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

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JimG said:
Is he afraid to enter a museum and see a lot of statues; does he refrain from visiting the Lincoln Memorial; does he ever attend 3D movies? Does he hate it if kids make heads out of play-dough or build sand castles or play with dolls?

I wonder why 3D representations are evil but 2D representations get a pass.
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I don’t think he would fear a statue. He just thinks we shouldn’t make them.
Today I realized he no longer takes his meds. Giving his OCD that may explain a lot of his suffering.
 
I am a new Catholic, I m sure I will have more stories on this topic as the years pass 😃

But in the short (almost 6 months) I have been received into Our Lords Church These are the two I have

I was volunteering for The Society of St. Vincent De Paul at my Parish. A man who was getting groceries from us saw that I had a crucifix ring. The fact that he was on the grounds of a Catholic Church, getting help from a Catholic charity, did not stop him from telling me “Nice ring. Are you a Muslim?” I told him “No… are you?” He then went into how The Catholic Church invented Islam. I told him that was a interesting take on history. I believe he told me to do my “research” To which I replied that I knew my Churches history well because I am a protestant convert and I told him “To be steeped in history is to cease being protestant.” I know by his reaction that he did not expect that 😉

Some co-workers were talking about extreme Islamic terrorists (I guess I was part of the conversation) one of us brought up the Crusades, to which another co-worker said “Those were not really Christians though. They were Catholic” I told him I was Catholic and told him the error of his statement. He went into the “My problem with The Catholic Church is… Blah Blah Blah” I explained our view on his attacks on Catholic beliefs until he had nothing else to say. He was not a very good “bible only, religion is bad” apologist 🤷
 
Jose045 said:
My girlfriend, who is “non-denominational” asked me recently if a a priest I had spoken to believes in the Holy Spirit. I felt a mixture of shock, humor, and confusion.
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My Pentecostal Grandmother asked me if Catholics believe in The Holy Spirit once. Or maybe it was if Catholics receive The Holy Spirit, I am not 100% sure. I think I felt :confused: :eek: 🤷 She has a lot of respect for The Catholic Church so I don’t believe she meant to be offensive in her question in the least bit.
 
Forkfoot said:
I was at a client’s house and she said “Are you Christian?” I said yeah. She asked me what denomination and I said Catholic. She said “Catholic ***and ***Christian? Is that like being a Christian Jew?”
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"Yes, in the original apostolic age that exactly what we were.
 
The “nuttiest” things done in m presence, not said over the net, have all come from loud atheist. Knowing that I am a believer they will say outrageous things in an attempt to anger me, most are so childish and profane I cannot give specific examples without violating forum policy. The statements are usually very childish and ignorant. I am not of course referring to legitimate intellectual argument. I have quite frankly never had an intellectual discussion with an Atheist.
 
M1Garand said:
The “nuttiest” things done in m presence, not said over the net, have all come from loud atheist. Knowing that I am a believer they will say outrageous things in an attempt to anger me, most are so childish and profane I cannot give specific examples without violating forum policy. The statements are usually very childish and ignorant. I am not of course referring to legitimate intellectual argument. I have quite frankly never had an intellectual discussion with an Atheist.
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One of the ways to tell the strength of a position is to observe just how quickly it’s opponents devolve into spewing utter nonsense while attacking it. When they start off quoting Westboro Baptist Church at you, I’d say a mighty fortress is our God.
 
Tonight our power went out. My parents were hunting for flashlights that actually worked (not many). I lit a Sacred Heart jar candle and brought it out. Dad said, “O look, she found a Catholic flashlight!” 😃
 
SecretaryMonday said:
Tonight our power went out. My parents were hunting for flashlights that actually worked (not many). I lit a Sacred Heart jar candle and brought it out. Dad said, “O look, she found a Catholic flashlight!” 😃
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:rotfl:

Nice!

MJ
 
A few years, a lady acquaintance invited me to her church’s non-Catholic Easter service in the park . She knew beforehand that I attended my Easter Vigil Mass. She introduced me to her gentleman friend of hers. She had to excuse herself to assist in serving the food. We had an awkward conversation going. I told him that I’m not involved in her church and that I’m Catholic. He asked me how’s the Pope doing? I don’t remember what my response was.
 
I can’t believe I have some shiny, new ones.

