Being Catholic what does it mean to you?

just stick to being a good person. whether you practice religion or not doesnt matter. if there IS a big guy up there he/she will see and i'm sure you'll be rewarded. if not then at least you'll have brought some sunshine into peoples lives.

being a catholic means following Jesus Christ with all of my heart. Its about being faithful to him and obey all of his commandmends. Well, if you want to follow Christ, you are not allowed to be half hearted cause GOd does not want us to follow Him half hearted, HE rather that you follow this world full hearted or follow God whole heartedly. See, so do you choose GOd or the world, You cannot chose both. Bring people to God are our jobs here in the world. If we really pray and actually try hard. People will join GOd. If people cant be taught by words then you have to pray for them. and IF you have a strong will. God have thousands of way and alternatives to bring that person to believe in Him. So nothing is impossible for GOd.

religion is not a big thing to me its wat u have achieved

I too am a catholic and I dont believe in some of the rules or demands they put on us. I use to go to church all the time when I was younger not because I wanted to but because I had to. So now I dont go I will only go now if I want to. I believe you dont have to go there to pray you can do that in the comfort of your home.

before anything else i would like to state here that i am not catholic and would never ever even want to be one.. for one thing catholic teachings has MANY flaws.. not just one! and people just ignore this or let it pass and just say it's already a tradition and part of culture. note: not all traditions and culture practiced are right and morally correct! God is against paganism.. worshipping a THING.. trying to represent a god is a form of paganism. actually let me correct that -- it is the very essence of the religion paganism. God never said "if you want to serve me don't marry" yeah yeah.. the priests would say it's because of their undying love that they choose to love God and give up marriage. but let me INFORM you -- it is said in the bible that the true anti christ will teach people not to get married. well it didn't say all the people it just said it will teach people.. aren't priest people? another thing?? why do you call priests "father"? don't you know that God said that He is the only one that you should call father aside from the father that you have biologically. get your facts straight. another thing, God is not against CONTRACEPTIVES. God is against abortion. There is an obvious distinction of the 2. Get this!! it's said that the REAL anti-christ will have a 666 on it's forehead. READ THIS REVEALING TRUE FACT. it's said in the bible it's on the FOREHEAD. NOTE: ON THE FOREHEAD! not written on the forehead or marked on the forehead or even born with the 666 on the forehead. just said ON THE FOREHEAD. GUESS WHAT? The hat that the Roman Catholic pope wears has something written on it. if you take all the ROMAN NUMERALS THERE AND CONVERT IT AND ADD IT UP YOU WILL GET THE "666"... The very hat that the pope wears has 666!! and where does he put the hat? it's on his head.. and where is the writing? it's on the hat!! another false doctrine from the said church? believe me there are tons!! Jesus was never born on December 25! and never will this ever be a fact! it was only AGREED by the ROMANS to declare it as such TO HONOR THEIR SUN GOD!! NOT TO HONOR JESUS! yet.. christmas as they say is there to honor jesus when in fact it is based on lies.. and just had been pass thru generations as a tradition and as a practice and not as of to honor as they would have put it.. to remember Jesus. before anyone will send me messages about this post check this with the bible. God bless us!

I suppose your view point is polytheism. But I think there is only who governs the whole kingdom of the spiritual being. He is the one who created the entity of the universe.

To me..being Catholic is my life and I believe it is belonging to the Church founded by Jesus who told Peter that "the gates of hell would not prevail against it" Because I love my faith I have a website: http://www.littlefanciscan.com I keep daily mass reflections there.. I need to create a page for catholic links..so if you have some good catholic websites email them to me at littlefranciscan@suddenlink.net

Most of my friends and I are leaving the faith. I was born and raised Catholic, but I cannot stand how we women are treated in the faith.

religion does not mean anythin to me

I am not a catholic but a Hindu and I believe that It's not the religion that that should be given Importance instead it's the God and it's people who should be given importance in life because there are many religions but one God and we are the children of the same God.

just follow ur heart and read your bible...thats the important things to learn and knows whats god wills and love... i am catholic also...but we have some opinion. it was said in the bible...love one another. dont choice people u should love. have faith in him.i know u have already...and be thankful for everything u recieve and lost. tc

i dont know much about catholic rules because i am a hindu. i think christianity is a good religion who respect others and teach us how to love each others. it does not have many restriction like other....

I agree with you. I was born raised a catholic, went to catholic school up until high school. while i think that the intentions are good, there are many vatican laws that seem to deviate from the original purpose of the Church. if you by chance do the wrong thing in their eyes you are going to hell. just seems convienent for the human powers that be.

hello friend, It s really profound thought which u expressed in tis discussion, to begin with, Im a Muslim and Im a bible student, i was curious about what bible speaks about this Might Messanger Jesus... after all having said above, How u going to find this ONE universal GOD? we can call him by any name, agreed, but How can can recognise him? in what scripture?

It sounds as if you've come to some of the same conclusions that I have. I was also raised Catholic but there are so many issues I have with some of the doctrine that I have not been able to pracice in the traditional way (going to church, following a strict interpretation of the rules) for a few years now. I think that your approach is much more accepting of all the others in the world who are not Catholic. I have a better sense of spirituality than I ever had at this point.

totally agreed. i started to realize that at a young age when i had more questions for the church then they were giving me answers. now, i still consider myself a catholic/christian, but don't go to church to worship. lately, i've been realizing more of the truth from history.

I agree with you. I was raised as a Catholic, forced to go to church every Saturday evening until I was eighteen. However, there are so many practices of the Catholic church that I don't agree with either. If all of their preachings are correct, then I for one am going straight to hell, as I have had a child out of wedlock, I have taken birth control and I have lived in sin. I also got married in a different church and refused to pay a priest to come witness what the minister did, that just seems foolish to me. I believe in God, and I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I do not believe God would punsih me for taking birth control when if I had gotten pregnant I couldn't have afforded to raise the child. I believe God loves us all and I believe if we try our best to do our best that is all He expects from us.

a true god only exists to that in differents towns they have different different and cultured names

I was brought up a catholic, i recently married in a catholic church and my children attend a catholic school but...i don't believe in half the stuff the church believes in. Contraception should not be a mortal sin. Why bring a baby into the world that you can't afford to look after?? Divorce i personally believe should be avoided, simply because its a commitment for life but people change and would god want us to stay in a relationship to feel unloved and unwanted??? Confession is between you and god why should you need to have a middle man telling you how to repent? I don't go to mass very often. If i need to be close to god i will be where ever i am in the world. I do not need to go to church for that. Lately i ahve felt at a loss with catholicism and i am questioning myself if i want to continue to be part of it.

I agree with your comment that religions should be valued, respected and understood. I too was baptised and am a Catholic. To my mind, religion should be about respect and coming together. One religion should not nesecessarily be regarded as more authoritative than another. Unfortunately we see many cases throughout history by which religion is a means of difference, and difference is therefore a cause for conflict. I do not find myself a proud catholic, in fact I think I would prefer to be referred to as spritual. As the destinycole said, there are many things about the Catholic church that she would never agree too, I agree with that, from Contraception, to homosexuality, to the acceptance of women in high ranking roles. Religion should not be forced upon people, everyone should be free to choose.