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The preist isn't going to ask you about your denomination. He just wans you to purge your soul of sin.

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Personally, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to go into a confessional to talk to a priest, but I'm not really sure. I know Confession is a Sacrament of the Catholic church, so I'm not really sure what the criteria is to get it. I don't know that there'd be a problem, though. Why don't you talk to the priest nearest you and see what the deal is. If you can't go into the confessional, I'm sure he'd still be willing to talk with you. It's their job to help people, after all.

Good luck.

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beep beep I'm a Jeep

The reason why I wouldn't go to a Confessional is because I'm a Protestant-don't believe in formally going to one when I can do it right here.

My biggest issues are trust, fear, & judgment. I'm afraid of telling anyone in the flesh about this huge problem I have because of I'm afraid of being judged; I simply don't trust anyone "in person" about telling them about my problem.

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A priest's job isn't to judge you, it's his job to help you. Just talk to someone. A guidance counselor, a priest, your pastor, a trusted friend, your parents, whoever you can trust. I think talking to someone, getting your problem out there in the open, is an important step.

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beep beep I'm a Jeep

That's the thing-I don't know who do trust. If you knew what this problem I'm struggling with was, you wouldn't trust anyone, either.

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Ian, I read what your wrote on DeviantArt, there, and I can empathize with your loneliness. I was without any friends for several years, and last summer, I just snapped. I broke down and cried in my bedroom. But Jesus has really helped me since then, and I've gotten to know one orr two people really well.

The best advice I can give you is to take your problem to God, and ask him to help you fix it and even to overcome your fear. You might also want to talk to your pastor in confidentiality once you're ready.

I'm praying for ya, man.

Thanks, Dougie!

If you really want to know what my problem is, pm or e-mail me.

Toast paint: Do Catholics & Protestants for the most part get along? I go to a multi-denominational (as in Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, etc.) church, & everyone there seems to be pretty happy with one another.

BTW, sorry about the transsubstantation/"taste" thing. It was an afterthought from a [bad] Dane Cook joke.

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Sure they do. With the exceptions of lunatics like Jack Chick or the administration of Bob Jones University, and I'm sure there's also some rabidly anti-Protestant Catholics out there, Catholics and other denominations get along just fine.

In fact, here's an good article about it.

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beep beep I'm a Jeep

... unless of course you're Irish like me, then reading this post stinks of all kinds of stupid.

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I don't know how it is in Ireland, but where I live there's no conflict between denominations of Christianity.

We're like one big Coke commercial.

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beep beep I'm a Jeep

What are you talking about?

The IRA?

They fall under the category of "lunatics"...

Most Protestants and Catholics I know seem to get along rather well, as well they should. They are, after all, "on the same side".

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

Well, over here, there's still a lot of bad blood, and it really is stupid. It's not so much nowadays, but a few years ago when I was back in school people were being fed anti-"Proddy" rubbish.

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Just curious, Rosie. What part of Ireland are you from? Funky & Jonn-E are from teh North.

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It's like that where I live too. Not so much in Halifax itself but in around places (especially Sheet Harbour) there's alot of people who bash Prod's as well.

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Southwest. But nowhere is that far away in Ireland... it only seems like more because of the bad roads.

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so i go to a catholic school and all, and my religion teacher told me last year that if i ever wanted to spend a good night out on the town, i should hold a debate about politics and religion with some people of differing view points, grab some beer, and watch them kill each other.

i've always wanted to try it.

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i'm a catholic, and i cant find anythign wrong with my religion. I see that the discusion has drifted from topic, since the first few people took care of this very nicely...

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My opinion: Catholicism is too religious on the fact that you can't do anything wrong intsead of helping people become Christians or better Christians. They aren't trying to help anybody because they are too caught up in all of their rituals that they don't notice when somebody is in trouble.

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haha...u just like...wow...

you said Catholicism is too religios...its a religion buddy, its supposed to be religious.

There isnt anythnign about not doing anything wrong. i have no clue what ur talking about. if ur talking about that fact that Catholics try not to sin, that would make no sense, since all christians believe that sinning is wrong. And if you are more concerned about making people believe in God then not sinning, that makes no sense. if you believe in God, but you dont follow God's teachings, then you can still go to heck. it doesnt matter how much you believe in Him if you dont listen. And Catholics do try to help people believe. I do that all the time.

Catholics help people...i dont know what ur talking about there....i help people every day... you are way off base man. when u dont understand something you should ask instead of critisize.

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God lets you into Heaven if you're a good little boy or girl, so be good.
I'm a Catholic myself, so I know.

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yea, i am too...if u didnt pick up on that already...

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So, Clan, maybe you should follow that example.

Toast paint!

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Somehow, I really doubt that the workings of God are as simple as that.

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Ace is totally right; just look up John 3:16. See why you should pay attention, Clan?

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Or Titus 3:5.

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Okay, sorry to bump this, but I have a question.

Why do Catholics practice infant baptism?

So they can be forgiven original sin or some limbo thing or something like that. In sunday school the teachers always had different answers for that one.

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Well, as one of the other threads reported, looks like limbo is outta there.

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I may not be able to speak for Roman Catholics, but I can speak for Lutherans: Acts 2:38-39. The benefits of Baptism are for children as well as adults. We Lutherans baptize children so as to offer the child to God, that he might mark them as his. We believe that forgiveness, cleansing, and new birth are available in Baptism, even for children.

But think about it: why is it that some people believe that children should not be baptized? Wouldn't you want that baptismal grace to be available to your children?

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I will answer your question and then pose one to you:

I believe children should not be baptized because they have not committed sin. Baptism is for redemtpion of sins. Little children do not have the knowledge to be accountable for sin, therefore they are clean before the Lord without having to be cleansed.

Now my question: What happens to infants that are not baptized and then die?