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I'd like you guy's thoughts/insights/advise.

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• stand in stan
• catholic
• church
• god
• atheism
• religion.

[o2theh]

Hey Stan I'm a fan of your videos but I see your a Giants fan. I'm a Dodgers fan so I guess we are baseball enemies. :)

[standinstann]

@o2theh We are indeed! GIANTS BABY! =P

[Williamsfan]

Hey Stan!

Congratulations on the marriage!

As a Catholic person myself, the very best response I think I can give is to pray fervently about this.

You are after all, a Catholic because of your trust in Jesus, yeah?

So trust in Him. He's seriously the man!

Remember that there have been times when even the saints have been at loggerheads with the church for brief periods. Stay obedient obviously, but pray for a solution. Saint Faustina Kowalska did, for example, and was commended for it.

[standinstann]

@Williamsfan You get 100 bonus points for mentioning Saint Faustina. Her diary made a big difference in my spiritual life.

[unassumption]

What seperates Catholicism from other branches of Christianity?

If you disagree you agree with it on those areas, what does it mean to say you are a Catholic, that would not be said by saying you are a Christian?

Your description of yourself sounds rather protestant. Maybe its time to become non-denominational - how important is the church to you, or to God?

What makes you a Catholic?

Why do you want to be?

What are you to yourself is what matters. Everyone conflicts somewhat

[standinstann]

@unassumption If you google "the nicene creed" and "the sacraments" and "apostolic succession" you will find a partial answer to those questions.

[standinstann]

@theFFVIguy

I would fire everyone connected to the musical chairs of abusive priests, strike humane vitae from church teaching, allow priests to marry, and form a counsel of lay people to advise the new collage of cardinals, and all church counsels.

I am not kidding.

[sailorsilverstar]

I say you do what fits what you two want!! I myself am not a religious person so I could understand half of the situation i guess ^_^' i think you said it best when you even said "the families are there, primarily, to celebrate their children's union, the special day, etc. I find the idea of a mass being thrown into that to be superfluous, distracting, and unnecessary. It would (to my mind) be kind of like having a mass at a birthday party" good luck to you guys and congratulations again!!!!!!

[Bassbait]

@janosabel Which is why I see Religion as not an inherently evil form of belief. Atheism is a movement that has been screwed up as well, as has any movement, as you said. So I don't see why there's a big argument about who is worse when everyone's equally terrible in a general sense. General as in the average person.

[janosabel]

@Bassbait, "...Religions as governments." A good parallel.

Christ was the inspirer of the Christian religion. But, as the case is with all movements, the followers screwed it up and keep screwing it up.

[janosabel]

I like your thoughtful "discourses". (I am 74 years old :-)

[Zarrov]

Wedding already passed propably and the issue is a non-issue, however here is my thought from someone raised in catholic faith in country dominated by catholics (95%): there is a difference between Church as organisation and Church as earthly body of Jesus Christ. And despite the reasons why some "procedures" look like they look, you are justified not to follow them if that conflicts with your counciousness. Jesus himself condemned blind following the law. That doesn't make you right though.

[laserwolf65]

Well, from my perspective, the Catholic Church either does have apostolic succession, or it does not. If it does, then it is indeed God's Church, and therefore, it has the authority to perform the sacraments and the guidance of God. If it is not what it claims, then it has no such authority nor does it have the guidance of God. If you come to the conclusion that it is the Church of God, then you are willfully rebelling against His will. If it is not, then you are not.

[TuJuXorX]

Have you ever watched a show called "The Atheist Experience"? In the show they talk about everything related to religion and take viewer calls and answer questions very similar to yours from the atheist point of view. You might find interesting topics on their website in the episode descriptions.

I realise I'm not actually answering your questions and I'm definitely not thinking that you should become an atheist or anything, but I say you might want to check it out to get some new ideas.