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Wow. Well these are definitely religious services. Where is the line drawn? And why would you not be disciplined for attending a Catholic funeral mass?
I agree that they are religious services, as are most patriotic ceremonies, but our light participation is simply showing respect for others beliefs. We are not there to learn, or to participate in the services in a way that would compromise our faith.
If Christian's practice Babylonian Christmas and Easter, how does that not getting intertwined work for them? No doubt, involving oneself in paganism makes a pagan, but why dont Christian's believe this?
If you change Gods holy days, you have changed religions.
Hanni, he's a Jehovah's Witness. They DON'T observe Christmas or Easter and as a matter of fact get very nasty with people who mention that they do (real life experience as well as on this forum).
You are correct Mensa, I actually thought I did, but when I reread it somehow I overlooked it. Yes, we would be subject to discipline for attending meetings of another faith. The Bible is full of examples of us getting intertwined with other faiths and what we reaped from doing so.
Some Catholic people are like that, too. When I was young, my friend was not allowed to go to my church or our youth group meetings because we were not Catholic, and one of my ex-husband's friends refused to attend our church wedding because it was not a Catholic wedding. He had no problem coming to the reception and eating the food and drinking himself into a stagger, though.
And I knew an Episcopalian woman who married a Catholic man when she was 17 and never saw her parents again, so great was their disapproval of her marrying a Catholic.
Hanni, he's a Jehovah's Witness. They DON'T observe Christmas or Easter and as a matter of fact get very nasty with people who mention that they do (real life experience as well as on this forum).
So, you and the JW's have that in common.
I didnt think he did Christmas and Easter, I said Christian's just talking in general, either way, he doesn't keep the Sabbaths, like Passover, he might keep Passover except that he changed it, and it cant be changed.
Some Catholic people are like that, too. When I was young, my friend was not allowed to go to my church or our youth group meetings because we were not Catholic, and one of my ex-husband's friends refused to attend our church wedding because it was not a Catholic wedding. He had no problem coming to the reception and eating the food and drinking himself into a stagger, though.
And I knew an Episcopalian woman who married a Catholic man when she was 17 and never saw her parents again, so great was their disapproval of her marrying a Catholic.
So, that's not unique to JWs.
Actually the Catholic church does not prohibit attendance at (or even participation in) presumptively valid non-Catholic weddings - I have stood as groomsman two times already for friends who are non-Catholic.
With approval Catholics are indeed allowed to marry non-Catholics.
Likewise with bible-study, prayer rallies, retreats, etc as long as participants are mature enough to remain civil and charitable regarding any differences. My family/children were long involved in 2 national Christian debate leagues - NCFCA and STOA - great organizations and great people. Catholics also can attend services of other faiths (not as a substitute for regular obligations), but should abstain from participation in any contradictory activity.
Yes, a great many Catholics are jerks, but I believe that quality is not unique to Catholics, nor taught anywhere in Catholic doctrine.
Hanni, he's a Jehovah's Witness. They DON'T observe Christmas or Easter and as a matter of fact get very nasty with people who mention that they do (real life experience as well as on this forum).
So, you and the JW's have that in common.
I apologize for my brothers and sisters who get nasty with you maam. Although we are far from perfect, we need to display the fruits of the spirit at all times, especially when speaking to others about God.
It is true we do not get involved with the goddess easter, nor the god saturn, but we should explain the reasons in a kind way. The real truth is that those celebrations are not practiced in the Bible. Likely you recognize them both as religious holy days, so if the true God wanted to celebrate those things, isn't it reasonable to think He would see to it that it is in the Bible?
Some Catholic people are like that, too. When I was young, my friend was not allowed to go to my church or our youth group meetings because we were not Catholic, and one of my ex-husband's friends refused to attend our church wedding because it was not a Catholic wedding. He had no problem coming to the reception and eating the food and drinking himself into a stagger, though.
And I knew an Episcopalian woman who married a Catholic man when she was 17 and never saw her parents again, so great was their disapproval of her marrying a Catholic.
So, that's not unique to JWs.
No maam, in fact I would question a faith that wouldn't be that way as being insincere about the seriousness of their faith. In other words, since the Bible states there is one faith, I would want to make sure that I am in that one faith, and follow the Bible's admonition to quit touching the unclean thing. (2 Corinthians 6:14-17) . . .Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? 15 Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Beʹli·al? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of a living God; just as God said: “I will reside among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 17 “‘Therefore, get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”; “‘and I will take you in.’. . .
I didnt think he did Christmas and Easter, I said Christian's just talking in general, either way, he doesn't keep the Sabbaths, like Passover, he might keep Passover except that he changed it, and it cant be changed.
Christ became our Passover Hans 1 Cor 5:7
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