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Originally Posted by wolfemech
Wow heythere I feel ya. I was baptisted as a catholic when I was an infant and in the Catholic church you can only be baptisted one time for a religion. Hince even if I ever join another relgion and get baptisted i will always be catholic because I was first baptisted that.
My oldest brother sincerely does not believe this as he has been baptisted into 4 different religions.
Also in the catholic faith only the preist is allowed to read the bible and understand what it says. And mass is about as boring as it gets. I wish my parents would have let me choose my own religion in life.
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Hate to say it Wolfemech, but you are wrong. You actually are allowed to get baptised inot as many faiths as you wish...it is your life! My priest told me when I was at confession for my confirmation(first and only time, 8 years ago) that if I find I don't agree with the church anymore, to start researching in what you do believe in, and get baptised in the faith that best suits you. I can only say that you have a few of your Catholic beliefs wrong, but that doesn't mean you are wrong, just means that there was/is a miscommunication in your information somewhere.
AND, everyone in the Catholic church is ENCOURAGED to read the Bible and try to understand what it means, literally or abstractly, and what it means to you on a personal level. By all means try to prove me wrong, but I got a Bible for my Confirmation from the CHURCH!
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FreakyStylie]...Literally translated, Christian would mean "little christ"....
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thats kinda strange if you ask me, cuz Christ means "THE CHRISTENED ONE". now, if it means that, then Christian means "THE LITTLE CHRISTENED ONE"? sorry, but I think that one is open to interpretation...as for the religion itself, it sounds good...as you don't necessarily need to follow traditional Christian beliefs, you can just do it your own way, and get to know yourself and Jesus...I think that is what it means, tell me if I got it wrong!!!