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Did it stick?

Catholics are quite different to all other Christians. They really like to seem rituals, and lighting candles.

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Sunhawk posted...

Did it stick?

Catholics are quite different to all other Christians. They really like to seem rituals, and lighting candles.

Yes. No.

Well the only thing that stuck was when I hear peace multiple times in quick succession I get the urge to shake peoples hands.
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Oh noes, CapnMuffin!
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I got into paganism as a teenager and stuck with that for like 10 years or more. briefly went back to catholic for like 1 year in my late 20's. now I am kinda "theist agnostic" I believe some form of godlike being exists but I don't follow any actual manmade religion.

oh and the reason for the rituals and stuff is cause it got carried over from roman paganism. the first catholics were roman pagans

Yes, and I still am.
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Yes. I quit going around 7th grade. My mom says its one of her greatest failings in life.
I wouldnt say it sucked, just wasnt for me.
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Yes, and hell no. That shit is ridiculous.

The sad thing is that the quality of education at the Catholic schools is much better. I'll probably be forced to send my future kids to one even though I sure as hell an not raising them Catholic.
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Sunhawk posted...

Did it stick?

Catholics are quite different to all other Christians. They really like to seem rituals, and lighting candles.

I'm catholic.

I was Catholic far enough to be confirmed and I went to Catholic school my entire childhood. I probably became atheist around like 20-21.
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Yeah i went to a Catholic after school class for like 10 years, got my confirmation into the church or whatever that was

I dunno what's different about it than Christians tho

It kinda stuck, I don't go to church or any of that stuff but I do believe in god and I still remember a lot about bible stories and stuff growing up
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Yes. No. I live in Glasgow, so it's not surprising.

I went to Catholic schools and did all the usual sacraments (baptism, communion, confirmation, etc.). At primary school, there was a church literally a few feet away, so we occasionally had mass there. At secondary school, we just had mass in school (but less often). Then there was all the other shit like Ash Wednesday.

At home, my parents weren't really that into religion honestly. They consider themselves Catholic, but haven't really participated for years. They don't really care about my religious views tbqh. I became an atheist on my own pretty much. There wasn't anything major to put me off the religion or anything.

Shuto-uke posted...

I'm catholic.

You love cats? :P

Gunpo posted...

I dunno what's different about it than Christians tho

the main differences with protestents is they don't believe you need a priest to forgive you of sins in confession. that you can confess directly to god yourself. and that purgatory doesn't exist. only catholics believe in purgatory

Catholics support Celtic and protestants support that other team. :)

Zikten posted...

Gunpo posted...

I dunno what's different about it than Christians tho

the main differences with protestents is they don't believe you need a priest to forgive you of sins in confession. that you can confess directly to god yourself. and that purgatory doesn't exist. only catholics believe in purgatory

I see, I remember confessing my sins to a priest once, had to memorize the Our Father prayer, and I had no idea other religions don't believe in purgatory
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Raised Catholic, gave it up when I was 10. Baptism, communion, and confirmation.
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It's funny how the only people who didn't go al "lol religion" in my family were the handful of Catholics. Everyone else grew out of it.

Well, on my mom's side. My dad's are Flanders tier protestants.
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Went to Catholic high school. I'm atheist now.
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i love all animals. in an platonic manner.

especially cats and dogs. they have earned the right to be "mans best friend". at least for dogs anyway.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin

Wtf @ that list of mortal sins. Mortal sins, apparently, mean you will definitely go to hell. It includes stuff like gay sex, premarital sex, hatred and using contraception. Doesn't this mean most Catholics are going to hell?

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Yes and it depends but usually no.

My grandparents/aunts/mother were big time old fashioned catholics. Heavily involved, went to every function. Every prayer, church came first.
For whatever reason my brothers and I just didn't buy into it 100%. And there's only so much church you can take before you're sick of it by age 12. Not unless you personally get something out of going, out of the sermons. And that's the big problem the church has. That's why a lot of these new churches are seeing explosive growth and the catholic church in the US isn't. They have preachers that connect with you versus that being very rare with us. If you can understand these current third world priests at all that is. Money, money, money. The bishop wants more money. That's the long and short of every sermon. And it's like fuck him! And fuck you too!

