How often do you go to church

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Brachy pride a non cathoilic cannot be married inthe cathloic church unless he or she has made all the scaraments leading up to confirmation. Both parties must have all the catholic sacraments up tp . confirmation to marry in the catholic church. It used to be only one needed to be catholic and needed the confirmation but that has sinced changed. You are also required to attend a marriage class for catholics to agree to yada yada ya and agree to not practice any type ofbirth control. The catholic church is the giant hypicrosy in the face of relegion. I know i have practiced this hypocrisy all my life

[Ted Striker]

Mrs. T is 100% correct

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I must add that relegion only becomes a problem for couples that allow the dam thing to come between them. There is no need to fight over a topic that your not going to agree on. Which i have never seen to folks of the oposite relegion do. Tubes and i dont even talk relegion its a moot poitn since he dont practice and neither do I. Doesnt mean that we havent been traind in the crap we just agree that it isnt worth a fight

[Ted Striker]

That's true Mrs. T.

Usually what I see with a couple where one is Catholic and the other is not, or they are from different churches:

1) One gives in and joins the religion
2) They break up
3) They stay the same but raise the kids as Catholics.

#3 is the situation where the even the Catholic person is not allowed to take communion because their spouse didn't go through the classes and rituals you mentioned in your above post.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

your right ted The spouse that is not catholic cant take communnion. The spouse that is can if he or she continues to go to confession as ordered by the church. In my experience the spouse that is non catholic goes along lets the other raise the kid catholic and doesnt have a relegious belief. Most Folks dont realize that marriage to the catholic church is a sacrament to. Its called the sacrament of holy matrimony. There are only two more after this and those are annointing the sick and holy orders. Whcih are almost unobtainable.

[Sava]

I only had religion become a problem one time in my experience with women...

it was with a girl who I discovered was devoutly christian (but didn't seem to know what "denomination" meant when I asked her what denomination she was )...

the whole time I saw this girl, she never talked about religion at all... in fact, we never talked about much... just partied and had sex and went out... we were not really connected emotionally at all, we just had fun together, like went out to the arcade and movies and watched tv, even played video games... and we smoked a ton of weed together... it was geat... but one day we started discussing religion, and she's like, ZOMFG I'm a super christian!!! and she was dead serious about it...

I thought it was a joke... I mean, this girl was the biggest party girl I had ever known. She drank me under the table, we smoked a ton of weed, she smoked cigarettes... I mean... wow... and she was hot too BTW... probably the second hottest girl I ever had sex with. Short, probably about 5'1'', short blonde hair, about down to the jaw. She was small, but not skinny... nice body. sorry, no pics on the PC

so anyways, she tells me she is very christian, and believes in CREATIONISM, Adam and Eve and everything.

I am not joking. This was in 2000, before the elections, before I had joined Apolyton. I was 20 years old, working at a Pizza Hut while in college.

Can you imagine... me... SAVA, going out with this girl?

well, needless to say, our relationship ended about 47 seconds after she revealed this information to me...

this was the most interesting 47 seconds or so in my entire life...

we were watching tv or something about 20 minutes after having sex... I was preparing to smoke a bowl (weed) and we started talking about the election and who we were voting for... she said Bush, I said Gore... that didn't bother me, but when I asked why, she gave me a weird answer...

"because he's Christian"

me: "but so is Gore"
her: "yeah but Bush is the right kind of Christian"
me: "what does that mean?"
her: "he doesn't murder children"
me: "Gore murders children?"
her: "yes!"
me: "okay... does this mean you are against abortion?"
her: "absolutely! aren't you? the bible says abortion is wrong!"
me: "there isn't anything about abortion in the bible"
her: "yeah, thou shall not murder! it's one of jesus's commandments"
me: "wasn't God the one who gave the commandments to Moses, Jesus came like thousands of years later..."
her: "Jesus is our Lord and Savior..."

/me pauses because that sounds like a Pavlovian response

me: "so what denomination are you"
her: "Christian"
me: "yes, but what denomination?"
her: "what is that??!?!! I am a Christian!!!! "
me:
her: "are we going to smoke or what?"

/me runs away

her: "call me!"

We really broke up a few days later, but that is the moment our relationship ended as far as I am concerned. I could not go out with someone like that.

1. Creationist... wow... seriously... adam and eve? noah's ark? dinosaurs and humans living together?

2. She did drink quite a bit... that would have bothered me as time progressed... but being a devout Christian, but partying really hard like that? How hypocritical.

3. If we got married, she'd wanna brainwash my kids.

[Ted Striker]

She sounded like a deep thinker.

I give odds 95% that she's Southern Baptist.

[MrFun]

I only make it to church when my work hours on Sunday at Super Target do not conflict with the service schedule, so I average only a couple of times every month. If it weren't for that, I would be going every Sunday.

[Pyrodrew]

A local priest doesn't have the authority to decide, only a bishop and only if certain conditions are met. It's not as well known, easy or common like going to get a lottery ticket or something. Some searching on the internet...

From the CCC 1401

"When, in the Ordinary's judgment, a grave necessity arises, Catholic ministers may give the sacraments of Eucharist, Penance, and Anointing of the Sick to other Christians not in full communion with the Catholic Church, who ask for them of their own will, provided they give evidence of holding the Catholic faith regarding these sacraments and possess the required dispositions." (The footnote sites Cf. CIC can. 844 S 4)

By communion I meant...

Communion - The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation

3. If we got married, she'd wanna brainwash my kids.

And no one would ever know the denomination.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Spiffor

Well, not everyone has rituals.

no, everyone has those too.

I spend a day with you, probably less than an hour, I'll work you out, peer into your soul, find your little Gods.

[Spiffor]

Bring it on

[Alexander's Horse]

we already know what you worship

[Last Conformist]

We found the piglet altar in your wardrobe.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
No, Anglicans are not allowed to take communion in a catholic church.

Only roman catholics can, and only if they are free from mortal sin at that particular moment, that is why most people confess before communion.

Anyway, if you are agonizing, and there is only a catholic priest around, he will listen to your confession and give you the eucharist, even if you are not a catholic.
.

Actually in a meeting with Archbishop Michael Ramsey in 1964 Paul VI declared the Anglican Churches and the (Roman) Catholic Church to be sister faiths, sharing common sacraments, and declared that Anglicans could partake of (Roman) Catholic communion. However, he didn't go so far as to grant reciprocity for (Roman) Catholics.

[Alexander's Horse]

I did anyway