Just admit you run on relativism. It'll save me the time.

I mostly observe (aka lurk) on CAF (Catholic Answer Forum) and I remember when I fist joined spotting the 'questionable' members. These can range from Catholics who disagree with Church teachings and non-religious being annoying and practicing horrid arguments. This is not to say I don't like opposite views; for from it. It's when such people act indignant and their tone is "I and others are SO fed up with the Church and its oppression and injustice! Change or forever be slowly forgotten by society as we progress towards the shining sun of progress!" See below.

And then there's posters like "epan" who, after years of posting and acting like a complete arrogant douche, finally lets the beans spill depending on the subject at hand.

Why the fuck would I have to apologize? That's like me going up the a Japanese and saying to them "Apologize for killing my Filipino ancestors during WWII! Apologize!" or walking up to a random Wall Street banker/trader and asking an apology for the 2008 financial recession.

The poster doesn't specify what religions when he says "role of religion in the persecution of homosexuals" so I'm not sure if he meant Christianity or, say, Islam. If Islam then my question still stands: Why the fuck would I have to apologize? Then again epan is the type of that came across as someone who held a grudge against religion in the first place, so it's no big surprise that he'd want this type of repentance by Christians.

It's not a complete mystery on the things people are angry at the RCC. Let us count.

1. Homosexuality is not 'normal.' It's considered a disorder. Acting on same-sex temptations is considered a sin.
2. RCC is seen as oppressive & sexist towards women. (Most of the morally strong women I have known have been Catholics).
3. RCC has stances on sex that is deemed strict and archaic.
4. Crusades.

That's basically it. If you don't see a theme between most of these I'll say it now: Many of the things modernists despise the Church for is about its stances on sex. Who's obsessed with sex again? The social conservatives when they object to explicit sex scenes and unwarranted nudity on screen or print, or straight-out porn? I don't think so. My finger is pointing to all the butt hurt "BUT IT'S MY BODY AND I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT WITH IT! IT'S SEX IT'S NATURAL THEREFOR IT'S BEAUTIFUL WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?" people. They want their cake and eat it too: They want people to be indifferent or support their sex, but when met with criticism they cry foul. And let's not pretend that such a group aren't aware of what they're won't cause strong disagreement - they aren't innocent lambs stupidly walking across the street only to be stuck by a Chevy pickup. They are fully aware of how certain groups are going to react or else they wouldn't say things like this:

"American's are afraid of sex"
"Good art is provocative and controversial."