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a number of us read your "cradle" comment (#135) as accurate and truthful (albeit passionately)- (fyi - I am former RC)

A little bit of that "cradle Catholic" stuff goes a long way with me. Try this analogy on for size. My little Cairn terrier is being raised in a Catholic household. I have no expectation that he will become either Christian or a devout Catholic. It takes a little more than accident of birth or environment.

FYI I am a Catholic convert, and not through some accident of marriage or whim.

My pilgrimage was long and broad ... and I met and left behind many that you two remind me of.

My pilgrimage was long and broad ... and I met and left behind many that you two remind me of.

I am glad you found a faith that allows you a particular relationship with Christ.

My pilgrimage was long and broad ... and I met and left behind many that you two remind me of.

Im happy for you and would never hinder your efforts for a closer relationship to the Savior.

Why you take offense to the word "cradle Catholic" is beyond me when all it means is people who were born into a particular Catholic family and know of nothing else. It can be good for a person or not helpful at all. Its not uncommon for someone born into any type of family, be it methodist, lutheran or muslim, they may see greener grass on the other side and find out it is. I also noted that you are a Catholic convert. Which means none of this applies to you anyways as you cannot relate to the term "cradle Catholic".

Like I said, its my opinion and no kind of insults you throw at me and my family will change it (nor will it improve my perception).

I hope you understand what Im trying to say. I never said Catholocism is the wrong path to salvation. I simply said its not the most spirtually charging path. If you are charged by the church, then go for it, they believe in Christ and thats all you need.

A little bit of that "cradle Catholic" stuff goes a long way with me. Try this analogy on for size. My little Cairn terrier is being raised in a Catholic household. I have no expectation that he will become either Christian or a devout Catholic. It takes a little more than accident of birth or environment.

I dont expect a dog to become anything... its a dog. What are they teaching you? ;)

And to clear things up, it wasnt about the second coming, it was regarding rapture and or regarding Revelations as nothing more than symbolic. My wife tells me how little effort was taken to teach salvation and to do the duty we are commanded to do and that is to spread His word.