Nuttiest Things Non-Catholics Have Said or Done Around You Because You're Catholic

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My cousins husband (fundie Baptist) nodding his head and sneering “you all think the Pope is infallible, that’s just crazy. Of course he sins, he’s man just like me’ I replied 'do you really think ''nfallible ‘means sinless? Look it up in your dictionary and then we can discuss under what circumstances the Pope is considered infallible. While you’re at it look up the term ‘impeccable’ as well’” He’s a well-educated man who doesn’t like to be proved wrong so he had a quizzical look on his face as he looked up the words and then we had a discussion about infallibility, ecumenical councils and the Magisterium.
 
One time, I was in school and a classmates that he hated Roman Catholics, but not Mexicans, but specifically Italian Catholics. I felt like mentioning i was Roman Catholic but decided not to say anything.
 
If only we had the wherewithall to come back with a snappy answer in the moment!

You could have answered him in an Italian accent…😉
 
Someone at a friend’s Thanksgiving get-together tonight commented that he thought Catholicism was “Pagan Lite.” :rolleyes: Someone needs to do a little more reading, methinks.
 
Catya said:
If only we had the wherewithall to come back with a snappy answer in the moment!

You could have answered him in an Italian accent…😉
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If you can touch your fingers to your thumb…you can say anything in Italian. 😃
 
SecretaryMonday said:
If you can touch your fingers to your thumb…you can say anything in Italian. 😃
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Si, e non c’è male!

Really though, if someone shows disdain for Catholicism or Christianity, particularly in a 1 to 1, it can be very beneficial to speak up, even lightheartedly. It can be a big, big icebreaker for them since they likely wont speak to many Catholics in their life. They will likely feel at least a bit bad about it and their conscience will urge them to at least question what they think we believe.

On the other hand, if you’re in a crowd and he snaps (like some people here in N. Ireland, they wouldn’t take much of a thought on wanting to kill you) at the very, very least he will cut a poor figure for himself, and your brave witness really will be seen as that by people around. If alone, dust your feet off and pray. In any case, it seems to always be a good thing.
 
The worst one I ever saw was from a professional news agency, the Associated Press. They reported upon the beatification of John Paul II that Catholics could now worship the late pontiff! :eek:

I have Protestant relatives, so I’m so used to wacky questions and comments that almost nothing surprises me anymore.
 
When I decided to cut my hair, I got a short pixie-cut (too short 😊, gonna grow it out again), someone asked me if it was something that the Church had asked me to do.
(It isn’t far-fetched, I just thought it was cute. Incidentally, I no longer have any Reformed hair left…its all Catholic now. :D)
 
I’m talking to a guy right now who is fairly adamant that we pray to Mary to protect us FROM Jesus. And yes, I asked him if he used the right word.
 
I got to a weekly faith formation class for those who have already been confirmed. My very Anti-Catholic Dad thinks they indoctrinate us in order to keep us in the Catholic Cult. Also he talks about how I am TOO smart to stay Catholic.
 
Farsight001 said:
I’m talking to a guy right now who is fairly adamant that we pray to Mary to protect us FROM Jesus. And yes, I asked him if he used the right word.
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I think I know where he got that from. Isn’t there some prayer (St. Loius de Montfort?) or a vision (Fatima?) where it talks of Our Lady holding back Our Lord’s arm?

(Sorry to be so vague. I have blocked it out as I disagree with it so much as ‘my’ Jesus stands pleading for mercy for us).
 
Prague said:
My 84 year old LDS friend told me Catholics were the ones that painted their faces and raided the jail where Joseph Smith was and then shot him! She thought Blessed Pope John Paul II
should apologize to the LDS.
Never heard that one before
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I’ve heard that one before but I’ve also heard that it was a group of mixed faiths.
 
Not really nutty, but one of my co-workers asked me if it was true that Catholics can’t pray without a priest. I wish I had asked but I still wonder how she imagined that worked.

And I’ve told this story before I think… I went to a singles conference at a Baptist Church. The event was open to all singles in the area not just church members.You may wonder why I would do that and it was partly that I really didn’t care what kind of Christian I “fellowshiped” with, I just wanted to hang with young adults who were into God but i think I went because I wanted to go to the concert that was at the end of the event.

At lunch I was sitting with 4-5 other women and we were talking about living a Christian life, the doctrines that their church believed (I think one was the first non-denom I met I talked to about faith), etc. and someone asked what church everyone went to. Dun-dun-dun-dah. I don’t even remember anything other than I said the name of my parish which was obviously Catholic (St. Mary of______) after which two of the women gave each other a pointed look and without a word stood up and walked away. Bless the others that remained and continued the conversation especially the one who invited me out for coffee after.

I have participated in a biblically-based weight loss program and the one I went to was at a Baptist church (:rolleyes: I never learn). When I told them I was Catholic one quickly mentioned that she saw that a Catholic church had a vacation bible school and another said her husband was Catholic (in hushed tones). Solidarity, sister!
 
My mother-in-law, who is a Southern Baptist, asked me if I ever learned about Jesus in my religion classes at my Catholic school, which I attended for 12 years.:rolleyes:
 
The year The Passion of the Christ was released, an Evangelical Church invited the public to study sessions they were having. My parish wasn’t offering anything, so I decided to go and see what people thought about the movie. I didn’t know anyone at the church and hoped no one would ask where I “worshiped.” I mostly listened but a couple of times I chimed in with some “thoughts” (wish I could remember, but it was solid Catholic theology) and people nodded thoughtfully and seemed to consider what I was saying and the conversation did not come to a grinding halt.

Later one of the ladies said something like, “sometimes I think Catholics (oh, here it comes…) are too focused on the suffering and death of Jesus, but I think they may have something.” (What? Whew…) 🙂 It’s not just for Catholics anymore.
 
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And I’ve told this story before I think… I went to a singles conference at a Baptist Church. The event was open to all singles in the area not just church members.You may wonder why I would do that and it was partly that I really didn’t care what kind of Christian I “fellowshiped” with, I just wanted to hang with young adults who were into God but i think I went because I wanted to go to the concert that was at the end of the event.

At lunch I was sitting with 4-5 other women and we were talking about living a Christian life, the doctrines that their church believed (I think one was the first non-denom I met I talked to about faith), etc. and someone asked what church everyone went to. Dun-dun-dun-dah. I don’t even remember anything other than I said the name of my parish which was obviously Catholic (St. Mary of______) after which two of the women gave each other a pointed look and without a word stood up and walked away. Bless the others that remained and continued the conversation especially the one who invited me out for coffee after.
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That is so funny - I had a similar experiece when I was a new Catholic. I, also, went to a singles event that was supposed to be interdenominational - I think I was the only Catholic. Everything went well until one of the social breaks & everyone was giving the name of their home church. I said St. Mary’s Cathedral - pregnant pause - then 1 man, his face contorted with rage, pointed his finger at me & yelled; "You worship the sun!’ I was pretty sure he meant “sun” & not “Son.” He stomped off & everyone else was so kind. They were obviously embarrassed by his behavior.

It wasn’t until years later that I realized he was probably referring to the monstrance. At that time I don’t think I had even seen a monstrance before. But that did start me on the path to apologetics. 🙂
 
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