Through the eyes of rebel children living in a strong Catholic family

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So we should raise our children in weak Catholic families? For their own good?

What do you think of the article OP?
 
a) She’s talking about something a bit more extreme than most Catholics would recognize as a “strong” Catholic upbringing.

b) She had the confusion of a divorce to go through, as well.
 
Other than going to Mass daily, what makes you think this was a “strong” Catholic family?

My experience has been that strong Catholic families are better fertile ground for strong Catholic children. Will all kids come out “strong Catholics”? no. Everyone has free will, but a stronger foundation in faith does give the children better tools to be able to live a strong Catholic life.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
So we should raise our children in weak Catholic families? For their own good?

What do you think of the article OP?
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I saw a young girl who quietly rebelled against her Catholic upbringing and later found the need of God in her home. Also, I found this article interesting because we get to see and feel the confusion that hardships can bring even to a well meaning Catholic home.
 
WilT said:
I saw a young girl who quietly rebelled against her Catholic upbringing and later found the need of God in her home. Also, I found this article interesting because we get to see and feel the confusion that hardship scan bring even to a well meaning Catholic home.
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I am not sure the home was either well meaning or Catholic. But what do you suggest for parents. Less Catholic? Can you comment on how to combat this problem. Should we not take our children to Mass, pray with them, help them with the sacraments?

I just don’t see what your point is. Perhaps you can clarify.

Some people leave the faith. Is your position that it is better to never be in the faith to begin with?
 
Remember Hoosier-Daddy she is looking back at her past and trying to make sense of her Catholic upbringing. Her mom taught her all about the Catholic Faith as well as she could. That doesn’t mean she did all well but I commend her for trying especially when in her home things went terribly wrong. Perhaps the word good may have been a better word than strong.

I feel too that this woman commonly reflects the reason why people leave the faith and then, when matured by raising a family, attempt to put the pieces together and find the need for God.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
I am not sure the home was either well meaning or Catholic. But what do you suggest for parents. Less Catholic? Can you comment on how to combat this problem. Should we not take our children to Mass, pray with them, help them with the sacraments?

I just don’t see what your point is. Perhaps you can clarify.

Some people leave the faith. Is your position that it is better to never be in the faith to begin with?
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I don’t follow you Hoosier Daddy
 
WilT said:
I don’t follow you Hoosier Daddy
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Well I kind of do. You framed this article, and so did the author of the article for that matter as being from a “strong Catholic family.” This is an observation not an accusation.

I think what Hoosier Daddy was saying, and what I believe, is that this family was a dysfunctional family. There are dysfunctional families in every religion and denomination. The woman dressed up like a Nun for over a year.

I certainly spent my “time in the desert” and ended up Catholic after much exploration. I would guess after the trauma of what this person went through, she too is spending time in the desert. Lets hope she comes back.

As a sidebar, I have looked and as far as I have gathered there is no official stance on speaking in tongues by Rome. That suits me just fine.

I am sure there are plenty of examples of kids who were raised in a “good” Catholic
home, and Jewish homes, Protestant homes, only to leave. I just don’t think this is one of them, but it WAS an interesting article.
 
Dacinom said:
With all Christian charity I read the article, and I beg to differ that this woman’s family was a “strong Catholic family.” Far from it, at least in my opinion anyway: Her parents divorced when she was one, her father remarried, moved 10 hours away and practiced another faith. The author’s mother claimed to see visions and hear voices of Christ and at one point dressed in a nun’s habit for an entire year??? That sounds like her mother had some sort of mental problem to me. The family also had financial problems, and the author was forced to work around the house a lot and finally went to live with her dad.

I am sorry for what the woman who wrote the article went through. The fact is that some of our children who are raised in strong homes are going to leave the faith, that is a fact. I would not use this article as a starting point to discuss rebel children from strong Catholic homes though, because I think it is a very weak example but that’s just my opinion. God bless your day.
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I agree with this wholeheartedly. The mother sounds as though she had a mental problem to me as well.
Mary.
 
WilT said:
Remember Hoosier-Daddy she is looking back at her past and trying to make sense of her Catholic upbringing. Her mom taught her all about the Catholic Faith as well as she could. That doesn’t mean she did all well but I commend her for trying especially when in her home things went terribly wrong. Perhaps the word good may have been a better word than strong.

I feel too that this woman commonly reflects the reason why people leave the faith and then, when matured by raising a family, attempt to put the pieces together and find the need for God.
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She obviously has not made sense of her upbringing yet. Sounds like she had a broken/borderline abusive home and is trying to recover. She (and you) make the mistake of tying any of that to Catholicism.

And I am still waiting for your position. Do you feel we should raise people less Catholic in order to prevent them from deciding not to be Catholic?
 
Yes, this was not a strong Catholic upbringing. It was dysfunctional, cafeteria, and slightly crazed.

The broader point is that we all need to take the things we were taught (or absorbed) as children and turn them into an adult faith. Whether you had a strong Catholic upbringing or a weak Catholic upbringing, at some point you evaluate what you know and decide what you believe. You make the belief your own, not your parents’.
 
Bwahahahahahaha, a writer at the Huffington Post is losing her religion?!?! LOLOL Say it ain’t so! I’ll never believe it!
 
Pretty interesting article. I would have probably apostasized growing up in such an environment. There’s no mention of her ever having been taught apologetics, but says she first started to lose her faith when Mary didn’t appear to her after saying a rosary (lol). Thanks for more proof of my theory that teaching kids apologetics is essential for keeping their faith.

I’m not sure what I’m supposed to make of the ending, whether or not she’s going back to the one true faith or she is persisting in her apostasy. Given the mocking tone of the article, I have my doubts, but it seems hopeful for them.
 
WilT said:
I saw a young girl who quietly rebelled against her Catholic upbringing and later found the need of God in her home. Also, I found this article interesting because we get to see and feel the confusion that hardships can bring even to a well meaning Catholic home.
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But she did NOT have a Catholic upbringing. She does not speak of receiving the sacraments. She does not give examples of genuine Catholic upbringing. Perhaps her mom may have been well meaning, but I can’t help but think her mom acted out of fear. It appears every time her mom prayed, she ended up suddenly moving. If her mom actually remarried (and there is no mention of an annulment in the article) it is obvious the mom is not practicing

Angie
 
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