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JEWISH TO CATHOLIC
so my dad is jewish. my mom is baptist. but me and my brothers were brought up jewish. i honestly dont believe the jewish religion and i told my boyfriend this and now he wants me to go to his catholic church with him. i dont know what to expect. i hear you have to go to the priest and get bread and wine and stick your tongue out. how far do i stick my tongue out? what do i wear? questions like that is what i need information on. if someone could help me out it would be greatly appricated. thank you
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* I'm sure you don't hun, that's why they stung so bad. Wasn't it just the funnest? You can fool yourself and your boyfriend, and you can TRY to fool me, but you can never fool God. Haha. Ha.*
It's too bad you rated so low to such good answers. Blocking the truth out and hearing only what you want to hear. My, you'll make a fine catholic after all. Since you haven't done your communion, you're not allowed to eat the bread or drink the wine. Although no one will actually check who's fit for it and who's not, so you can sneak into the line if you get curious. It's not mandatory to stick out your tongue. You can take it from his germy hand if you don't want it touching your mouth. You'll sit there, pay up, sit there, kneel and pretend to pray, and then sit there some more, all in utter silence for two hours. You'll hear endless verses from the bible, countless sermons and testimonies, songs, and the total of how much money they've collected, followed by a reluctant applaud. Honestly, you're going from bad to worse. Like the last person said, it's not about religion, but spirituality. You really think God cares how you do your hair, or how much money you give the church, or where you go to worship, or even how many times you pray to Mary to free you of your sins? Do you honestly believe you need another man, who eats and lusts and poops just like you, to talk to God and have him listen for you? I could care less if you rate me a 1, as long as I'm not being a hypocrite.
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It's not about a religion, it's a relationship. There was this beginning, Adam sinned, THE LORD banished man from the garden. Time went on and the Jewish people fell so utterly far from GOD that HE sent HIS son Jesus to reconcile us back to himself. Ultimately man refused to completely comply to GOD'S plan for their lives they were compelled to come up with their own rules for holy living thus the many religions. Jesus is the Messiah believe it or not. makes no difference. trusting in HIM alone for salvation is important. I believe there are true believers in all religions who preach Jesus as the only way to heaven. If you can't actually feel the presence of THE LORD when you worship you are either in the wrong building or spiritually dead. Jesus said "I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life, no man comes to the FATHER except by me!
Sorry! I've never been to a Catholic church. They have a lot of tradition dating way back. You can expect to see rituals performed to symbolize feeling bad about sin in your life and repenting. You cannot take communion (bread and wine) unless you have gone through their program. What I referred to earlier was tradition is simply that. You should wear something very conservative and hair should be well groomed. It is also important for members to go to confession weekly. You go tell the priest your dirty laundry, say some hail Mary's, and do your best to do better, (which is impossible considering yours and my sin nature) Then load up and go have a few beers and go on with life.
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Yes, some do go to the priest to have bread and wine, but you can't do that unless you take classes about Catholic doctrines. During some masses, you can go to the priest and be blessed by him, but I don't think you'll be able to take Communion at this point. Different religions have different practices, so there'll always be that question of what's going to happen once you're there. It's good that you want to see it for yourself, though. What to wear? Play is same with a button up shirt and some dress pants. Depends on the church in question. Talk to your boyfriend about it. He'll have a pretty good idea of what usually happens.
Hope this helped!
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You wont actually do that stuff because you're not actually baptised or whatever the hell Catholics do. You're pretty much gonna sit there and listen to people talk. It's gonna be boring.
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