Posted on 25 September 2011. Tags: Catholic, catholic university, catholicism, lesson, objective, objective type, personal relationship, professors, recitations, relationship with god, religions, respect religion, Theology, theology class, university
I attend a Catholic university. It’s a really good school in my country. We have a required Theology class. We mostly keep an objective lesson but most professors can’t help but discriminate other religions and glorify Catholicism. I’m okay with that and can keep up with the lessons. I also do well in objective-type quizzes and recitations. But there are also instances where we have to recite our opinions on certain issues and of course the role of religion in it.
I never get a good grades when it comes to those kind of questions. They say I don’t “glorify” the religion enough. On one essay which asks us to describe our personal relationship with God, I gt a really low score for simply saying I respect religion but I don’t subscribe to it.
Do they have the right to discriminate against me like that? What am I supposed to do? Lie?
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Posted on 12 July 2011. Tags: Affiliate, area, Catholic, church, fiance, god, long island, nassau county, practicing catholic, protestant, Religion
I recently got engaged. My fiance is a non-practicing Catholic (he was only baptized), and I am a non-practicing Protestant. We would really like to be married in a church though. We both believe in God but don’t really affiliate ourselves with any religion. Does anyone have any suggestions on what church we could get married at? We are in the Nassau County area…Thanks!
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Posted on 19 June 2011. Tags: Catholic, communion, Education, Feel, first communion, person, religious colleges, religious person, religious school, school experience
I mean besides the fact about being religious. I’m talking about the feel, education, etc. Everytime I see a school is a Catholic or Christian school or etc. generally I’ve turned my head and sighed and kept on looking for a different one. I’m not really a religious person. I have nothing against it, my family is religious, I had my first communion but ever since I could think for myself I’ve considered myself a bit agnostic. I just want to know what it’s like at a religious school. Is the school experience there all that different from a school that’s not affiliated with any church? I’m trying to find a college for me to transfer to since I just graduated high school and am not looking forward to be preached to every day. Serious answers only please. Sorry if my question sounds ignorant, I just really need an answer because I have no idea what it’s like.
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Posted on 29 April 2011. Tags: Catholic, church, manhattan, manhattan college, religious college, Roman, roman catholic church, Year
I am going to Manhattan College this year. They are affiliated with the Roman Catholic church. I am not religious at all. Will I feel different? Will I be shunned?
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Posted on 27 April 2011. Tags: Black, Catholic, gay couple, goodness, guidos, hate crimes, house, mayor bloomberg, Moved, Natives, neighborhood, smiles, Them
Okay so.
My high school is mostly made up of students from the same three surrounding, small neighborhoods. The one I grew up in is very homophobic but not as bad as my neighboring town. That neighborhood is notorious for hate crimes. Like, Mayor Bloomberg visited there because of it.
We’re all intense Italian and Irish Catholic guidos. It’s not even gays they attack. When a Black family moved into there a few years ago, a bunch of the natives burnt their house down. (No one was hurt, thank goodness, and yes, they did put a number of them behind bars.)
My boyfriend grew up in that neighborhood and he said it was hell. He didn’t come out until he was 20 and able to move a little while away.
Now our neighborhoods aren’t technically gang affiliated, but work like one. Our neighborhoods basically have each other’s backs. When someone has a problem with another person, it becomes both neighborhood’s business. Do you know what I mean?
Why they moved in here is beyond me. It’s gotten to the point where I go out of my way and purposely walk past their house to and from school everyday. I don’t know what to do.
We’ve only exchanged smiles and “good morning’s”. They’re in their 30’s and I’m 18. Should I make friends with them anyway? So they know they have someone here?
I can’t even stress how neurotic I’ve become over this. I’m literally scared for them. Is their anything at all I can do or maybe should do? Any advice at all?
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Posted on 29 March 2011. Tags: Adult, Bible, Catholic, church, Ex-orthodox, infant, initiative, orthodox christian, Religion, ties
If a Catholic or Orthodox Christian is baptized as an infant, and then cuts all ties to that church as an adult, would they have to be baptized again, this time after having studied the Bible and taken the initiative themselves… what if they are no longer affiliated with any church (non-denominational/no religion)
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