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My last thoughts on the original subject-
I'm not perfect, and I know that. I try to follow the ten commandments and be a good person and lead a Christian life. I love my boyfriend and if I chose to share my temple with him (my body is my temple) then I think that is a choice I make. I'l leave it at that.
To Christiangirl-
Fornication isn't a sin- sex outside of marriage yes, but fornication is still fornication even with a wedding ring on.
Also- What you were talking about is something else I experienced.
I also have a friend that is extremely fundamentalist Christian and she says she doesn't judge my actions- however, if the subject of sex or drinking comes up when she is around it becomes akward because 1. She can't relate and 2. We all know her views on it. The fact that she constantly reiterates her views lets us know that she is judging our choices.
Does that make sense?
She may not mean to come off as judgemental but she is just the same. So we don't invite her out for girls nights out, but we still spend time with her in other environments.
I am not saying you are like this, but one reason they may not invite you out is you unknowingly give off the judgemental vibe. That is how it is when she's around.
As for the Catholic thing, part of it is the Eucharist for me. My brother was engaged at one time and his fiance was thinking of converting until she found out Catholics prefer non Catholics not to partake of Eucharist at mass. It's because it isn't the same as taking the Eucharist in Protestant religions.
The big one for me was Peter, though. That is why ultimately I realized I couldnt be a part of any other Christian church.
Someone mentioned all the misnomers about Catholicism out there and my favorite thing about going to WKU was that it was further in the bible belt so I got to answer tons of questions (I am by no means a Catholic scholar!). But BY FAR the #1 thing people asked me about was why we worshipped Mary. I answered that as much as I could til I was blue in the face. One girl in my class was Church of Christ and told me I was going to hell for putting a false God before God.
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