Different co-worker than before. We were talking about who knows what, and coworker made a vague, but negative remark about Catholics. I waved my hand and was like, “yoo-hoo, Catholic in the house” but co-worker is blunt about everything so she just continued on that she thinks the Catholic church is wrong on things. I said, “like what? Name one thing. Anything.” She sighs, and says…“Tithing.” I’m, like, what??? I said, “Catholics don’t “tithe.” We are supposed to support the Church but there isn’t a requirement about how much to give…” So I ask for another. She mentions nuns having to be slaves to priests (!?!) It’s hard not to laugh out loud. So I explain the role of religious sisters and brothers and the difference between sisters and nuns. At this point another co-worker joined us and asked what the conversation was about and coworker #1 said, “Bruised Reed is informing me how I’m wrong about the Catholic Church.” Um…okay, I hope I’m not coming off like a know it all but coworker #2, upon hearing the subject, goes, “Uuugh! Catholics.” And again, I ask for one thing that she has a serious problem with and she says…“Tithing.” :rolleyes: 🤷
 
Bruised_Reed said:
I can’t believe I have some shiny, new ones.

Different co-worker than before. We were talking about who knows what, and coworker made a vague, but negative remark about Catholics. I waved my hand and was like, “yoo-hoo, Catholic in the house” but co-worker is blunt about everything so she just continued on that she thinks the Catholic church is wrong on things. I said, “like what? Name one thing. Anything.” She sighs, and says…“Tithing.” I’m, like, what??? I said, “Catholics don’t “tithe.” We are supposed to support the Church but there isn’t a requirement about how much to give…” So I ask for another. She mentions nuns having to be slaves to priests (!?!) It’s hard not to laugh out loud. So I explain the role of religious sisters and brothers and the difference between sisters and nuns. At this point another co-worker joined us and asked what the conversation was about and coworker #1 said, “Bruised Reed is informing me how I’m wrong about the Catholic Church.” Um…okay, I hope I’m not coming off like a know it all but coworker #2, upon hearing the subject, goes, “Uuugh! Catholics.” And again, I ask for one thing that she has a serious problem with and she says…“Tithing.” :rolleyes: 🤷
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Sounds like they got their marching orders from the same source. Seriously, sometimes I think their preachers are taught from the same book of “anticatholicism”. It must be revised every few years.😦
 
Bruised_Reed said:
At this point another co-worker joined us and asked what the conversation was about and coworker #1 said,** “Bruised Reed is informing me how I’m wrong about the Catholic Church.” Um…okay, I hope I’m not coming off like a know it all but coworker #2, upon hearing the subject, goes, “Uuugh! Catholics.” And again, I ask for one** thing that she has a serious problem with and she says…“Tithing.” :rolleyes: 🤷

Yeah I mean, it’s not like tithing is in the Bible or anything. Those Catholics and their man-made traditions.

Oh wait…
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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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Me either.

For some reason I thought it was the (mostly) Baptist neighbors and the men who defected from the Carthage Greys (you know, the guys who had promised to keep JS from getting shot).

According to “Respectable Assassins: A Collective Biography and Socioeconomic Study of the Carthage Mob,” those guys were rather more respectable than most, older than most, and held elected politicians (up to and including at least one US Senator.) Doctors, Lawyers…all men who went on to live respectable and respected…and fairly prosperous…lives.
 
Rabbity said:
Hi guys!

I know there are threads out there about common misconceptions like you worship Mary or discourage people from reading the Bible.

This is not that thread.

I’m curious to know what were the craziest and most outrageous reactions and misconceptions people have had to you or your family or friends because you’re catholic.

A friend of mine said when her grandmother was a child there was a woman on her block who would go running across the street whenever they saw them coming. Not just casually stroll but pick up her skirts and full on sprint. Weird stuff.

Humor is appreciated.

Play fair. Be nice.

Thanks!
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The winter after I was baptized Catholic, a family member died. At the funeral, a brother in law approached me after the family viewing/prayer and started drilling me about going to my parish to light a candle for our relative who had died. I got the idea that he thought I should be at my parish lighting a candle and not at the funeral.

This, in front of everyone there, most of them practicing Mormons, who were there to mourn the passing of a dear family member, not have me explain something I may or may not do. I was speechless, and didn’t respond at all. Just walked past him and sat down in a pew.

