Clarification on leaving the Church

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Thanks Penny. You always have such uplifting things to say. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for being part of the Church, it is better for having you in it. Thanks be to God.
 
0Scarlett_nidiyilii said:
It’s like this—we understand Baptism to leave an “indelible mark” on one’s soul. That we belong to Jesus. And by indelible, it will be on our soul for all eternity.
That’s why you can’t formally leave the Church, because there is no Baptism-reversal ritual, nor can there be.
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All Christians baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit whether they are Catholics or Baptists or Presbyterians or Lutherans all have the same indelible mark. So, I don’t see how baptism by itself would make it impossible to leave the Catholic Church if someone wanted to join another Christian denomination. There must be other reasons why the Catholic Church doesn’t allow its members to leave officially.
 
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JW55 said:
The Catholic Church does take a legalistic approach to worship and definition of sins. This is in an effort to “clarify” things for us.
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The fact that there ARE written down rules, laws, guideposts, that is what attracted me first to the Church. I was so tired of every different Protestant congregation doing a “DIY”. 🙂
 
Let me just give out some advise of what I’d do if I were “not feeling” going to Church.

1: I’d try going to a different Church. Some Catholics go most of their life without experiencing the diversity and unity that is the Catholic Church. Go see for yourself!

2: This is a tangent of the first thing, but I’d try going to a different rite. I never felt as much in the right place as the first time I went to a Tridentine (traditional Latin) Mass. It’s such a spiritual boost to me. Some people love the Byzantine Rite, you are more than welcome at an Eastern Liturgy. There’s no reason going to Mass should feel like a prescription when it can feel like a drive.

3: I’ve said it, others have said it. Talk to a priest. Maybe take some of your concerns to confession.

Hope this helps a bit. ❤️
 
Thorolfr said:
There must be other reasons why the Catholic Church doesn’t allow its members to leave officially.
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Oh you know, the usual, to make heaps of money, to mind-control vast hoards of people, world domination.
Jack Chick can explain it much better than I.

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Thorolfr said:
There must be other reasons why the Catholic Church doesn’t allow its members to leave officially.
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You can leave your family, never see them again, change your name, yet you still carry the DNA of your mom and dad.

Same for the Church. At Baptism your “spiritual DNA” is changed. That cannot be undone.
 
Because at every Christian Baptism, that person is joined to the Body of Christ, His Holy Catholic Church. Those who are non-Catholic Christians are imperfectly joined, and we pray that someday they will all come into full communion!!! Makes me so happy.
 
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