In response to Lauren on Dania's post - found here

Hmm... I am not sure that Jesus would view anyone as a true Catholic, because I don't think he would make that distinction between Christians. He seems not to make judgement claims, he simply openly accepts everybody; so there is no sense in calling someone a "good (enter specific denomination of specific religion here)." I think Jesus would probably recognize her as a 'good and highly motivated person.' Additionally, Jesus didn't know anything about the Catholics as he was a good practicing Jew, and didn't seek to start Catholicism. Even if he did know about the Catholics, I do not think that Jesus would find most of the Catechism, or the actions of the church (given the power structure of the ROMAN Catholic church) agreeable, though he would probably still accept them. I don't know, it seems a bit unjustified to suggest that Jesus would qualify someone's good actions like that.

Jesus Obeys the Old Testament

In response to Julia's post - found here

Actually, my last Q & A was related to how Jesus viewed the Old Testament.

In Matthew 5:17-19, Jesus says, or at least is made out to have said, that he has not come to destroy the law (of the Old Testament) and advises that we not break the commandments. However, I can see Jesus disagreeing with one of the laws in Exodus; Exodus 20:12 features the fifth commandment which states that you should honor your mother and father; Jesus seemed to be very vehemently against this commandment given his saying something akin to hate your mother and father.

Debt and Contracts

I think that parents bring obligation of taking care of children unto themselves. They would surely be awful people and parents if they forced an obligation upon themselves and then chose not to take care of that obligation. Parents have children most often of their own volition. The child has their own life thrust upon them, and by the time they are aware of the fact that they had no choice in their creation, they can't do anything about it. Well, they could, but it would likely involve a large amount of pain and cause severe amounts of emotional trauma to those who know them, including their parents whom forced the child to begin living.

Even if a child does enjoy their life because their parent fulfilled the obligations that they gave themselves, children do not owe any debt to the parents for abiding by the parent's self constructed contract. This is not to say that individuals cannot choose to pay them back, but simply that doing so would be going well beyond what is necessary; which is to say, doing nothing at all. Debt is only incurred when both people initiated an agreement at the onset of a contract.