I was accused of being a Catholic day before last and well,

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I was not offended by it.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Non believer or believer.

Took me some time to process that one.
 
Dear StrawberryJam,

I’ve heard a saying that goes like this: If someone accused you of being a Catholic, would there be enough evidence to convict?

Of course, that is aimed at the Catholics among us. But, I would rather be accused of being a Catholic if I wasn’t, than have no one guess I was a Catholic when I am.

Take it as a compliment!👍
 
I would love it to be accused a Catholic. Sadly, all I get is being accused non-Catholic by Catholics :confused::confused::confused:
 
StrawberryJam said:
I was not offended by it.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Non believer or believer.

Took me some time to process that one.
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You are an agnostic so it had a different implication for you. Yes, there are those that have indicated by tone, look, or actually verbalized that I’m a member of a cult, worship idols, incapable of making decisions and rely of the Pope to tell me what I do and don’t believe, Mary worshiper etc.,etc.

Offended? Guess so. Have picked up on the "vibes"to since a child so maybe I’ve gotten use to it. My thoughts have been that they seem identify what they’re not in relation to the Catholic Church than what they are, if that makes sense. Also see the person as uneducated and, in some instances, have mentally considered the person a pagan.
 
I cannot see what the problem is. Jesus said “Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, theirs is the kingdon of heaven”👍
 
StrawberryJam said:
I was not offended by it.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Non believer or believer.

Took me some time to process that one.
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Pretty obvious that hanging around here awhile has rubbed off on you. ha ha…

Start worrying when they accuse you of being a Jesus freak! heh heh

:cool:
 
Well, someone said that to me a few weeks ago, and I commented, “Well, it’s been more than half a century, so you’re right!” They looked a little dumbfounded, and I then commented, “There’s far worse I’ve been accused of.” That really shut them up!

Actually, I recall when I was very young: In those days, it was considered impolite to comment on anyone’s religion, and three topics were verboten in polite company (such as a dinner party, office parties, benefits, banquets, anyplace where people got together socially.) Those three topics were sex, religion, and politics.

As this country makes its way along the primary trail for the presidential campaign (what I call “the silly season,”) I long for a return to those days!
 
Going to Mass on Sunday just makes you a practicing Catholic, BTW.

If you wanted to see something a little extreme, you should have seen my grandmother’s dining room. She had a big dining room table, a china cabinet, and a low buffet. There were no dishes in the china cabinet. There were about fifteen statues of saints in there behind the glass doors. There was a shelf running around the room two feet below the ceiling, on which sat at least twenty more saints’ statues. She had made three pilgrimage trips to Rome and one to the Holy Land, and after every trip, a packing crate arrived with more statuary and religious artwork. The living room walls were decorated with various religious themed paintings, some of them quite nice. A crucifix and a wall rosary hung in each bedroom. There was a holy water font next to every entrance to the home. Over the breakfast nook hung a terra cotta bas relief of The Last Supper. Only the bathroom seemed immune to Grandma’s religious decorating tastes.

As you ate dinner, you could almost feel all these eyes staring at you. We (her entire family) were used to it, as a matter of fact I kind of liked seeing all those saints up there, but I can see where a casual visitor might have been a little intimidated by looking up and seeing all those representatives of the Church Triumphant enshrined in chalkware statuary on the wall! All that stuff must have cost a small fortune.

And there was no way that you were going to skip saying grace in that dining room, even if you sat down to eat a sandwich!
 
I get the same “accusation” when I discuss religion with my Muslim friends. They do all the preaching, and when I point out one of the errors in their logic, they invariably say “you are so Catholic!” I love it.
 
I was ‘accused’ by my pastor of being Catholic. He did not say it in a derogatory way at all, thus accused is in quotes. I’ve also been ‘accused’ of being a pastor a couple of times. I am kinda gently preachy, if not always in an explicitly Christian way at least in a Natural Law way. I took all instances as a compliment.
 
