I am still a Catholic, whether YOU like it or not!

Yes, I can see the angry kitty with fur standing, spitting and hissing, Quite humorous,( my daily smile)! I am not Christian, and Thanks for going to such great lengths to explain why I enjoy being that way. Incidentally, I noticed Your typical " unChristlike attitude." Christians of my acquaintance are not like this! I never slam Catholics, but rather, I feel for them. Fortunately, I am not on your list, but would ask to be removed if I was. I am glad you mentioned your lack of stupidity, It would have been hard to ascertain otherwise. You will notice that I have not mocked your beliefs, but your reference to "Hell," and "hypocritical jackasses" has made me apprehensive.

I was raised Catholic and no longer practice it. I have nothing against any religion. To each his own. Tolerance does not mean altering your beliefs. It means being respectful to the fact that others have beliefs that may not match your own. That is ok. What is NOT ok when either side bashes the other for their beliefs. Lets take the gay issue for example. Many feel it is a sin. That is fine...your religion says it is. It is ok for you to believe it is. It is not ok to go around outwardly condeming and putting others down for not feeling the same. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of various beliefs.

You tell them angrykitty, tell them the way it is! I am like you , I may not practice, as much as I should, but I was raised a Catholic, and I will stay a Catholic! And the main reason is , I see nothing better that any other religion offers!

Yeah you are right Im also tired to see discussion on here(and on other parts as well) bashing Catholics and Catholicism. Your words are certainly true.

I am a non practicing Catholic myself. I haven't heard or seen alot of the BS you have apparently,but I have seen some. I have also seen it towards other religions also. I just blow it off because everyone has an opinion. Catholics are not stupid, you know that as will as everyone else. Catholic schools excel over other schools in academics and sports. Many Catholics are bias and opinionated though that is why I left the church 16yrs ago and I have no intent on ever going back. (I faithfully went for 28yrs and was in the church choir, clubs,I even received my education there.) I'm not a hypocrite and I'm not about to start socializing with them either. So I will stick with talking to God in the privacy of my home or when I'm in the car etc.. I dont need a church nor a religion to talk to God all I need to do is listen.

I am a devout Catholic. It makes me sad to hear hateful things and words being accused towards the Catholic religion. I am happy and contented being a Catholic. I am friends with people who are non-Catholics and I respect their religion and beliefs. I just wish the others will also learn to respect. After all, we have the same God.

In a great house there are many vessels. Every denomination has a purpose or they wouldn't be on this planet. If it wasn't for the catholic church the bible might not be around today. So I am thankful it was even if I don't follow your church doctrines. The rest I will bite my tongue on and say we agree to disagree on. :P

I'm not Catholic, but I do respect those that are or any other religion for that matter. I figure one day, I could possibly be judged and if I judge, I may be practicing the wrong religion, but not have been judging the right one. I figure it's much better to be safe than sorry!

I am not Catholic. But I have seen MANY people of even my faith bashing other faiths (even ones that are simular to their own) If someone is practicing what they preach then they will understand that other folks have the right to practice as they wish - as long as no one gets hurt or kills others in the name of God. I have a problem with aspects of the Catholic faith.... areas I would like to see change.. BUT I don't think me stating that is bashing the faith because I'm not saying that the Church should be ended or that all Caholics are child molesters or.... insert other typical rant here..... I think you can respectfully disagree with a faith or path, I just wish more folks understood that. Just as my faith is often poked at by those who don't understand that my God is very much like their own (only nicer *wink*) You would think people who have heard that lesson about doing unto others.........

its not just people of faiths aswell, a lot of religion faiths seem to ram it down people throats live and let live is my motto everybody deserves respect whether you have faith no matter what faith it is or you do not believe any faith everybody needs the respect to live their own life and believe in whatever they want to believe in.

I give you ten stars for starting this conversation. It appears as though Roman Catholicism is the last socially-accepted form of bigotry in this country (I leave out the other denominations because no church gets more grief about its teachings and doctrine than does the Catholic Church). I'm sick of the bashing of my Faith, especially when said bashing is nowhere near rooted in truth. People hate what they think is the Church, what they've been taught about the Church through the mouths of rabid anti-Catholic preachers (who never seem to want to actually read up and think about what Catholicism teaches) and such. It's sad, and it's infuriating.

hello there Angrykitty, I am also a Roman Catholic Christian since baptism, not to mention i have also attended Roman Catholic Schools. this is the way of World when it comes to people recruiting others in their religion, discredit others people's faith in that religion so they can covert them. to be honest, i haven't been really that devout, more like a zigzag road moments now but i pray, but not every day. as to what i think, let them think that way. that is their problem, in the first place what ever made them leave the catholic church isn't our problem but we should be the one who shows respect since we are the children of god. not easy huh? no body's perfect, but i doubt god would leave us alone when ever we faced this kind of problem, and hating them simply because they would slamming us isn't gonna do good either. always do good no matter how many throw things at you.

