A sheltered catholic upbringing

[tweetiebird]

Hello,

I guess when growing up I was sheltered from the fact many dont believe catholics are christians. As I grow older I see some view catholics as worse doctrinally than LDS, and Jehovah witness.

It seems some die hard protestants would rather become a branch davidian than a catholic.

In retrospective I guess I see it as kind of funny all the conspiracy stories about the catholic faith.

I found it hilarious the other day when one TV preacher began to come up with conspiracy theories about the Jesuits…

It was just funny.

I am not a Jesuit, but I could not believe how the jesuits were trashed with impunity.

Anyway, I didnt hear any of this stuff while growing up.

Now it just seems ridiculous.

 

[JHow]

Hmmm. They must have left you off the email list. Aren’t you getting the memos? The Catholic conspiracy society meets monthly, you know.

 

[Regina_Love]

Hello,

I guess when growing up I was sheltered from the fact many dont believe catholics are christians. As I grow older I see some view catholics as worse doctrinally than LDS, and Jehovah witness.

It seems some die hard protestants would rather become a branch davidian than a catholic.

In retrospective I guess I see it as kind of funny all the conspiracy stories about the catholic faith.

I found it hilarious the other day when one TV preacher began to come up with conspiracy theories about the Jesuits…

It was just funny.

I am not a Jesuit, but I could not believe how the jesuits were trashed with impunity.

Anyway, I didnt hear any of this stuff while growing up.

Now it just seems ridiculous.

And satan is smirking as all “God’s children,” attack the Church which Jesus Christ gave them, to assist in thier salvation. Since the Catholic Church carries Jesus’ authority on earth it is a HUGE THREAT to the plans of satan, so naturally he targets the Catholic Church, just as He has the Jews.

 

[losh14]

I’m on the one hand grateful that you had an easier upbringing, but at the same time I’m thankful for all the instances where I’ve had to defend my faith (and in some cases literally fought for it) and that I’ve had the words to call upon when they needed to be said.

For whatever reason I seem to attract people like the ones you found funny (and they are mostly funny - less so when they’re in your face about it - I’ll find a way to post this JW ad with a drawing of Jesus that seriously looks like Kenny Loggins). I was reading the Book of Wisdom on the train to grad school one day and a man comes over, asks who wrote what I was reading, hten answered “Sodom!” I’m like " I wasn’t aware that the ancient and smitten city of Sodom had a printing press nor that any writings survived from that time". I’ve been interrupted at dinner in restaurants (“Pardon the interruption, but the Spirit is telling me that one of you is important. Are you Christian?” “I’m Catholic” “Okay, it’s not you, then.”).

The world is highly diverse, put it that way. Diversity includes strange. But the strange find themselves normal.