I was born into a large family which tends to be a giveaway that I am Catholic, although not everybody born into a large family is Catholic.
I am also vocal about by pro-life stance. The general response is, “Then you must be Catholic.” While true in my case, it is not true in all cases.
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I was ‘accused’ by my pastor of being Catholic. He did not say it in a derogatory way at all, thus accused is in quotes. I’ve also been ‘accused’ of being a pastor a couple of times. I am kinda gently preachy, if not always in an explicitly Christian way at least in a Natural Law way. I took all instances as a compliment.
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When my grandson was younger, he dressed in his suit for picture taking day at Headstart. His nickname for the day was “Preacher man.”
 
When I was discerning God’s call for me after that 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time in 2010, I was at that time a 25 year long lapsed charismatic/evangelical who had been visiting Orthodox parishes in my city. During this time, I stumbled on CARM, read their poster’s claims on the CCC, double checked their claims against the CCC itself, and then asked those same posters a lot of fair and legitimate questions about their claims. Rather than answer my questions, they ridiculed me as “Catholic”. Without exception. Every time. After so much of that, I got tired of asking the questions, answered those questions myself, and posted those answers as refutations to their claims. All the while attending mass at my boundary parish.

In July of 2011, my parish priest offered to let me go straight to confession and confirmation. I accepted, and on July 24, 2011, in a nice private ceremony prior to mass and witnessed by my son, my father, and my stepmother, I was confirmed and received my first communion in the following mass.
 
kmaaj said:
When I was discerning God’s call for me after that 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time in 2010, I was at that time a 25 year long lapsed charismatic/evangelical who had been visiting Orthodox parishes in my city. During this time, I stumbled on CARM, read their poster’s claims on the CCC, double checked their claims against the CCC itself, and then asked those same posters a lot of fair and legitimate questions about their claims. Rather than answer my questions, they ridiculed me as “Catholic”. Without exception. Every time. After so much of that, I got tired of asking the questions, answered those questions myself, and posted those answers as refutations to their claims. All the while attending mass at my boundary parish.

In July of 2011, my parish priest offered to let me go straight to confession and confirmation. I accepted, and on July 24, 2011, in a nice private ceremony prior to mass and witnessed by my son, my father, and my stepmother, I was confirmed and received my first communion in the following mass.
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StrawberryJam said:
I was not offended by it.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Non believer or believer.

Took me some time to process that one.
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Was the person a Catholic himself?

Was it someone that would actually recognize a real Catholic?

Was it someone who dislikes Catholics?

Peace
David
 
StrawberryJam said:
I was not offended by it.

Has anyone else been in this situation?

Non believer or believer.

Took me some time to process that one.
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Amen, dear friend. You’re much closer than you think 😉

This doesn’t happen all too often to me, but I do have a recent experience to relate. I have recently changed jobs, and my new boss (an atheist) came over to my vehicle and noticed my rosary hanging from the rear-view mirror. The exchange went as follows:

BOSS: “Nice necklace.”
ME: “Thanks, it’s my rosary.”
BOSS: “Oh, so you’re Catholic, then.”
ME (unabashedly): “Yes, yes I am.”
BOSS: “Well that explains a lot…”

and then he walked off.

I, of course, took no offense at it. I am who I am!
 
Well, if so far, the boss has been favorably impressed by you as an employee, he may have meant that the work ethic you display is characteristic of Catholics. Only you know what kind of employee you are, so if you’re a good employee, I’d take that as a compliment!
 
geoformeo said:
Amen, dear friend. You’re much closer than you think 😉

This doesn’t happen all too often to me, but I do have a recent experience to relate. I have recently changed jobs, and my new boss (an atheist) came over to my vehicle and noticed my rosary hanging from the rear-view mirror. The exchange went as follows:

BOSS: “Nice necklace.”
ME: “Thanks, it’s my rosary.”
BOSS: “Oh, so you’re Catholic, then.”
ME (unabashedly): “Yes, yes I am.”
BOSS: “Well that explains a lot…”

and then he walked off.

I, of course, took no offense at it. I am who I am!
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It’s been a while since I have seen you my friend, but I can say that you have been a very helpful person to me here. And patient.

As a fellow lover of science, I can only assume he noted that you did not complain as much as others and offered it up.

🙂
 
David said:
Was the person a Catholic himself?

Was it someone that would actually recognize a real Catholic?

Was it someone who dislikes Catholics?

Peace
David
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David,

Yes, he is a deacon at a nearby parish.
 
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