Frustrated in the world

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Dear God save us from the atheists, secularists, and relativists…

I feel like whenever I post about my Catholic beliefs on a controversial topic on facebook that I get overwhelmed by a tide of opposition from my atheist or relativist friends… What is so wrong holding traditional views about marriage, abortion, sin, etc…

This kind of make me want to just shut up and never speak about stuff in public again. 😦
 
ESMDHokie77 said:
Dear God save us from the atheists, secularists, and relativists…

I feel like whenever I post about my Catholic beliefs on a controversial topic on facebook that I get overwhelmed by a tide of opposition from my atheist or relativist friends… What is so wrong holding traditional views about marriage, abortion, sin, etc…

This kind of make me want to just shut up and never speak about stuff in public again. 😦
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To the “progressive” tolerance is a weapon. To be wielded only by them. If you keep that in mind they won’t frustrate or puzzle you so much,

Also, if your “friends” cannot respect your basic worldviews; you need new friends.
 
ESMDHokie77 said:
Dear God save us from the atheists, secularists, and relativists…

I feel like whenever I post about my Catholic beliefs on a controversial topic on facebook that I get overwhelmed by a tide of opposition from my atheist or relativist friends… What is so wrong holding traditional views about marriage, abortion, sin, etc…

This kind of make me want to just shut up and never speak about stuff in public again. 😦
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This might help.

A reworked version of “The Paradoxical Commandments” written by Dr. Kent M. Keith is written on the wall in Mother Teresa’s home for children in Calcutta.

This version is credited to Mother Teresa:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
 
I feel like whenever I post about my Catholic beliefs on a controversial topic on facebook that I get overwhelmed by a tide of opposition from my atheist or relativist friends… What is so wrong holding traditional views about marriage, abortion, sin, etc…
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This kind of make me want to just shut up and never speak about stuff in public again
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That’s the whole idea…

This is why experience has shown me to hate the atheist and the liberal; they do nothing but work to destroy others faiths because in their eyes your an idiot, a sub-human who hasn’t woken up to their Truth.
 
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That’s the whole idea…

This is why experience has shown me to hate the atheist and the liberal; they do nothing but work to destroy others faiths because in their eyes your an idiot, a sub-human who hasn’t woken up to their Truth.
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We aren’t supposed to hate them though. I definitely feel where you’re coming from 110% but if we hate them we lose. Condemning others is inviting condemnation upon ourselves. All we can do is engage them with Christ, despite the potential ridicule and personal attacks we’ll receive. You never know if you can get through to one. Or at the very least plant some seeds so that when they move on in life and get older, they might start to think there is more out there than their condescending beliefs and hatred towards anything morally sound.
 
We aren’t supposed to hate them though. I definitely feel where you’re coming from 110% but if we hate them we lose. Condemning others is inviting condemnation upon ourselves. All we can do is engage them with Christ, despite the potential ridicule and personal attacks we’ll receive. You never know if you can get through to one. Or at the very least plant some seeds so that when they move on in life and get older, they might start to think there is more out there than their condescending beliefs and hatred towards anything morally sound.
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Know the enemy, they do believe that there beliefs are morally sound. It is Catholics who are in there eyes the evil ones for being sexist, homophobic, ignorant and anything else I may have missed.

What is worst is they have the upper hand since it is our job to have to prove that the dead came back to life, virgins gave birth to the Son of Man, and every other miracle that seems to have run dry now in this modern world where things can be recorded properly…

I hope you or the mods don’t see this as contempt for Catholicism, I’m only pointing out what they’re ways of thinking are.
 
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.”
John 15:18,19

Sometimes just ignoring them is the best answer - pretend you didn’t read what rudeness they posted.
 
Keep on posting!!!

If ALL Catholics would stand up and speak out the truth, we’d be living in a better world!!!
 
Tolerance isn’t enough for them, they want us to actually agree with and condone what they think and do!

I’m going to have to use more discretion when posting on sensitive topics in the future…
 
Keep doing what you’re doing. And you can do what I’m starting to do, getting rid of the “friends” on facebook who are potential poisons in my spiritual life.

God bless,
Bryan
 
I agree so much with this topic. So much so, that I decided to “fast” from FB this Lent. I’ve been shocked/offended by some of my “friends” posts, that I’m using this time to discern if I even really need to be on it.

Another question that has come up for me is regarding my email provider. Too many stories have been VERY Liberally biased, so I’m interested in seeing if anyone knows of a more “conservative” email provider. Thank you!
 
fasting from FB last year went great for me!

That’s a good question though… Microsoft and Google are the top e-mail providers and aren’t exactly in line with Catholic morals. Not sure if you can find a free email provider that is.
 
the number of straw man arguments and non sequitur arguments is ludicrous…
 
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