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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to decide.

1. Are you going to raise your child with a Religion (any religion)? If yes,
2. Do you want it to be Catholic or do you want to learn a whole new religion

(This is where I stopped, because I think they all basically teach the same thing.)

Also, there is cultural things that go with religion. So you could be culturally Catholic but not actually religious, which means you follow all the traditions but don't do the sacraments. My brother did this but his daughter at 16 wanted the sacraments and ended up going to Catholic college. Which is funny, he is so against the Catholic church but he had to chill out.

If you have family that is Catholic, you more than likely will be doing the cultural stuff anyway.

You really don't have to blindly follow the Catholic Faith. I am very liberal and I am Catholic.

Do I believe in XYZ? not always... questioning religion is the responsiblity of a good member, otherwise it is a cult.

Get Catholics for Dummies, read it and decide if you want to be Catholic.

Personally, I am teaching my kids that there is 1 God who manifests himself to everybody a different way. Our family learned about God and spirituality through the Catholic Church, so we follow those teachings. No religion is perfect because it invovles imperfect people.

If you have questions about specific teachings and how other Catholics resolve themselves to those teachings this may be a good place to ask them.

I believe that gay people should have the right to marry, it is a goverment thing (separation of church and state).
I don't care that women are not priests because I feel they have a different role in the church and it does not bother me.
I believe that a sin is a sin, everybody does it and it is not a big deal, move on. It is not between me and you, it is between me and God, your sins are between you and God. He does not need my help.

Sorry, a bit of a ramble and I am sure there are spelling mistakes.[/quote]

OP here, I agree with this. I'd agree with what you said about being "culturally catholic." My family comes from those old ethnic Catholic countries where religion and nationality are very intertwined, so you pretty much lose one without the other. I'm sure I'll figure it out one day. I'm just very cautious about religion having seen people in my family go off the deep end with it to the point it's hard to converse with them and they start to sound cultish. Interesting how someone can sound so grounded until the topic of religion comes up. [/quote]

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