ask a former catholic

from what i've read there seems to be a whole lot of confusion about the beliefs of abrahamic religions so I decided this would be a good thread to help clear up some of this confusion

i have attended catholic schools all my life which amounts to 13 and a half years of religion classes and I have two friends on the path to priesthood, I had a fallout with the catholic church and that is why I am a former catholic

i will try to answer your questions as best I can and according to what I was taught and i have very extensive knowledge on this subject

so please ask away

Why do Catholic's beleive in The Divinity of Jesus Christ?

catholics belive that jesus was both truly human and truly devine making him the bridge between humanity and god

its my opinion that this allowed god to be shown in a more intimate and forgiving light, if you look at the old testament god was very wrathful but in the new testament god almost takes on a motherly role

it also made god much easier to believe in the fact that he had a human son preforming miracles in his name and proclaiming his name gave people a chance to have direct contact with god

So really now that your a (Former Catholic) If you dont mind me asking, and since I am a non practicing Catholic What was your Fallout?

I took Religious Studies at The College of St. Rose (after it had become a non-denominational, non-female only college). I was told, by my professor, that a lot of religious scholars believe that religion was started when we developed language, and started personalizing things by giving them names.

So, does it really matter if you are a former-Catholic, as long as you believe that someone is responsible for getting us to the point of creating language?

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Originally Posted by PHATTY LUMPKINS

So really now that your a (Former Catholic) If you dont mind me asking, and since I am a non practicing Catholic What was your Fallout?

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I had sereval issues with my local priests and after a convorsation with the arch-bishop I decided that the catholic church had long ago lost sight of the purpose behind religion and allowed it to take a backseat into world polotics

now I am an undecided person i'm giving myself time to think and learn about many different religions and see which one would be the best for me, or if I even want to be religous

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

I took Religious Studies at The College of St. Rose (after it had become a non-denominational, non-female only college). I was told, by my professor, that a lot of religious scholars believe that religion was started when we developed language, and started personalizing things by giving them names.

So, does it really matter if you are a former-Catholic, as long as you believe that someone is responsible for getting us to the point of creating language?

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I agree that it did take spoken language to form concerete religions but I also beleive that even before spoken word there must have been some thought of an abstract being controlling cosmetic forces, that is religions primary function, to explain the unexplainable

and i'm not really sure what your trying to get across in your second statement

Quincyboy,
Don't look back. Shake the dust off your shoes. Follow him.

Reaper666,
You can't compare Santa with Jesus. One is real and one is NOT. Jesus brings substance and evidence but Mr. Clause does NOT.

Louis CK also knows a lot about the catholic church.

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"I said God not Jesus. I mean the entity which allegedly created the universe but we cannot observe, not the human prophet."

Jesus is LORD. Jesus is the creator.

"All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."

"He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not."

"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:"