Why are my Catholic friends so unhappy?
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u can do ur best 2 help them thru their issues. if it is related 2 religion, our association wid God is only supposed 2 fill us with empowerin understandin so somethin is up there an that needs 2 be sorted out (feel free 2 mail me 4 help if th@ is the issue)\n\nwhatever the issue is u can do ur best 2 help out, and if u try 2 help out, do so wid faith.\n\nif they decide they cannot help themselves and it is gettin u down, the healthiest thing 2 do is 2 leave them, @ least 4 a while.\n\nthroughout any of the choices u make in helpin them, u must keep as positive as possible and always have the INTENTION to help, not just actions. in this way, ur intention throughout was 2 help, and u would hav done so 2 the best of ur ability.
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Your asking them about their relegion..what really makes them mad is when they say they dont believe in god and then you tell them they are going to hell...since they dont believe in god there is no hell to them
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I was raised Catholic my whole entire life until 11 years ago after my mother suddenly passed away.  I wanted to get my life in order so I met with the Catholic priest and as soon as I told him that I had 2 step children he stopped me.  I'm not married to a Catholic and didn't get married in the church and he said that I couldn't take communion and that my husband had to get an anullment.  Really broke my heart.  They keep these priests that molest little boys and just move them to another church.!  That's okay?  But me not being married to Catholic isn't okay?!  Sad huh?  So to answer your question, no!
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I think religion or not, some folks are just naturally more serious than others, no matter what path their lives would have taken. My mother's next door neighbor was one of those people who was never happy until she was UNhappy..have you ever known anyone like that? She grumbled and mumbled and cursed everybody who ever lived and was absolutely miserable, and loved every minute of it!! I think some people are just that way..serious or angry or miserable or flatline no matter what. If you know some religious people who are a bit over the top, try to understand that people are always adament about the things they believe to be truth, and if they are by nature somber or serious or frowny people, they will be somber, serious and frowny Christians! Let's us who laugh at all there is that Jehovah put our here for us to laugh AT, laugh for 'em, and not at 'em!!
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As a person living in a mostly Catholic country (Argentina) I have to say I definitely hate the church. I don't hate ordinary Catholics. Some of my best friends and a former girlfriend are Catholics. But the hierarchy is autoritarian, and invasive of non-Catholics' rights. To give you an example, the Minister of Health of Argentina (a sort of secretary of state) stated that condoms are usually safe. A Catholic priest said that this minister had to be thrown into the river with a stone round his neck for saying that. In other words, he was suggesting that a person who may or may not be a Catholic himself, had to be subjected to Catholic laws, above the laws of the state.
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Due to the nature of the Internet, these haters are provided with a relatively safe haven to spout their anti-Catholic/Christian bigotry. \n\nYou see, they are all too cowardice to act that way in public, but repercussions online are minimal.\n\nBut you know what? That same relative safety is also granted to the faithful. And we can counter their bias, bigotry, and hatred with God's Truth, thus exposing these people for the fools they are.
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Might you believe it is because they are all heretics?\n\nCome to Jesus.
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Its okay to get angry coz its normal. It has nothing to do with religion . Humans have feelings. Unless, if a person belong to a cult and like a robot...following what is good for their cults. Every religion should not dictate what their members should feel. It should be that way. Mis interpreted maybe because of the leaders say. Express what you feel but, be responsible with your actions. Just remember the golden rule, DO NOT DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU DO NOT LIKE TO DO UNTO YOU..... God bless.
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To irritate the hell out of the christians (no pun intended)
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People push it on you because they believe strongly, that they have found the only path to heaven. They are just trying to bring you into the faith because they care about you and want you to go to heaven too. The unfortunate thing is most people don't know how to go about "selling" their faith to others, and sadly, end up offending more than they convert. It is not intentional, it is an unfortunate by product of their good intentions. I am sorry that this friend has made you feel like your faith is a lie, or rather that he is calling it that. Thank you however, for keeping an open mind about the whole thing. Christianity can be a bit messed up at times. Most Christian faiths think that any other Christian faith that isn't theirs is going to hell too, so don't feel too bad. The way I look at it, if you are right with God, that is all that really matters.
