Yay - my husband finally left the Catholic Church!

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OP here again, and what this long thread illustrates is how divisive the Catholic Church and its teachings are. Yes, all churches have this to a degree, but in my church we are encouraged to seek God in our own way. There aren't a list of rules and regs that you MUST follow to be a good church member, so both my husband and I are comfortable being there and exposing our children to this environment.

I'm glad your family has a house of worship in which everyone is comfortable and feels included.

I wish you had worded your subject line as "my husband joined me at my church," instead of having the main idea read that he left another one, so it sounds as if you are happier that you won a battle of wills than formed a community within your household.

It is hurtful.

Mazel Tov and Shalom

+1

+2. Peace

+3. Good health.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

OP here again, and what this long thread illustrates is how divisive the Catholic Church and its teachings are. Yes, all churches have this to a degree, but in my church we are encouraged to seek God in our own way. There aren't a list of rules and regs that you MUST follow to be a good church member, so both my husband and I are comfortable being there and exposing our children to this environment.

I'm glad your family has a house of worship in which everyone is comfortable and feels included.

I wish you had worded your subject line as "my husband joined me at my church," instead of having the main idea read that he left another one, so it sounds as if you are happier that you won a battle of wills than formed a community within your household.

It is hurtful.

Mazel Tov and Shalom

+1

+2. Peace

+3. Good health.

+4. You are not as christian as you think you are, OP. Look within.

[Anonymous]

If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

The federal government now forces us to pay for abortifacients.

In the end times, Catholics will be hunted like dogs.

[Anonymous]

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If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

The federal government now forces us to pay for abortifacients.

In the end times, Catholics will be hunted like dogs.

DO Catholics believe in the end times? I sure don't remember that from Catechism.

[Anonymous]

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If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

Really? can you provide an example of that happening or any documentation from private schools indicating that expressing these points of view will result in suspension?

[Anonymous]

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If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

Really? can you provide an example of that happening or any documentation from private schools indicating that expressing these points of view will result in suspension?

I think most Catholic parents teach their kids what not to say in certain places. Can you imagine a sidwell student saying that homosexual acts are intrinsically sinful or wrong, what the teacher (and then administration) would do to that child? Can you imagine the social ostracism.

Like jews in the inquisition, we practice in secret.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

The federal government now forces us to pay for abortifacients.

In the end times, Catholics will be hunted like dogs.

DO Catholics believe in the end times? I sure don't remember that from Catechism.

Sure we do.

[Anonymous]

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We have been married for more than 20 years. He's Catholic, I'm Protestant. We only attended church a few times with his parents and then again when we were church shopping for our wedding. (We found a Protestant one that married us -- we didn't return after the wedding.) He was a regular churchgoer through high school though. But he didn't care for any of the church's stance on women's issues, etc. And then all the church scandals with priests really put him off Catholicism.

After all these many years of not attending church, we lucked into a Protestant one that's a perfect fit for both of us! He loves it there, and recently joined. It's so great to be happy at the same church together. I didn't think it would actually ever happen.

You've ripped your husband from the bosom of the universal church. He will never find happiness in your schismatic movement. How very sad that you cheer this on.

[Anonymous]

Anybody else think the fake religious troll has struck again? I don't remember any of DCUM's professed Catholics being this hardline.

(I'm not Catholic myself.)

[Anonymous]

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If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

Really? can you provide an example of that happening or any documentation from private schools indicating that expressing these points of view will result in suspension?

I think most Catholic parents teach their kids what not to say in certain places. Can you imagine a sidwell student saying that homosexual acts are intrinsically sinful or wrong, what the teacher (and then administration) would do to that child? Can you imagine the social ostracism.

Like jews in the inquisition, we practice in secret.

In other words, you can't provide any examples

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else think the fake religious troll has struck again? I don't remember any of DCUM's professed Catholics being this hardline.

(I'm not Catholic myself.)

could be -- between the fake and the real, it's hard to tell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else think the fake religious troll has struck again? I don't remember any of DCUM's professed Catholics being this hardline.

(I'm not Catholic myself.)

could be -- between the fake and the real, it's hard to tell.

I'm not Catholic, and I can tell. This has got to be fake, unless it's actual Catholic clergy posting on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else think the fake religious troll has struck again? I don't remember any of DCUM's professed Catholics being this hardline.

(I'm not Catholic myself.)

could be -- between the fake and the real, it's hard to tell.

I'm not Catholic, and I can tell. This has got to be fake, unless it's actual Catholic clergy posting on DCUM.

Are you suggesting that catholic clergy would talk that way?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else think the fake religious troll has struck again? I don't remember any of DCUM's professed Catholics being this hardline.

(I'm not Catholic myself.)

could be -- between the fake and the real, it's hard to tell.

I'm not Catholic, and I can tell. This has got to be fake, unless it's actual Catholic clergy posting on DCUM.

Are you suggesting that catholic clergy would talk that way?

Actually, no, I shouldn't have put it that way and I'm sorry. The few Catholic clergy I've met have been pretty "catholic" in their views, and pretty liberal.

[Anonymous]

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If our children expressed the Roman Catholic Catechism on any number of hot button issues such as homosexuality or abortion, they would be suspended from most top tier DC private schools.

Really? can you provide an example of that happening or any documentation from private schools indicating that expressing these points of view will result in suspension?

I think most Catholic parents teach their kids what not to say in certain places. Can you imagine a sidwell student saying that homosexual acts are intrinsically sinful or wrong, what the teacher (and then administration) would do to that child? Can you imagine the social ostracism.

Like jews in the inquisition, we practice in secret.

In other words, you can't provide any examples

Oh, yes, I am sure the Sidwell teacher would validate our faith-based perspective..... The kid would get more props from the teacher if he said he learned to worship rock spirits in some indigenous tribe.