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Golightly Grrl said:
Actually we have 666 tattooed on our foreheads
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Golightly Grrl said:
Actually we have 666 tattooed on our foreheads
LPU2 said:Nice thread. I grew up a white, protestant evangelical, married a devout Catholic girl and now I consider myself a non-denominational Christian who finds value and hypocrisy in both. But one things for certain: I'm a 100% proud liberal. It's disgusting how the very word itself has been demonized by the neo-McArtheists on the right.
You were talking about shirts? I've had a shirt with the word "liberal" on it for two years. I made it as a protest against all the hate directed toward liberals.
blueyedpoet said:Hey, um, for the past year or so I've been considering becoming Catholic. I grew up in a conservative evangelical households so catholicism was always sorta out there. In the protestant church there is so little reverence to the artistic nature of God. I find deep meaning in symbolism, and I really value many catholic traditions. And, for the past three years I have gone to Christmas Mass at an Abbey (Abby...I'm no good at spelling) in the hills in southern california. All you liberal catholics out there, care to share any advice?
Macfistowannabe said:It may have been a long time ago, but Catholics did claim the earth wasn't round. I'm just not comfortable with extra-biblical claims, and to me, things like purgatory are a false doctorine that didn't come from God.
I would be interested in reading it. I don't really understand why prayer of the dead is necessary if their eternity has already been determined.verte76 said:
Catholics have seven books in our Old Testament that are not found in Protestant Bibles. In one of these books, 2 Maccabees, prayer for the dead is discussed. Needless to say we do believe that this came from God.
Thanks for your answer. In high school, I hung out with a Catholic youth group - even though I'm not Catholic obviously - but many of them had great faith in God. The problem was, when they got into Catholicism, they lost me. I just can't help but think that Catholicism is very complicated.verte76 said:The belief is that the dead havn't completely finished their penance for their sins. It's in 2 Maccabees 12:43-46.
Macfistowannabe said:Thanks for your answer. In high school, I hung out with a Catholic youth group - even though I'm not Catholic obviously - but many of them had great faith in God. The problem was, when they got into Catholicism, they lost me. I just can't help but think that Catholicism is very complicated.
Macfistowannabe said:The problem with Catholicism is that history has proven many of its doctorines wrong, all of them are nowhere to be found in the bible. The problem with liberalism in the church is that it's inconsistent with scripture.
blueyedpoet said:"I love the artistic, visual side of Catholicism. I love the liturgical form of worship, the vestments, the processions, the art, the whole thing." Verte, that's exactly what I love about Catholicism. Another thing I love is hey, Catholicism is the only branch that admits to it's um (pardon my french) fuck-ups. I've yet to see the Baptist communities apologize for endorsing slavery, Nazism (as did catholicism too at first), racism etc. I grew up in a Baptist home so I know first hand that there are many other mistakes. At least Catholics go, yeah, parts of our past are pretty bad.
Originally posted by nbcrusader They even let me skip weekly chapel if I wanted. [/B]
nbcrusader said:I attended a Catholic high school. Never once did they ask if I believed in Jesus. They even let me skip weekly chapel if I wanted.