Reply to Family struggling with Catholicism

Forum Index » Religion

Reply to "Family struggling with Catholicism"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -- I was very much like you.  Even had a child with a health condition... she died.  Really made me question whether there is a God and where he was.

Have been away from the church for a long time.  It's still a cultural part of me.  That's the part I think you are connecting to -- it's part of the way you connect in the families.  The social justice aspects of my Catholic education are ingrained in me.  That is the best part of Catholicism that I experienced.  On occassion, we have gone to church -- we were looking at it like outsiders -- it's all very strange.  Yes, we know the routines, but they seem very strange to us since we have been not doing them for so long.  Bottom line -- we've been gone too long to accept the parts that don't fit our world view.  It's hard to let go of the Catholic "community" and being a part of a larger group.  But, if we are truthful with ourselves, we simply do not believe.  We don't believe the rules, we don't believe the whole Jesus thing, we don't fit.  We have evolved into "nones" --- people who mark "none" on the religious affiliation surveys.

I wish we were part of a "community" like a church, but we just can't fake it enough to make it right.  Been gone too long.[/quote]

If you;re still interested in finding a community, you might try the Washington ethical Society.  No faking required.  It's a humanistic organization - no Jesus, no god.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics