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Would you like to leave the Catholic Church?

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    #122
    gcgirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,044 ✭✭✭gcgirl


    marty1985 wrote: »
    krudler wrote: »
    er, no, the catholic church has set rules to abide by to be really considered a catholic, people picking and choosing what beliefs suit them makes them a christian, not a catholic, but people in this country seem to be unable to tell the difference between being born a catholic and being a practicing one.

    Sorry krudler, people are still free to choose their own religious identity. In fact, they just did recently in a big census.

    The reality is that a lot of people identify in the census as Catholic, and they have their reasons for doing so. We can all make unwarranted assumptions about what those reasons are, and then complain because the presumed reasons do not meet their own criteria but be honest, it’s not a line of argument that people find very compelling.
    They're cultural Catholics which is not the same as a practicing catholic


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    #123
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    No. I dont intend leaving the catholic church. However i am not of the same opinion all the time as the pope, that is an issue for me.


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    #124
    marty1985
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭marty1985


    They're nominal Catholics, yes. Nobody, not even the Pope, would assume they are all practicing. It's not the purpose of the census to find out how well they practice their faith.


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    #125
    seeing_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭seeing_ie


    qrrgprgua wrote: »
    love these Boards.ie polls... They never ever reflect reality.

    Just the reality of the opinions of boards users, a demographic all of our own.

    I'd be interested to see how many votes are from recently registered, low post count, "single-issue" accounts.


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    #126
    Odats
    Registered Users Posts: 767 ✭✭✭Odats


    No intention of leaving really. Although I'm very al a carte in my approach to Catholicism. Went at Christmas with my Dad and got really p1ssed off that they changed the words in the prayers.


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    #127
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Not Calling you a Hun, just sick of Catholics calling non Catholics that mostly Celtic fans.


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    #128
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    krudler wrote: »
    you get shot out of a cannon off the cliffs of Moher.


    I like the sound of that!! :D

    Bring on the Moher i say


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    #129
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,974 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Odats wrote: »
    No intention of leaving really. Although I'm very al a carte in my approach to Catholicism. Went at Christmas with my Dad and got really p1ssed off that they changed the words in the prayers.

    I don't like the bit where you have to shake hands with the people around you, especially as most of them are gobsh1tes.


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    #130
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    Nah I'm alright.

    I want to keep my free pass into heaven thank you :P


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    #131
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Cork24 wrote: »
    Not Calling you a Hun, just sick of Catholics calling non Catholics that mostly Celtic fans.

    Is 'hun' not only used as a derogatory slur to Rangers fans? I wasn't aware of its use in the broader social sphere.


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    #132
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Is 'hun' not only used as a derogatory slur to Rangers fans? I wasn't aware of its use in the broader social sphere.

    Would be mostly used up the north i would imagine as a reference to protestants but then they call catholics taigs which is just as bad.


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