text: "One of the problems with Catholicism (and I am Catholic) is the whole pesky repentance/forgiveness thing."
  
  "Another problem is the concept that we are more than the sum of our parts, that our abilities and skills are not defined only by our past, that we are capable of extreme growth and change."
  
  Those are very terrible problems for someone claiming to be Catholic.   Perhaps you would be better off as a confused atheist.