Where is your crucifix hung in your home? And other religious pieces?

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Anonymous wrote:Small ones in each bedroom. There's a holy water font on the wall next to front door so we can bless ourselves as we leave. Our family altar in in the dining room. It's pretty discrete and fellow Catholic tend to notice it more than non-Catholics. There are bibles and small religious statutes in each room. My DD each have a 3 inch guardian angel in unglazed cream colored pottery. I have a small statue of Mary. My fiancé has a wooden carved portrait of St. Joseph that he got when he became a stepfather. Everyone has a bedside Bible. There is a Bible in the living room. I also have a Missal with the Offices in print in our bedroom, but prefer to use Divine Office on my iPhone. There's a Catholic calendar next to DD#2's bed because she's a lector. We have a small framed portrait for each patron saint (baptismal name and/or confirmation name), one of St. JPII, and one of Pope Emeritus Benedict, and one of His Holiness Francis. On any given day, you'll see 4 rosaries in various stages of use. I also tend to forget to put back on my scapular immediately after my morning shower, so that might be on the back of the bathroom door. There is blessed salt in the kitchen. We are NOT the most devout family we know either.

Wait, your fiancé? You have that much Catholicism going on and you are living in sin with children?

I caught that too, that's why I thought it was a joke post.

No joke. Our priest knows. He knows that we have extenuating circumstances and are in the annulment process. He's less judgy than random strangers on DCUM I guess.

There is no such thing as extenuating circumstances. I can't imagine this being allowed.

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I guess the priest is a cafeteria catholic also

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In the closet under the stairs where the sinful girl children are sent to reflect on the Weakness of Eve.

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What extenuating circumstances would force a person to live with someone they are not married to and have sex with them? That makes absolutely no sense.

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Guys, this is someone's life and personal details. You have no business trying to force it out of her in the hopes that you'll get some juicy details or something, ugh. Yay for the less judgy priest.

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Anonymous wrote:Small ones in each bedroom. There's a holy water font on the wall next to front door so we can bless ourselves as we leave. Our family altar in in the dining room. It's pretty discrete and fellow Catholic tend to notice it more than non-Catholics. There are bibles and small religious statutes in each room. My DD each have a 3 inch guardian angel in unglazed cream colored pottery. I have a small statue of Mary. My fiancé has a wooden carved portrait of St. Joseph that he got when he became a stepfather. Everyone has a bedside Bible. There is a Bible in the living room. I also have a Missal with the Offices in print in our bedroom, but prefer to use Divine Office on my iPhone. There's a Catholic calendar next to DD#2's bed because she's a lector. We have a small framed portrait for each patron saint (baptismal name and/or confirmation name), one of St. JPII, and one of Pope Emeritus Benedict, and one of His Holiness Francis. On any given day, you'll see 4 rosaries in various stages of use. I also tend to forget to put back on my scapular immediately after my morning shower, so that might be on the back of the bathroom door. There is blessed salt in the kitchen. We are NOT the most devout family we know either.

Wait, your fiancé? You have that much Catholicism going on and you are living in sin with children?

I caught that too, that's why I thought it was a joke post.

No joke. Our priest knows. He knows that we have extenuating circumstances and are in the annulment process. He's less judgy than random strangers on DCUM I guess.

It's not judgy random strangers on the internet that I find perplexing - it's the fact that you are leading this life in front of your DDs. That is not Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Another nice Catholic thread derailed by rabid atheists and anti-Catholic bigots. What a surprise! Doesn't even help to report to Jeff.

Actually, it did. I reported the first Atheist troll and Jeff deleted it and have gotten that result on other threads. Jeff does not actively patrol Christian threads for dissenters or folks just here to attack or slander as he actively patrols any thread related to Islam, but he will delete if you report an out of line post. Frankly, if he were to patrol the Christian bashers with the same energy and thoroughness as he patrols the Islam threads, he would have no time to do anything else.

The atheist who is obsessed with Christians keeps posting, report him. Jeff might delete some of the posts.

I would think if the atheist troll truly believed Christianity was all fairy tales, myths and flying spaghetti monsters he would either ignore it like a rataional person or just shake his hesd and smile at all the unenlightened posters, but he doesn't. He actively seeks out Christian threads (and only Christian threads, not islamic threads or UU threads for example) so he must not be as secure in his beliefs as he pretends to be.

