Ok.
I'm 16.So,i live with my parents.
My parents ane Catholic,and I've been raised one.
But I don't believe in anything they say.
I don't beleive in the death penalty,I'm okay with euthanasia,suicide and abortion(btw-please don't leave mean comments on my beliefs,I have my reasons).I beleive in anarchy.
So,do you think I would still be chatholic?
Cause I'm pretty much the opposite.
2007-09-14 15:40:46 · 16 answers · asked by Clere. 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
here we go agian.
I didn't ask for comments on my beliefs.
And yes,I'm 16.
That doesn't mean,I'm dumb and can't make up my mind.
I know what I want,and what I beleive in.
2007-09-14 15:53:13 · update #1
Actually the Catholic Church is strongly opposed to the death penalty. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has its own campaign to end the death penalty (see http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/deathpenalty/) The campaign was launched in March 2005. The hope is that the message of the Bishops will get to the parish level. At the website are lots of facts about the death penalty and the reasons why the Church opposes it. Very worthwhile.
2007-09-14 15:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Susan S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I commend you for thinking for yourself and finding what your own personal beliefs are. If you don't believe in Catholicism, you're not a Catholic, despite how you were raised. It might be a difficult thing for your parents to accept, but I think it's important for people to follow their own beliefs and not simply accept what their parents believe.
My mother was raised a Catholic, and when she was about your age decided she was an atheist. I know she and my grandmother have had their arguments over the issue, but they've had a very good relationship for years.
Believe what your heart and mind tell you is right, and act accordingly.
2007-09-14 22:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Lauren 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are 16. You need to give yourself time to develop an angle to your world view and be capable of expressing it to yourself before you can define yourself. You are being raised Catholic. I was raised Baptist. I am no longer such, I am 36 and still discovering and will continue to discover, and evolve and better explain my view.
Do not rush for a definition. Believe in what you believe, you are the only one who requires your own justification.
Good luck on your journey.
2007-09-14 22:49:44 · answer #3 · answered by bryanccfshr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really....
No death penalty = save lives
suicide and abortion= their choice to do so. They have to live with the guilt and will deal with the pain and whatever consequences (earthly and after-life) that comes to them.
Anarchy= leaves people the way they were created. Animals don't have governments. So you can say this makes it easier for God's will, or it is what he'd prefer.
See, you can still be Catholic....
2007-09-14 22:47:34 · answer #4 · answered by lufiabuu 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Issues such as Euthanasia, Suicide, and Abortion don't decide whether you are a Catholic or not.
You are a Catholic if you believe in the theological teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
So, if you want to consider yourself a Catholic, go ahead.
2007-09-14 22:48:43 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good, young one! You must think for yourself! Don't let others tell you how or what to think about the way the world works. I highly recommend the book "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. This man will set you on the path of freethinking.
2007-09-14 22:46:28 · answer #6 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Being something by name or title does not actually, make you one. What makes a person who they are is his or her devotion to their cause.
That's O.K. though, God would not want it any different or He would have made us all that way. Religious identity is not CONformity - but TRANSformity involving the mind. It is this TRANSforming - that is the process thereby, which makes an individual a "Christian" or in other words, WHO he or she IS - a spiritual identity with God. Hope this answers your query.
2007-09-14 22:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your suicide belief and abortion belief are careless and without logic. You reward a mistake with abortions and allow easy ways out with suicide but you don't want to hear it, you have your beliefs and apparently no one should challenge those.
So, from my example, no, you shouldn't. You should question everything you hear and know and even the things you hold close to your heart, question those again and again and never stop asking "why?"
2007-09-14 22:46:36 · answer #8 · answered by Corvus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you believe in Jesus? Do you believe in honoring a woman people believe to have been a virgin all her life? If you answered yes to both then you're probably still Catholic.
2007-09-14 22:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess Enzeru 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to decide,because believing in suicide,abortion
and euthanasia is not religious anything ,you are lost.
2007-09-14 22:48:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