The next summer, at a family reunion, he started drilling me about the Shroud of Turin, out of the blue. I still don’t know what the point was. Also, done in front of several family members, all of whom are practicing Mormons.

I learned my lesson, and I now avoid this particular person as much as possible.
 
RebeccaJ said:
The winter after I was baptized Catholic, a family member died. At the funeral, a brother in law approached me after the family viewing/prayer and started drilling me about going to my parish to light a candle for our relative who had died. I got the idea that he thought I should be at my parish lighting a candle and not at the funeral.

This, in front of everyone there, most of them practicing Mormons, who were there to mourn the passing of a dear family member, not have me explain something I may or may not do. I was speechless, and didn’t respond at all. Just walked past him and sat down in a pew.

The next summer, at a family reunion, he started drilling me about the Shroud of Turin, out of the blue. I still don’t know what the point was. Also, done in front of several family members, all of whom are practicing Mormons.

I learned my lesson, and I now avoid this particular person as much as possible.
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Don’t the Mormons get hold of peoples family history & try to rebaptize people? And this guy has the nerve to put you on the spot about lighting a candle??? Unbelievable:rolleyes:
 
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Dianaiad:
For some reason I thought it was the (mostly) Baptist neighbors and the men who defected from the Carthage Greys (you know, the guys who had promised to keep JS from getting shot).

According to “Respectable Assassins: A Collective Biography and Socioeconomic Study of the Carthage Mob,” those guys were rather more respectable than most, older than most, and held elected politicians (up to and including at least one US Senator.) Doctors, Lawyers…all men who went on to live respectable and respected…and fairly prosperous…lives.
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I always thought it was the Freemasons. Joseph “borrowed” the signs, tokens, five points of fellowship and many other elements of ceremony from the Masonic lodge he had joined and incorporated them into the LDS endowment ceremony. In effect, he revealed the signs and tokens of freemasonry, which he had promised not to do, upon pain of death.

Well, the masons made good on that promise. Joseph must have recognized some of his masonic brethren in the mob, because he gave the masonic distress signal, which was supposed to guarantee help from any nearby brother freemasons.

Even in giving the signal, Joseph messed up. The masonic distress signal is made in one of two ways:
  1. Hold both arms to the square.
Or, if you are in a position where you would not be seen
  1. Cry out “Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow’s son?”
BUT, it is forbidden to do both at the same time. Unfortunately for Joseph, that is precisely what he did. So if there were any freemasons in the mob, they now had two reasons to “execute the penalty” on him.

Paul (formerly LDS, now happily Catholic)
 
Late 1950’s in the South:
I’ve read it was commonly taught in bible study that if Kennedy became President, the Knights of Columbus would rise up and kill protestants in the US. After all, the KoC are the Pope’s militia and they had sworn an oath pledging their lives to the Church.
 
Back in 1966 my parents took us kids and moved away from their small Pennsylvania farm town to seek better fortunes. My mother is a life-long Catholic but at the time my father was a Methodist (they had met in college) and his family was a bit taken aback when he decided to marry this little out-of-town Catholic girl with the funny Polish name. My father eventually converted to Catholicism and has been dutifully practicing ever since.

Forty years later these two retired empty-nesters decided they would move back so they could be closer to family and old friends. Well as soon as they were settled in Dad began hearing things like “We didn’t see you in church (meaning Methodist) last Sunday.” To which he would snarkingly reply “I was in church; I was at St. Jerome’s with Debbie.”

Everyone figured that now that he was “back home” he was going to be some sort of prodigal son and come back to his old Church. His family did get over it, but occasionally he still hears an unkind word from his brothers and sisters-in-law.
 
I was taking a sociology class at a local junior college and the first day of classes the “professor” asked the class if anyone knew why Catholics have to eat fish on Fridays. I raised my hand and told her that they do not have to eat fish, but are to abstain from meat. That this discipline is because Christ was crucified on Friday and in we are to try to a line ourselves with his surfing with fasting abstinence and prayer. I was told I was wrong that the reason is that " one of the Popes a long time ago had a brother that was a fish monger and to assist his business the Pope declared that Catholics have to eat fish on Fridays. I of course told her that she was wrong, with which she stated that she could provide documented proof.

That was two years ago and I am still waiting for her to do so. I would call her out on it during class asking if she had that proof just so the rest of the class did not get blind by this false statement.
 
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