TwistedGoddess in reply to FireEagle: It isnt a choker it is called a collar and there is a silver locket hanging from it. I'm not the one bashing some ones spiritual beliefs. Since just like tinkerbell I'm a practicing witch.
FireEagle: I wasnt raised religious, if anything my catholicity is my greatest challenge and discomfort. And also, religion and witchcraft are two fundamentally different things; the religious person claims that his god(s) gives him power, whereas the witch person claims to have derived (in shocking pride and arrogance) power from him/herself
TwistedGoddess: First communion is celebrated like a marriage to God. And a priest absolves you of your sins after giving penance. But forgives you before you do your penance. Confirmation is the act of a minor child confirming the choice to be catholic once you do this according to the religion if you leave the church you become a fallen catholic nothing more.
xX Tinkerbell Xx in reply to TwistedGoddess: Not at all it's just a pain in the ass. Wanted to spend my day off at home doing things and stuff not go to the dispensary
TwistedGoddess: Ik I had shopping no matter what the reason. Would rather build faerie houses or make candles. Even write some stories. Or do dishes lol
FireEagle: @alt its like ur repeating facts to me that read from books or something; ur not engaging my actual points.
"First Communion is celebrated like a marriage to God" yes, bc the Church is the bride of Christ, just as even ancient Israel was spoken of as God's bride
"The priest absolves/forigives yes, correct; the priest absolves me of my sins (imposing on me God's forgiving) before telling me what my penitential acts are (bc these acts bring me back into a repaired relationship with God); and since i actually do these penances after theyve been given to me, then yea im forgiven before i do my penances. I think ur misbeliefs here more constitute an unclear understanding on ur part of Catholic teaching than logical incoherence on the part of Catholic teaching itself.
Confirmation is bestowed on a minor by U.S. law, but on a consenting adult human by nature; this is clear from the fact that human individuals can make rational thought-out decisions really starting at age 12.
And yes; once God converts fallen man into a Christian graced by the sacraments, that God-touched human soul forever bears an indelible of having at least been one of God's own. The powerful effect of being so close to God's presence is the basis behind, for example, the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
TwistedGoddess: Ik that's why catholism is like paganism. All these saints and apostles that are prayed to may as well be gods or goddesses. In fact st brigid is a pagan goddess. I have seen pagan rites work as I said a non believer would cast them as meer coincidence. Like a few people holding a ritual for the Boston to win the world series and they do. Priestesses banishing spirits from houses. And then blessing the houses afterwards. You can not say that the catholic church denies the existence of spirits. Ik they dont. A Jesuit priest and I would have deep conversations about them and the churches stance on every type of spirit. Mostly the fact that they are evil. But, even in his indoctrination he still was open to discussing other ideas. He said the Jesuit order is more tolerant of certain things that exist in the world. I dont know if this is true or not. But he was a great conversationalist.
TwistedGoddess: My beliefs are based on pure research and learning about what resonates with me and my soul. I had thought of being a minister. I was already almost through with my degrees in psychology. And since I could take the three years as credit towards my final degree; I thought it a rather auspicious opportunity.
"First Communion is celebrated like a marriage to God" yes, bc the Church is the bride of Christ, just as even ancient Israel was spoken of as God's bride
"The priest absolves/forigives yes, correct; the priest absolves me of my sins (imposing on me God's forgiving) before telling me what my penitential acts are (bc these acts bring me back into a repaired relationship with God); and since i actually do these penances after theyve been given to me, then yea im forgiven before i do my penances. I think ur misbeliefs here more constitute an unclear understanding on ur part of Catholic teaching than logical incoherence on the part of Catholic teaching itself.
Confirmation is bestowed on a minor by U.S. law, but on a consenting adult human by nature; this is clear from the fact that human individuals can make rational thought-out decisions really starting at age 12.
And yes; once God converts fallen man into a Christian graced by the sacraments, that God-touched human soul forever bears an indelible of having at least been one of God's own. The powerful effect of being so close to God's presence is the basis behind, for example, the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary