I Feel Like I am Living a Double Life

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Because it’s a tenet of their religion.

Catholics are also called to evangelize, but we are not nearly as aggressive at it as some Christian and pseudochristian sects. People in those sects often only take interest in people not of their sect for the purpose of converting them and have no problem disassociating with them if they don’t.
 
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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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As long as they don’t bash the Catholic Church, it’s okay. I was baptized Catholic but was weak in my faith (not attending Sunday Mass regularly). In the early 1980s while at college, I was invited to attend a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting and I did. I started attending their weekly meetings regularly. It truly helped me to return to the Catholic Church which I did by signing up for the RCIA program at my university’s Newman Center (since I had never received First Communion or been Confirmed).

Campus Crusade for Christ is a non-denominational Christian fellowship group. They want you to attending church regularly on Sundays but it’s up to you to select the church. At my university, they were purely a non-denominational evangelical group. I didn’t see or hear any anti-Catholic rhetoric from the leadership or members of the group.

And no, you’re not being a “two-sided Christians” because Catholics are supposed to be evangelical too! (It’s really sad that many Catholics aren’t and that they keep their Catholic faith only to themselves and their families instead of actively spreading the Good News to others.)
 
Baloney, your baptism is not “only a symbol” and as others said you’re already born again. It is also wrong for you to mislead these folks if you’re hiding your Catholic status.

Speak to your priest ASAP. This is a serious matter as these friends of yours want to convert you. Which is bad.
 
Leave them. Tell them why. Don’t be afraid.
Faith is not “fun”. It doesn’t matter how much fun you had. You don’t joke with this stuff, faith.
If God spoke to you through Mass, listen to Him.
 
they want you to convert to Evangelical protestantism, because they may believe probably that you must be born again to save your soul. Otherwise, by staying Catholic you don’t have accept Jesus as your saviour and may be damned…
They don’t believe Catholicism is a part of Christianism. Many born again christian are anti-Catholics.
 
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Jovian90 said:
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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In my opinion you should find a Catholic group to get involved with because some of the things they are wanting you to do are likely meant to convert you to evangelicalism. I am sure they are nice and friendly people but they do not believe all of the things that we do.

I was born as an evangelical and that culture tends to be quite eager to take in Catholics.
 
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There is no Catholic group at my college but I do attend a bible study at my Church and I am part of a food program at my church, for families in need, however I have noticed that the Catholics my age do not seem to have their religion on their sleeve like the evangelicals. Why do evangelicals like to target Catholics?
 
They do not agree with us about the Pope and the authority of the Church, or the Eucharist, or Confession, or priestly orders, or the communion of saints, or Mary, or everything about baptism and confirmation, or about certain traditions such as Lent or traditional prayers such as the Office or the Rosary.

There are quite a lot of differences. Evangelicals like to focus on the bare bones and took away many of the things practiced and observed by Christians for over a thousand years. It is a long discussion and a lot to talk about, but yeah, evangelicals prefer to see Catholics as part of their fold.
 
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Why would they abandon the form of Christianity that the apostles taught?
 
Yes, because it is causing a lot of confusion in you. Can you speak with your Catholic Priest about this?
 
Many Catholic laity and religious and priests were doing sinful things and not living out the commands of Our Lord in their daily lives, and this made many people angry and lose their faith in the Church transmitted by the apostles. Many people started having their own churches and their own theologies.

It is a big subject that I encourage you to read about if it interests you. This website has a lot of resources. I would strengthen whatever you are doing in your parish and talk about this to a priest. He won’t be angry or upset so it will be fine. They end up talking about this stuff a lot over the years with lots of people.

Peace.
 
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Have you talked to your Office of Campus Ministry at the Diocese? They may have a group you are not aware of, or, you may be able to help start such a group.
 
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If they are anti catholic why do they try to be friendly to me?
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My guess would be so you would eventually abandon your Catholic faith and believe what they believe. As others have said, talk to your priest. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn’t be a member of the group. But, ultimately the decision is up to you.
 
Many religions do what is being suggested, here. Even Catholicism does it to a certain extent. A person who doesn’t belong to the religion, joins in by attending a service or doing volunteer work or whatever it may be, and the congregation views him or her as a potential convert. Some places and people work harder than others to convince the person to convert. If you are strong in your faith, it shouldn’t be a problem. Only you can really decide if it is a problem, or not.
 
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