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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My background is the same, op, and my kids are now older teens and above. I don’t know that I handled it well, basically they knew that I had been raised catholic but that’s it, really. We took them on and off to a mainline protestant church when they were younger.

One of my teens said something recently (after a trip to a catholic college) that made me realize fully realize how much they didn’t “get” Catholicism (which is of course makes sense since I left the church and didn’t raise them in it) but it still made me sad.   [/quote]

What did your child say?[/quote]

Hard to explain but basically it was clear that they didn’t differentiate Catholics from baptists, lutherans, or Presbyterians, etc.

Not in terms of not knowing historical background but just emotionally these were all equivalent to the teen and in the category “religions other than mine.” As I said, hard to explain but sort of painful. [/quote]

What is the purpose of being a Christian? Why should your teen regard Catholicism as different? What aspects are you sad about? Are you pained about your teen not recognizing the aspects that Luther sought to strip away?

I tend to see different denominations as different flavors of the same thing, not completely different movements like Christianity compared to Hinduism.[/quote]

PP are you Catholic? I suspect not. Yes both Catholics and Protestants are Christian, but they are very different religions in many ways, especially culturally. [/quote]

Like what, apostolic succession and praying the rosary? I’ve been both Catholic and Protestant. And while generally speaking I tend to prefer Catholicism, they are not all that different in core beliefs. In terms of rituals there is more variation between Protestants (Pentecostals vs Anglicans) than Catholics and Anglicans.

Very odd to feel triggered that your kid who you didn’t raise as a Christian categorizes the Christian sub-groups as Christian. [/quote]

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