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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents, who are lifelong Republicans and genuinely try to be Christlike people, are increasingly aghast by what some of their friends believe. It’s really wild. So much of what is being espoused by evangelicals right now does not even begin to pass the “what would Jesus do?” test.[/quote]

Former Catholic here.

This is how I feel watching Catholic family and friends. Their views and statements on a variety of issues are so out of line with what I was taught (K-12 Catholic school, Catholic immigrant families, took part in all sacraments . . . I was raised in a hard core Catholic environment). I find it repulsive and confusing. And I cannot talk about it with them. Though THEY (not I) have raised issues with me, those attempts have gone badly. If you even delicately point out why their position seems at odds with WWJD, they lash out (also un-Jesus-like).

Unfortunately,[b] it has colored my views of them.[/b] It's hard to see people preaching Bible verses, Lenten sacrifices, and other on-the-surface Catholicism do a 180 when out of the church parking lot: name-calling and hostility, promoting policies that do not help the poor or needy, the victim complex, the willingness to deny other people rights b/c of the their "rights", among other things. [/quote]

Has it colored your views of Catholicism? After all, it, like other religions, expects followers to believe all sort of things that don't ordinarily happen, like virgin birth, resurrection, ascension into heaven and life after death for those who believe such things.

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So, I mean, growing up I never questioned. My family was Catholic. My school. My community: friends, friends' parents, teachers, doctors . . . it was a very insular, Catholic community. Sure, there were other Christian groups (and not really much else) but we didn't really mingle (unless you had friends/neighbors who didn't go to our church/school). So, what was taught/preached was how it was, without question.

As an adult, in addition to other issues I have, I have questioned some of this. But, I don't think those things are inherently harmful to believe (like some of the other issues I have). So, I haven't spent a lot of time grappling with it, if I'm being honest. And since I don't practice and we are not raising our kids that way, I don't really have to. [/quote]

Yes -- Given that you aren't raising your kids Catholic, it sounds like you rejected Catholicism without grappling with it.[/quote]

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