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Kathleen18
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You can acknowledge that Buddha was an important figure in history. I personally have alot of respect for the current Dalai Lama. Does not mean that I am a believer in his faith.
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Kathleen18
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They are either “Culturally Catholic,” “Cafeteria Catholic,” and/or “Non-practicing Catholic.”
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LittleFlower
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Nope, they are Catholic. Sorry, I don’t divide my brothers and sisters in Christ.
You are Catholic or you aren’t. There is no middle ground.
You are Catholic or you aren’t. There is no middle ground.
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Kathleen18
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You are correct. One is either Christian or not. You cannot be of the Islamic Faith and Christian. You cannot be of the Shinto Faith and Christian. The same goes for The Buddhist Faith and Christian.
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LittleFlower
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Yes. Being baptised leave an mark on the soul, that cannot be removed.
So…still Catholic, regardless of the rest.
So…still Catholic, regardless of the rest.
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Kathleen18
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Sigh* I am not going to debate or discuss this any longer. I have made my point.
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LittleFlower
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So have I. They remain Catholic.
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celamore1
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thank you 
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tad
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I married a cradle Catholic 24 years ago. Like a lot of young Catholics, after high school,she didn’t fully practice her faith, but she never lost her Catholic identity. As she puts it, she was disillusioned by the hypocrisy of Catholics.
I. on the other hand, though baptized, was not raised in the Christian faith. I was raised to be antagonistic towards Christianity. For some reason, my wife saw something good in me. If I ever get to Heaven, that will be my first question to our Lord. What did she ever see in me?
At any rate, on the first Sunday that I began to make it a custom to go to mass, I was surprised that my wife wanted to go as well. I foolishly thought this to be an individual endeavor. No, my wife led me back into the Church.
Now, 15 years later, I’m still realizing what a blessing it is to have a Catholic for a wife. Especially these days when things are changing so much for both of us I appreciate more and more what her Catholic upbringing brings to our relationship. I’m fascinated, if not little jealous of cradle Catholics, and after hearing the wedding vows of another young couple today, I realize how my Catholic wife is teaching me the meaning of ‘to love and to cherish’.
Like all the Sacraments, I believe in their efficacy. As good as our marriage was, once we had it blessed by the Church it became a lot better. As the psalmist says, anger came a lot slower and forgiveness a lot quicker.
It’s been a interesting new year so far, full of change and transition. For various reasons, we both enjoy going to mass away from our home parish; Now that I’m off the liturgical schedule there I’ve had the privilege of following her around (ladies choice!) to what mass she wants to attend that day. Currently we’re bouncing between early masses at the Cathedral and a late night candlelight mass at a parish on the other side of town.
Also, in this time of transition, I’ve developed a healthy skepticism of Catholics on the internet… It’s been a blessing to me to ask a real life Catholic, in real time, in my own home just what she thinks about these things we confront in every day life. For a person who has an intensely private spiritual life, for her to share what she feels about her Catholic faith is something to listen to. I can’t say enough about my Catholic wife.
So, yes, in the 15 years that my wife and I have shared her Catholic faith, I have grown in faith with her. Thanks be to God!
I. on the other hand, though baptized, was not raised in the Christian faith. I was raised to be antagonistic towards Christianity. For some reason, my wife saw something good in me. If I ever get to Heaven, that will be my first question to our Lord. What did she ever see in me?
At any rate, on the first Sunday that I began to make it a custom to go to mass, I was surprised that my wife wanted to go as well. I foolishly thought this to be an individual endeavor. No, my wife led me back into the Church.
Now, 15 years later, I’m still realizing what a blessing it is to have a Catholic for a wife. Especially these days when things are changing so much for both of us I appreciate more and more what her Catholic upbringing brings to our relationship. I’m fascinated, if not little jealous of cradle Catholics, and after hearing the wedding vows of another young couple today, I realize how my Catholic wife is teaching me the meaning of ‘to love and to cherish’.
Like all the Sacraments, I believe in their efficacy. As good as our marriage was, once we had it blessed by the Church it became a lot better. As the psalmist says, anger came a lot slower and forgiveness a lot quicker.
It’s been a interesting new year so far, full of change and transition. For various reasons, we both enjoy going to mass away from our home parish; Now that I’m off the liturgical schedule there I’ve had the privilege of following her around (ladies choice!) to what mass she wants to attend that day. Currently we’re bouncing between early masses at the Cathedral and a late night candlelight mass at a parish on the other side of town.
Also, in this time of transition, I’ve developed a healthy skepticism of Catholics on the internet… It’s been a blessing to me to ask a real life Catholic, in real time, in my own home just what she thinks about these things we confront in every day life. For a person who has an intensely private spiritual life, for her to share what she feels about her Catholic faith is something to listen to. I can’t say enough about my Catholic wife.
So, yes, in the 15 years that my wife and I have shared her Catholic faith, I have grown in faith with her. Thanks be to God!
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Greenfields
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Out of likes ,but thank you tad for sharing 
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Constantin
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Very interesting question. I have yet to meet a couple that really grew in the faith together. It seems like most of the time, one spouse is dragging the other to church more or less. In my marriage, it did not work: We both care more about our respective faiths now than before marriage, but we don’t do it as a couple. If anything, faith separated us, we would probably be closer without it in some respect. It hurts, but that’s the truth.
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MrsAngelala
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Husband and I traded dragging each other to church over the course of a few years somewhere in the middle of our marriage. That’s how growing-in-faith-together works for us: we challenge each other. “Together” doesn’t necessarily mean in lock-step. I wonder if a slight perspective shift might lessen your pain a bit?
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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I am really glad that I am not getting married.
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Constantin
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Marriage has a lot to do with penance. In some ways, not getting married is certainly easier. Growing closer to God as a couple is a beautiful concept within Christian marriage. I for one will be glad if my marriage lasts a lifetime. That’s all. Nothing is self-evident nowadays.
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