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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2010, 11:44:PM » |
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And what in the world is a Filipino doing being a Protestant anyway? What? The Catholic country of the Philippines needs to be saved from itself? I'd like to see those Protestant missionaries go to Mindinao (south Philippines). There's PLENTY of people (muslims) who aren't a Christian of any kind. I often think that about Protestant "missions" to Latin America. On the other hand, that's how the Protestant English establishment felt about Catholic proselytism in the 19th/early 20th century, or in certain areas of the United States today. |
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2010, 01:02:PM » |
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Okay,
Yesterday, the wife and I attended a get-together at a friend's house to celebrate his birthday and anniversary with the wife.
What was it like?
Well, we got there, there was lots of food. We ate it--and then BOOM--the entire evening turned into a Protestant Bible study.
I hate at-home Protestant Bible studies. Not everyone there was that denomination, yet they pulled out the guitar and talked bible...and talked bible...and talked bible...for two or three hours. A crumby birthday/anniversary if you ask me!
So basically, yesterday we drove for 30 minutes to a place where we ate real quick, had to sit in the kitchen and be quiet for two or three hours so that the preacher could talk, then we went home.
What other things about the Protestant Bible-thumping experience can I tell you to...convey...what it was like, and why I converted from it...
I'd have left and made it clear why. That was very impolite (or a great example of not explaining the social situation to invited people) for them to do. Imagine if it were done for any other thing. What if it turned into a political fund raiser, a presentation on the importance of clean energy sources or some fanboy talking about their fixation for three hours? Would "tolerance" or "respect" be an issue then? No, it would be a "look who is socially crippled" situation. |
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LaramieHirsch
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2010, 02:13:PM » |
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Okay, now I will change the dynamic of this thread.
The husband and the wife, I believe, accepted the Bible study at their house. It is not as if it was a party crash or anything. They knew it'd be a Bible study-ish evening. Yet still...it's an anniversary and a birthday party. Why invite people for that with the caveat that you'd be attending a Bible study at the same time? I think that was unfair.
But more troubling...several Catholics and non-practicing folk attended anyway. It is as if they have no problem walking into an assault on their belief/non-belief. These folks just come to such gatherings, saying "Awe, it's a Bible study! There isn't anything wrong with that!" That, I thought, was the most troubling.
I find a lot of the Filipinos here just mix everything up in a bucket and eat the slop. "They're teaching about love and the Bible! It doesn't offend me! It's all about the community, and people getting together!" ...that is what I find troubling. This compromising attitude toward the calculated "get-together."
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« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2010, 04:08:PM » |
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Oh gosh, this is my nightmare and largely the reason for my lack of social life, (not that I'm the most social person anyway, but I do enjoy a little bit on occasion). We have to move because of my husband's job but every new place we go, the FIRST people on the doorstep wanting to befriend us are these people. It's so frustrating. They're so nice and warm and welcoming, you almost think "wow, I might like it here", then come the "party" invite, and the bible study invite, and the church invite and the "volunteer" invite and the "ladies night" invite, all centered around their brand of religion, (which is nothing because they want everyone to go and be 'happy'). It's all very Target and hip, you know. As soon as you make it clear you're not interested....they're gone. Almost like you're dead to them. Which, by then is a relief, but then you're left alone, yet again. Some places are worse than others, we happen to be in a worse place now, if you couldn't tell by my mini-vent.
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« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2010, 06:10:PM » |
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Personally, I'd threaten to burn the whole place down.
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« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2010, 07:00:PM » |
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So, this wasn't an isolated incident, but is actually kind of common? How bizarre. It's like being invited to a classy golf tournament, and you arrive to find a mini-golf course. A mini-golf course staffed entirely by clowns.
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LaramieHirsch
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« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2010, 07:45:PM » |
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So, this wasn't an isolated incident, but is actually kind of common? How bizarre. It's like being invited to a classy golf tournament, and you arrive to find a mini-golf course. A mini-golf course staffed entirely by clowns.
. Lol! Wifey's friends are nice. But the husbands of some of them can be fiercely Protestant, if prevoked. |
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« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2010, 10:45:PM » |
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So, this wasn't an isolated incident, but is actually kind of common? How bizarre. It's like being invited to a classy golf tournament, and you arrive to find a mini-golf course. A mini-golf course staffed entirely by clowns.
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« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2010, 11:11:PM » |
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Oh gosh, this is my nightmare and largely the reason for my lack of social life, (not that I'm the most social person anyway, but I do enjoy a little bit on occasion). We have to move because of my husband's job but every new place we go, the FIRST people on the doorstep wanting to befriend us are these people. It's so frustrating. They're so nice and warm and welcoming, you almost think "wow, I might like it here", then come the "party" invite, and the bible study invite, and the church invite and the "volunteer" invite and the "ladies night" invite, all centered around their brand of religion, (which is nothing because they want everyone to go and be 'happy'). It's all very Target and hip, you know. As soon as you make it clear you're not interested....they're gone. Almost like you're dead to them. Which, by then is a relief, but then you're left alone, yet again. Some places are worse than others, we happen to be in a worse place now, if you couldn't tell by my mini-vent.
Yes this.. I get this alot. I find it really offensive when they come off with the assumption that I'm not "saved" because I'm Catholic. And then if I start being reasonable about it, as in, "well, how can we presume that we're saved? Are you sure you're saved?"... it only makes them push harder. Religious pride is exactly what it is. |
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Note: According to this precept, I find that Buddhism is NOT true. I have tested and judged many things, and the only Truth I have found is in God's One True Church: The Catholic Church.
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« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2010, 01:42:AM » |
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Personally, I'd threaten to burn the whole place down.
Right on. Nothing says "fraternal correction" better than arson. ;) |
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