Why is missing mass a mortal sin?

[pianistclare]

I am NOT bigoted against the Catholic Church. That is a false statement. Because if I was, then I guess I wouldn’t be attending Mass every Sunday with my Roman Catholic husband. Also, I wouldn’t be looking to marry my husband in the Catholic church, either. Third, why would I be on a website that is obviously Catholic if I was that bigoted towards the Catholic Church? Does that really make any sense?

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Given the Protestant viewpoint of Catholics as idolaters, your statement, while false, was also very offensive to those you worship with.
Sorry, it just was.
Instead of being defensive about your personal life, why not just accept that you were mistaken?

I do know that people come here to learn about faith. The posters have made a necessary correction. You may choose to accept it gracefully, or not.

Peace.

 

[LaughingBoy1503]

I am NOT bigoted against the Catholic Church. That is a false statement. Because if I was, then I guess I wouldn’t be attending Mass every Sunday with my Roman Catholic husband. Also, I wouldn’t be looking to marry my husband in the Catholic church, either. Third, why would I be on a website that is obviously Catholic if I was that bigoted towards the Catholic Church? Does that really make any sense?

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That website is bigoted towards Catholics. Just scanning it for a minuet, I read anti-Catholic statements. They claim the St. Peter that we revere is really the pagan god Jupiter… Do you believe that too, because it was on this site?

 

[Graceful_Lamb]

Given the Protestant viewpoint of Catholics as idolaters, your statement, while false, was also very offensive to those you worship with.
Sorry, it just was.
Instead of being defensive about your personal life, why not just accept that you were mistaken?

I do know that people come here to learn about faith. The posters have made a necessary correction. You may choose to accept it gracefully, or not.

Peace.

When someone basically says you are a bigot, it is a bit hard not to get defensive.

I don’t think that Catholics are idolaters. The Roman Catholic church that I attend says the Hail Mary at the end of each Mass. I recite the Hail Mary with everyone else, so if I thought that Catholics were idolaters, I don’t think that I would be doing that.

So, I was mistaken. I don’t have a problem with that. That still isn’t a reason to come down so hard on someone. I thought it was about “leading non-Catholics to the truth.”

 

[Graceful_Lamb]

That website is bigoted towards Catholics. Just scanning it for a minuet, I read anti-Catholic statements. They claim the St. Peter that we revere is really the pagan god Jupiter… Do you believe that too, because it was on this site?

No, I don’t believe that. I happened to come across the site with the Commandments and didn’t look at the rest of the site.

I stand corrected and next time I will look more thoroughly through a link before positing it.

 

[Graceful_Lamb]

So, does your Roman Catholic husband concede that The Catholic Church changed the commandments and/or their numbering? Is he the one that told you that?

If you have done research, great. Good for you. Your statement about The Church changing the commandments in your previous post does not reflect that. As was pointed out, even competent protestant Bible scholars know that it simply is not true. Sorry for talking down on you like it did. It is not a excuse, but we get a lot of people who come on these forums not to learn anything but simply to attack Catholic beliefs. You did not think it might offend anyone by a statement on a Catholic website that “The Catholic Church took out the commandment about Idolatry”? Let me try to redo say what my original post should have said…

If a Catholic has told you that The Catholic Church took out the commandment about Idolatry, they are mistaken. If you learned this from a non-catholic source, they are not a good source to learn about History or The Catholic Church because even a competent anti-Catholic protestant Bible scholar knows that it is not true that The Catholic Church took out any commandment. The Church has numbered the commandments different. Idolatry is still forbidden by The First commandment. The commandments where simply re-numbered by later denominations. If you do not believe this, research the subject from a completely unbiased source. Not Catholic, nor protestant.

No, my Roman Catholic husband did not tell me about the numbering of the Commandments. I don’t think that my husband subscribes to what I wrote.

I stand corrected.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

No, I don’t believe that. I happened to come across the site with the Commandments and didn’t look at the rest of the site.

I stand corrected and next time I will look more thoroughly through a link before positing it.

It’s very easy when Googling to get a quick answer from a site that looks OK but on further review is questionable. I think we’ve all had that happen.

It takes a very big person to apologize for something. You did so as gracefully as your user name. Thank you.