I suppose a lot of Catholics can't understand anyone coming away from Catholicism
I too never had a bible, just a Baltimore Catechism ...
Still remember #1 ...
Who is God ?
God is the creator of heaven and earth and all things
it served us little kids but Catholicism never much planned for little kids to grow up to be adults and have a healthy curiosity about "What's it all about, Alfie ?"
I met Jesus in '81 and HE had all the answers I needed for every question
I suppose not. Such is life, as they say. Anyway, I was a pretty rough sinner, and I enjoyed sinning. A true man of the world was I.
I do remember, however, telling my science teacher nun, that I wanted to go to Heaven. She looked at me, and her facial expression told me, that the concept of Heaven was a total shock to her psyche. My opinion is, she didn't think anyone was going to Heaven, least of all, me.
Now, I don't like sin much, but there is one sin I enjoy committing, the sin of presumption, since I have assurance of salvation. If some people don't have it, that's on them.
Really? My impression is the opposite. Protestantism -- at least as represented on these threads -- looks like little kids playing house. They mimic the grown-ups without grasping the reality they mimic. Like 10-year olds, they're given to schoolyard taunts, they're literal minded (when it suits them), they have a flat, one-dimensional, linear view of reality, they ridicule what they don't understand, and resist anything that doesn't fit their childish perceptions.
I suppose a lot of Catholics can’t understand anyone coming away from Catholicism
There are many Catholics who have seen their own children go away from the church, some to no religion at all. Three of my kids don’t go to church at all. I thank God for the one who is devoted to Jesus in a Calvin based Christian Church.