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

[CarolNoel]

I just read all 529 posts, and had the best time. Am I nuts.

 

[SecretaryMonday]

I just read all 529 posts, and had the best time. Am I nuts.

Is this one of the Nuttiest Things Catholics Have Done Because Non-Catholics Have Said Or Done Nutty Things?

 

[SecretaryMonday]

Her father knowingly said, “Catholic, eh? I hear you people are FINALLY going to be saying the full Lord’s prayer.” (It was during that period that “For the kingdom, the power” and so forth was added after the Lord’s Prayer at mass.)

I didn’t bother telling him that “For the kingdom,” etc., was a later made-up addition in some Protestant Bibles." But I DID remark that I really didn’t need to meet the Catholic neighbor.

Its earlier than that…its in the Didache, I think.

My non-Catholic sister likes to play somewhat violent internet games, so I told her that I would try to find a Vampire Necromancer to plan a party for her. She jokingly responded, “Wow, a real live Catholic? You mean it?”

 

[peace2u2]

Lutherans would bring their “hot dish” or possibly a jello mould.

…and the Catholics always bring the wine!

 

[peace2u2]

I just read all 529 posts, and had the best time. Am I nuts.

I don’t know…I only got to post #35, and it brighted up my day. I’ll be back. Am I nuts?

BYW, Does anyone know what “banned” means under some people’s forum name?

 

[Lochias]

My non-Catholic sister likes to play somewhat violent internet games, so I told her that I would try to find a Vampire Necromancer to plan a party for her. She jokingly responded, “Wow, a real live Catholic? You mean it?”

Your sister is awesome. :thumbsup:

 

[SecretaryMonday]

Your sister is awesome. :thumbsup:

I know. (Don’t tell her I told you that.)

 

[Patti_M]

I like living in conservative west Texas but I have run into more than my share of anti-Catholisim. My earliest memory was when I was about 8 years old a playmate of mine told me he could not play with me anymore because I was Catholic & his mother said that we worshipped Mary. I was so shocked, and of course I told him that we didn’t. He just said yes you do and went into his house. I was told that because I was Catholic that I would of course have to be a nun when I grew up. So on & so on. Even at work there have been times at office meeting that anti-Catholic things were said by coworkers who knew my faith. Catholic bashing is pretty much the norm around here. I lost a fairly close friend who started saying ugly things about the Church. I could tell you so much more but I am getting upset. Why do I live here? Oh yeah, very pro-life and pro-family area.

 

[Lochias]

I know. (Don’t tell her I told you that.)

No worries. I have sisters, too. :yup:

 

[LEMAITRE]

One of my best childhood friends (Baptist) asked me last weekend if I was aware that the Vatican wanted the Shroud of Turin so that they could use Jesus blood to create the Anti-Christ! I doubled up laughing which did not impress her as she was being deadly serious.

She thinks she was performing a public service, I should explain that she doesn’t come out and say it directly but she tries to sway me from the Church with weird claims. I personally think she is on the way out with the Baptists. She doesn’t approve of her weekly Women meetings where they Confess and try to assist each other but then tell others who are not involved or even members of their denomination what the other person Confessed in that group.

 

[Kelfa28]

I’ve honestly not heard that many nutty things from protestants…mostly because in my state just about everyone is either a professed Catholic or agnostic/atheist (still baptized Catholic). So I was fairly floored to meet my now husband who was raised in a non-denominational/ Pentecostal Church.

When he informed his mother that he was converting to Catholicism (something he had wanted to do for over 10 years but never had the chance to do so until before we were married) she gave him a mildly horrified look and “What about the Bible? Catholics don’t read the Bible!”
In her defense…she wasn’t entirely off the mark assuming this seeing that there are a very LARGE number of cafeteria Catholics in our state as well.

Cut to about six months later…we are both sitting in RCIA listening to a fiery, young priest who is absolutely brilliant.
He quoted, verbatim, an entire chapter in Matthew (a chapter we brought up…not him) word for word.
After many of us picked up our jaws off the floor…one of the other classmates (who was raised baptist) basically said “where were you all my life? I need to carry you around in my pocket and show you off to my baptist friends!”

My husband has since said, if he had met this priest…or even our Parish priest 10 years ago, when he was starting to fall in love with the Catholic faith…there would have been a decent chance he not only would have converted…but would have gone into the priesthood.

 

[klaere]

When I was working on my undergrad thesis, I interviewed nearly all of the religious leaders in my town, something like 25 different people. All of the Christian leaders asked what church I went to and the answer, Our Lady of Fatima, is pretty tranparently Catholic.

My Jehovah’s Witness contact gave me a book that seemed to be a secular history of world religions, until it suddenly became the history of why the JW’s are right. This was after she had casually mentioned how her stepmother had been Catholic, accompanied by a knowing look. And one of the Baptist preachers offered that he had been raised Catholic. Both people looked at me like I was part of something silly they’re too smart for now.

Another time, I struck up conversation with a girl wearing a beautiful rosary as a necklace, and asked her if she used it to pray. To make a long story short, she bought in Rome, and did not now what it was- she thought it was just a necklace. That happened to feature Jesus, Mary and several Italian saints. I was flabergasted.

 

[Lost_Sheep]

When I was in the third grade, a girl in my class came up to me on the playground and said “I don’t like you!” I asked why and she said “Because I’m a Baptist and Baptists don’t like Catholics.”

At the time, I did not understand what she meant, but as I got older I began to think “These are 8-year-old children. What on Earth are they [Baptist adults and preachers] teaching them???” I suspect she didn’t understand what she was saying either and was just repeating the party line that she was being spoon-fed.

Yes, I’m sure not all people who call themselves Baptists think this way, but those who do really concern me.

 

[Reepicheep]

Oh she hasn’t seen or tasted anything yet. Maybe she could visit the Philippines and taste the traditional dish, diniguan or meat stewed in pork blood. A local protestant sect don’t eat this because they take “Thou shall not take blood” literally.

I’m down with not eating blood.

 

[Adamski]

“I don’t suggest the catholic church because they re crucify Jesus every church service”

Monte wright
Snoqualmie valley alliance lead pastor

“are you catholic or Christian”

Kristen moomaw
Assistant pastor snoqualmie valley alliance

 

[SecretaryMonday]

Someone asked me, “So what are days of abstinence? Does that mean you can’t have sex?”

 

[Bonnie]

My mother - God rest her soul - once told me that indulgences were permission to sin. One bought an indulgence to cover a future, planned sin.

After I explained to her what an indulgence is, and that they are not sold, she looked thoughtful for a minute, then said, “I’d like to know what the Church teaches about that.”

I took a couple of deep breaths to calm myself and said, “That was the teaching of the Church.”

Thankfully, that subject never came up again!

 

[peace2u2]

Wow. This is where I would extend an invitation to go with me into a Catholic Church and explain where Christ is.

I took a Southern Baptist into a catherdral once. At least I got the opportunity to explain statues to her when she said, “We’re told you worship them.” She wanted to see the inside of a confessional too so we did that. No big conversion but at least she left with some good information.

I took my Bible-toting, Southern Baptist friend to Mass and she nearly fell out of the pew during the Readings, especially when I handed her a Missalette so she could follow along with the Readings from the Bible. Who knew… Catholics actually read the Bible and at Church no less!

:bible1:

No big conversion here either, but little seeds are good to sow. I’ll keep praying for her conversion and let God do all the heavy lifting! Amen!

 

[hylandgl]

When former Catholics believe they have found something better in a Non-Catholic church, it is most often because they never knew their Catholic faith and therefore never lived it.

 

[Bruised_Reed]

I took my Bible-toting, Southern Baptist friend to Mass and she nearly fell out of the pew during the Readings, especially when I handed her a Missalette so she could follow along with the Readings from the Bible. Who knew… Catholics actually read the Bible and at Church no less!

:bible1:

No big conversion here either, but little seeds are good to sow. I’ll keep praying for her conversion and let God do all the heavy lifting! Amen!

Amen!