Religion

I was raised Catholic BUT I am not a practicing catholic. Haven't been to church in years!! I'll pretty much go for weddings and funerals!

At one pt in life I claimed to be an athiest BUT as I've gotten older and contemplated it more I will now consider myself agnostic

i was raised Catholic and now i attend a Christian non-denominational church, very active since faith is the centerpiece of my life. Just consider myself a Christian.

Raised catholic

but i consider myself agnostic---i believe in a higher power---but i 100% disagree with formal religions and church.

Roman Catholic and extremely involved and practicing. Went to Catholic school, worked at two Catholic universites and served for a year as a CAtholic lay missionary (a Peace Corps type of experience) after college. Catholicism is a big part of who I am and how I view the world.

DH is also a practicing Catholic and is even contemplating ordination to the diaconate...

I wish more Catholics had a better understanding of the faith and had the amazing experiences I had such as retreats, service work, traveling to the 3rd world to be with the poor, etc. I think we would have a lot less people bashing the Church if more people knew what it truly believes and stands for.
It is not just rules and 'no you can't do that' as many people think it is.



Dang, Marie...throwing out all the tough ones, tonight!

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Posted by donegal419

Roman Catholic and extremely involved and practicing. Went to Catholic school, worked at two Catholic universites and served for a year as a CAtholic lay missionary (a Peace Corps type of experience) after college. Catholicism is a big part of who I am and how I view the world.

DH is also a practicing Catholic and is even contemplating ordination to the diaconate...

I wish more Catholics had a better understanding of the faith and had the amazing experiences I had such as retreats, service work, traveling to the 3rd world to be with the poor, etc. I think we would have a lot less people bashing the Church if more people knew what it truly believes and stands for.
It is not just rules and 'no you can't do that' as many people think it is.



Dang, Marie...throwing out all the tough ones, tonight!

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that's very great for you that you have such a strong faith and have had the experiences you had! i know it can be touch to be RC in these times--but as long as you and your husband have your faith---kudos to you two both!!!

Christian!! I dont call my belief a Religion, Dont know why...its a Lutheran thing I guess!

We are both very into church, reading the bible nightly and prayers!! Its the center of our world and our marriage. We will bring up our children around it also. In our world its very important to us.

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Posted by curiousgeorge

We are both very into church, reading the bible nightly and prayers!! Its the center of our world and our marriage. We will bring up our children around it also. In our world its very important to us.

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same here. its really nice to have that fellowship with your husband..we love our nightly devotional and prayer time!

mee too ! Sometimes hard to get DH to do all that because he wasn't raised in it, he still thinks I'm a little nuts but that's ok. He does come to church & bible study with me & he likes it

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Posted by MJDoc12

Raised catholic

but i consider myself agnostic---i believe in a higher power---but i 100% disagree with formal religions and church.

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We have A LOT in common

i was born and raised Roman Catholic, both DH and I went to Private Catholic schools, got married in the church-it was important to us since we had completed all our sacraments-but we go to church rarely. More so just b/c we are lazy

But out children will be raised RC and they can choose later in life what they want to believe and follow.

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Posted by PegaLega

i was born and raised Roman Catholic, both DH and I went to Private Catholic schools, got married in the church-it was important to us since we had completed all our sacraments-but we go to church rarely. More so just b/c we are lazy

But out children will be raised RC and they can choose later in life what they want to believe and follow.

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Even though I now consider myself agnostic, I will still raise my children Roman Catholic and then let them choose what they want after they make their confirmation. I believe that they should grow up with some religious foundation and then have the choice to stay, leave or change once they are old enough to understand!

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Posted by Brian and Marie

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Posted by PegaLega

i was born and raised Roman Catholic, both DH and I went to Private Catholic schools, got married in the church-it was important to us since we had completed all our sacraments-but we go to church rarely. More so just b/c we are lazy

But out children will be raised RC and they can choose later in life what they want to believe and follow.

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Even though I now consider myself agnostic, I will still raise my children Roman Catholic and then let them choose what they want after they make their confirmation. I believe that they should grow up with some religious foundation and then have the choice to stay, leave or change once they are old enough to understand!

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yep, thats my thoughts exactly

Both DH and I are Catholic. He didn't practice for years after he went away to college. I have always been very active and involved (my family is pretty devout). We now go to a parish in DC that is run by Jesuits. They are wonderful. Tell you exactly what parts they think are nonsense and always connect faith to real life occurrences. We have yet to hear a homily that hasn't inspired us in some way and left us with a 'wow' feeling. It was our pre-cana sessions at that parish that got DH willing to go back to mass after years and years of being away.

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Posted by PegaLega

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Posted by Brian and Marie

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Posted by PegaLega

i was born and raised Roman Catholic, both DH and I went to Private Catholic schools, got married in the church-it was important to us since we had completed all our sacraments-but we go to church rarely. More so just b/c we are lazy

But out children will be raised RC and they can choose later in life what they want to believe and follow.

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Even though I now consider myself agnostic, I will still raise my children Roman Catholic and then let them choose what they want after they make their confirmation. I believe that they should grow up with some religious foundation and then have the choice to stay, leave or change once they are old enough to understand!

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yep, thats my thoughts exactly

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This is how I was raised and how I will raise my kids, teach them what you can and then let them choose.

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Posted by Mich0621

I am Jewish, but more reform leaning. I only go to temple on the high holidays, but we do celebrate all of the holidays. But I eat a lot of bacon!

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YAY BACON

we're both catholic and I consider it a right of passage for my kids to be raised catholic, and become a devout catholic athiest in adulthood

what's up with that anyway? why do we all fall off the wagon after confirmation

at any rate, I consider it to be a major part of my culture, and it will of course be a part of our kids upbringing.... do I honestly believe everything? nope... but I'll leave that for my kids to decide for themselves as they become adults...