Yay - my husband finally left the Catholic Church!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Please, troll, just stop. Nobody talks like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Please, troll, just stop. Nobody talks like this.

Do you know many practicing Catholics -- and I don't mean folks who go to that parish over by georgetown u. I am not embarrassed by my faith though I know others are.

[Anonymous]

This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

Don't worry about him.. God gave him free will too. Maybe he's using it to go to hell. His choice. God is limited in what he can do, we all know that, because of the great gift of free will, that he gave us all - and of course, his only begotten son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

Don't worry about him.. God gave him free will too. Maybe he's using it to go to hell. His choice. God is limited in what he can do, we all know that, because of the great gift of free will, that he gave us all - and of course, his only begotten son.

Correction -- Jesus did not have free will - he was predestined to die a tortuous death by his own father. He begged his father to "pass this cup from me" and then resigned himself to his fate, saying, "not my will, but yours be done."

I guess Mary didn't have free will either, about getting pregnant, but in those days, it was typical for women to defer these kinds of decisions to men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

OP here. His mom is thrilled with his new choice of church. She stopped going to Catholic church regularly a while ago.

He's not having a crisis of faith. He took a good hard look at the Catholic Church -- and left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

OP here. His mom is thrilled with his new choice of church. She stopped going to Catholic church regularly a while ago.

He's not having a crisis of faith. He took a good hard look at the Catholic Church -- and left.

Pope Francis is the Vicar of Christ. Viva Cristo Rey!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

So you practice hating in private?

hate & hypocrisy
great combination

[Anonymous]

Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

If you want the thread to die, just stop posting to it. Or perhaps it's more important to you to tell people when you think they are being offensive. Do you think the Catholic church is so fragile that it will be seriously harmed by negative a on-line forum discussion? It survived the reformation and the inquisition; It can probably survive this.

If not, perhaps it time for it to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This man's parents and godparents made a set of sacred vows that he would live as a Catholic. He ratified those vows at his confirmation. He's having a crisis of faith -- many do. But it is no excuse.

OP here. His mom is thrilled with his new choice of church. She stopped going to Catholic church regularly a while ago.

He's not having a crisis of faith. He took a good hard look at the Catholic Church -- and left.

uh-oh -- his Mom's in trouble too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

Why do you ASSume there's only one person who can criticize the Catholic Church?

There are many of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

I'm the OP, but not the "Catholic troll."

I do monitor this thread and respond, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

+1. I posted "Please, troll, stop" above and I'm different from this PP. I repeat: nobody talks like this IRL.

For the person asking why we come back, in my case at least it's because this troll is creating a completely inaccurate perception of Catholics and religious people in general. I'm not Catholic, but I'm sick of being a bystander to the anti-Catholic bigotry here, so I've decided to do what's right and call out this obvious troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is OP the same poster as the Catholic troll? I feel like this thread will not die and each time the troll posts are more over the top in their effort to be offensive.

+1. I posted "Please, troll, stop" above and I'm different from this PP. I repeat: nobody talks like this IRL.

For the person asking why we come back, in my case at least it's because this troll is creating a completely inaccurate perception of Catholics and religious people in general. I'm not Catholic, but I'm sick of being a bystander to the anti-Catholic bigotry here, so I've decided to do what's right and call out this obvious troll.

Fine -- your choice -- also your choice to call "bigotry" what others would call "truth" or "lies" or "opinion"

I don't know if the person speaking as an ultra-conservative Catholic is for real, but I do know there are Catholics like that, as well as people from other religions who have similar restrictive beliefs and negative attitudes about people who do not share their beliefs.