Lost Catholic Faith

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I never lost my faith and I am quite happy about it, but I have been lukewarm for most of my life.
 
Jesus told St. Faustina that the greater the sinner, the more they have a RIGHT to His mercy. That’s me.
 
The Roman church was not the first church. That was in Jerusalem led by James. See Acts.
 
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steve-b:
I haven’t nor have I been tempted to lose it.

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How could one not take seriously the following? The one who judges ALL gave us this chilling news, and the reason for that news

few are saved

WHY?
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Studies have shown that fear makes people think and act irrationally.
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Q:'s

Did

God make Adam & Eve act irrationally when He warned them, if you eat that fruit over there you will die.

or when He inspired this

Fear of God
 
I an leaving the Catholic faith, and returning to Orthodoxy if there is a decent orthodox church within reasonable traveling distance, OR I will find a good protestant church and worship there.
 
The first line was “Roman Catholic Church is the true Church of Jesus Christ”. We speak of the Roman Church as if all others are inferior.
 
Actually, they should go to mass, they just shouldn’t go to Communion.
 
Lioness1 said:
I an leaving the Catholic faith, and returning to Orthodoxy if there is a decent orthodox church within reasonable traveling distance, OR I will find a good protestant church and worship there.
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I may not qualify, because I lapsed for several years before I came back. I did not join another Church. I looked into Orthodoxy, because I love the liturgy and I think they are gentler with divorced people like me. I read about Buddhism but never considered it as a “religion.” I liked the meditation.
I left the Church because I started breaking every commandment I could break. I’ll leave that there and let you fill in the blanks. But the answer, if you asked me about specific sins would more than likely be a “yes.”
I flirted with agnosticism and atheism. But now I relaize that I never stopped believing in God. I was always just outside the Church looking in.
I came back home to my wife. Right now we live as brother and sister. (I never stopped paying bills for her and my daughter. I couldn’t if I had wanted to.)
And I hope as we get older she will feel more comfortable that I’m not leaving again. I hope the Lord and blessed mother feel the same way. Because I’ll never stray again.
 
laylow said:
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steve-b:
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Did

God make Adam & Eve act irrationally when He warned them, if you eat that fruit over there you will die.

or when He inspired this
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I don’t believe that Adam & Eve are real people.
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Why is that?

and how about

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
 
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Not at all. Love my kids. More than anything, really.
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It’s just that you said “risking having more children”. If one loves their children more than anything why would one not want to have more? I would think that there must be something that one loves more. I was just watching this story about a family who decided to not stop with juts 2 kids and decided to trust in God and work hard. Their trust turned into a treasure. Here is their amazing story wort watching through the end:

 
well, as nice as that is, the bottom line is that everyone’s situation is different. I love my kids too but yes, I really don’t want to risk having another. I have several reasons.
 
Angel_Gabriel said:
well, as nice as that is, the bottom line is that everyone’s situation is different. I love my kids too but yes, I really don’t want to risk having another. I have several reasons.
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Yes. I certainly agree. Though I think lots of Catholics disobey God’s laws and use artificial contraception out of fear and lack of trust in God’s Providence.

If a couple is in God’s grace working hard and putting their faith in God, then God is true to His promise and the providence is there in the form of treasures one cannot possibly imagine. Marriage is a vocation much like the priesthood is a vocation. When a married Catholic couple in the Church is not open to life they are simply not living their vocation, they are living for themselves. The Church allows natural means to space out children for legitimate reasons, and these days there are very effective natural methods such as the Creighton natural method: https://www.creightonmodel.com Most Catholics seem to be in denial or are ignorant of the fact that artificial chemical methods such as the Pill can act as an abortifacient. Thus children are a great blessing, not a curse from God. It’s a matter of trust.
 
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