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Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

LOL!

The baptismal vow is the singular vow that is made to bind a child. It is a sacred vow and not something to be laughed off by some kind of protestant jackal!

Which of these jackals is the Protestant one?

Not sure, but I can sure spot the Jew. signed, BORAT

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Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

LOL!

The baptismal vow is the singular vow that is made to bind a child. It is a sacred vow and not something to be laughed off by some kind of protestant jackal!

Which of these jackals is the Protestant one?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

LOL!

The baptismal vow is the singular vow that is made to bind a child. It is a sacred vow and not something to be laughed off by some kind of protestant jackal!

Baptismal vows are made for a child by his/her parents. Confirmation serves to reaffirm those vows, but with the child him/herself making them.

Vows made by a parent binds the parent, not the child.

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Anonymous wrote:If you've truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your savior, why not just call yourself a Christian?

I do, even as a Catholic, because Catholics as well as Protestants are Christians.

It wasn't my point to suggest otherwise. Just wonder why you need a denominational identity.

Some of us prefer a denominational identity because we subscribe to the particular creed or practices that a given denomination offers.

Moreover, the Catholic Church self-identifies as the Only True Church, the one founded by Jesus. From a Catholic point of view, other Christian churches are simply wrong or at best, misguided.* The RCC rejects the validity of Protestant churches. Further, it believes that the True Presence of Christ is found only in the Eucharist which has undergone transubstantiation by a Roman Catholic priest.

If you as a Catholic accept these Catholic teachings, then a nonCatholic denomination will not work for you.

*The RCC makes certain exceptions here including for e.g. the Eastern Orthodox Church.

If you want a "moment" that defines you as leaving one denomination and starting to identify as another, I'd say it is if/when you officially become a "member" of that church. Although some churches don't maintain formal membership lists, most do, and most have some sort of process to go from being an attender to a member. It might involve meeting with pastor/elders, doing a formal declaration of faith before the church, or filling out paperwork.

That said, I think you can start publicly identifying as a member of a denomination as soon as you want. If it feels strange, just use the "I attend a [blank] church."

-Former Catholic turned Presbyterian

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Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

LOL!

The baptismal vow is the singular vow that is made to bind a child. It is a sacred vow and not something to be laughed off by some kind of protestant jackal!

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Anonymous wrote:If you've truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your savior, why not just call yourself a Christian?

I do, even as a Catholic, because Catholics as well as Protestants are Christians.

It wasn't my point to suggest otherwise. Just wonder why you need a denominational identity.

Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

LOL!

Anonymous wrote:If you've truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your savior, why not just call yourself a Christian?

Catholics do call themselves Christians, because they are Christians.

Anonymous wrote:If you've truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your savior, why not just call yourself a Christian?

I do, even as a Catholic, because Catholics as well as Protestants are Christians.

If you've truly trusted in Jesus Christ as your savior, why not just call yourself a Christian?

I think it happens when you start taking communion in a Protestant church. Real Catholics wouldn't, so it kind of marks your entrance in your protestant church when you start to.

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Anonymous wrote:You are thinking like a Catholic.

Catholics frequently talk about people, usually Christian, converting to Catholicism and have a special reverence for converts. Protestants usually think only of people converting to Christianity from a non-Christian religion. There is a lot of fluidity among Protestant denominations that just doesn't exist between Catholics and Protestants.

Don't think about converting to Protestantism. Just become a Lutheran, Episcopalian or whatever denomination you choose.

I was being deliberately vague about the denomination. What I meant was, at what point do I say "I'm [denomination] now; I'm no longer Catholic" if/when asked (especially by relatives)?

Whenever you feel like it -- protestants are a lot looser than Catholics, as others here have been trying to tell you.

Could it be that you still feel catholic, because of your upbringing and your still catholic family, even though you have no intention of ever going back? If so, try not to let that get in the way of your non-catholic practices.

I'm perfectly okay with saying in not Catholic now; I just didn't want to sound "presumptuous" about already "being" the other denomination if I've only been going to their services for, say, a few months.

"I'm attending a {fill in the blank} church now."

Anonymous wrote:Your parents made baptismal promises on your behalf to choose they rcc. You make a liar of them every time you go to your Lutheran service.

Catholic/Lutheran PP here. My parents promised to raise me in the Catholic church, and they did. The promises did not relate to my own choices.

At my Catholic Confirmation, I made those same promises for myself. From my point of view, I am fulfilling them by living as a Christian.

Your exclusive/monopolistic message and tone are so Catholic - one of the reasons I chose to find a different way to remain observant.

Anonymous wrote:Why does this even come up? I'm a Protestant, btw.

Catholic/Lutheran PP here.

It comes up because Catholics have a strong sense of Catholic identity, even when we worship at a Protestant church. Catholicism is not just a religion - it is a culture and identity.

Although I have not worshiped in a Catholic church for over a decade, my self-identity is still largely Catholic.