We had a massive scandal in our parish. Not the molestation thing but a financial/property one. Due to how involved we were we saw behind the curtain so to speak. Saw how the sausage was made. The lies, the manipulation, the attitude, the back stabbing, the removals if priests that didn't fall in line with the lies. That is actually what did it for us. mother and aunts included. Grandparents had already passed by then. We rarely if ever go now. I just can't stomach it. Having to hear the bs about money. The praise of that pos rotten mother fucking bishop that I truly wish every horror in life upon. That sob.
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EternalDivide posted...

Yes and it depends but usually no.

My grandparents/aunts/mother were big time old fashioned catholics. Heavily involved, went to every function. Every prayer, church came first.
For whatever reason my brothers and I just didn't buy into it 100%. And there's only so much church you can take before you're sick of it by age 12. Not unless you personally get something out of going, out of the sermons. And that's the big problem the church has. That's why a lot of these new churches are seeing explosive growth and the catholic church in the US isn't. They have preachers that connect with you versus that being very rare with us. If you can understand these current third world priests at all that is. Money, money, money. The bishop wants more money. That's the long and short of every sermon. And it's like fuck him! And fuck you too!

We had a massive scandal in our parish. Not the molestation thing but a financial/property one. Due to how involved we were we saw behind the curtain so to speak. Saw how the sausage was made. The lies, the manipulation, the attitude, the back stabbing, the removals if priests that didn't fall in line with the lies. That is actually what did it for us. mother and aunts included. Grandparents had already passed by then. We rarely if ever go now. I just can't stomach it. Having to hear the bs about money. The praise of that pos rotten mother fucking bishop that I truly wish every horror in life upon. That sob.

Sounds very bad. What exactly happened? Was the corruption that bad? Anyone end up in prison?

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Our parish, as were many others around here, was combined. Many properties were purchased by the diocese and then lied as to them being "donations" from various groups. This was to get monies off the book that way there would be little to show when the settlement with the Diocese of San Diego which we were once a part of was being reached with some of the molestation cases. None happened directly under our diocese but did once when we were combined and so our diocese had to pay up a part. If all money was in property investment they got to say 'look at us, we're poor, we have nothing to give".
As the smaller of two towns that got combined we lost our school, out priest, out services, our office staff and our name. We became the afterthought. The bishop put out a press release to our parish that it was because the parish staff asked him for this "gift". Got caught in that lie because staff and priest were having non of it. Everyone left removed for not falling in line.

An old friend of the bishop's (woman) was illegally (in the catholic doctrine) installed as our "pastor" ranking above the priests. Walked up the aisle ahead of the priest every mass. This did not go over well at all nor should it have. Complaints were made to the vatican rep in DC. Money went missing. More services cut. She finally was out but by then our church was essentially gutted.
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Sounds like a lot of dodgy and illegal stuff happened, plus people and a local society weren't treated very well. I guess that will put a person off Catholicism for life.

It's sad the sheer amount of corruption the Catholic church has had over the years. Even the 20th and 21st centuries have been pretty bad. The Vatican Bank has had a lot of problems.

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Ye. Baptized, communion, confirmed, all that. Didn't stick, stopped going to church regularly around my mid-to-late teens haven't been back since. My family isn't even all that religious anymore, tho my parents still go to church.

Catholic guilt rears its head every now and then tho.
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Catholism seems to create a lot of disenfranchised, angry people. In America, at least.

Perhaps Protestantism is the key. Who knows?

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I feel sorry for those who don't believe in God.

Sunhawk posted...

Catholism seems to create a lot of disenfranchised, angry people. In America, at least.

Perhaps Protestantism is the key. Who knows?

Protestantism isn't the key either.