Non-Catholics: Why are you on CAF?

[JonNC]

Because most Christians only repeat what the preacher says or what someone has told them what the Bible says. When you ask them the “why” they can’t answer for themselves.

Do you believe you are somehow different?
It seems to me that communions that have a strong doctrinal traditions tend to have members who are less likely to simply listen to a preacher.

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Can you start another thread regarding this? You are hijacking this one…

 

[Lia]

I wondered about that. So if i show up next fall they won’t automatically assume I’m there to prep for the Easter Vigil?

There are five stages in the RCIA process!
Inquiry: Asking questions and checking it out, but aren’t yet ready to commit.
Catechumenate: those who decide to enter the Church and be catechised.
Purification and preparation: focus and intensify your faith.
Initiation: You’ll receive the sacraments of initiation: baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter Vigil Mass.
Mystagogy: reflect on and experience being a member of the church.

The Inquiry stage is for people like you. At the end you can leave or choose to continue.

My RCIA instructor made it clear that we can change our mind anytime or delay the baptism/confirmation until we are ready. She kind of assumed that we won’t all get confirmed at Easter.
You should show up for the first class though, they’ll ask what brought you here and you can make your intentions clear so that they don’t make wrong assumptions.

 

[Mike_from_NJ]

I’m here because I find religious thinking interesting. There is an interesting dynamic between its claims and what it can demonstrate. For example, Christianity’s assurance of the truth of the trinity seems to pull in a different direction that its claims that it’s a mystery.

Also CAF is the best format to break down such discussions since there is a constant back and forth. If a claim is saying A therefore B therefore C, then only in a forum can someone say they don’t think B is true because of D. And then someone else can say D doesn’t relate to B, or that E is also a factor. You can’t get that from a book or article. Just yesterday as well as several months I called into two radio shows on a particular topic. The responses I got contained factual errors, but because (in part) due to the timeframe of the format I wasn’t able to respond. No such restrictions occur on CAF.

 

[Damian]

To teach people about the terms of Belief, Hope, Faith, Atheist, Atheism, moral systems, justified belief, ought and is, etc. not from their talking heads but from the point of view of people who actually ascribe to these different views. Want to learn about what X is about someone, go talk to that person. Don’t get it filtered through your bias filters.

 

[MonteRCMS]

The Sun was not created until the ‘fourth day’. How do you measure those first three days?

What does it say in Hebrew?

 

[Leferdion]

I am curious. Did you get your answer? From your point of view do we catholics on CAF believe what we believe because it is real or because we were simply told by others?

 

[FiveLinden]

I do not call myself an atheist, because it seems silly to define myself by the absence of my belief in anything: I am not an astanta; or an afairy; or an ahomeopathy. So I am not an atheist. In any case I try to conclude things, not believe them. I am however fascinated why people believe things for which there is no, or insufficient evidence. The less the evidence and the stronger the belief the more interested I am. I am also interested in cognitive dissonance: for example the belief of many on this forum that they are Catholics but it is fine to participate in nuclear war if it is approved by the US government (despite Church teaching).