I Feel Like I am Living a Double Life

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At my community college, during the school year, a group of evangelicals have invited me to join Campus Crusade for Christ, it’s been fun and I like them, but when I went to mass on Sunday, I got the feeling that I was being a two-sided Christian who was part Catholic and part Evangelical, could I just ask what would you do in my situation? Sorry for the poor grammar.
 
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What exactly do you do as part of Campus Crusade for Christ?

Are any other Catholics involved with it?
Did you ask your priest about it?

Have your friends tried to evangelize you?

There is nothing wrong with a Catholic helping spread Christ or with being part of an ecumenical group, but if it threatens your own faith or you’re being asked to promulgate teaching at odds with the Church, you should stop.
 
We sing songs, and the pastor gives a sermon then we brake into small groups. I have not asked me priest about. My wanted me to have a “born again” experience I have not idea what that even is.
 
Why do you feel like you are living a double life? I mean, what element of your situation is leading you to feel that way?
 
Have you told them that you’re Catholic? Have they tried to convert you, or have you tried to convert them?
 
I feel like I am living a double life because they have started to associate me with their churches, some of them thought I went to the protestant churches in my area even though I never have, just curious has anyone heard of the naz church or the church of the lutheran bretheran.
 
So maybe you feel that you are hiding your Catholicism from them, and that might be a bad thing?
 
They tried to get me to have a “born again”(which I do not know what that means) experience, I do not know if that counts as them trying to convert me. I generally don’t like trying to convert other people.
 
because many of them think that catholics are not real Christians.

no, is is not your job to convert anyone, that’s God’s doing, however as catholics, we do also have a mission to evangelize, this may be a good opportunity.

however, if this is causing you difficulties and anxiety, then maybe you shold stop going.
 
Sounds like you have been a bit evasive about your Catholicism. Tell them in no uncertain terms that you are Catholic and that you do not want them to try and convert you. If they honor that, and if you are strong in your faith, then I think you’re OK. If “no” to either of those, then you should not associate with them.
 
You can be Catholic and still go. Good evangelization opportunity. It’s essentially a retreat. So long as it doesn’t make you any less Catholic, you will be fine.
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they told me baptism is only a symbol.
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Well, Baptism is more than just a symbol, it really is your being “born again of water and spirit.” Jesus didn’t mean that symbolically. In the Bible, physical things could represent spiritual realities because they also contain those realities.
More info in this article on common objections on baptism, whether just a symbol, or also reality.

 
Hence the problem of being part of a Protestants group such as this. You might be well formed in your Catholic faith and will recognize the heresies presented for what they are, or you might not and slowly go down the wrong path. Even if the former is the case, your attendance, to some extend, strengthens their cause, a cause that will lead others into error.
I suspect your feeling of leading a double life is a result of you knowing this. Find a good Catholic youth group, work with them. See if Fellowship of Catholic University Students, FOCUS, is active at your school.
 
Protestants love to take the Old Testament literally, and treat the New Testament figuratively.
 
I can tell you from experience they almost certainly don’t consider you a true Christian. At best they’ll consider you sincere but deceived.
 
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Even if the former is the case, your attendance, to some extend, strengthens their cause, a cause that will lead others into error.
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This could definitely be the case, or, if the OP has strong faith, he could explicitly adopt the roll of “token Catholic” and maybe teach them a thing or two, or at least challenge some of their thinking. I do think if you’re going to be part of a Protestant group, you need to be openly Catholic and not hide your Catholicism.
 
After reading your responses to other questions, I would say that at least one person is trying to convert you. There’s certainly nothing wrong with being in their group as far as ecumenism and making friends. They seem like nice well meaning people but there will always be an underlying push, dare I say agenda, to get you to leave the Church.

If your faith is strong enough to teach, educate, and display the true faith, then it is good to stay in the group. If you think it can damage or have any adverse effect on your faith, then leave, but there’s certainly nothing inherently wrong with going to the group. If anything, if you enjoy their company, be friends outside of that environment and see if they are truly interested in being your friend.
 
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