Religion is not a good issue at all. We must respect anyones faith and conviction if we want to be respected too. I have four uncles who are priests,2 other relatives who are nuns, my father was a former seminarian too, but my family and I, even some of our relatives opted to leave the old faith being a catholic by a compare and contrast thing, our faith was strenghtened because of actual reading about the what the bible really says, and not relying on what other people will say about it, or depending on purely human doctrines.

I don't think it's appropriate for you to use that language when talking about your religion. I feel that if you do that, it doesn't look good for the people of your belief. Also, I'm just curious as to how you consider yourself Catholic if you don't "practice" it. That's like calling myself a swimmer but never going swimming. I may not agree with all the beliefs of Catholicism but you have your opinion and I have mine so I won't bash on your beliefs but I think if you consider yourself a certain religion then you should at least practice it. Just the same as I think anyone of any other religion should.

As a Non-Catholic Christian, I find it sad that anyone would want to show hatred to people of any religion (or none for that matter). That said, I can understand why some people are finding problems with the Catholic Religion, especially when there has been some abuse of children by priests in several countries (including my own country), which has been condoned by the Catholic church, yet other things, like priests wanting to marry (which is allowed by many protestent denominations) seems to be regarded as a greater sin, even though there are now several married priests who converted from Anglicism. What I find really objectionable is that in a number of (so-called) Christian Countries people of a non-Christian religion seem to be given much more rights than the Christians living in that country. Things like Christmas is now being changed to Winter Festival to avoid upsetting the non-Christians. I personally think that there should be more co-operation between all Christian Religions so that we can stand together through adversity and allow the Moral Christian Majority to take back what is rightfully ours, but still allowing non Christians to also practice their faith without discrimination.

Kitty I am not a Catholic but as I seem to make a habit of marrying and being attracted to Catholic men and my daughter is Catholic by choice I have had close connections to the Roman Catholic religion. I have deep faith in my own form spirituality. I do not like organized religion in any form. I have found out during my lifetime that the most bigoted, hypocritical, unChristian people sit in church ever Sunday. Every Church I have attended, regardless of which religious denomination, some how manages to slip a request for money in to every sermon. So I am very happy worshiping in my own way and leave other to do exactly the same. There seems to some kind of compulsion among anyone who realizes I do not attend church to tempt, force or scare me into attending their particular church! LOL

Hi AngryKittyMSV, I am not Roman Catholic but my wife is and I agree with you that the Catholic church is condemned more than others here on myLot. The Christian viewpoint as I see it from studying the life of Christ, is that those who condemn others are also condemning themselves. There are aspects of all churches that I disagree with but people have a right to their opinion and I try not to judge them, although some,by their words and actions, may have already condemned themselves. I know that I have been critical myself on times, but it is about specific issues. I don't consider myself religious but I am spiritual and believe that Christianity (or any other religion) must be practiced in our daily life. It is easy to talk, but practicing the golden rule, which I feel unites us all, is never easy. Blessings.

I am not Catholic, but I am a Christian. It seems to me that in the US, all Christians are getting the short end of the stick. Why should authorities prevent a fundamentalist Christian from having a bible in plain sight on his or her desk but permit a Muslim female to have her driver license photo taken wearing a burqua. In that garment, one cannot tell for sure that she is indeed a woman. Anyone could be in there.

I am not Catholic nor am I Christian I dont "hate" any religious group I dont talk smack or put anyone down because of their religion I will call a spade a spade if that individual is being a jerk and it has nothing to do with their religious beliefs I am this way because I have been persecuted all my adult life because of my religion I know what that feels like therefore I will not allow myself to do it to others you are my friend because of who you are inside not because of what religion you follow

I have a few Christian friends who just go over the top whenever I mention confession. Mind you, I'm not cramming it down their throat--it's just something that is very dear to me and my spiritual well-being. How can I receive the pure holy Son of God if I have sin? I wish not my stain to to touch His purity. However, whenever we get into a spiritual discussion somehow their pet peeves with the Church are brought forth and they rant and rave, and I must sit quietly and listen, because you see I am not allowed to defend my faith nor explain why we do what we do; they already know and in their mind it is a conspiracy of man. I feel we are bashed more than most other faiths, except perhaps for the Muslims currently. For example, even subtly television shows mock us and present us as the criminal or wrongdoer. If we do not agree with unnatural birth control we are most certainly made fun of. O, and just don't even bring up Mary, the rosary, or the intercession of the saints! Some Christians rage against child baptism, that we do not fully immerse, etc. I'm certain you have heard it all and more. Thanks for starting this discussion and letting me get this off my chest!