This thread is mostly just out of curiosity so please don't feel the need to 'out' yourself needlessly but even though I gave up organized religion long ago I feel that being raised in the Roman Catholic Church has influenced every part of my adult life. Are you Catholic? Recovering Catholic? Somewhere in between? For me, being raised Catholic has brought out both the worst and best in people... and I don't even know myself whether that was ultimately a good or bad thing.
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My family is Catholic, but I'm not. I don't know if I was baptized or not, but I never went through confirmation or whatever it is. The only times I've been in a Catholic church (or any church, really) is for weddings and funerals.
No it just gets you our sympathy.I've been married to a Catholic for 15 years. Does thta count?
Thanks... I didn't even know that we had a 'religion' forum.Moved this one to the religion forum
Crafty devils.
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I was raised Catholic after begging my parents to turn because some friends were Catholic, I learned that was a bad mistake and I wanted out, I thought I had more purpose elsewhere then the Catholic church. Heck at this time I don't like 90 percent of the churches, I only go to just a small amount of churches now , I don't like how alot of churches and denominations had become and dramatizing people.
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There's a book called Once a Catholic: Prominent Catholics and Ex-Catholics Discuss the Influence of the Church on Their Lives and Work by Peter Occhiogrosso. In other words, once a Catholic, always a Catholic. (Fine book, by the way.)
I was born, baptized, confirmed, raised and educated as a Catholic. I left the Catholic Church (to the extent that that is even possible) when I was about 15 or 16.
I think this background, though, has marked me for life.
By the way, I am old enough to have lived through the no-meat-on-Fridays era. I found this background helpful when I (much later) became a vegetarian.
I was born, baptized, confirmed, raised and educated as a Catholic. I left the Catholic Church (to the extent that that is even possible) when I was about 15 or 16.
I think this background, though, has marked me for life.
By the way, I am old enough to have lived through the no-meat-on-Fridays era. I found this background helpful when I (much later) became a vegetarian.
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Me too, Joe. I also got married in the church (to a non catholic, no mass) for my Dad's sake. He was a man who lived as a good Catholic every day of his life. I didn't christen my children though, or bring them up Catholic. I consider myself Buddhist now, but definitely was very influenced by my Catholic upbringing. I'm going to see if I can get that book from the library. ^^
Recovering Catholic here as well... sometimes bitter... sometimes thankful... it's totally screwed up.
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Me too, Joe. I also got married in the church (to a non catholic, no mass) for my Dad's sake. He was a man who lived as a good Catholic every day of his life. I didn't christen my children though, or bring them up Catholic. I consider myself Buddhist now, but definitely was very influenced by my Catholic upbringing. I'm going to see if I can get that book from the library. ^^
Good idea, since the book came out in 1987, so it should be in libraries by now. It seems way overpriced on Amazon, although you can buy used copies for a penny (plus shipping).
It's really a series of interviews. Each chapter more or less stands on its own. You can pick and choose which ones to read. You don't have to read it cover to cover.
By the way, there is another book with the same title, but that one is the text of a play. I'm afraid I know nothing about the play.
Speaking of Buddhism, I was just watching the movie What's Love Got to Do With It? on DVD. My old girlfriend and I broke up after seeing that movie.
I think it is a fine film.
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When i turned Born Again Christian I had a good feeling that I don't need organized religion and organized church, my pride and joy preacher was preaching about this last night that he don't like legalism and tradition in churches, he wants his members to come worship God the way they are and no organized junk.
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When I was really young I had neighbors who were Catholic. They always told me the devil was going to get me if I didn't go to church; we were non-practicing Jews so obviously we never went to church. They had me terrified that the devil was going to get me at any moment, so I went to church with them, which was equally as traumatic.
I think being brought up Catholic has had an impact on my views but I was feminist from a young age so I rejected all the derogatory crap about women and I was always pro-choice so I didn't pay much attention to that rule either. I still think there is some value in the philosophy of the Catholic religion and the same with most religions, well apart from Scientology.
Because of the film?
Because of the film?
peacefulveglady
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LOL I was bad Catholic gal in high school I was put on Birth Control not for enjoyment but medical purposes , the church never knew about it, it wasn't their buisness. I love our pastor right now and his church because he don't want to know about all the sins and stuff people does unless it will harm them physically and so on, he said its between the person and God.
