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It has always seemed to me that a few Catholics consider Catholicism to be some sort of club instead of a religion whose teachings they are to follow. As if they just need to get themselves elected the new Treasurer or Secretary of Whatever and then they can run things their way. And I was always under the impression that going through confirmation was basically imply that you were 'down' with all the churches teachings. Is that incorrect?

This is coming from someone who isn't Catholic, didn't grow up around Catholics and doesn't even know any Catholics now.

1 posted on 11/19/2012 6:05:42 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

equal marriage, SIGH, I wish these idiots would get a brain and use it., see my tagline.

You are not Catholic if you vote for killing babies,
homosexuality,

These idiots mainly in the north east have no idea what their faith is about.


2 posted on 11/19/2012 6:11:43 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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maybe his parents need to get him help and understand what he wants or how he wants his sex is not healthy, nor natural and against his faith.

Think of where the colon is,

The prostate is devided by a thin film, if that is broken then all that feces get into there.

It’s not just eprverted sex it;s down right not healthy or natural


3 posted on 11/19/2012 6:13:52 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: servo1969

Facebook has consequences.


4 posted on 11/19/2012 6:16:11 AM PST by grobdriver
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“We fully support the Catholic Church, except for those pesky spiritual rules,” the Cihak family.


6 posted on 11/19/2012 6:17:46 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: servo1969

While I am not a Catholic, that church has the same right and duty to protect who they consider to be a properly vetted member. It is not honest to seek to be “confirmed” and yet to act contrary to the doctrines being taught.


7 posted on 11/19/2012 6:19:23 AM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: servo1969

A priest with backbone.Outstanding!


8 posted on 11/19/2012 6:20:15 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: servo1969

Since this kid is so “honest” and “respected throughout the community,” where did he get the stolen yard sign?


9 posted on 11/19/2012 6:20:22 AM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: servo1969
It has always seemed to me that a few Catholics consider Catholicism to be some sort of club instead of a religion whose teachings they are to follow.

It's more than "a few".A *lot* more.

10 posted on 11/19/2012 6:21:42 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)
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To: servo1969

So nice to see a Parish stand up for the beliefs of the Church. I wish more would.


11 posted on 11/19/2012 6:22:32 AM PST by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
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This is news? All I can say is (as a teen would say), “well, duh!”


12 posted on 11/19/2012 6:24:05 AM PST by grimalkin (Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Friedman)
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All Christians know from scripture that homosexuality is wrong. The bibles says so several times. And, abortion is pure baby killing. Taking an innocent life with a beating heart and killing it is morally wrong. Some churches have turned a blind eye on biblical teaching in those areas for whatever reasons.


14 posted on 11/19/2012 6:26:11 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: servo1969

Start kicking out the politicians.


16 posted on 11/19/2012 6:28:04 AM PST by TigerClaws
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Oh, well—I bet they can get him confirmed by one of the women “priests” who still call themselves catholics. Welcome to the catholic buffet.


18 posted on 11/19/2012 6:33:13 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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Hey, unless and until he repents of that wrong, they have a perfect right to tell him take a hike.


19 posted on 11/19/2012 6:36:36 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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The priest did not push this young man away; this young man pushed the church away.


23 posted on 11/19/2012 6:41:37 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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If you read the whole wretched interview, you find that the big reason the family is making a stink about this is because the boy's father is concerned that the family will not be able to be buried together, or near to his parent's graves.

Such things are small potatoes next to the souls of your family, but I don't suppose father really believes in the Living Christ who will judge the living and the dead, either. For him, religion is probably nothing more than smells and bells, baptistries and sepulchres and pretty music. He seems to be merely a consumer of religion-it is beyond the pale for it to make any demands of him.

25 posted on 11/19/2012 6:47:59 AM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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I teach and run a confirmation class. Yes - nobody is allowed to be confirmed unless they agree to follow all the teachings of the Catholic church.

I’m happy that this diocese did this - I haven’t had to exclude a student yet - but I would if one of them did something like this.


29 posted on 11/19/2012 6:53:41 AM PST by JCBreckenridge (They may take our lives... but they'll never take our FREEDOM!)
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“It has always seemed to me that a few Catholics consider Catholicism to be some sort of club instead of a religion whose teachings they are to follow. “

A GROWING problem with MANY Christian sects in America which is one of the reasons we are losing to Islam.

They believe in SOMETHING, regardless of how depraved we know it to be. It sets limits and is inflexible.

Contemporary Christianity has become a wishy-washy mix of shifting values, dictated by the media and Hollywood elites.


31 posted on 11/19/2012 6:59:35 AM PST by ZULU (See video: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html)
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“It’s just the way the priest has things running. He’s so strict. He won’t loosen up about things.”

Wow. The priest is strict? Wait till he meets a Holy God.


32 posted on 11/19/2012 7:02:34 AM PST by haffast
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Stop it with the “GAY” crap already. They are HOMOSEXUALS. Besides, “gay marriage” is an oxymoron.


40 posted on 11/19/2012 7:30:58 AM PST by windsorknot
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