2 disagreements so im not a real Catholic?

[gurneyhalleck1]

I play it safe altogether and wouldn’t step foot anywhere in that entire country…

I have enough adventures in the Philippines with my wife every few years! Typhoid was a hoot last time!

We have been spending time in Mexico every year for the last 30 years… However we have changed our habits a bit-I will no longer run a car on the mainland because you are correct that federales will pull you over and shake you down, and we no longer take off into the countryside. We also avoid the Pacific Coast because of the drug cartels rampant in that area. Thus far there has been no violence in the Yucatán Peninsula ,which is where we are going ,but we get a little more nervous every year.

 

[JohnMPhilomena]

Amen! St. Augustine, one of the greatest thinkers and theologeans of all time said much the same thing. He disagreed with The Church for a many years, until he studied the matter to understand thoroughly why The Church teaches as it does on these matters and came to the realization that the error was his.

God bless.

I love reading St Augustine’s writings. His mother St Monica prayed for years for his conversion - and her prayers were answered beyond all reasonable expectations and he became a Doctor of the church! The following quote has special meaning for me since I too converted late in life in answer to my wife’s and childrens’ prayers.

Oh, too late have I loved thee, beauty so ancient and so new, too late have I loved thee. Behold, thou wast within me and I was searching outside, among the beauty of thy creation. At last, didst thou call out loud, didst thou force open my deafness and didst chase away my blindness. Thou didst breathe fragrant odours and I drew in my breath; and now I pant for thee. Thou didst touch me, and I burned for thy peace. Lord, have pity on me; my evil sorrows contend with my good joys. Lord, have pity on me. Thou art the Physician, I am the sick man; thou art merciful, I need mercy. Is not the life of man on earth an ordeal? My whole hope is in thy exceeding great mercy and that alone. Give what thou commandest and command what thou wilt. O Love, O my God, enkindle me! - St. Augustine

 

[Quatsch]

I am late to the party and have not read the whole thread, but from what I have read, I would say that there is a humility to admit that your own position on these two items may also not be correct, and still to allow in your mind the possibility that the Church is more correct.

There are many times when I have felt sure of something only to find out later that I didn’t have all the facts and I was actually not as right as I thought I was. If you are willing to at least admit the possibility that you may be wrong, then, depending on the nature of the issues, you have no reason to worry. If it were something in the creed or infallible dogma…that’s another story. Though even with that, there can be difficulties in coming to accept something that do not amount to a rejection of Church teaching.

Speak with a priest you trust that is faithful to the Magisterium…I am sure they have all dealt with similar situations in seminary whether it was their own difficulties or those of their fellow seminarians.

 

[Peepers]

I head out tomorrow brother. I will be glad to get back. I will feel more normal with my brothers and sisters in arms. I will also be glad to be among familiar surroundings with fully clothed women, and The Arab culture. I like it. I was so happy everytime i saw a Muslim over here. I really miss them too. Im gonna hate to leave Iraq. I pray for the people who live there, especially for our Catholic brothers and sisters undergoing persecution. Peace

I know what you mean. Part of me is still there. Stay safe. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

[mark_avery]

Nope!

Peeeace man…

 

[losh14]

This is the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Thick book huh? I agree with everything in this book. With the exeption of 2 issues. Should I change my religious affiliation and leave the Church? One of the issues is moral, the other is socialogical. Your thoughts. Peace

I’m impressed. My disagreements outnumber yours. Then again, my disagreements outside the Church are far greater. So what I cannot understand on basis of reason, I either take on faith or I pray on until I find an answer. I don’t feel incomplete or not real, but rather in-progress.

There was a medieval devotional story I read in a class on the History of the Spanish Language, I mean this story was from like the 12th century - old. The moral of it was - so long as you struggle, you have no reason to give up. If you struggle with a point of doctrine or even in faith itself, is it because you’re struggling towards Christ and don’t see how this helps you there, or you’re struggling with something that is a consequence of the doctrine, or a precursor or assumption to it?