Tentacruel Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 While our lives will remain the same' date=' I get the upper hand because I don't have to pray or go to church. That's an extra 5 hours in my whole lifetime. Hooray![/quote']Church, maybe. But I usually pray whilst going about my daily activities. Like, I could be praying while typing this. So, you really only gain 4 hours of extra life. To refer back to the original topic: I am an athiest that goes to a Catholic school. I did not get sent there by my parents. I chose to attend. While certainly I stand out' date=' and people, or some people at least, are perhaps a little uncomfortable about me at first, I do not face the problems described. I can't rule that A is entirely at fault for his situation, but his behavior towards his fellow classmates and teachers almost certainly has a significant impact on said situation. There is a distinction between disbelief and rebellion. You can go to a Catholic school without making a scene just fine, but don't expect to get along too well at a school like that if you try to challenge everybody at every turn.[/quote']Agreed. Btw, its actually pretty common for atheists to go to Catholic schools. (Just out of curiosity, why would you want to go to a Catholic school? And what is it like? Are there nuns? Nuns scare me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Note that after he questioned God and was suspended, after he got back, he was clean for a whole year. No one associated with him. But when they asked him to pray (more like forced), he simply said no. So maybe if they get the slightest amount of sense and ignore him completley, he won't get in trouble and other people won't have to hear about atheism. I am an athiest that goes to a Catholic school. I did not get sent there by my parents. I chose to attend. Actually, public school was too easy for him, so he slightly wanted to go to Catholic school. But his parents milked this situation like crazy thinking that he'd turn Christian again. If he said, right now, that he wanted to go back to public school, his parents would probably refuse. Also, I forgot to mention that his parents called a preist to his house to talk to him. He hasn't told me what the talk was like. But he told me he didn't fight it, he didn't debate. He sat down, pretended to listen to the preist, but for the whole 30 minutes, he sang the Mario theme song in his head. So I don't want to ask him what the preist said, because he doesn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Once again Catholicism =/= Christianity But I get what you're saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Isn't Christianity a branch of Catholocism? Sorry, it's 1 AM here. I can't think well. You've corrected me about that various times now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 It was just a general statement' date=' but it wasn't referring to you. If there is an all-powerful being, why doesn't he or she distribute this "karma" fairly? Why are millions of Africans starving in Africa? Surely not every African has done bad things to deserve that. I'd like to believe that it is not a being that determines your future, but the actions that you take. Life isn't very fun when you go by 'logic.' Okay, so you can go believe in whatever you want. I'll take the more rational route and not believe in that. While our lives will remain the same, I get the upper hand because I don't have to pray or go to church. That's an extra 5 hours in my whole lifetime. Hooray! This is to test people's faith. We believe that when those people struggle for food from others, they will gain everything when they physically die. Or at least get a rest. Now, that doesn't mean we should ignore those people and not give them food, because we should, but when they are in heaven, they will gain everything they needed and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 This is to test people's faith. We believe that when those people struggle for food from others' date=' they will gain everything when they physically die. Or at least get a rest. Now, that doesn't mean we should ignore those people and not give them food, because we should, but when they are in heaven, they will gain everything they needed and more.[/quote'] But it is still uncomfortable to be hungry. So we should give them food. Isn't Christianity a branch of Catholocism? Sorry' date=' it's 1 AM here. I can't think well. You've corrected me about that various times now.[/quote'] Yeah, I know how that is. Lack of sleep does bad things to you. But what I meant is that the base beliefs of Christianity and Catholicism are slightly different. Christianity=[Accept Jesus=Go to Heaven]Catholicism=[Follow the rules=Go to Heaven] At least I think. I'm not catholic so idk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 That's what I don't understand. If I was struggling that much, and I prayed to God, but nothing happened, I'd completley lose faith in God. So if a God (I should have said supreme being, but that's more letters) really does exist, why would he give people such a horrible life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 That's what I don't understand. If I was struggling that much' date=' and I prayed to God, but nothing happened, I'd completley lose faith in God. So if a God (I should have said supreme being, but that's more letters) really does exist, why would he give people such a horrible life?[/quote']Well, according to Christian beliefs, we are all bastards and deserve to burn in hell. So by answering prayers God is giving us more than we deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 This is to test people's faith. We believe that when those people struggle for food from others' date=' they will gain everything when they physically die. Or at least get a rest. Now, that doesn't mean we should ignore those people and not give them food, because we should, but when they are in heaven, they will gain everything they needed and more.[/quote'] But it is still uncomfortable to be hungry. So we should give them food. Isn't Christianity a branch of Catholocism? Sorry' date=' it's 1 AM here. I can't think well. You've corrected me about that various times now.