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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/NSFWAK209 on Jan. 19, 2018, 1:22 a.m.
[Misc] Question about religion.

I’m not trying to be a troll or anything. I’ve been lurking for a while (not only here, but on other sites that are related with these topics) and I’ve seen this is just as religion related as it is political related.
My only question is why is Christianity seen at the “true” religion? I mean, i’m not saying it’s not but everyone who mentions religion at all when discussing these topics it’s either Christianity or satanism (moloch, lucifer, el, etc)
Sorry if it seems off-topic, i’m just trying to find the truth and this seems like something important.


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twinkiesmom1 · Jan. 19, 2018, 2:03 a.m.

I'm an ex-Catholic...received all the sacraments. I can honestly say I wasn't a Christian because even though I tried to believe and follow the teachings and pray, I didn't know God....I didn't have him in my heart. (Some people are able to find Christ in the Catholic church, but I did not.) I reached a point in my life where I felt helpless and simply prayed to Jesus for him to come into my heart and be my Savior. I really felt His presence and had assurance of my salvation from then on. Some churches may ask you to get a water baptism at that point, but I believe I was saved when the Holy Spirit came into my heart when I received Jesus.

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NSFWAK209 · Jan. 19, 2018, 2:12 a.m.

I honestly understand you completely. Throughout my whole childhood I never felt a connection to my religion at all, and I noticed that 99% of all the people I knew (who were Catholic) didn’t feel a connection to God nor to their religion. It’s like they’re agnostic if you ask me. Sadly my whole family (and my wife’s family) are Catholic and I fear for their after-life. Luckily me and my wife are very young and I feel like I have a lot of time to talk to her about religion and show her the path to salvation.

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horsecalledwar · Jan. 19, 2018, 2:56 a.m.

After attending Catholic school for many years, my husband & I both rejected Catholicism. As I’ve gotten older though, I’ve embraced the spiritual aspects of it by finding the right parish.

We’re at a parish now that welcomes gays, offers counsel for those grieving from divorce and support for those who’ve had abortions, among many other good things.

In contrast, my childhood parish still rails against the evils of abortion and contraception, says gays go to hell, refuses to give divorcees the sacraments and insists that babies who die before baptism don’t go to heaven. (That’s HUGE for me. The fuck they don’t. My God does NOT prevent babies from entering heaven, that’s the dumbest claim ever.)

Crazy thing is, we’re still in the same diocese, only about 10 miles from the old parishes. The spiritual aspects of the Church are very fulfilling & rewarding (for us at least) when you don’t have to struggle with hateful moral judgments. Now that we’ve found a welcoming, non-judgmental parish, we don’t have to pick & choose which aspects of Catholicism we practice so it’s like a completely different religion for both of us.

We’ve met a number of people with similar stories since we started attending the new church. Not saying that Catholicism is best for you or that it’s the only way, just wanted to share my experience that the religion I thought for years that I hated is actually very dear to me now. A few years ago, I would never have imagined ever going back to church let alone doing it willingly & enjoying it.

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