Posted on 01 January 2013. Tags: affiliation, application, Bible, catholic church, catholics, christians, Education, Help, private christian university, private universities, private university, Religion, religious affiliation, school
So I am applying to a private university and like many other private universities, this one is affiliated with a religion. It is a private Christian university? The programs and education they offer seem great however I am Catholic. Catholics are Christians. At my school I have participated in Christian club at my school( many people from my Catholic Church attend this club,too). The bible is universal as well as the talks and hey it’s always good to be open minded. Should I say on the application that I have been involved in this club as well?
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Posted on 25 July 2012. Tags: Catholic, catholic church, church, commitment, feelings, getting married in a church, girlfriend, problem, Religion, roman catholic
My girlfriend is Roman-Catholic, and recently we were talking about getting married. I do not practice any religion, and do not want to affiliate with any religion. She told me that I absolutely have to get confirmed to get married to her (since she wants it to be in a Catholic church). But I do not want to be confirmed. I am not prepared nor have the interest in giving that commitment to the church. We both have strong feelings about our sides. She also told me that just because I get confirmed doesn’t mean that I have to go to church or give that commitment. So I asked what is the point of doing it in the first place? She is confirmed, but does not go to church or really practice. She also said that getting married outside of a Catholic church would “disown me from my family”. I have no problem getting married in a church…
Is it possible for us to get married, still in a Catholic church, without me being confirmed?
Any advice/help is appreciated… just please don’t preach to me, nothing is going to change mine or my girlfriends mind on our feelings of religion.
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Posted on 24 May 2012. Tags: catholic church, Charity, conservatives, contraception, federal contract law, federal dollars, federal government, federal money, pointy hats, purveyors
If you have a contract, and you fail to meet the terms of that contract, then you are in error and subject to penalties. If the Catholic Church doesn’t want to provide contraception coverage for women that’s fine, but then the Catholic Church and all papal affiliated organizations should be cut off from any and all sources of Federal Funding.
There is no “War on Religion”, it’s a matter of people in pointy hats thinking they are above the law and don’t have to abide by the laws of the Federal Government. If they feel they are only subject to a “higher law”, then that’s fine, they are perfectly welcome to go and abide by their higher law without any Federal Dollars.
Conservatives are always claiming that Federal Money is wrong anyways and that the church should be the only purveyors of charity. This is the church’s opportunity to step up and show what they can do.
Your take?
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Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: birth, birth control, catholic church, control, doctors, excruciating cramps, gynecologist, Insurance, medication, mom, nurse, Periods, Seasonique, Skip
I’m 14, and i get excruciating cramps from my period. I’ve been thinking about trying to go on birth control just so i can skip it. I don’t plan on being sexually active any time soon, and i don’t even have a boyfriend, so using the pill for actual birth control isn’t at all what i want to do. Should I go on the Seasonique pill, which gives you only three periods a month, just so i don’t have to deal with cramps? And also, I know that, like nearly every other medication out there, the pill does have some risks and side effects, but I want to know what they specifically are for Seasonique, and how commonly they occur. I’ve talked to my mom about it, and shes a nurse, but id like some other opinions as well. Also, the hospital my mom works at is affiliated with the catholic church, and they provide my family with our insurance, but they don’t cover birth control because it’s against their beliefs, or whatever, so my family would have to pay ourselves. How much is it without insurance, and do you think its worth it to save me from my torturous cramps? And also, I know i should probably talk to a doctor about this, but I’ve never been to a gynecologist, and i don’t really want to start until I absolutely have to, so is there another way to get a doctors opinion without getting the whole scary examination?
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