[/quote'] Yeah, I know how that is. Lack of sleep does bad things to you. But what I meant is that the base beliefs of Christianity and Catholicism are slightly different. Christianity=[Accept Jesus=Go to Heaven]Catholicism=[Follow the rules=Go to Heaven] At least I think. I'm not catholic so idk. Their beliefs are the same, except they do things differently ceremonially, such as in masses. Also, I literally said that a line later in my post. At least, that's what I was trying to do. @Dark: There is a story in the Bible about how when someone continues to ask a priest to do something over, and over, and over, and over, and she finally gets what she asks for. God asks you to repetitively ask so he knows you are truly faithful in him, and that he will do what you asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 This is to test people's faith. We believe that when those people struggle for food from others' date=' they will gain everything when they physically die. Or at least get a rest. Now, that doesn't mean we should ignore those people and not give them food, because we should, but when they are in heaven, they will gain everything they needed and more.[/quote'] But it is still uncomfortable to be hungry. So we should give them food. Isn't Christianity a branch of Catholocism? Sorry' date=' it's 1 AM here. I can't think well. You've corrected me about that various times now.[/quote'] Yeah, I know how that is. Lack of sleep does bad things to you. But what I meant is that the base beliefs of Christianity and Catholicism are slightly different. Christianity=[Accept Jesus=Go to Heaven]Catholicism=[Follow the rules=Go to Heaven] At least I think. I'm not catholic so idk. Catholicism is just another branch, or more accurately the trunk, of Christianity (Since Catholicism was the original denomination). There's a Catholic Catechism and a hierarchy which tells the official position of the church on a given subject (and thus theoretically there is room for less variation within the Catholic church) but it's really no more about following the rules than any other branch of Christianity. In fact, depending on the Protestant sect to which you belong, it is almost EXACTLY the same as what you believe. It's differentiated from Orthodox Christianity only by procedural and hierarchal differences, but in content is the same religion. Also, I chose to go to the school because of the education it could provide me. St. Ignatius is one of the best high schools in my state (Ohio). No nuns, but there are Jesuit priests, most of whom are quite excellent teachers. Its quite funny: The theology department, composed of random laymen, is extremely conservative regarding everything, while the actual priests at my school are all very liberal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Also' date=' I chose to go to the school because of the education it could provide me. St. Ignatius is one of the best high schools in my state (Ohio). No nuns, but there are Jesuit priests, most of whom are quite excellent teachers. Its quite funny: The theology department, composed of random laymen, is extremely conservative regarding everything, while the actual priests at my school are all very liberal.[/quote']Lol, funny how things work like that. Also out of curiosity, is the school really strict at all? Are there are any ridiculous rules that are almost impossible to follow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Sankara Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 That's what I don't understand. If I was struggling that much' date=' and I prayed to God, but nothing happened, I'd completley lose faith in God. So if a God (I should have said supreme being, but that's more letters) really does exist, why would he give people such a horrible life?[/quote'] If you asked your child not to do something that would injure himself, but he does it anyway, would you let him learn his lesson or baby him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyowl Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Also' date=' I chose to go to the school because of the education it could provide me. St. Ignatius is one of the best high schools in my state (Ohio). No nuns, but there are Jesuit priests, most of whom are quite excellent teachers. Its quite funny: The theology department, composed of random laymen, is extremely conservative regarding everything, while the actual priests at my school are all very liberal.[/quote']Lol, funny how things work like that. Also out of curiosity, is the school really strict at all? Are there are any ridiculous rules that are almost impossible to follow? I go to a private school run by Jesuits, and although some rules, at least for me, seem pretty pointless, none are impossible to follow. They are strict, but they are also fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 That's what I don't understand. If I was struggling that much' date=' and I prayed to God, but nothing happened, I'd completley lose faith in God. So if a God (I should have said supreme being, but that's more letters) really does exist, why would he give people such a horrible life?[/quote'] If you asked your child not to do something that would injure himself, but he does it anyway, would you let him learn his lesson or baby him? I don't see how that relates to Africa, but IMHO, I'd do neither. I wouldn't care enough to make him learn, and I wouldn't care enough to baby him. Unless it was something mad dangerous, like playing with a gun. Then, I'd teach him how to use it. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark One Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Also' date=' I chose to go to the school because of the education it could provide me. St. Ignatius is one of the best high schools in my state (Ohio). No nuns, but there are Jesuit priests, most of whom are quite excellent teachers. Its quite funny: The theology department, composed of random laymen, is extremely conservative regarding everything, while the actual priests at my school are all very liberal.[/quote']Lol, funny how things work like that. Also out of curiosity, is the school really strict at all? Are there are any ridiculous rules that are almost impossible to follow? I go to a private school run by Jesuits, and although some rules, at least for me, seem pretty pointless, none are impossible to follow. They are strict, but they are also fair. Well, there's a dress code. If you count that as being a ridiculous rule that is hard to follow. In some ways we have a lot more freedom than other high schools I know. For example, we have free periods, where we simply don't have a class and can do whatever we want, rather than a lunch and a study hall, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 This thread has been hijacked! :O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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