catholics and catholicism...

[bizflawless 5,000+ posts]

in before the/teh/thread lock
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[elementxero 10+ year member]

I was raised Catholic, and here is Catholicism in a nutshell:

1. Be Zealous

2. Be sure your religion is the only valid approach to spirituality in the universe, and insist that any other approach is stupid or blasphemous

3. Ignore science

4. Ignore logic

5. Be insecure, and use the idea of a christian God to smooth out the inconsistancies in yourself

6. Be very afraid of death, and quell that nagging fear with idea of being greeted with a paradise instead of nothingness

7. Feel guilty. All the time. Because humans are sinners who are always sinning and the only way you can be a good person is to pray to God to cleanse your sins so you can go out and sin in the exact same way again. As long as you keep going to church to reset the sin-count (and throw a few bucks in the collection plate of course).

I think there's some stuff about Jesus too.

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

ooooooooooooooooooooo thank ya kindly for clearing that up for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Your avatar has the sexiest piece of mocha *** I think I've ever seen. Thank you sir.

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

I was raised Catholic, and here is Catholicism in a nutshell:
1. Be Zealous

2. Be sure your religion is the only valid approach to spirituality in the universe, and insist that any other approach is stupid or blasphemous

3. Ignore science

4. Ignore logic

5. Be insecure, and use the idea of a christian God to smooth out the inconsistancies in yourself

6. Be very afraid of death, and quell that nagging fear with idea of being greeted with a paradise instead of nothingness

7. Feel guilty. All the time. Because humans are sinners who are always sinning and the only way you can be a good person is to pray to God to cleanse your sins so you can go out and sin in the exact same way again. As long as you keep going to church to reset the sin-count (and throw a few bucks in the collection plate of course).

I think there's some stuff about Jesus too.

I know you're joking, but come on man...get real. And in response to your #2, please explain the relationship between Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama.

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

Well, just in case you decide to go more in depth, this is the only book you'll need. It literally covers everything you could know about the faith of the Church.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385479670/sr=1-3/qid=1155140716/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-5014680-9895865?ie=UTF8&s=books

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

me ftw