Recovering Catholics

**depechebox** · 02-23-2009, 05:57 PM

anyone?

share your stories, how did you lose and gain your faith back..

kay bag o pako, ani and Im one of the Recovering Catholics..

**akosabni** · 02-23-2009, 06:56 PM

karon pa ko kabati ani 'recovering catholics' ... la-in man, morag gikan nga na sakit

anyway, is this the same as a 'backslider'?

**Hellblazer 2.1** · 02-24-2009, 10:15 AM

recovering catholics? maybe pasabot niya kay Prodigal Catholics. those who went "astray" and now they're back into the fold.

opinion: "pag tsur uy! kay wa kay klaro". catholic, non-catholic, catholic, non-catholic. come on! make up your mind. -rockhound, armageddon

**pinoyapache** · 02-24-2009, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by depechebox

anyone?

share your stories, how did you lose and gain you faith back..

kay bag o pako, ani and Im one of the Recovering Catholics..

Maybe you meant Renewed Catholics. I am one. Lost for 20++ years then going home. I never lost my faith, I just didn't care then, opting to pursue the other mysteries of life. Now I am back and I'm stronger in my faith. God bless you!

**Hellblazer 2.1** · 02-24-2009, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by pinoyapache

Maybe you meant Renewed Catholics. I am one. Lost for 20++ years then going home. I never lost my faith, I just didn't care then, opting to pursue the other mysteries of life. Now I am back and I'm stronger in my faith. God bless you!

hey, good for you.

but, no thanks.

**seven_segment** · 02-24-2009, 12:04 PM

not really backsliding...

but I was getting skeptic...and somehow concluded on my own understanding...

until an unforgettable experience happened to my life...

and then all those questions...gone!

**pruzchett** · 02-24-2009, 12:36 PM

I'm still in the "astray" phase. I don't go to mass and I don't pray. I'm bitter about the rosary too, which is a little ridiculous hehehe, because I hate it when people are bitter about things that disappoint them. And yeah, the rosary disappointed me once, I have yet to let go of my grudge. I never wanted to pray the rosary ever since that happened. I used to pray to Mother Mary before and always got my wishes granted. I was devastated that day... But it's not the part where I got "lost"...

Somehow, over the years, I just got tired of all the Catholic rituals, "inessentials of a religion", and I thought it was better to stick to Jesus' core teachings. I think Jesus was a great teacher and philosopher, and a really great role model.

Now I just find it weird, going to Church, doing confessions, etc... I imagine myself dying and facing God, and often I wonder if he'd really count the number of times I did all these things. Sometimes too I think that God doesn't have any religion, so why should I? lol... But I do believe God or some supreme being is there.

My conservative Catholic friends think that I'm just tempted by Satan, and that I should be careful because Satan's happy enough to take away my faith.

So most of the time, I'm just torn and confused.

Although sometimes, I accompany my friends to Church. I used to be an open minded conservative catholic. but now, I'm just non practicing.

**Hellblazer 2.1** · 02-24-2009, 12:43 PM

welcome to the club. ('c',)

**Hellblazer 2.1** · 02-24-2009, 01:03 PM

do you honestly believe that jesus christ will come back? when's his 2nd coming?

**depechebox** · 02-24-2009, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by pinoyapache

Maybe you meant Renewed Catholics. I am one. Lost for 20++ years then going home. I never lost my faith, I just didn't care then, opting to pursue the other mysteries of life. Now I am back and I'm stronger in my faith. God bless you!

God bless you also, I really did lose my faith back then, for 1 1/2 years.. Ive been an atheist once.

pero daghan lang gyud siya milagro nahimo na dili makita sa mata.

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