text: I have little argument with MSW's notion that we are a dogmatic religion, because I do not believe that doctrine is in itself a bad thing.  Every human organizing structure has them, be they called dogmas, rules, guidelines, bylaws, expectations or laws.  But there is, for sake of this discussion, a real problem with Catholic doctrine that is the cause of so many leaving the Church, or (much healthier in my book) staying and discerning what doctrines are useful and not.  BTW - it is what has been going on for the entire history of the Church and St. Peter's hasn't been consumed by hellfire.  The Catholic Church, through its centuries, has created such a mess of its doctrinal anthology, made it so complicated that even theologians are challenged in deciphering it, and refuses to even review those that are clearly absurd and pertained to a certain ancient time period, as if every word was written on Mount Sinai. Most of it is man's doing, for man's satisfaction and not for God's purpose.