(I'm Christian but not Catholic, that is why I am asking for an answer from someone who is, preferably. I'm just wondering...)
There was a lady in my philosophy class last year who said that she was Catholic. (She was raised in a Catholic home.) However, she said she didn't believe in Jesus and I thought that the Catholic faith was based on Jesus as the Son of God, our saviour, etc. (Correct me if I am wrong.) Anyways, how can someone say that they are of a group based on a certain belief, if they don't share that belief? Didn't make sense to me, but she didn't seem to think it mattered what she believed.
Is she Catholic? Is someone raised by a practicing family Catholic forever? Is being Catholic just a title that you can take, then believe whatever you want?
Just wondering, because that wasn't what I thought being Catholic means, but hey, I am no expert, only have the vaguest idea...
2006-08-11
08:22:35
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