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[quote=Anonymous]Honest question for you OP: have your in-laws actually made any direct reference to you going to hell? Or is that your way of summarizing a longer version of what they say - something along the lines of the Catholic church being the most complete and direct path to God?

I ask because I have a very Catholic husband and Catholic in-laws, I'm not Catholic, not even Christian, but I've attended various Catholic things over the years and the Church's stance on non-Catholics is not that they are going to hell. In fact, the Church doesn't claim to know that anyone is in hell at all, because God is merciful and we have no way of knowing the bounds of what his mercy would forgive.

Sorry for the theological lesson, but I just want to clarify what we're talking about here. Their faith does not teach them that you're going to hell, so if they're saying that to you, your husband should encourage them to speak to their priest and if they bring that up with you again, you should implore them to look at what their church teaches and say you're not open to discussing the matter further until they do so. My husband has told his father that he's committing heresy for lesser offenses, and there's no reason your husband can't defend you and the faith he was raised in from being misrepresented by willfully ignorant people.

If they're not actually implying that you're going to hell, but just that they're unhappy that you're not Catholic, then that warrants a different response. They are allowed to believe their faith is the best - every one does, but they need to be respectful and not meddle in their grown child's marriage (a confess-able sin btw). Either way, I wouldn't threaten less time with the grandchildren as a way of dealing with it. Your ILs behavior will speak for itself. [/quote]

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