I'm 15:12 and I'm also the poster with St. George near the front door. I've reported many cases of clear-cut trolling and obvious abuse, especially anti-Catholic bigotry (I'm not Catholic myself). I think maybe once a post was deleted. So I don't bother reporting either. But since I'd like to be able to have some real conversations here, and the troll(s) make that impossible, I'm going with shame. I've watched these threads for several years and ignoring the trolls doesn't work, they just amp up the bad behavior in desperate attempts to get noticed. Maybe shame will cause some much-needed self-reflection?

YOu could still ignore it. Besides trolling can be in the eyes of the beholder. Some people think disagreement is trolling.

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Anonymous wrote:Small ones in each bedroom. There's a holy water font on the wall next to front door so we can bless ourselves as we leave. Our family altar in in the dining room. It's pretty discrete and fellow Catholic tend to notice it more than non-Catholics. There are bibles and small religious statutes in each room. My DD each have a 3 inch guardian angel in unglazed cream colored pottery. I have a small statue of Mary. My fiancé has a wooden carved portrait of St. Joseph that he got when he became a stepfather. Everyone has a bedside Bible. There is a Bible in the living room. I also have a Missal with the Offices in print in our bedroom, but prefer to use Divine Office on my iPhone. There's a Catholic calendar next to DD#2's bed because she's a lector. We have a small framed portrait for each patron saint (baptismal name and/or confirmation name), one of St. JPII, and one of Pope Emeritus Benedict, and one of His Holiness Francis. On any given day, you'll see 4 rosaries in various stages of use. I also tend to forget to put back on my scapular immediately after my morning shower, so that might be on the back of the bathroom door. There is blessed salt in the kitchen. We are NOT the most devout family we know either.

Wait, your fiancé? You have that much Catholicism going on and you are living in sin with children?

I caught that too, that's why I thought it was a joke post.

No joke. Our priest knows. He knows that we have extenuating circumstances and are in the annulment process. He's less judgy than random strangers on DCUM I guess.

It's not judgy random strangers on the internet that I find perplexing - it's the fact that you are leading this life in front of your DDs. That is not Catholic.

Are you and the others who are condemning PP even Catholic? You don't have a clue what OP's circumstances are. Live your own life, for pete's sake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Another nice Catholic thread derailed by rabid atheists and anti-Catholic bigots. What a surprise! Doesn't even help to report to Jeff.

Actually, it did. I reported the first Atheist troll and Jeff deleted it and have gotten that result on other threads. Jeff does not actively patrol Christian threads for dissenters or folks just here to attack or slander as he actively patrols any thread related to Islam, but he will delete if you report an out of line post. Frankly, if he were to patrol the Christian bashers with the same energy and thoroughness as he patrols the Islam threads, he would have no time to do anything else.

The atheist who is obsessed with Christians keeps posting, report him. Jeff might delete some of the posts.

I would think if the atheist troll truly believed Christianity was all fairy tales, myths and flying spaghetti monsters he would either ignore it like a rataional person or just shake his hesd and smile at all the unenlightened posters, but he doesn't. He actively seeks out Christian threads (and only Christian threads, not islamic threads or UU threads for example) so he must not be as secure in his beliefs as he pretends to be.

I'm 15:12 and I'm also the poster with St. George near the front door. I've reported many cases of clear-cut trolling and obvious abuse, especially anti-Catholic bigotry (I'm not Catholic myself). I think maybe once a post was deleted. So I don't bother reporting either. But since I'd like to be able to have some real conversations here, and the troll(s) make that impossible, I'm going with shame. I've watched these threads for several years and ignoring the trolls doesn't work, they just amp up the bad behavior in desperate attempts to get noticed. Maybe shame will cause some much-needed self-reflection?

YOu could still ignore it. Besides trolling can be in the eyes of the beholder. Some people think disagreement is trolling.

Did you even read the post? Here are the Cliff notes: ignoring didn't work; sometimes the trolling is obvious. You're welcome

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the closet under the stairs where the sinful girl children are sent to reflect on the Weakness of Eve.

We call that the Harry Potter closet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another nice Catholic thread derailed by rabid atheists and anti-Catholic bigots. What a surprise! Doesn't even help to report to Jeff.

Actually, it did. I reported the first Atheist troll and Jeff deleted it and have gotten that result on other threads. Jeff does not actively patrol Christian threads for dissenters or folks just here to attack or slander as he actively patrols any thread related to Islam, but he will delete if you report an out of line post. Frankly, if he were to patrol the Christian bashers with the same energy and thoroughness as he patrols the Islam threads, he would have no time to do anything else.

