I’m a somewhat observant catholic, I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues from fellow Catholics, including anti-lgbt statement from them
I’m now going under faith crisis, I have no idea what to do. I don’t wanna leave catholicism but at the same time I want to, The more I look at Catholics, the more I’m getting astray from Christianity especially when I saw someone celebrating a death of a “openly gay” person. and that really disgusts me when I read it, the amount of hatred (some) Catholics have towards the LGTBQ+ community is really staggering to me, also I don’t feel safe with some of my Catholic friends I have. And seems like they kinda of hateful against anyone disagree with their political beliefs, or even religion sometimes
Now I don’t know what to do, either embracing agnosticism . Or just trapped in this religion forever,
I will appreciate for every advice or reply to me. I’m very happy that I find a place to post about issues I’m going through,
I get that. I left catholicism as a teen for a variety of reasons but one of the big ones was the bigoted views of other catholics. Leaving organized religion is a difficult thing, especially when you’ve grown up in it and many or all of the people close to you participate in it. It is completely normal to be worried about losing the acceptance of those people. I’ve gone through this twice, once when I left catholicism, and a second time when I came out as trans, and I can tell you that if the people close to you really do love you and appreciate you that they will come around eventually.
Also, with religion/spirituality, you really can just believe whatever you want, it doesn’t have to be in a book or followed by anyone else. Ultimately, it is your choice if you want to stay in catholicism, follow your own version of it, be an atheist, look into other existing religions, or have your own personal one.
This, even tho not all of them are like that, but I completely agree with you regarding the bigotry within some Catholic circles.
If you spoke out against them. They will throw “insulting a fellow Catholic” at your face like how a baby will throw Lego pieces after you gave it to them. Thanks in advance <3
This feels like group identity overwhelming personal identity. Like “whatever else I might be, I’m a Catholic/Republican/American first.”
I don’t understand that. I’m a former soldier. I swore an oath to defend my country. I love it. And I will stand up when I think it is wrong. I stand up for things I believe in, but it’s not transitive. And I don’t let others hide behind that cloak, either.
That’s probably why I don’t consider myself a member of any particular organization. I’ve voted a certain way in every election since 2000 but I don’t consider myself a member of that party and will fight them when I think they are wrong. They represent me, they don’t define me.
That’s probably not helpful regarding Catholicism, but it seems to be a nuance many people are lacking in general these days.