I'm thinking of converting to Catholicism

[Original_Pranksta89]

Being a methodist isn't doing it for me anymore, i think i would find Catholicism more of a real faith. Also i've heard plenty of nay-saying, how about some pro's instead of cons

[pakish]

Unfullfillment as a reason of seeking a religion..dont waste your life, search within you what you need to be happy and go for it dude. Catholicism sucks, go for the indulgence (not compulsion).

[IanBoyd3]

You can't jack off, fuck with condoms, look at porn, or be gay. Welcome to Prudes-R-US.

[Social Junker]

quote:Originally posted by IanBoyd3:

You can't jack off, fuck with condoms, look at porn, or be gay. Welcome to Prudes-R-US.

You can if you're a "cafeteria Catholic."

[napoleon_complex]

quote:Originally posted by IanBoyd3:

You can't jack off, fuck with condoms, look at porn, or be gay. Welcome to Prudes-R-US.

Don't know many Catholics, do ya?

Catholicism is a versatile religion. It doesn't ask complete control like other sects, but there is also a significant presence of hierarchy and leadership, which appeals to some people(some people need order in their lives or they need to be told what to do and when to do it. Nothing wrong with that). Catholicism also allows for varying levels of disagreement with the Church. Regardless of what some protestants tell you, you wouldn't have to agree with and listen to everything the pope says. That's just false.

[dr_rock]

become a naturist instead

[Adrenochrome]

Harry Blackitt: Look at them, bloody Catholics, filling the bloody world up with bloody people they can't afford to bloody feed.

Mrs. Blackitt: What are we dear?

Harry Blackitt: Protestant, and fiercely proud of it.

Mrs. Blackitt: Hmm. Well, why do they have so many children?

Harry Blackitt: Because... every time they have sexual intercourse, they have to have a baby.

Mrs. Blackitt: But it's the same with us, Harry.

Harry Blackitt: What do you mean?

Mrs. Blackitt: Well, I mean, we've got two children, and we've had sexual intercourse twice.

Harry Blackitt: That's not the point. We could have it any time we wanted.

Mrs. Blackitt: Really?

Harry Blackitt: Oh, yes, and, what's more, because we don't believe in all that Papist claptrap, we can take precautions.

Mrs. Blackitt: What, you mean... lock the door?

Harry Blackitt: No, no. I mean, because we are members of the Protestant Reformed Church, which successfully challenged the autocratic power of the Papacy in the mid-sixteenth century, we can wear little rubber devices to prevent issue.

Mrs. Blackitt: What d'you mean?

Harry Blackitt: I could, if I wanted, have sexual intercourse with you...

Mrs. Blackitt: Oh, yes, Harry.

Harry Blackitt: ...and, by wearing a rubber sheath over my old feller, I could insure... that, when I came off, you would not be impregnated.

Mrs. Blackitt: Ooh.

Harry Blackitt: That's what being a Protestant's all about. That's why it's the church for me. That's why it's the church for anyone who respects the individual and the individual's right to decide for him or herself. When Martin Luther nailed his protest up to the church door in fifteen-seventeen, he may not have realised the full significance of what he was doing, but four hundred years later, thanks to him, my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas...

[sniff]

Harry Blackitt: ... and, Protestantism doesn't stop at the simple condom. Oh, no. I can wear French Ticklers if I want.

Mrs. Blackitt: You what?

Harry Blackitt: French Ticklers. Black Mambos. Crocodile Ribs. Sheaths that are designed not only to protect, but also to enhance the stimulation of sexual congress.

Mrs. Blackitt: Have you got one?

Harry Blackitt: Have I got one? Uh, well, no, but I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant.'

Mrs. Blackitt: Well, why don't you?

Harry Blackitt: But they - Well, they cannot, 'cause their church never made the great leap out of the Middle Ages and the domination of alien Episcopal supremacy.

