they have to censor people. It's not just Roman Catholics, or even all Roman Catholics.

And "brainwashing" is never good. The actual word doesn't sound good. The definition for brainwashing, courtesy of Merriam-Webster is:

Etymology: translation of Chinese (Beijing) xinao
1 : a forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic political, social, or religious beliefs and attitudes and to accept contrasting regimented ideas
2 : persuasion by propaganda or salesmanship

Brainwashing involves depriving the victim of sleep and food and comfort until they cannot think straight and are more pliable to the indoctrination. Catholicism does not do this. Learning is brainwashing!

I do think Catholicism gets a lot wrong, but I also believe that your religion gets a lot wrong.

You sound like a scary person. Your anti-Catholic rant has nothing to do with your initial question about censorship.

Answer 3

I'm a Protestant too, but I don't believe Catholics have been brainwashed and I don't believe there's anything so bad about what the Catholic church teaches. They basically believe in God and in trying to be good people by following the teachings of the Bible. Also, there wouldn't be Protestants had there not been Catholics.

Answer 4

I a Catholic and from a rural area. I feel that we accept everyone here no matter what religion they are very well. We do other activities with them and help each other. Maybe because we are a laid back church in a rural part of KY.

Answer 5

Catholic dogma has been around a little longer than Protestant dogma. The real truth doesn't start wars, murder innocent people for their faith or scare an entire nation into believing.

Answer 6

And where do you think your version of the Bible comes from? Who selected the books and decided they were God's holy word? Who preserved it over the centuries before Guttenberg?

Answer 7

I notice you never mentioned any of the "errant lessons".

Answer 8

They don't want their 15 products of boycotting birth control to be exposed to filth, I guess.

Answer 9

no they are not especially sensitive .
happy and productive life, protestant

Answer 10

Geez, what's so bad about censoring people? It's just incense!!!