Yay - my husband finally left the Catholic Church!

[Anonymous]

You people are aware that catholics and protestants believe in the same thing, right...? The differences are minimal and for a catholic and protestant to go to church and live together is not a big deal. Why did you make him leave his church...wow you're a bad wife. I feel sorry for him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I pray for souls in purgatory and we believe that our loved ones in heaven also advocate for us.

Wow - friends in heaven too! I suppose they have a lot of clout. Thing is, you don't really know which of your friends or family members are in heaven. You can guess, but it's not like God provides a list of people who have made it out of purgatory into heaven.

I guess if some innocent children died, you could count on them being in heaven and advocating for you, so families who have lost children have a better chance of getting out of purgatory sooner.

Maybe your God makes it harder to get into Heaven than mine does. Or maybe you think your loved ones deserve Hell more than than I think mine do. Either way, I expect to go to Heaven and enjoy the company of my loved ones and many more people since I was taught in Catholicism very few people go to Hell. It's for inveterate mortal sinners.

I was taught that one mortal sin on your soul - for instance, missing Mass one Sunday, without absolution, and you go to hell.

That is the understanding of all ex-Catholics in my bible study group. And one of the reasons they left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are aware that catholics and protestants believe in the same thing, right...? The differences are minimal and for a catholic and protestant to go to church and live together is not a big deal. Why did you make him leave his church...wow you're a bad wife. I feel sorry for him.

No, I don't believe in worshipping or praying to Mary (created 300 A.D.)
No, I don't believe in confession
No, I don't believe in transubstantian
No, I don't believe church is all about Mass. It's about worship and listening to a great sermon about how to improve myself as a person.
No, I believe in the bible and think it should be read and studied
No, I don't believe in men wearing skirts for a living (500 A.D.) controlling my life.
No, I don't believe the Pope runs my life
No, I don't believe in worshipping or venerating Saints, either
No, I don't believe in purgatory
No, I don't believe in Limbo
No, I don't believe in purchasing of Masses here to "move up" someone has died in Purgatory
No, I don't believe in celibacy of priests and nuns (another creation of the Catholic Church)
No, I don't believe in the guilt trip.
No, I believe in a New Testament God is who loving and accepting of all who are good people.

What do you think King Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Bloody Mary, the Puritans, and Martin Luther were all about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are aware that catholics and protestants believe in the same thing, right...? The differences are minimal and for a catholic and protestant to go to church and live together is not a big deal. Why did you make him leave his church...wow you're a bad wife. I feel sorry for him.

I am OP. My husband was not going to church, because he refused to live his life in the narrow way being a true Catholic called for. He just didn't want to be a hypocrite. So I wouldn't feel so sorry for him. I found a new church and started going, and once he met some of the people and started attending, he was hooked.

There are vast differences between the Catholic Church and the one we go to now. The one we go to has a woman in the pulpit, and gay families in the pews who are not just tolerated, but welcomed. Their marriages are considered equal to everyone else's marriage. We know what every dime of our money goes to, another big plus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are aware that catholics and protestants believe in the same thing, right...? The differences are minimal and for a catholic and protestant to go to church and live together is not a big deal. Why did you make him leave his church...wow you're a bad wife. I feel sorry for him.

No, I don't believe in worshipping or praying to Mary (created 300 A.D.)
No, I don't believe in confession
No, I don't believe in transubstantian
No, I don't believe church is all about Mass. It's about worship and listening to a great sermon about how to improve myself as a person.
No, I believe in the bible and think it should be read and studied
No, I don't believe in men wearing skirts for a living (500 A.D.) controlling my life.
No, I don't believe the Pope runs my life
No, I don't believe in worshipping or venerating Saints, either
No, I don't believe in purgatory
No, I don't believe in Limbo
No, I don't believe in purchasing of Masses here to "move up" someone has died in Purgatory
No, I don't believe in celibacy of priests and nuns (another creation of the Catholic Church)
No, I don't believe in the guilt trip.
No, I believe in a New Testament God is who loving and accepting of all who are good people.