[Abrahim]

quote:Originally posted by Original_Pranksta89:

Being a methodist isn't doing it for me anymore, i think i would find Catholicism more of a real faith. Also i've heard plenty of nay-saying, how about some pro's instead of cons

Why would you want to convert to Catholicism? If you believe in God, why would you want to enter a religion that not only degrades and insults the nature of God, (God was a baby, God died for Other peoples sins, God lived as a man, God is in the image of man, God is the Father, God is the Son, God has a mother, etc)but blasphemies openly with false inventions?

Wouldn't it be better to worship one, pure, all powerful, infinite, present God with no Intercessors or middle men? Or a Religion that does not promote blasphemous concepts about the ultimate and sublime nature of God?

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quote:Harry Blackitt: Look at them, bloody Catholics, filling the bloody world up with bloody people they can't afford to bloody feed.

Mrs. Blackitt: What are we dear?

Harry Blackitt: Protestant, and fiercely proud of it.

Mrs. Blackitt: Hmm. Well, why do they have so many children?

Harry Blackitt: Because... every time they have sexual intercourse, they have to have a baby.

Mrs. Blackitt: But it's the same with us, Harry.

Harry Blackitt: What do you mean?

Mrs. Blackitt: Well, I mean, we've got two children, and we've had sexual intercourse twice.

Harry Blackitt: That's not the point. We could have it any time we wanted.

Mrs. Blackitt: Really?

Harry Blackitt: Oh, yes, and, what's more, because we don't believe in all that Papist claptrap, we can take precautions.

Mrs. Blackitt: What, you mean... lock the door?

Harry Blackitt: No, no. I mean, because we are members of the Protestant Reformed Church, which successfully challenged the autocratic power of the Papacy in the mid-sixteenth century, we can wear little rubber devices to prevent issue.

Mrs. Blackitt: What d'you mean?

Harry Blackitt: I could, if I wanted, have sexual intercourse with you...

Mrs. Blackitt: Oh, yes, Harry.

Harry Blackitt: ...and, by wearing a rubber sheath over my old feller, I could insure... that, when I came off, you would not be impregnated.

Mrs. Blackitt: Ooh.

Harry Blackitt: That's what being a Protestant's all about. That's why it's the church for me. That's why it's the church for anyone who respects the individual and the individual's right to decide for him or herself. When Martin Luther nailed his protest up to the church door in fifteen-seventeen, he may not have realised the full significance of what he was doing, but four hundred years later, thanks to him, my dear, I can wear whatever I want on my John Thomas...

[sniff]

Harry Blackitt: ... and, Protestantism doesn't stop at the simple condom. Oh, no. I can wear French Ticklers if I want.

Mrs. Blackitt: You what?

Harry Blackitt: French Ticklers. Black Mambos. Crocodile Ribs. Sheaths that are designed not only to protect, but also to enhance the stimulation of sexual congress.

Mrs. Blackitt: Have you got one?

Harry Blackitt: Have I got one? Uh, well, no, but I can go down the road any time I want and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant.'

Mrs. Blackitt: Well, why don't you?

Harry Blackitt: But they - Well, they cannot, 'cause their church never made the great leap out of the Middle Ages and the domination of alien Episcopal supremacy.

:-D Monty Python fans in da house!

I really to appreciate your intellectual humor; and I think it's a shame no one else has recognized it and its relevancy to this post.

As for the original poster - I do not follow the Catholic faith because I feel it puts way too much emphesis on "traditions" to a point in which it isn't even entirely biblical - telling me that Mary is the "co-redeemer" and working my way into heaven.

If you are tired of the litergy (via way the service is adminstered) go find a methodist church that meets your needs. I don't think it's very mature to switch from one church to another of vastly conflicting doctrine because being a methodist "doesn't cut it for you."

Why don't you try a youth church? Those are quite exciting.

[Wavecrest]

Catholicism as more of a real faith? You're kidding, I hope...

Catholicism is a religion based on tradition more than faith itself. I know this because 1. I'm Catholic and 2. I was educated in the Catholic School System. Not fun. Not bad, but not fun either.

I don't know much about the faith of other sects, but I doubt that switching will help you.... well, at least to the Catholic faith. Unless you LIKE feeling guilty all the time... in which case, the Jewish faith has us beat, but I think we're second for guilt. Either way, you might want to think twice about switching.