im getting really frustrated because i am an athiest and i go to a catholic school?

Question

ive been going to a catholic school since i was 2 and im so sick of it! i dont even believe in any of it and the more i learn about the religion the more i think it's not real. i have a religion class where we get homework, projects, tests, and all of that. its just annoying having to study for all of that and the religion book makes me even more frustrated cuz it states it as a fact and i hate it. i cant go to a public school cuz the only 1 in my district is a terrible school and im not allowed to go there. i dont really know if y'all can even give me any advice but im just getting so fed up with it and rambling on and on about it seems to help a little, lol

ive been GOING to a catholic school since i was 2, not an athiest since i was 2. and im 15 btw

Answer 1

Have you ever talked to your parents about your feelings? I went to parochial school, and I remember there were three non-Catholic kids there, and they were exempt from taking the religion classes. Maybe your parents could arrange that for you. If not, then you'll just have to make the best of it. It's part of life. There will always be things one has to deal with and not like it.

Answer 2

Some people think it is a privilege to go to a private school even if it is religious, because you are with a select group of people.

I went to a public school all my life K-12 and it was okay. I never went to a religious private school so I don't know what that is like. I have been to some Christian churches on Sunday and can say that there is a lot more closeness with the people there then at a non-religious gathering, so in some ways it felt a little more comforting and somewhat nicer. This may be how religious private schools are like, more caring and comforting vs non-religious public schools where it might be less caring or comforting. But then again, I have met some Catholics who were mean to me, so I kind of have mixed feelings about religious people.

I have also known of some people who went to Catholic school and were excellent students attending good universities, so I think it probably is a good thing that you are going to a Catholic school. Maybe they are teaching things in religious schools that make their students smarter that public schools don't. This is one of the reasons why parents send their children to private schools; to get a better education than one could get at a public school where the teachers might care less.

Being that you are currently 15 and almost done with high school, the best thing I would recommend is that you could always go to a public college afterwards if you really wanted to, but I think it would be best to appreciate a private school education when you have it.

Answer 3

Okay, it's "smarten up" time.

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Can I assume you were sent to Catholic school by your Catholic parents? It's not wrong for them to see that you are instructed in the Catholic Faith.

Even if your parents are not Catholic, they recognize that the level of education received at the typical Catholic school is higher than that received at a typical public school. Your parents are only looking out for your educational well-being.


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The school's job is to instruct. Whether or not you believe, that's up to you. But your disbelief does not mean they can't teach you Church Dogma.


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That's what happens at school, you know. You have classes, you get homework, you have projects to complete, tests to pass, and "all that".


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Is there anyone who liked every class they ever took? Tough it out like the rest of us do.


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See? Like I just said, the typical Catholic school delivers a higher education than the typical public school. Are you saying that you would rather go to this terrible school and grow up an idiot, or tough it out at a Catholic school and have some intellect to show for it?


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Re-read the last paragraph, where I showed you that you only two choices are to stick with the Catholic school and have something to show for it, or go to this terrible public school and grow up with nothing to show for it.

Stick with the Catholic school and just "tough out" the parts you dislike. Your religious instruction might not mean much to you now, but it migth mean something 15 years from now.

Answer 4

If nothing else, suck it up and learn your stuff that you can be an informed debater. I am so sick of trying to have intelligent debates with atheists who have no idea what they are arguing against. By the way, I'm an orthodox Episcopalian who goes to a Catholic school. I know Jews and atheists and even a Buddhist at my school, so you're not the only one having a tough time.

Answer 5

Now I honestly have a secret for you. you at the instant are not the only one. yet it is why that's a secret! considering you're an atheist, you do not could experience in charge for breaking between the ten commandments, in this occasion the "bearing fake witness" one. it is alright to lie approximately this, if telling the actuality will in simple terms make your existence harder and get distinctive people upset for no reliable reason. it is like telling your aunt her gown seems beneficial while she asks, even nevertheless you think of it is grotesque. so a techniques as faith type is going, that's a toughie, yet what i can assert is this; it is one element to repudiate something, although that's many times extra acceptable in case you realize precisely what that's you're repudiating. And in case you ever ascertain you elect to talk the distinctive theological factors, it is stressful to do in case you do not understand what the opposing critiques are. So save getting to understand. "an intensive analyzing and understand-how of the Bible is the suitable direction to atheism." - Donald Morgan

Answer 6

Since you were 2?

I don't think so.
Sounds like your parents care more for you than you do.
Here is some advice. Study. Learn. Be an obedient CHILD that you are. When you grow up, take charge of your life and make all of the mistakes your betters won't let you dabble in now. Until then, concentrate and focus on learning. After you learn, you can make your own mistakes with confidence and even better arrogance than you have now.

Answer 7

I, too, am an atheist going to a Catholic school. It does suck, but I've gone to school with the same people since kindergarten, and it would be hard to leave.

Answer 8

Most people who go to religious school do come out as normal upstanding human beings. There are worse things, just take the good bits.

Answer 9

you are probably a little young to be an atheist, so I strongly suggest you use this education to your advantage, study and compare, ask questions, look at other faiths, such as eastern and pagan; use your knowledge base to question and support why you are an atheist. other than that TFS deal with it.

Answer 10

That stinks, but it can be fun to ask the teachers paradoxical questions or things that don't make sense. Such as god lifting the rock and omnipotence.Or talk about the Bible and how it doesn't make any sense.