The Changing Face of Catholicism

[Anonymous]

I was raised Catholic and stopped going through the motions when I got to college.

I truly believed at age 7 or 8 that I was going to Hell because I said a curse word according to my parents (the word was "crap" by the way).

I have a number of issues based on my own experience as well as theological problems and that whole molestation ring. I won't return nor subject my children to that machine.

Funnily enough I plan to convert to Judaism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The parking lot of the Catholic church near me is jammed to over-flowing on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. The rest of the year not so much.

People just gotta get their religious fix a couple of times a year to feel in good standing with God I guess. And then it's back to our true religion, American secular consumerism.

You are an idiot. Those two days are Days of Obligation in the catholic church. There's a wiki on it. Even I know this without googling.

In order to stay in a state of grace within the church (and receive the sacraments), you are obligated to go to church all 52 Sundays, not just Christmas and Easter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parking lot of the Catholic church near me is jammed to over-flowing on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. The rest of the year not so much.

People just gotta get their religious fix a couple of times a year to feel in good standing with God I guess. And then it's back to our true religion, American secular consumerism.

You are an idiot. Those two days are Days of Obligation in the catholic church. There's a wiki on it. Even I know this without googling.

In order to stay in a state of grace within the church (and receive the sacraments), you are obligated to go to church all 52 Sundays, not just Christmas and Easter.

Performance based Christianity. Nothing more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many high profile MAGAs are Catholic but it’s not the majority of Catholics in America- it’s half and half.

I’m a devout Catholic and I believe that Muslims or other religious people can go to heaven. I am a follower of Jesus and his teachings.

What about Hindus and Buddhists who don't follow the Christian/Jewish/Muslim god? What happened to all the people living 5000 years ago who followed other gods?

Currently burning.

I am in my 30’s and was raised in a doom and gloom Catholic Church. I was told all sorts of wild things

People base their opinions on religion from childhood memories of relatives who were dumb. Then to continue in the worst possible way, they ask religious questions on an anonymous online forum. And then they think they understand religion.

We understand it perfectly?

Who is funding the abortion bans in the US, no contraceptives, women not allowed to travel, etc... the good old Catholic Church fact.

Not to mention religion and pedophilia go hand in hand and the Catholic Church protects it's creeps. So did the Baptists from their National conventions. So yeah they go together, this discussion goes hand in hand.

Where in the U.S. are contraceptives prohibited?

Where in the U.S. are “women not allowed to travel, etc.?”

Public schools and molestation go hand in hand and the .gov certainly protects its creeps and its assets despite legitimate claims.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was raised Catholic and stopped going through the motions when I got to college.

I truly believed at age 7 or 8 that I was going to Hell because I said a curse word according to my parents (the word was "crap" by the way).

I have a number of issues based on my own experience as well as theological problems and that whole molestation ring. I won't return nor subject my children to that machine.

Funnily enough I plan to convert to Judaism.

Do you “subject” them to public schools, scouts, camps, sports teams, etc., etc., etc., all of which are huge venues for molestation but are harder to capitalize on than churches?

[Anonymous]

I called my hometown church and had my Catholic confirmation revoked. I couldn't handle any association with systemic child molestation with no real reform, shunning of gay people with no real reform, repression of women with no real reform. Now there's a note on the original card from 1998 that says "recanted."

I wish I had listened to my gut when I was 16 and the freaking Bishop who spoke at our confirmation said his greatest hope for the boys in our group was that one would become a priest, and that his greatest hope for the girls was that one would become the mother of a priest. BYE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I called my hometown church and had my Catholic confirmation revoked. I couldn't handle any association with systemic child molestation with no real reform, shunning of gay people with no real reform, repression of women with no real reform. Now there's a note on the original card from 1998 that says "recanted."

I wish I had listened to my gut when I was 16 and the freaking Bishop who spoke at our confirmation said his greatest hope for the boys in our group was that one would become a priest, and that his greatest hope for the girls was that one would become the mother of a priest. BYE.

You may or may not actually have done this, and somebody in the parish office may or may not have made an (illicit) notation in the sacramental record, but the Church does not recognize any ability to “recant” Sacraments, particularly character-imbuing Sacraments like Baptism and Confirmation. You may think you left; Church doctrine says otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parking lot of the Catholic church near me is jammed to over-flowing on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. The rest of the year not so much.

People just gotta get their religious fix a couple of times a year to feel in good standing with God I guess. And then it's back to our true religion, American secular consumerism.

You are an idiot. Those two days are Days of Obligation in the catholic church. There's a wiki on it. Even I know this without googling.

In order to stay in a state of grace within the church (and receive the sacraments), you are obligated to go to church all 52 Sundays, not just Christmas and Easter.

Performance based Christianity. Nothing more.

Balderdash. Faith without works is dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:good for you. I didn't figure out what a crock it was until 13.
As far as I know, no Pope has still come out and said you can get into heaven without believing in Jesus. That just can't be correct.

Catholic Heaven is defined as the presence of Jesus.
If you don't believe in Jesus, why would you care to spend eternity hanging out with him?

If you'd rather spend your afterlife elsewhere, what's your beef with not being in Catholic Heaven?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I called my hometown church and had my Catholic confirmation revoked. I couldn't handle any association with systemic child molestation with no real reform, shunning of gay people with no real reform, repression of women with no real reform. Now there's a note on the original card from 1998 that says "recanted."

I wish I had listened to my gut when I was 16 and the freaking Bishop who spoke at our confirmation said his greatest hope for the boys in our group was that one would become a priest, and that his greatest hope for the girls was that one would become the mother of a priest. BYE.

You may or may not actually have done this, and somebody in the parish office may or may not have made an (illicit) notation in the sacramental record, but the Church does not recognize any ability to “recant” Sacraments, particularly character-imbuing Sacraments like Baptism and Confirmation. You may think you left; Church doctrine says otherwise.

The proper way to go it to apostatize or commit heresy. That gets you an immediate automatic excommunication. The problem with that is that other people might not be aware of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many high profile MAGAs are Catholic but it’s not the majority of Catholics in America- it’s half and half.

I’m a devout Catholic and I believe that Muslims or other religious people can go to heaven. I am a follower of Jesus and his teachings.

What about Hindus and Buddhists who don't follow the Christian/Jewish/Muslim god? What happened to all the people living 5000 years ago who followed other gods?

Currently burning.

I am in my 30’s and was raised in a doom and gloom Catholic Church. I was told all sorts of wild things

Hell is permanent isolation from Jesus. No burning involved. Fanfic is not theology. If you don't like Jesus, hell is nothing to be afraid of.