Victimized by double standards.

[JoabAnias]

Ever happened to you?

 

[Michie]

Yes it has. It sort of like asking someone to do as I say. Not as I do. It's incredibly prejudiced imo.

Just depends on who is doing it... etc.

 

[JoabAnias]

I want to know why insults of Catholics are allowed here but not of anyone else?

If its near and dear to me and Catholic it can be slandered with impunity.

But if its near and dear to someone else, it doesn't matter who is addressed, its verbotten - unless its Catholic.

May God have Mercy!

 

[Michie]

I agree. And here in our own forum.

 

[JoabAnias]

I agree. And here in our own forum.

That it is ours - is an illusion.

 

[tadoflamb]

It's called marriage.

 

[tadoflamb]

I want to know why insults of Catholics are allowed here but not of anyone else?

If its near and dear to me and Catholic it can be slandered with impunity.

But if its near and dear to someone else, it doesn't matter who is addressed, its verbotten - unless its Catholic.

May God have Mercy!

I have to fight the fortress Vatican mentality a lot. It's so tempting to just immerse myself into the Catholic faith, and put the rest of Christianity on ignore.

 

[JoabAnias]

I have to fight the fortress Vatican mentality a lot. It's so tempting to just immerse myself into the Catholic faith, and put the rest of Christianity on ignore.

I think I did that to long and its catching up to me. The funny thing is I never have a problem with people face to face.

 

[pulchritude]

Personally I was leaning toward the be open to life, but please dear God don't make me have to watch you nurse your baby, double standard.

Try not to let any of the Catholic bashing get you down. Take the higher road and pray for those who persecute us. Try also to attribute as many wrongs as you can to ignorance, rather than malice.

 

[JoabAnias]

Personally I was leaning toward the be open to life, but please dear God don't make me have to watch you nurse your baby, double standard.

Try not to let any of the Catholic bashing get you down. Take the higher road and pray for those who persecute us. Try also to attribute as many wrongs as you can to ignorance, rather than malice.

Good advice. Thanks. I do that except when I know better and its not ignorance or illness.

 

[WarriorAngel]

...all the time. [double standards] in the world.

 

[EmbattledBunny]

I am not a victim of anything. This is a privately owned website and I have no reason to expect anything from it. I think an awful lot of folks around here have persecution complexes. Our faith is rich and full of martyrs, there are no martyrs here.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

I have to fight the fortress Vatican mentality a lot. It's so tempting to just immerse myself into the Catholic faith, and put the rest of Christianity on ignore.

How so? I have Prot friends, I hang out with them all the time. They are amongst my best friends. I invite them to come to Divine Liturgy with me. I am open about my faith (sometimes) with them. I do not pressure them. However, this does not mean that I will go to a heretical service. Hence, I do not go with them, to such services.

 

[Fantine]

Ever happened to you?

When I think of times I have been victimized by double standards, they are usually more gender-related rather than religion-related.

Isn't that true for every woman?

 

[tadoflamb]

How so? I have Prot friends, I hang out with them all the time. They are amongst my best friends. I invite them to come to Divine Liturgy with me. I am open about my faith (sometimes) with them. I do not pressure them. However, this does not mean that I will go to a heretical service. Hence, I do not go them.

I've been Catholic for almost eight years and have never been part of the protestant tradition. For some reason, I don't have any protestant friends in real life, at least protestants who can talk about their faith in depth. You'd think that being active in my parish's StVdeP conference I'd have an opportunity to bump up against them all the time, since we're surrounded by protestant churches, but that hasn't turned out to be the case. Mostly my contact with them is limited to when they call us for assistance.

Unfortunately, most of the experience I've had with protestants has been limited to GT and they've left quite an impression on me.

I get so much out of Catholicism and out of my parish. Much of my life rotates around that community. My best friend is Catholic, and I'm married to her. So, given that, and the role protestants play in my life, it would be easy just to fade back into the Church and ignore the clamor.

God has offered me so much within His Church, that I see little reason to go out of bounds.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

It sounds like you are where God wishes you to be, Tad. You are doing quite well, do not worry.

 

[tadoflamb]

It sounds like you are where God wishes you to be, Tad. You are doing quite well, do not worry.

Thanks, Matt.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Thanks, Matt.

You are welcome.

 

[Gyasi]

I can't talk about my faith with any of my friends IRL before the discussion ends up in how the Vatican is a military organization or how the Jesuits are apart of the ever-so-powerful illuminati or how the Pope is conspiring a new world order.

It's so depressing. Then I have the problem of people not taking me seriously on these forums because of 1. My age and 2. The icon beside my age that says 'Catholic' when you hover over it. I'm sure it would appear as though I'm angry a lot when I have to lose my patience because of irrational people.

Just like how there's a Catholic that doesn't believe that the Bible is the Word of God and I disagreed with that which ended up in me getting accused of worshiping pieces of paper stuck together. (the Bible)

 

[Virgil the Roman]

....Just like how there's a Catholic that doesn't believe that the Bible is the Word of God and I disagreed with that which ended up in me getting accused of worshiping pieces of paper stuck together. (the Bible)

It happens.