Do you get offended when folks here challenge or critisise your faith?

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I get offended when individuals hijack a thread that has nothing to do with a particular topic and use it to turn around and bash someone.

I’ve been experiencing that a lot over on Liturgy/Sacraments with a specific someone who just doesn’t know how to leave well-enough alone.

If you will pardon the pun, when people try to be more Catholic than the pope, I have a problem with it. I am certainly not a perfect person, but I do get so very tired of having the same issues drug through the mud again and again by people.

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I opted for the first choice. Let’s face it posts are subjective in nature. Everybody is entitled to his/her own beliefs and/or feelings. To deny that right is to deny one’s own right as well. Bashing, disrespectfullness, and such are part of what reality is all about. When there should be goodness, evil must exist. But then again, if such evil behavior exists here, there’s a reason why there are the forum rules and moderators to get rid of them.

I look at criticism as a way of knowing the other side of the story. A way to know more about my faith, to strengthen and defend it.

PAX
 
i feel offended when people come to this catholic forum come to disparage our faith (belief, knowledge). to inquire is another thing.

as far as defending my catholic religion. it needs no defense nor ever has. it stands
 
I don’t like to read disrespectful posts. However, I am surprised at the number of people who start a thread and then accuse posters of being mean, hateful, vicious, violent,etc. when anyone disagrees or even tries to discuss in any meaninglful way. I always scroll back to try to see what posts they may be refering to, usually w/o success. I think some like to stir the pot and then say they are being mistreated . Some don’t seem to want to have an adult discussion, but expect to be treated with kid gloves. However, I agree with most of snow’s post here, and I also consider this a Catholic “home” - and when someone enters your home you would hope they would be respectful of the family therein.
 
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jjwilkman:
i feel offended when people come to this catholic forum come to disparage our faith (belief, knowledge). to inquire is another thing.

as far as defending my catholic religion. it needs no defense nor ever has. it stands
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I agree. I find it very irritating when people come into a Catholic forum to simply bash our ideals. And I understand that we will be persecuted for our faith. It just seems that they would have better things to do with their time.
 
As a non-Catholic, I come here not to convince anyone that I am right and they are wrong, but to be exposed to a different perspective. Given my perspective, I must say this. There are a few posters here that are willing to engage in a meaningful discussion based on facts. But there are far too many posters who do nothing but repeat again and again “we are right, everyone else is wrong, an idiot, a fraud, etc.” Far too may posters view everything through the lens of us vs. them, as if this were a college basketball game. On top of that, the worst offenders are the ones that have never bothered to actually learn what the Catholic Church has professed over the years. Rather, they just spew the same old sound bits.

I am not going to engage them, as it would serve no purpose. But I will suggest to everyone to follow my lead and every once in a while get out of your comfortable me-too forum, and see what others are saying in their own environment.

I also will note that some people do obviously come here for the purpose of bashing Catholics, although I am sure they consider it proselytizing. They, too, lack the basic respect that all followers of Christ should show one another.
 
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RonWI:
As a non-Catholic, I come here not to convince anyone that I am right and they are wrong, but to be exposed to a different perspective. Given my perspective, I must say this. There are a few posters here that are willing to engage in a meaningful discussion based on facts. But there are far too many posters who do nothing but repeat again and again “we are right, everyone else is wrong, an idiot, a fraud, etc.” Far too may posters view everything through the lens of us vs. them, as if this were a college basketball game. On top of that, the worst offenders are the ones that have never bothered to actually learn what the Catholic Church has professed over the years. Rather, they just spew the same old sound bits.

I am not going to engage them, as it would serve no purpose. But I will suggest to everyone to follow my lead and every once in a while get out of your comfortable me-too forum, and see what others are saying in their own environment.

I also will note that some people do obviously come here for the purpose of bashing Catholics, although I am sure they consider it proselytizing. They, too, lack the basic respect that all followers of Christ should show one another.
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I think that is the nicest non-catholic i’ve ever seen.
 
I feel offended if someone says they are here to “minister” to Catholics.
 
I got a little offended and decided to stop posting for awhile because some folks were assuming that my intentions were bad because my beliefs were different.

I wasn’t offended that anyone disagreed with my beliefs - I expected that. I was offended because they made the assumption that I was malicious (or intentionally ignorant) simply because I was asking questions from a Protestant perspective.

Also, I’m with Maria - that time of the month has a LOT to do with how touchy I am at any given moment! 🙂

In Christ’s love,
bajolyn
 
I don’t think that you should get offended when someone challenges your faith. If you believe in it you should be able to defend it. For example, when someone says “I think that Catholics are going to hell because they pray to saints.” It does no good to call them stupid or hateful. Instead you should respond with kindness and explain the Church’s teaching on this subject. On the other hand, if someone says “I think Catholics are going to hell because they are stupid and evil.” (That has happened to me.) Then you can get offended.
 
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RonWI:
As a non-Catholic, I come here not to convince anyone that I am right and they are wrong, but to be exposed to a different perspective. Given my perspective, I must say this. There are a few posters here that are willing to engage in a meaningful discussion based on facts. But there are far too many posters who do nothing but repeat again and again “we are right, everyone else is wrong, an idiot, a fraud, etc.”
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I must have missed them. Please post a few links to “posters who do nothing but repeat again and again . . . .” Thank you for your meaningful presentation in this post.
 
I enjoy speaking with people of other faiths on the boards but I do think we all need to work hard to dialogue without rancor but with love. I need to work the hardest at this, I think!😉
 
I don’t get offended if people disagree or challenge my faith, partidularly if the discussion is centered around the objectivity of doctrines. Like everyone has said, I agree that discussions should always be respectful and charitable. I find it a little frustrating when people make an appeal to emotion when a discussion is not going their way, however.

It is my view that none of us can claim personal ownership to Truth. We may know the Truth, but we don’t own it. There is not “my truth” or “your truth.” God alone owns Truth, and it is out there for us all to discover and know. It my personal desire to seek Truth above and, possibly, at the expense of my own opinion, and I tend to discuss issues with the assumption that others have the same goal. 🙂
 
I think that is the nicest non-catholic i’ve ever seen
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What? WHAT??? **I **was going for the “Nicest Non-Catholic You’ve Ever Seen” title. :crying:

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I don’t feel personally offended, but am offended on the behalf of the Truth*…* that’s what I’m here for to defend it!
 
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Annunciata:
I don’t feel personally offended, but am offended on the behalf of the Truth*…* that’s what I’m here for to defend it!
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…hey, we don’t get offended, we just get busy…🙂

keep on keeping on… when we were confirmed they talked about putting on the armor of Christ… as you so poinently say, “that’s what I’m/were here for to defend it!”

thanks Annunciata,
 
Not offended, just a little shocked and saddened. I think this thread would be better served in another spot. The attacks from good vs. bad catholics is much worse than anything the non-catholics can dish out.

I came to this forum with a few weeks of free time, all excited about sharing the beauty of being catholic, exchanging ideas with other “Real” catholics, and have learned that most of the church is apostate, the sky is falling, and we should be suspicious of everyone’s motives.

I am especially leary of the USCCB and am now watching “sister snakebite” -what a lovely thing to say- and all others who wish to infiltrate and destroy Holy Mother Church from within. I have been exorcised of my demons, and will be burning my OCP hymnal and my guitar.

Why would we need a shepherd to guide us if we didn’t need help finding our way and sometimes go astray? He has promised He wouldn’t let hell prevail against the Rock. Should we be so afraid of each other?

You know, we cringed through liturgical dancers and Pips playing at Mass, and lo and behold, the big shepherd’s crook went WHOOSH, let’s not do that anymore, here’s why. But nobody died. Well, my mother-in-law… And we all said, wow, that was a bad idea. We still got Jesus at that Mass.

I will try to see it as it’s OK to be mean to your own brothers and sisters, but nobody else can.
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netmender:
Dove;
No. Especially if they seem misinformed or emotionally upset.
I try, within limits, to give them the same room to vent as if I was talking to them in private. Say stupid things about the Catholic Church? - sorry to say, been there, done that, before I knew better.
The knife cuts both ways, too. I’ve heard some pretty nasty insults offered to people of other religous faiths. That doesn’t seem right to me.
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