religion

JAAMS Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:12 PM

religion

I'm very into religions lately---so I thought I'd strike up a convo---what religion are you and FH?

FH & I are Catholic... he is more into it than I am. However, I definitely consider myself very spiritual and Christian--I share different beliefs with different denominations, and some with no denominations--just my own beliefs--a very liberal Christianity, if you will. We'll baptize our kids Catholic, and send them to Catholic school, but teach them to be open to all religions, traditions, and beliefs. FH's mom is Jewish, so we plan to teach them about and celebrate Hanukkah and Passover too.

MrsC2010 Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:14 PM

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DH was raised Catholic but doesn't really believe/follow it

I wasn't really raised in any religion. My parents were protestant but never had my sister or me baptized and I never went to church growing up.

Lsorrent Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:16 PM

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I'm Catholic and DH is Episcopal. But neither of us are very religious. We go to church on Christmas and Easter, and we both believe in God, but we don't feel it's necessary to go to church to pray. We got married in a catholic church, but we haven't decided whether we'll raise our kids catholic or episcopal yet.

Ncarlo Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:16 PM

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I'm catholic FH is Jewish.. our kids are gonna be mutts

MerSaysEh Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:16 PM

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we're both Jewish. pretty conservative (observant) too. we keep kosher and go to synagogue on the holidays and to some extent keep the sabbath. but we are also both very open-minded and liberal. my SIL (brother's wife) converted to Judaism and so its been kinda fun teaching her all the funny little Jewish sayings and stuff.

I also went to Jewish school my whole life (not like Sunday school, like full time school from 8-4 learning in both English and Hebrew) and I hope to send my kids also.

Susan2010 Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:17 PM

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FH and I are both Catholic.
We go to church mostly every week together which I think brings us closer.
I am more spiritual than he is though.
I went to public and catholic schools and was exposed to different religions, he only went to Catholic school and doesnt even know any Jewish people which I find mind boggling. Children will probably go to public school and be taught to respect all religions.
At the end of the day, I think it's all the same God, different relgions just use different names and have different customs. Just my 2 cents.

cateydee Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:23 PM

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we r both catholic baptized, married in church etc. we go to church christmas n easter and we beleive in god but it doesnt really extend further than that for now. i want to raise the kids so they learn and are open to all religions esp. since i was raised with my jewish stepmom. however, they will make all the sacraments and might go to catholic school if we can afford it...

soontobecruz Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:27 PM

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I have been raised Lutheran. Fh is Catholic. We are getting married in a Catholic church and it is very important to him that our kids be raised Catholic. We will have them recieve the sacraments. However, I will be open with them about the beliefs I was taught growing up. Lutheran and Catholic are soooo similar that the differences aren't a huge thing for either of us though.

allornil Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:28 PM

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jumping in bc religion intrigues me.

My family is Jewish. Some of them are orthodox but most are reformed. I, myself, don't practice at all but I respect the traditions and love the memories of my childhood celebrating them. I consider myself spiritual but not held to any religion.

FH is Catholic. went to Catholic elem and HS. Truthfully (don't tell him i said this), he's a crappy Catholic. I swear I know more about his religion than he does, lol). His family is Latin and I'm sure they'll want us to raise children that way.

I'm open to let them learn all about both religions even though I'm not an organized religion believer. they can make their choices on their own when they're older.

jm2010 Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:39 PM

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Posted by soontobecruz

I have been raised Lutheran. Fh is Catholic. We are getting married in a Catholic church and it is very important to him that our kids be raised Catholic. We will have them recieve the sacraments. However, I will be open with them about the beliefs I was taught growing up. Lutheran and Catholic are soooo similar that the differences aren't a huge thing for either of us though.

my grandmother was lutheran and my mother's father was catholic so my mother was raised catholic -- i was told that lutherans are like catholics but without the guilt, lol ... we were raised catholic (all the sacraments) and FH is catholic (elementary school, sacraments and he was an altar boy) but we're not getting married in church ... we attend mass occassionally but we're a bit turned off by how the church always seems to have its hand out ... when we registered in the parish, the first thing we rec'd was envelopes ... about 6 months later we got a 'welcome to the parish' card ...
we'll baptize any kids we have but i don't know if we'll put them in catholic school or CCD ...

Soon2BNavi Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:39 PM

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I was baptized Catholic but was raised Lutheran, FH is Jewish (reformed - I think that's the right terminology lol). Religion played a major part in my life as a child there was never a Sunday that I missed church. When I entered high school I had sports commitments on the weekends and my parents didn't pressure me as often to go - I have to admit I don't really go to church anymore but my faith is still really important to me. FH goes to temple to just make his mother happy he only goes on on Yom Kippor (sp?) We are raising our children Lutheran but will take them to his parents house to celebrate the Jewish holidays

wenR Posted: Jul 23, 2010 01:54 PM

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Im raised Catholic (i don't go to church regularly)
FH is agnostic (believes in God but that's about it)

soontobecruz Posted: Jul 23, 2010 02:00 PM

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Posted by jm2010

Posted by soontobecruz

I have been raised Lutheran. Fh is Catholic. We are getting married in a Catholic church and it is very important to him that our kids be raised Catholic. We will have them recieve the sacraments. However, I will be open with them about the beliefs I was taught growing up. Lutheran and Catholic are soooo similar that the differences aren't a huge thing for either of us though.

my grandmother was lutheran and my mother's father was catholic so my mother was raised catholic -- i was told that lutherans are like catholics but without the guilt, lol ... we were raised catholic (all the sacraments) and FH is catholic (elementary school, sacraments and he was an altar boy) but we're not getting married in church ... we attend mass occassionally but we're a bit turned off by how the church always seems to have its hand out ... when we registered in the parish, the first thing we rec'd was envelopes ... about 6 months later we got a 'welcome to the parish' card ...
we'll baptize any kids we have but i don't know if we'll put them in catholic school or CCD ...

I can understand the 'without the guilt' reasoning. Lutheranism is more liberal and there has never been any 'expected' donation to their churches. I'm not saying with weddings I honestly don't know in regards to that. I mean to be a member of their church. We also don't have confession. We confess our sins to God. There is not 'middle man' then we recieve our communion and are forgiven just like Catholics. There are very few differences.

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Jul 23, 2010 02:05 PM

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DH is Muslim, very liberal with his practice.
I'm Christian, though very liberal.

We've gone to Unitarian services, as it's a non-judgmental place where we can both practice without being pressured or feeling threatened.

GR2010 Posted: Jul 23, 2010 02:20 PM

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FH and I are what he likes to call 'recovering Catholics.' We were raised Catholic and have been recovering from it ever since.

miamimerger Posted: Jul 23, 2010 02:43 PM

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I was raised Christian (my mom is a born-again), and DH was raised Jewish. We both respect the cultural aspects, but want nothing to do with organized religion.

JenBill61210 Posted: Jul 23, 2010 02:47 PM

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FH and I are both Catholic. We are not very religious though and don't go to church that often (but oddly enough, DH was an altar boy growing up!) however, it was important to us to have our ceremony in a Catholic church because we would like to raise our kids Catholic.