zengirl said:What the hell? How do you answer that? I get a lot of pressure to subscribe to any religion. One half of my family wants me to be a Christian, the other half wants me to be Catholic, my soon to be in laws want us to get married Catholic.. that entails taking classes... lessons...
Galen said:Obviously the work of Richard Dawkins et. all is something you've never experienced.
zengirl said:You should come visit the bible belt sometime. I can't visit my family without them asking me, "Sarah, Have you accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior?"
What the hell? How do you answer that? I get a lot of pressure to subscribe to any religion. One half of my family wants me to be a Christian, the other half wants me to be Catholic, my soon to be in laws want us to get married Catholic.. that entails taking classes... lessons...
Why can't we just be good people and exercise conscience and consideration along with tolerance and understanding? It seems to me that any religion has major problems incorporating the whole tolerance and understanding parts into their belief systems... even though the freakin bible teaches it....
1 Corinthians 13
Or you can substitute Love for Charity, depending on the translation... but it's my understanding that this very well known verse is telling Christians and Catholics alike to be understanding, loving, kind and tolerant.
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kiwi said:No, those are Jehovah's Witness'. We believe that God wants all man to return to live with him in "paradise" and that everyone who works to obtain that status can. Unfortunately we all make mistakes which is where Christ comes in and suffered and died for our sins so we can repent and make things right.
Coqui said:News flash.....Catholics are Christians
Desslock said:Technically, Catholics are christians.
Any Catholic I've ever called Christian has shot me a look of death. Catholics find a very stark distinction between the two.Coqui said:News flash.....Catholics are Christians
why_ask_why said:great, serves me right...I now have the family feud theme stuck in my head
zengirl said:Why can't we just be good people and exercise conscience and consideration along with tolerance and understanding? It seems to me that any religion has major problems incorporating the whole tolerance and understanding parts into their belief systems... even though the freakin bible teaches it....
zengirl said:Any Catholic I've ever called Christian has shot me a look of death. Catholics find a very stark distinction between the two.
Coqui said:That would be against my religion
zengirl said:Any Catholic I've ever called Christian has shot me a look of death. Catholics find a very stark distinction between the two.
Coqui said:Technically?
Belief in Christ? Check
Belief in God? Check
I think Catholics are 100% Christian in every way, shape, and form.
April23 said:When I see nature, people, the universe, music, love, etc. I see science. Everything is a reaction of something else.
It's a moot point to argue really, if your only contribution is to challenge my distinction between Catholics and Christians then you've missed the point entirely and you're compensating for you lack of opinion with your typical know it all off track insight.Coqui said:Every Catholic I know, has never said that. There's Cathoic and Protestant. Both of those are all Christian.
Only difference is one sect of Protestantism saw corruption in the Church and the other sect got pissed because he couldn't divorce his wife.
zengirl said:It's a moot point to argue really, if your only contribution is to challenge my distinction between Catholics and Christians then you've missed the point entirely and you're compensating for you lack of opinion with your typical know it all off track insight.
I'm neither Catholic nor Christian, I don't understand why you're trying to pound the point.