What do you think King Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Bloody Mary, the Puritans, and Martin Luther were all about?

not pp you are responding to. Yes, there are 101 differences in thought. That is why there are literally thousands of sects within protestantism alone.

But at the core we are Christians, no? As so we are to believe that God is the father who sent his son to die for us. We are to believe that we are all children of God and should care for one another.

I think we should focus on the similarities and get some of that right, first, before we decide to tear one another down based on uncommon ground.

[Anonymous]

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OP here, loving my Protestant church more with every post on this thread.

It's even easier to see why my husband left his church, and embraces the new one.

As an anonymous someone once wrote in a subject line on a DC forum, "yay . . . !"

[Anonymous]

Henry VIII was about begatting a legitimate male heir. He cared little about theology.

[Anonymous]

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not pp you are responding to. Yes, there are 101 differences in thought. That is why there are literally thousands of sects within protestantism alone.

But at the core we are Christians, no? As so we are to believe that God is the father who sent his son to die for us. We are to believe that we are all children of God and should care for one another.

I think we should focus on the similarities and get some of that right, first, before we decide to tear one another down based on uncommon ground.

So the common theme of the many Christian denominations is worshipping a God who sent his son to earth for the express purpose of having him murdered because he apparently couldn't think of another way to forgive our sins.

[Anonymous]

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Henry VIII was about begatting a legitimate male heir. He cared little about theology.

So......what does that say about the episcopal church?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP is juvenile. "Yay, I won!" That's so Christian of you.

PS-- The Church doesn't have the monopoly on abuse. And you might want to look into the amount of charity it is involved in.

Catholic Charities spends $3.2 billion per year. Of that, most is government money. $581 million is private donors. Divided by the 78 million Catholics, that works out to $7.40 per Catholic.

Most is government money? What on earth does that mean?

It means that the federal government funds most of their charitable work.

[Anonymous]

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not pp you are responding to. Yes, there are 101 differences in thought. That is why there are literally thousands of sects within protestantism alone.

But at the core we are Christians, no? As so we are to believe that God is the father who sent his son to die for us. We are to believe that we are all children of God and should care for one another.

I think we should focus on the similarities and get some of that right, first, before we decide to tear one another down based on uncommon ground.

So the common theme of the many Christian denominations is worshipping a God who sent his son to earth for the express purpose of having him murdered because he apparently couldn't think of another way to forgive our sins.

As Christians we believe Jesus died for our salvation.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't believe in the guilt trip.

Ironic

[Anonymous]

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No, I don't believe in the guilt trip.

Ironic

This thread alone proves that non-Catholics don't understand Catholic theology but kept criticizing it and DCUM doesn't understand the word "ironic", but keeps using it!

[Anonymous]

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No, I don't believe in the guilt trip.

Ironic

This thread alone proves that non-Catholics don't understand Catholic theology but kept criticizing it and DCUM doesn't understand the word "ironic", but keeps using it!

Giving one is okay but getting one ... Not okay?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are aware that catholics and protestants believe in the same thing, right...? The differences are minimal and for a catholic and protestant to go to church and live together is not a big deal. Why did you make him leave his church...wow you're a bad wife. I feel sorry for him.

I am OP. My husband was not going to church, because he refused to live his life in the narrow way being a true Catholic called for. He just didn't want to be a hypocrite. So I wouldn't feel so sorry for him. I found a new church and started going, and once he met some of the people and started attending, he was hooked.

There are vast differences between the Catholic Church and the one we go to now. The one we go to has a woman in the pulpit, and gay families in the pews who are not just tolerated, but welcomed. Their marriages are considered equal to everyone else's marriage. We know what every dime of our money goes to, another big plus.

Actually OP he was just being an 18 year old. Most kids stop going to church, regardless of denomination, around that age. You are off to college, being young, going out, finding yourself.

You need to realize he just fell away because of age and it sounds like you did too.