Dear Catholics: Do you experience the same bigotry & hatred in your personal lives that is shown to us in YA?

Question

Do most of you only experience it on YA because people are braver when they can be anonymous behind their computer screens? Or do you ever actually have it spoken to your face?

wow bongernet, congratulations on making atheists appear stupid and ignorant! great job.

Duh 2 - This question has nothing to do with your misinterpretations of scripture. But thanks anyway.

Poor Saraa, you're obviously out of the loop. Oh well.

Saraa...well yeah! That generally happens when you answer a question that does not pertain to you in any way, shape or form. But you also received thumbs down for being clueless. Cheers!

Answer 1

Yes, absolutely!

I converted over five years ago to Catholicism after being a Protestant for fifty years, twenty-five of those years as a minister. Since conversion I lost almost all of my friends and family.


Christ said that they will hate you as they hated me and that has certainly been true in my case. I have actually posted on boards and did not say that I was a Catholic and posted the same things I do here but posing as a Protestant I got no criticism. That really points out the bigotry there is against Catholics. Jesus was right! The world does hate us.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 2

Being from the Northwest, we have a slightly more tolerant culture here towards religion. The only time it's an issue is on Ash Wednesday, when my faith becomes obvious. The only people who say anything though are the children at the dojo where I help out with the kids class. That's more childish curiosity and ignorance than anything, although I do wish that parents would educate their children, even if they're not Catholic.

I think the general impetus here on YA R&S is sort of a drive-by mentality. You can make your shots and be gone without actually having to engage and defend your ignorant answers.

Answer 3

Yes, I have experienced the same thing in real life.
I have been told numerous things about not being saved and been called the whore of Babylon.

To the first answerer who said anything about Atheists doing it? Most Atheists off YA don;t act the same way some of you guys do on here and would never say the things you just said. I believe the question was talking about insults in general which I find personally come from the non-denominational Christians.

Answer 4

it rather is been subsequently so with the aid of fact the time of Henry VIII. human beings have forgotten that Catholicism develop into outlawed in Britain till good up till the previous due nineteenth century. Catholics have been discriminated against, killed and tortured by utilising the protestant business enterprise. monks had to conceal in 'priest holes', monasteries have been demolished, Catholic land and belongings develop into stolen, outstanding shape and effective artwork develop into intentionally destroyed and so on. and so on. Protestant thugs from Oliver Cromwell onwards went on the violent rampage in eire, killing and looting and so on. (no ask your self there has been unrest in that united states of america ever considering the fact that). The bigotry and discrimnation nonetheless exists in Britain's regulations which proceed to restrict the Monarch from ever becoming to be or maybe marrying a Catholic. And might you credit that the folk that committed those crimes against humanity claimed to be Bible believing, God fearing Christians? only as their successors, the present bigots declare.

Answer 5

Not as blatantly and and frequently as we've seen here, no. I think even the most rabidly anti-Catholic "regulars" on R&S would tone it down quite a bit if they encountered any of us in person -- because in front of them would be a real individual (made in God's image, just like them!) instead of an entire Church to mock.

The concentration of bigotry on R&S has certainly been an eye-opener. However, I've seen and heard much anti-Catholicism over the years. Only once, though, was it specifically directed at me; my conversion cost me a lifelong friend, a fundamentalist who simply could not accept that I had gone over to the "whore of Babylon". Much more painful than anything the bigots throw at us here. It's probably why I have a tougher skin, too.

Edit: That tougher skin means I don't give two hoots -- or even one -- about receiving "thumbs down". *Yawn*.

Answer 6

Not really. I live in Massachusetts, which is predominately Catholic, so I'm in the majority. I've heard a few ignorant comments about "Catholics are pedophiles" and the like, but I wouldn't say that I feel opressed because I am a Catholic. You can't really be "oppressed" if you're the majority.

P.S. Bognerent, are you sure you clicked on the right question when you answered?

Answer 7

Absolutely !

Especially in Cuba, where every year we were asked about our personal beliefs. Here in the USA, a little less, because usually people don't ask, but in the few occasions where I had to tell, pleeease !

In the USA there is a visceral hatred against Spanish, people who speak Spanish, immigrants, Catholics, and some other people

Answer 8

Pretty much anyone who is not a Protestant of some sort hears bigotry and hatred from a lot of them - here and in real life. It's certainly not limited to the Catholics.

Answer 9

Honestly,

No, I have many friends that do not attend any Church, and many Protestant friends that are really good people as well.

Catholics tend to realize that we are not perfect, so we tend to be less judgmental, tend to be.

But on here everyone gets all excited about it.

Peace and God Bless!

Answer 10

Not really. I have my cirlce of friends, which religion never comes up in. I have work, where I never ask my employees religious questions. I have my wife, which is never a problem.

Nope, no real anti-catholic bias in interpersonal communications.