LDebagoria
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I've been baptized, had first communion and confirmed Roman Catholic, I've attended private Catholic school from 1st-12th grade.
In high school, I realized that there are many things that I don't agree with and a lot of things that "just don't add up" within the Catholic faith, and although I still (and will ALWAYS) firmly believe in God and Jesus, I do not have faith in the Catholic Church and very VERY rarely attend mass.
My BF wasn't raised in the Catholic schools, but her WAS raised within a devout Catholic family, who used scare tactics from the faith to rear him and his siblings. It had an HUGE affect on him to the point where he's past God-Fearing, now fallen into the hysterical-obsessive (and please, I'm not exaggerating) category, which is sad to see and turns me even further away from Catholicism.
After a few years of feeling this way (I wanted to make sure it wasn't a H.S. thing,) I decided that Catholicism wasn't for me.
Last winter, I attended Baptist funeral services for some family members, and I just KNEW it was going to be a depression-session. I swear to you, within two services, I came out of church for the first time in YEARS of Catholic masses with an actual feeling of enlightenment and a message! I actually PAID ATTENTION to what the preacher had to say, could relate it to MY LIFE, and realize that I understood what was going on!
So, I'm thinking that I'm going to attend Baptist services for a little while longer, just to see if it's for me or not. I may never change religions and stay where I am right now, with my faith in the Lord and Christ, or I may change over, but it's relieving that there is a faith that I can enjoy after wandering from Catholocism.
In high school, I realized that there are many things that I don't agree with and a lot of things that "just don't add up" within the Catholic faith, and although I still (and will ALWAYS) firmly believe in God and Jesus, I do not have faith in the Catholic Church and very VERY rarely attend mass.
My BF wasn't raised in the Catholic schools, but her WAS raised within a devout Catholic family, who used scare tactics from the faith to rear him and his siblings. It had an HUGE affect on him to the point where he's past God-Fearing, now fallen into the hysterical-obsessive (and please, I'm not exaggerating) category, which is sad to see and turns me even further away from Catholicism.
After a few years of feeling this way (I wanted to make sure it wasn't a H.S. thing,) I decided that Catholicism wasn't for me.
Last winter, I attended Baptist funeral services for some family members, and I just KNEW it was going to be a depression-session. I swear to you, within two services, I came out of church for the first time in YEARS of Catholic masses with an actual feeling of enlightenment and a message! I actually PAID ATTENTION to what the preacher had to say, could relate it to MY LIFE, and realize that I understood what was going on!
So, I'm thinking that I'm going to attend Baptist services for a little while longer, just to see if it's for me or not. I may never change religions and stay where I am right now, with my faith in the Lord and Christ, or I may change over, but it's relieving that there is a faith that I can enjoy after wandering from Catholocism.
