What do you like best, like least?

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I am a Friend…I like “worship on the basis of silence” the most…to experience the Reality of The Presence in our midst…I like least that we don’t have weekly meetings for worship…some of us have tried to revive the “5th Day Meeting”…but with so many of us with busy schedules…it fell away.
 
I’m Catholic.

What I like best is the Holy Eucharist.

What I like least is the holier than thou attitude among some of the most devout Catholics.
 
Hi all.

After thinking about it, my dislikes, I guess, aren’t Episcopalian in tone but, as with all faiths

1–the liberty of those who are more freely liberal than I that endorse abortion. Clearly, Abortion and being a Christian (even if you’re Episcopal) do not go hand-in-hand. Cases in point:

a) Look at how Jesus even encouraged children to come to Him. He even rebuked those who would not let children to come to Him.

b) Even in the Psalms, “Before you formed me in my mother’s womb, you knew me.”

2–Those of whom believe capital punishment is a thing of the past and that criminals can and/or should be “rehabilitated” instead of penalised.

3–Those of whom take conservation and “saving the earth” to the extreme where they seem more in line with “earth worshipers” than taking care of God’s creation for the purpose of serving God. Long-winded but, I think you get the idea of what I’m trying to say.
 
I’ll start out by saying I’m a Baptist in title but a Catholic at heart. 🙂

That being said, I’ll state my opinion.

I love the Catholic church because it is the only church through which I am confronted with and forced to deal with my sins in light of the Eucharist and Blessed Sacraments which were ordained by our Lord, Jesus Christ.

The reason I dislike the Catholic church is because it is the only church through which I am confronted with and forced to deal with my sins in light of the Eucharist and Blessed Sacraments which were ordained by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
 
I’m Roman Catholic (Latin Rite), and there’s a lot of things that I like best. I guess I’ll pick out the beauty of the Mass as a whole; it really feels like something special from beginning to end when its said well.

What I like least is when Catholic schools close. Nothing makes me sadder than that; it represents the breaking up of a community. There have been a lot of them closing lately, and I’m not sure enough is being done to fight for them.
 
2–Those of whom believe capital punishment is a thing of the past and that criminals can and/or should be “rehabilitated” instead of penalised.
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How is this at all contrary to Christianity?

As for my own religion (or non-religion, at least at the moment), I suppose the upside is the lack of other religions’ downsides: atheists don’t have to submit to morals or practices of a religious nature.

The downside is (literal) lack of the power of liturgy. That’s what’s primarily attracting me to the Catholic Church.
 
kalt said:
First, name your religion (denomination, etc). Next tell us what you like most about it and what you like least.😃
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I am Roman Catholic. The thing I like most is the thing that drew me to the Catholic Church (after more than forty years as a Methodist) - the Eucharist standing at the center of the Church’s worship. The thing I like least are people within the Church who reject the Magisterium of the Church.
P.S. I also really like my German Shepherd.
 
Former Southern Baptist exploring the Catholic faith. About the baptists I loved the reverence for the word, the fellowship, and the discipleship. However, I did not particularly care for some of the hymns because they resembled nineteenth century bar songs with new lyrics and some of the contemporary worship songs were irritating.
 
I’m a Southern Baptist. The things I like most are that the study of God’s Word is central to our worship, our music (I’m in the choir), and the fact that we are a broad denomination that allows for intellectual discussion of doctrine and practice, while uniting around basic Christian truths and Baptist distinctives.

I dislike that we don’t celebrate Communion more often and the tendency towards a less reverent and formal worship experience.
 
I am a Catholic convert and I LOVE the Church. To use a cliche, it has the fullness of truth. I don’t think any other religion has this completeness. I love the consistency of the Catechism. Catholics teach a consistent life ethic. I had been a Methodist for a few years and was horrified when I realized they are pro abortion but anti capital punishment. Makes sense right? Kill the innocent and save the guilty…really a disturbing attitude.
I love the liturgy and the ritual. It takes me to another place where I am lost in the Word.

What I like least are “casual” Catholics who pick and choose what to believe based on their own sense of conscious. This is particularly disturbing with respect to life issues. When I hear Catholics defend a woman’s “right to choose” (death) it is heartbreaking. I pray they will understand the error of this thinking.

Lisa A
 
hello all:

I’m a catholic
What I like most? Everything the catholic church is and offers. I love my church with all my heart, soul and mind.

What I dislike? When people leave mass right after recieving the Holy Eucharist.
 
kalt said:
First, name your religion (denomination, etc). Next tell us what you like most about it and what you like least.

I’m Catholic (Roman Rite). I like the Eucharist the best. I like the sign of peace the least. Wouldn’t mind it so much after Communion, but before? Unsanitary. But I supposed handling the books is unsanitary, too.

Maybe the old custom of wearing gloves to Mass has a very practical purpose for the women. What about the men?! How odd would one look if he began weariing driving gloves to Mass in August? 😃
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I am Lutheran. What I like most about being Lutheran is everyone is so friendly and when we exchange peace. I also like that at the church I attend they have an 8:00 service which is the traditional service, and then the 10:30 service which I attend is more laid back and allows me and other younger people of the church to learn about God in a more fun way that we can comprehend.