The atheist who is obsessed with Christians keeps posting, report him. Jeff might delete some of the posts.

I would think if the atheist troll truly believed Christianity was all fairy tales, myths and flying spaghetti monsters he would either ignore it like a rataional person or just shake his hesd and smile at all the unenlightened posters, but he doesn't. He actively seeks out Christian threads (and only Christian threads, not islamic threads or UU threads for example) so he must not be as secure in his beliefs as he pretends to be.

I'm 15:12 and I'm also the poster with St. George near the front door. I've reported many cases of clear-cut trolling and obvious abuse, especially anti-Catholic bigotry (I'm not Catholic myself). I think maybe once a post was deleted. So I don't bother reporting either. But since I'd like to be able to have some real conversations here, and the troll(s) make that impossible, I'm going with shame. I've watched these threads for several years and ignoring the trolls doesn't work, they just amp up the bad behavior in desperate attempts to get noticed. Maybe shame will cause some much-needed self-reflection?

YOu could still ignore it. Besides trolling can be in the eyes of the beholder. Some people think disagreement is trolling.

Did you even read the post? Here are the Cliff notes: ignoring didn't work; sometimes the trolling is obvious. You're welcome

What do you mean "didn't work"? - that it continued" if so, just continue ignoring the offender. As it is, the offensive post lives on in responses to it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In the closet under the stairs where the sinful girl children are sent to reflect on the Weakness of Eve.

We call that the Harry Potter closet.

Grow up and stop being an Internet bully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the closet under the stairs where the sinful girl children are sent to reflect on the Weakness of Eve.

We call that the Harry Potter closet.

Grow up and stop being an Internet bully.

And there you go. Just as the PP said, the offending post lives on in each response to it.

To paraphrase Inigo Montoy, "You keep using that word - ignoring - to describe what you're doing. I do not think it means what you apparently think it means."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was raised catholic and we didn't have any religious symbols on display. I recall in one of my friend's house, there was a crucifix above their parents' bed.

+1. We had a Bible on the bookshelf with all our other books.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Small ones in each bedroom. There's a holy water font on the wall next to front door so we can bless ourselves as we leave. Our family altar in in the dining room. It's pretty discrete and fellow Catholic tend to notice it more than non-Catholics. There are bibles and small religious statutes in each room. My DD each have a 3 inch guardian angel in unglazed cream colored pottery. I have a small statue of Mary. My fiancé has a wooden carved portrait of St. Joseph that he got when he became a stepfather. Everyone has a bedside Bible. There is a Bible in the living room. I also have a Missal with the Offices in print in our bedroom, but prefer to use Divine Office on my iPhone. There's a Catholic calendar next to DD#2's bed because she's a lector. We have a small framed portrait for each patron saint (baptismal name and/or confirmation name), one of St. JPII, and one of Pope Emeritus Benedict, and one of His Holiness Francis. On any given day, you'll see 4 rosaries in various stages of use. I also tend to forget to put back on my scapular immediately after my morning shower, so that might be on the back of the bathroom door. There is blessed salt in the kitchen. We are NOT the most devout family we know either.

Wait, your fiancé? You have that much Catholicism going on and you are living in sin with children?

I caught that too, that's why I thought it was a joke post.

No joke. Our priest knows. He knows that we have extenuating circumstances and are in the annulment process. He's less judgy than random strangers on DCUM I guess.

It's not judgy random strangers on the internet that I find perplexing - it's the fact that you are leading this life in front of your DDs. That is not Catholic.

Are you and the others who are condemning PP even Catholic? You don't have a clue what OP's circumstances are. Live your own life, for pete's sake.

Yep Catholic-- although lapse Catholic. But my mother divorced, got am annulemnt annulement, and remarried. So I know exactly how the Catholic Church feels about this. And it's like a lot of things in the Catolic church-- a big fat no. Not maybe in compelling circumstances. Just no. IRL, I do't judge folks who live together before marriage, although I don't think it's a great idea if you have kids. But what gets me is that OP makes huge a huge display of Catholicism and then breaks such a major rule. If the priest knows about this, she should not be permitted to get communion-- just like any other divorced Catholic without an annulement. And, BTW, watching my mother go through this is a big reason I'm now lapsed. But it is a big deal in the Catholic Church.