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Thanks Psalm4. It seems obvious now that I know what it means.
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I was born and raised in Rhode Island, an area which became home to Italian, Portuguese and Irish immigrants (my grandparents among them). Needless to say, it is a largely Catholic area.
Since then, I have moved to a small town in Oklahoma with a population of about 8,000 people. Although I have lived in many areas of the country, this is the first place I have ever encountered open hostility toward Catholicism. There is a small Catholic parish here (and has been for a hundred years). There is also a Methodist congregation, as well as Presbyterians and Episcopalians. These three get along just fine with the Catholics and, because we are a small community, we work on certain projects together for the area.
I have experienced some difficulties with the Baptists in the area. There are three or four different types of Baptist congregations in town and they seem not to like each other very much either. Most folks, I think, are at least polite enough not to be openly hostile to others regarding their faith of choice; but I did actually have one of my Baptist customers tell me that I should be ashamed of myself for being Catholic!
The real problem is the tiny group of Seventh Day Adventists which have a small meeting house on the eastern fringe of town. One couple from this group goes around town sneaking those awful little “hate booklets” into every store they enter and leaving them around for people to pick up. They even toss them into people’s cars if the windows aren’t rolled up all the way. You probably know the ones I’m talking about: The Pope is a sorceror, Catholics are witches pretending to be Christians, and they’re all going straight to Hell, etc. The really chilling thing about this is that they truly believe they’re doing a public service by hate-mongering. Very sad.
There are also many of those little bitty “storefront” Bible groups; but it’s been my experience that these are usually really nice folks. They don’t seem judgmental to me; they’re just trying to find their way, and they appear to be well aware that it is everyone else’s right to do likewise.
Since then, I have moved to a small town in Oklahoma with a population of about 8,000 people. Although I have lived in many areas of the country, this is the first place I have ever encountered open hostility toward Catholicism. There is a small Catholic parish here (and has been for a hundred years). There is also a Methodist congregation, as well as Presbyterians and Episcopalians. These three get along just fine with the Catholics and, because we are a small community, we work on certain projects together for the area.
I have experienced some difficulties with the Baptists in the area. There are three or four different types of Baptist congregations in town and they seem not to like each other very much either. Most folks, I think, are at least polite enough not to be openly hostile to others regarding their faith of choice; but I did actually have one of my Baptist customers tell me that I should be ashamed of myself for being Catholic!
The real problem is the tiny group of Seventh Day Adventists which have a small meeting house on the eastern fringe of town. One couple from this group goes around town sneaking those awful little “hate booklets” into every store they enter and leaving them around for people to pick up. They even toss them into people’s cars if the windows aren’t rolled up all the way. You probably know the ones I’m talking about: The Pope is a sorceror, Catholics are witches pretending to be Christians, and they’re all going straight to Hell, etc. The really chilling thing about this is that they truly believe they’re doing a public service by hate-mongering. Very sad.
There are also many of those little bitty “storefront” Bible groups; but it’s been my experience that these are usually really nice folks. They don’t seem judgmental to me; they’re just trying to find their way, and they appear to be well aware that it is everyone else’s right to do likewise.
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** In the name of Allah , the Most Gracious , Ever Merciful **
Salaam/ Peace
Did not read all posts . What’s the main reason for other Christian groups to be ’ hostile ’
to Catholicisim ?
Salaam/ Peace
thanks for the explanation.
Did not read all posts . What’s the main reason for other Christian groups to be ’ hostile ’
to Catholicisim ?
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I’d think they are hostile to the RCC, due to the RCC being hostile to them, but their is probably a hundred reasons.** In the name of Allah , the Most Gracious , Ever Merciful **
Salaam/ Peace
thanks for the explanation.
Did not read all posts . What’s the main reason for other Christian groups to be ’ hostile ’
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