Anyone had a run in with this group

[Roman_Catholic_1]

I will pray for you both. My family has sent me so much anti-catholic stuff, I quit opening anything that comes in the mail from them. Some of the stuff published is so ridiculous, a child wouldn’t fall for it. For some reason they do

Do you have a relationship with them otherwise? Can you give me any advice on how you carry on in a civil manner with your family depsite such rifts? Do you just ignore their anti-Catholic messages and than move on like you never heard them? At first she tried to confront him on his misconceptions but he quickly grew angry and didn’t want to hear it.

When we get home from school this summer he will probably want to see us, what should I say if it comes up? We are still deciding whether or not he will be apart of our wedding. We both think that all the Catholics in the Church at our wedding will be to good of an opportunity for him to pass up preaching to everyone.

BTW the rest of her family love me and our relationship. In fact they have stopped talking to him for what he has done to his daughter over turning Catholic. So this isnt her whole family just her dad and step mother.

 

[UtahMaggie]

Fr_Chuck:

I hear often on various “Christian” radio stations speakers who call the Catholic Church the Anti Christ, the Pope the servant of Satan.

Can someone please explain to me why or how groups like this can say that Catholics are not Christians, that the Pope serves Satan or that the Catholic church is the Anti Christ? Did I miss something? I mean, seriously, how can they make such statements?

 

[Roman_Catholic_1]

Can someone please explain to me why or how groups like this can say that Catholics are not Christians, that the Pope serves Satan or that the Catholic church is the Anti Christ? Did I miss something? I mean, seriously, how can they make such statements?

This was the response I got from her step mother: via email, she emailed me when she found out about her step daughter’s decision to convert.

About Catholicism, Christianity and Catholicism are not the same thing so good luck with your search for spirituality. There will be consequences though

I replied with:

That is a mighty large and unsupported claim, could you give some solid evidence to support your assertions? Did you not say earlier that Christians are those who “follow” Jesus Christ? Using your own reasoning wouldnt that make me and your step daugher Christian or are you in a such a position to tell people who and who they do not follow?

she replied with:

I think it is best if we do not email eachother for awhile.

 

[UtahMaggie]

Roman_Catholic:

This was the response I got from her step mother: via email, she emailed me when she found out about her step daughter’s decision to convert.

I replied with:

she replied with:

How sad. I’m really sorry to hear that. You and your fiance are in my prayers. Please keep us posted.
Maggie

 

[Ruthie]

“Do you have a relationship with them otherwise? Can you give me any advice on how you carry on in a civil manner with your family depsite such rifts? … When we get home from school this summer he will probably want to see us, what should I say if it comes up?”

It is possible to continue to have a relationship with them. The way you do it is to have agreed-upon ground rules. The one for your situation would be “We don’t talk about religion.”

Just in case, after he agrees to the rule, make sure you visit him - but not vice versa. If you are in his place, and he breaks the rule, you just get in your car and go. If he’s at your place it’s a lot harder to get rid of him.

If he can keep the rule during a few visits to him, then it’s probably safe to ask him over.

I’m speaking from experience… my sis is a JW, her in-laws are some kind of charismatic pentacostals, and our late mother was a pro-abortion moral relativist (aka Unitarian).

 

[JoeyWarren]

Ruthie, as Professor Dumbledore said in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”:

Dark times lie ahead. There comes a time when we all must make the decision… .between what is right… and what is easy.

I know, I know, I am quoting from a movie that’s not to christian, but the quote is still valid none-the-less.

Ruthie, my own family is of the same thought as your family. They are Church of God. My brother is a Bishop in the Church of God, so can you imagine what I must deal with? I have resigned my self to the fact that they will never believe that we are christians. They believe the Catholic church is Satan’s imitation of theirs and nothing will ever change their over-the-course-of-time conditioning and brainwashing.

My daughter is getting married at the end of May this year. She has opted to not invite my family to the wedding and that is her perogative and one that I respect.

Ruthie, you plan on converting and getting married in the Catholic Church, you may have to deal with the same issue. Do you invite your family to a place where they believe is a place “Dedicated to the worship of Satan”? My daughter has said no to this.

You may have to put them to the question: “Dad, can you step inside a building that you believe is used for satan worship?”

Ruthie, I know I am not making this any easier on you, and I apologize for that. But are you okay with getting together with a bunch of people who will sit there in your midst and think in their minds

"This girl and her boyfriend have stop being christians because of their association with the Catholic Church . They worship Mary . They worship Dead People "

I have had to say no to this question when they finally admitted their belief of our status as being non-christian.

Dark times lie ahead. There comes a time when we all must make the decision… .between what is right… and what is easy.

Sorry

 

[Chickamauga]

Dark times lie ahead. There comes a time when we all must make the decision… .between what is right… and what is easy.

There is nothing “easy” about being Catholic. :nope: I am one of the laziest people on the planet. I did not choose to be a Catholic because it was a cake walk. Rather the Catholic Church, the Body of Christ, with the small, still voice of the Holy Spirit, chose me. I simply responded and said “yes” (after saying “no” about a thousand times!) There is nothing easy about taking up the cross and following Christ. Yet… through His grace and with the hope of salvation we shall run the good race and strive to endure to the end.

• Another convert sends.

 

[JoeyWarren]

Chickamauga:

There is nothing “easy” about being Catholic. :nope: Being one of the laziest people on the planet, I can assure that I did not choose to be a Catholic Christian because it was a cake walk. Rather the Catholic Church, the Body of Christ, chose me. I simply responded and said “yes” (after saying “no” about a thousand times!)There is nothing easy about taking up the cross and following Christ. Yet… through His grace and with the hope of salvation we shall run the good race and strive to endure to the end.

• Another convert sends.

Amen!

 

[happygal]

Roman_Catholic:

My fiance’s father is a member of The Great News Netwrok and I was just wondering if anyone had had any run ins with this group. He is the leader of this group in my home town and he is very anti-Catholic, only recently has he started talking to my fiance after he found out she was converting to Catholicism.

I would post the web-site but I think it would get deleted.

God Bless

Well the most important thing to do is to pray for him. Sometime is not easy to convince someone who’s mindset have been craved with a particular thinking. Through prayers, thing will work out in time to come. God will do his miracle. My practise as a protestant have let me understand, our action and words of kindness and caring will eventually crack the toughest mind in one human being.

Is not nice for catholic/protestant believers to bad mouth about one and others, is not going to resolve anything. So what do you get in the end of doing such thing…Just ask ourselves this question.

What have been done in the past (holy religion wars) cannot be undone, thus i understand it need lots of time and patience to iron out some of the misconceptional ideas about who’s practise is right or wrong.

We are all humans, we will make mistakes…even pastors and priests make mistakes…but we leave in to god to judge and do our part well.

Religion is not about who is right who is wrong and if religion bring so much problem…then what those free thinker thinking are correct. Why need a religion that create nothing but trouble to all!!! Religion have brought so much of killing and protest, why it is so…simply because human being mindset are not like Jesus…kind and benevolant…so how can we go around telling pple what is the real truth when we ourselves are not sinless. Isn’t there is quote in bible that say about stoning a prostitue to death, but Jesus say let those who have no sin do the first throw…something like that!!! So we ought to look at ourselves first before telling one and other off…

Challenge will spark argument, blunt of words will start a quarrel…it is such a devilish act of falling into satan tray or causing disagreement among believers…Silence does not mean loser…simple but yet most pple cannot do it