How do (most) of your Protestant friends see the Catholic Church?

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lilypadrees said:
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GodSpawned:
Agree with @Brittany. That is vile and that sort of behavior shouldn’t exist in the church- whatever the denomination.
“By their fruit you will recognize them.” Matt 7:16
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I agree. Pastors are supposed to be a shining example for their congregations. He didn’t set a good example for his by his behavior towards me that day. I was very disappointed and appalled. But I also told myself that he was human and needed prayer in order to change.
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I guess I have experienced angry and/or overly excited people spray me with drops of spittle that randomly flew from their lips as they said a word but I don’t ever remember someone conjuring up a mouth full of saliva and intentionally landing it in my face. If that is what happened I definitely feel he was totally out of order. Hopefully you don’t hold it against all us “Protestants.”
 
Don’t worry, Wannano. I know all Protestants aren’t like this one. He is responsible for his own actions and will be held accountable for them by God.
 
I would understand the disagreement but spitting in your face and saying you’re rotting in hell for being a Catholic, is probably I cannot understand. What a person could do such a thing.
 
MichaelP3 said:
In my opinion you missed an option that goes something like this:

"Does not view it at all. Knows nothing about it and if ever, has a very neutral opinion"

That would describe 99% of the Non-Catholics I know.
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For many , that opinion applies to their view of Lutherans, Anglicans, Orthodox, anything they are not.
 
Reuben_J said:
I would understand the disagreement but spitting in your face and saying you’re rotting in hell for being a Catholic, is probably I cannot understand. What a person could do such a thing.
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And to do that to a 10 yr old child. I will never get over that. At the time, I was still reeling from my parents divorce and a 10 month separation from my mother while custody was decided. Then Mama moved all of us to her home state which was light years ahead of my Midwest schooling. Everything was so much faster in our new location. It was culture shock. I went from close knit Catholics everywhere to an entirely different planet.

For me, my refuge was always Church. Mama had a new job and also had to find us a new Catholic Church to attend. She had always believed that “Church is church.” So I decided to go to the nearest Protestant church so that my learning about Jesus wouldn’t be interrupted.

My maternal grandfather was CoC. And he warned me not to tell anyone I was Catholic. I guess he knew the reaction I’d get. This was a very Protestant area and he knew how proud I was of being Catholic. But I was raised to answer questions honestly and did tell people I was Catholic.

No one in the other Protestant churches ever spat on me. They were very welcoming but said things like, “Well, that’s the wrong religion. Catholics aren’t Christians” and would give me the reasons. But they didn’t act like that one pastor did. So I know it was just him.

Mama was Protestant at that time. And she went with me to the SB church one Sunday. She saw that pastor in action for herself. And she was appalled by the way he preached and taught Jesus. By that time, she was so used to the way the Catholic Church taught. And she let me know when we got home that the Protestant churches she’d been raised in (CoC and Methodist) didn’t preach or teach the way that pastor did and didn’t say the things he did.

Being a kid, I didn’t know who to complain to about that pastor. So I just prayed for him and also prayed he’d leave and go somewhere else. When he and his family moved, my family and friends and I were thrilled. I actually liked his kids tho. They were nice.
 
lilypadrees said:
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And to do that to a 10 yr old child. I will never get over that. At the time, I was still reeling from my parents divorce and a 10 month separation from my mother while custody was decided. Then Mama moved all of us to her home state which was light years ahead of my Midwest schooling. Everything was so much faster in our new location. It was culture shock. I went from close knit Catholics everywhere to an entirely different planet.

My maternal grandfather was CoC. And he warned me not to tell anyone I was Catholic. I guess he knew the reaction I’d get. This was a very Protestant area and he knew how proud I was of being Catholic. But I was raised to answer questions honestly and did tell people I was Catholic.

No one in the other Protestant churches ever spat on me. They were very welcoming but said things like, “Well, that’s the wrong religion. Catholics aren’t Christians” and would give me the reasons. But they didn’t act like that one pastor did. So I know it was just him.

Mama was Protestant at that time. And she went with me to the SB church one Sunday. She saw that pastor in action for herself. And she was appalled by the way he preached and taught Jesus. By that time, she was so used to the way the Catholic Church taught. And she let me know when we got home that the Protestant churches she’d been raised in (CoC and Methodist) didn’t preach or teach the way that pastor did and didn’t say the things he did.

Being a kid, I didn’t know who to complain to about that pastor. So I just prayed for him and also prayed he’d leave and go somewhere else. When he and his family moved, my family and friends and I were thrilled. I actually liked his kids tho. They were nice.
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I hesitate to answer in this way but feel I should. Reading your account on this particular post brought back a memory I have shelved.

I was raised on a farm in a conservative non-Catholic community about five miles from a fairly large Catholic community. Most of the people from my church lived on farms (this is 1960’s) but one family with three daughters lived in the little Hamlet nestled between the two communities. The girls and I were about ages 13 to 16 at the time. One day as I was out riding a bike on a public gravel road a car pulled up and two guys got out. One was older middle age and the other was younger. They never physically hurt me but did swear and curse at me calling me names for being from my church and not a Catholic. They also made crude gestures as they explained how they f…the girls from my church and how the girls so enjoyed it. After suggesting they were going to beat me into pulp and intimidating me, they finally left. I had a very kind and understanding father who explained to me what a Catholic is and how we differed and how we were considered heretics centuries ago, worthy only of death.

Thankfully times have changed alot. I am sure we all grieve the heart of our Heavenly Father. Peace.
 
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Thank you for sharing that, Wannano. My priest experienced something similar as a boy. I guess no matter the decade, it’s hard being part of the minority.

I agree. Times have changed a lot. And while there are still those on both sides who act like that way, thankfully, we are now more accepting of one another than in times past.

God bless you.:hugs:
 
i kinda wonder if it is merely lack of being educated from an actual practicing catholic. im glad you didnt run into many hostile ones… i have and its not nice to be around even as a non catholic myself.
 
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