Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 [quote name='voiciblanche' date='Jul 6 2004, 01:38 PM'] We had the Scholastic book fair come to our school (CATHOLIC school, mind you) a few months back, and they had the Da Vinci Code sitting right there in the "Adult Reading" section. I was so mad. We have a copy sitting here in my house, too, in fact, it's right above my head right now. I wanna throw it in the fireplace. I tried to throw away a copy of one of the Left Behind books once, and my mum foudn it in the trash can and gave it to my sister. Grr. [/quote] Left Behind? Argh...worthless garbage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiciblanche Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Jul 6 2004, 12:53 PM'] Left Behind? Argh...worthless garbage... [/quote] Yeah... I threw it away and she found it in the trash. She chewed me out about it, saying that'd she'd payed for it (which she hadn't; it was a present from my grandmother) and that I couldn't throw away a "perfectly good" book. Then my sister (ten) sees us arguing and says that she'd love to have the book. For all I know, she's finished it and now thinks that Christ will come some day and snatch us all up and on and on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Left Behind... I saw the movie, didn't really care for it, and this is before I became a Catholic. I think too many people really get into the series and it diverts them from prayer and worship. Ironically, it's mostly 'Bible Christians' who really get into the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I find it really funny how they divert the claims that the Left Behind series is anti-Catholic..."but we made it so that the pope was raptured"... Yeah...after he declared and began teaching a bunch of anti-Catholic heresies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnanc Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 yea me to, I wonder how to get rid of the 4 Left Behind books I have in my room, from before I became a more serious Catholic. With the Da Vinchi Code, my grandparents have read it, and say its really good. and at the time, I really did not have any arguments, or know how to defend the truth. What I have noticed is that people who do read that book, seem to be facinated by it in a way so that they start to ask questions, which can be very good in getting good conversations going about the faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiciblanche Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Well, it depends on the "fascination." If you're not that strong in the Faith; if you're very impressionable, you may start to believe some of the stuff in it. Not necessarily the whole Jesus and Mary Magdalene thing, but there's other heresies in it, too. And it shows a horrible view of the Opus Dei. I began to read it about a year ago, and I thought the Opus Dei was this bad cult-type thing until people told me more about it. And it makes St. John look like he never existed, which ticks me off to no end. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 [quote name='BeenaBobba' date='Jul 6 2004, 01:02 AM'] That smells of elderberries that your parents are anti-Catholic. Were you always devoutly Catholic? If not, what helped you become a strong Catholic in the face of your family's anti-Catholicism? The fact that I'm 100% faithful to the Catholic Church doesn't seem to bother most of my family members. God bless, Jen [/quote] Welll...wow, I made a thread about this once...hmm Born Catholic (in Uruguay, South America) Moved to Germnay, (Bremen) when i was three until i was 7, we fell away from the church (well we were never really 'in', I don't remember ever going to Church), mainly because bremen was 99.9 % Protestant and my parents were (and are) big "go with the flow" people Moved to mexico at age 8, we went to mass once in a while because here it wasn't so 'weird' to go, me and my brother received first communion. Wasn't really interested in my faith though Moved to Miami, FL (where i still am), at age 11. Two years went by normally (we went to Mass now and then...ummm...rather like Christmas and Easter). In my school (public school) most people proclaimed proudly to be atheists, and i just didn't care. During the summer (2002) i suddenly felt an inner craving for truth (I have no clue what it was, but it was eating me up), we were on vacation in california for two weeks. in all the hotel rooms the first thing i would do was look for the bible in the little night table drawer (for no reason)! My parents thought i was nuts!! Someone had put anti-Catholic pamphlets in the Bibles, and I vaguely remembered being Catholic, so I suddenly bombarded my parents about the Catholic Faith (which they don't know too much about...lukewarm...more than lukewarm Catholics, maybe not even Catholics at all ). One night in a hotal room bible i found a little booklet with instructions on how to say the rosary (God's Providence!). So there I had two pamphlets, one on praying the rosary, and one condeming devotion to mary. I just stopped and told myself that I'd wait till I got home from vacation and then I'd research what road to take (smart 13 year old! lol) During the long car rides, i'd look at god's beauty, and I started RECOGNIZING it as GOD'S beauty and just be stunned, (California is beaaauuutiful), we climbed mountains in Yosemite, I was just happy, admiring god's creation, i don't know how to describe it, pure peace and joy! That's the first time in my life I really started praying I started praying again in those two weeks. I couldn't wait to get home and learn more about it all...I remembered going to Proetstant services with my friends once, funnily enough, for someone who had made her first communion, I considered Catholicism 'weird' 'wrong' etc. After a couple of weeks of going to protestant services with my friends I found a miraculous medal in an old box which i had gotten from my grandmother...something changed in me andf i decided to 'give the catholic faith a try', starting at the three biggest sources: My parish, the Internet and the library. That summer i read and read and asked questions and received answers, and generally was a information-soaking machine (and still am )! I started praying the rosary and the chaplet of Divine Mercy and (of course!) reading the bible. Reading the lives of the saints became my favorite past time. In eiighth grade i did my confirmation (I had to force myself through it...my parents were less than happy...they sometimes justv refused to take me and just gbarely agreed to even come! ), and soaked up every word the CCD teacher spoke, and was sad that the other kids (most of them older than me) were still in the stage of "not caring" i had been in only months before. I was so much happier now! Prayer is so much a part of my every day life now! I started noticing that instead of "!@#%$!" in my head when i was mad or someone insulted me i'd just think "Father, forgive her!" and be happy and peaceful! Or when extremely impatient on my bike waiting for the traffic light to change, i;d turn it into a prayer and offer it up for one intention or another. My parents are still very lukewarm, and so are my brothers. They think I'm a crazy fanatic when it comes to religion. My mom for example, sometimes says I'm "overdoing the religion thing a little" when i tell her about youth group projects i'm involved in. She thinks it's a waste of time. "you already diod your confirmation, honey, taht's surely enough!"she and my dad think religion should be kept to sundays...or not even... they're 100% secular, if that exiusts...go with the flow, believe most of what the media tells you, and it's never good with catholicism. I literally have to fight my way to every Mass, sometimes they just refuse to, Youth Group, retreats....I almost can't. Sometimes I get so jealeous when I see people my age with awesome Catholic parents, teens who's parents would be overjoyed if they wanted to read a life of a saint instead of a trashy teen magazine. I have to make colored covers for the books I read so they won't see what I'm reading and get angry... Yeah, this is getting really long and rambling qithout purpose, but one of the saddest things is watching my brothers just be there and grow up like my parents (who I love to death by the way, they just dont understand me sometimes ) Three words...Can't wait to drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiciblanche Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'd known that your parents were pretty anti-Catholic, but not the full story... I'm sorry, Vera. You and your family are in my prayers. I :wub: you. :group: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I :wub: you too, Vera. :group: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I :wub: you soo much too! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 My mom said "Don't get so involved." I don't care. We have to realize that serving God and doing His will is what this life is all about. I don't think they realize the true evil forces that work in this world that want to destroy us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Yeah, I still get involved all I can. The problem being that I'm 15 and completely dependent on my parents for almost everything...especially a ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Vera, you're story is all too common. I came from a minimalist Catholic family. Ever since I became religious, my mother and older brother have come closer to the Church, my father has remained neutral, and my little brother, I think, has fallen away. My mother, even with all this, is still having a hard time with being loyal to the magisterium. She can't support her opinions logically...she just insists. Prayers for us all! How many of our generation lost to abortion? The rest of us lost to apostacy... Except for the few. We stand strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Jul 6 2004, 08:36 PM'] Except for the few. We stand strong. [/quote] The few. The strong. The John Paul II Generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voiciblanche Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Micah... you amaze me at times. Nearly all times. So... wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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