I am Catholic and I don't see that I am that different than anyone else. And to the one who said that we have large families, I only have 3 children.
God bless,
Stanbo
2007-11-26 12:23:05
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answered by Stanbo 5
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Besides the Mass and technical stuff, eh? Hmmm...
Catholics make up the largest sector of those who call themselves "Christians" in the United States. Why this should be, I'm not certain. I also seem to recall hearing that Catholics have the largest (either number or percentage) of non-practicing members in the United States. Again, not sure why.
BTW, I'm a Baptist. I have nothing against Catholics, but I do have doctrinal differences with them, in particular works-salvation, sacraments, apostolic succession/authority, and priestly mediation.
2007-11-26 20:34:57
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answered by jeffersonian73 3
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As a Catholic married to a Protestant:
I seem to be more "into" attending regular Sunday church service (Holy Mass).
I consider things like Lenten observances, and the saints more.
I look much more to the Magesterium (the teachings of the Popes, the bishops, and the Fathers of the Church, together with Sacred Scripture) in seeking the will of the Lord, whereas my husband seems to rely more on his own lights to decide what is right.
2007-11-26 20:28:51
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answered by Catherine V. 3
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Well, we (protestant) let our clergy marry. We don't forbid birth control. We accept that anyone can have a relationship with Christ without the intervention of a priest. We believe communion to be symbolic rather than transsubstanciated, etc...
As far as personality though. I don't really think so, unless you are talking about extremist fundamentalists. I haven't met any radical catholics myself in the US, but I'm sure they're out there somewhere. In general though, I think how people interact with eachother on a daily basis is probably more strongly influenced by society and culture than individual church membership.
2007-11-26 20:22:33
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answered by David M 6
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Among the ones I've known personally, the only difference is that the Catholics tended to have larger families.
2007-11-26 20:19:36
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answered by Anonymous
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except that there's no statistical significance between Catholic divorces and Protestant divorces
"Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate) % who have been divorced:
Baptists 29%
Mainline Protestants 25%
Mormons 24%
Catholics 21%
Lutherans 21%"
sorry, what was the question again?
2007-11-26 20:21:56
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answered by grandfather raven 7
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The differences are basically in their Religious authorithies, basically they believe in the same things, but the sacraments are different.
2007-11-26 20:31:01
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answered by Revolution 3
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Many differences.
2007-11-26 20:20:14
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answered by Fish <>< 7
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they believe in works to get to heaven and I don't know many divorcees
2007-11-26 20:21:26
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answered by Ben 2
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