What I like least is that a lot of the church members do un-Godly like things and just cause drama.
 
I am an Orthodox Jew. The things I love best is how everything I do has a blessing, I am constantly praying all day long, bringing the ordinary into holiness, and feeling the presence of G-d everywhere I go. The thing I like the list is Kol Isha, the prohibition of women to sing or dance in the presence of men besides their immediate family and husbands – I don’t understand it, and sometimes it feels stifling. But I don’t obey because I understand. I obey because G-d wishes it.
 
infj_bookworm said:
I am an Orthodox Jew. The things I love best is how everything I do has a blessing, I am constantly praying all day long, bringing the ordinary into holiness, and feeling the presence of G-d everywhere I go. The thing I like the list is Kol Isha, the prohibition of women to sing or dance in the presence of men besides their immediate family and husbands – I don’t understand it, and sometimes it feels stifling. But I don’t obey because I understand. I obey because G-d wishes it.
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I learned this blessing prayer and use it often.

“Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe. Blessed is he who . . . .”

or Barukh atah, Adonai Elohenu, Melek ha-olam.

I hope it is okay to use. I’ve been told that Jewish people rejoice in others using their prayers. Is this true? Some Roman catholics take offense at non-Catholics “using” what they consider their church’s prayers.
 
infj_bookworm said:
I am an Orthodox Jew. The things I love best is how everything I do has a blessing, I am constantly praying all day long, bringing the ordinary into holiness, and feeling the presence of G-d everywhere I go. The thing I like the list is Kol Isha, the prohibition of women to sing or dance in the presence of men besides their immediate family and husbands – I don’t understand it, and sometimes it feels stifling. But I don’t obey because I understand. I obey because G-d wishes it.
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I like what you have said, but on your profile you were a fundamentalist who became a Catholic.

You also say that you are a cantor. That is kind of nice, but do catholics have cantors?

And, if you are an orthodox Jew, welcome to the forum!
 
Well, I have never been confirmed in any religion. I was baptized when I was four, by a methodist, and circumcised by a seventh day adventist doctor, who read the scripture concerning circumcision.

My father was raised methodist as was his father, but his mother was catholic. My mother had a Catholic Grandfather, but mom was confirmed as an episcopalian as was her grandmother. Her mother became divorced and married a Presbyterian, who became a 32rd degree Freemason.

We all attended a Presbyterian church growing up, on the advice from my grandfather. My older brother could not understand the presbyterians, and began dating a Mormon girl whose father was a bishop. After that he went to the Oral Roberts university for a week with a friend to see if he could get along with them. That didn’t work out.

He met a Catholic girl, and while he was with her went through the catechism and was confirmed a catholic.

My younger brother, considers himself a presbyterian, but married a Southern Baptist and he and his children had attended with the baptists for many years, until they then all started attending a presbyterian church.

Well, when confirmation time came for me, I had not known that it had started. I when to the church some days late and I was not formally dressed. The class was led by a woman, and she went burserque when she saw me. She was filled with raca, she shouted for quite a long time to all of us how the presbyterians were warring against people like me.

No one ever appologised, I never was confirmed. My parents didn’t seem to know what had happened, I didn’t tell them. I came to the services a few times after that, no one said anything, until one sunday a girl told my brother that the church was certain that I would be going to hell. She wouldn’t say it to me though, and none of the others would either.

I think this was the reason that my brother, rejected them all, and became a catholic.

My family doesn’t worry about me not being a member of a church, and says jokingly that I am Jewish.

My father worked with Jewish people for many years. And my brother became a teacher, who leaned his art from a Jewish woman who had been an accomplished opera singer.

I have quite a number of cousins. I don’t know all of the religions that they might be following, many are catholic, but some of them are Jewish.

I am grateful that God has answered my prayers, and thats all I have, there seems no least about that…
 
SpiritMeadow said:
I learned this blessing prayer and use it often.

“Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe. Blessed is he who . . . .”

or Barukh atah, Adonai Elohenu, Melek ha-olam.

I hope it is okay to use. I’ve been told that Jewish people rejoice in others using their prayers. Is this true? Some Roman catholics take offense at non-Catholics “using” what they consider their church’s prayers.
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I’ve never heard anyone object to someone saying a Catholic prayer. Which prayers?
 
I am Roman Catholic.

What I like Best: Everything. How it’s so different from other churches, I love the Eucharist and Confession, i love all the mysteries and how much I still have to learn!

What I like Least: Some Catholics forget to have a relationship with Jesus, they just go to mass and go through the motions. The relationship concept I learned from my Dad (who converted to Catholicism thanks to my Mom 🙂 and from the Free Methodist Youth Group. However, since then I have been VERY happy to hear our priests talking about a relationship with Christ.

(Keep in mind that I am still a teen and I have much to learn about my faith)
Christine
 
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