While I appreciate your perspective, I am supremely and absolutely confident that I have found
the truth in my own Catholic faith and education. I don't deny that there are some - many in fact - who have been harmed by individuals who are a part of that Catholic Church. (Just as every single other religion or profession or societal group has had bad apples). But I also know that Jesus instituted the Catholic Church himself. It was not an offshoot of another religion or a perversion of another religion or a man-created religion. You may choose to disagree and I cannot convince you otherwise, but
I know what *I* know and that is really all that I personally
need to know.
I know that many
men within the Catholic Church have been corrupt. But those imperfect human faults do not invalidate the fact that it was instituted by Christ and it has served me more wonderfully in this life than I could have ever hoped for. That said, I do not condemn or convict other Christian churches or even non-Christians who lead a loving, peaceful, "Christ-like" inspired life. I have many non-Catholic friends and family members who I know are pleasing God with the way that they live their lives, and I know that He cannot be pleased with many in my Catholic Church who are not doing things the right way. But I can continue to try to do my best every day, thankful for the life and blessings I have been given, and offering a helping hand to someone who needs it if/when I am able.
That is my position in a nutshell.