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What I find ironic is that one of them wanted to know if they should have their own section and split off from us.\n\nThey keep saying they are not a religion, but this is where they hang out.  What gives?\n\nI'm all for them being here if they are curious.  I don't like that they make fun of others or make fun of God.\n\nHe's powerful enough to handle it, it just saddens me for His sake.
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I'm sorry that you had so much trouble and pain in your life.  I am Catholic also.  I was away from the church for a long time because I just kinda wanted to do my own thing.  It was about 4-5 years ago that I started feeling something missing in my life.  I couldn't figure it out.  Initially I started looking for a sense of meaning in my life.  Tried a couple churches, even a Methodist church.  Nothing felt quite right until I found the church I attend now.  It's a Catholic church.  It is truly amazing when I look back now on things that happened in my life and to people I love.  I looked at things very much like you.  My son went to jail, I was in financial hell, didn't have the greatest relationship with my wife which caused us to separate for a year.  Looks pretty gloomy huh?  Where was God during all this?  Well, my son was running with some pretty bad people.  He was put in jail where he had time to reflect on where his life was going and he now attends mass with me and my wife who are now together with a relationship stronger than ever because we needed time apart to see how much we needed each other.  As for the finances, we still live week to week, but when I look back, there is always enough there.  There is always a sum of money that comes from somewhere right before we really need it.  Sometimes God doesn't give us what we want.  Sometimes that's a good thing because we rarely know what we want and our mind is always changing.  Mostly God gives us what we need.  Because he knows us.  I doubt what I said will change your mind about God right now.  But please keep in mind what I said.  Please give Him time to work in your life.  I don't know what you have been through, but maybe some of the things were for the better.  For your better.  Maybe they weren't what you wanted.  Maybe they were what you needed.  God is always there waiting for you to turn around and talk to him.  Start small and tell Him how you feel.  Even if it's anger.  Tell Him that you hurt and need healing.  I know it's cliche' but even if you don't believe in him, he believes in you and he loves you very much even if you don't feel it.  Faith isn't a feeling.  Faith is what keeps us praying when we have no feeling to grasp.  If everyone had that feeling of God's love and presence, there would be no need for faith.  Hang in there my friend.  God Bless you.
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My rebellious story......I was Catholic for about 35 years and had trouble in believing that an all loving god would condemn people to hell for what he determined to be indiscretions.  \nShoot...I love to master bate, have pre marital sex with men and women and sometimes a freak fest or two with a couple of friends of mine.  So I guess I was going down to the fiery brimstone pit.\nThe clincher for me was that I was signing up my kids for another year of CCD classes and they told me I had to pay $150 for the classes (which is about double what it should be) because I didn't use the "envelope system" every week, even though I was a registered member of the church and would throw in $1 or two when I would have it.\nI took the CCD applications and ripped them up into tiny pieces and threw one right at the lady and the other one I threw up in the air so it landed in a million pieces all over the floor.\nI've been a practicing eclectic witch, but lately I've been leaning more towards Hinduism and spirituality with a little bit of quantum physics
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Unless God has shared something with him that He hasn't with the rest of us, the guy is wrong.\n\nBelieve it or not, Catholics can make mistakes just like other people.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Don't pay attention to Mr. Shaw's assertion that your message is "Catholic crap."  \n\nInteresting how he has absolutely no rational answer to you whatsoever -- he just slings the word "crap" at you.\n\nExcellent points.   God bless you.
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You are not messed up in the head, some people are great contributers to sociaty and have never been married. You gan fufill a wonderful life by haveing the opertunity to do many great accoplishments by not haveing someone distracting you from the causes that you feel important.This is some of the reasons why Catholic Priests and Nuns don't get married.It is alright to wait and eventualy find a special person to help you out of your shell,in the meantime find a cause that you are passionate abought and embrace it with all the energy and Zest that you can muster.
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I UNDERSTAND YOU. THE CATHOLICS DONT READ THE BIBLE LIKE THE OTHERS PEOPLES DO IT.  THEY TAKE IT EASY. TOO EASY.