Are you a non-Catholic, a full Catholic, or a "cafeteria Catholic"?

[Nye Bevan]

clarification: by "Catholic" here I mean "Roman Catholic".

A "full Catholic" would agree with the Catholic church on every single issue. That is, all abortion is a sin, no contraception allowed except for the rhythm method, missing Mass is a serious sin, etc.

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	I am a non-Catholic.
	8 (67%)
	I am a full Catholic who agrees with every single position of the Catholic church.
	0 (0%)
	I am a \"cafeteria Catholic\", agreeing with many but not all positions of the Catholic church.
	4 (33%)
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[TheBlackAdder]

1. I don't believe a group of men can elect another man to become infallible. nt

[hrmjustin]

2. The problem with this question is that there is more than one type of Catholic.

Not all catholics are in communion with the pope. Anglicans/Episcopalians are also catholic so I would say yes I am catholic.

[Nye Bevan]

4. Thanks for the reminder. I have edited to clarify. (nt)

[bettyellen]

11. Ha ha, I remember our RC priests telling us that you are NOT Catholic....

not that I give a rats ass.

[hrmjustin]

12. We march on anyway, but yes the RCC does not agree with us.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Ex-Catholic. A priest gave me the "God works in mysterious ways" runaround once too often.

Not to mention I found the whole set of beliefs unbelievable and downright silly.

"It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity." Madonna

[libtodeath]

5. I dont believe in any fairy tales.

[HockeyMom]

6. Other

ex-Catholic. I haven't considered myself catholic in almost 50 years.

[customerserviceguy]

18. Yes, same here

It would have been nice to have had "recovered Catholic" or something to that effect here.

[DireStrike]

7. I was raised Catholic.

Therefore, I am an agnostic.

[wandy]

8. And you're not alone. nt

[alsame]

9. Ex Catholic. After the sacraments were

done, I never went to church again other than for weddings and funerals.

I've lived my life without paying any attention to the dogma.

[bettyellen]

10. Left the church, otherwise I would be a hypocrite. Which kind of fucks up the "belief" part, no?

[NaturalHigh]

13. I'm a non-Catholic married to a Catholic.

I respect the Catholic doctrine and teachings, although I don't always agree.

[pampango]

15. Me, too. Been going to mass with her for 35 years in a liberal, non-territorial parish.

It's the only kind of parish that we (and many others) can tolerate with its increased participation by women, a mandate of social justice for a percentage of our contributions and a wink and nod from the archdiocese which must understand that they would lose everyone in the parish if it cracked down.

My wife was born Catholic and it is very important to her. It has not been hard for me because the people here are so liberal and so critical of the church hierarchy. For their own personal reasons they all chosen to maintain their connection to the church despite their dissatisfaction as long as they are able to maintain their community as it is. With the shortage of priests growing there seems to be a consensus that if the parish has to close in the future, they will not attend other parishes.

on edit: I voted as a 'cafeteria Catholic' on behalf of all those people I go to church with even though I'm not a Catholic myself.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. I was raised as a Catholic

but when I was about 12 years old, a priest got really angry and nasty with me during confession and chewed me out for almost nothing. It seems the boy ahead of me in line was dying of cancer and nonetheless dragged himself to confession and the priest got emotionally upset on hearing his confession and then got very angry with me when I told him I'd missed confession on the last few Sundays. I realize now that he was just being emotional and human but at the time, after hearing him shout at me loudly through the confessional I decided to avoid confession and holy communion altogether. I never confirmed because of that incident and I went less and less to Mass and now I haven't been in years.

I deplore abortion but I think every woman who has one probably deplores it too and wishes she had an easier choice. I wouldn't want to force someone to have a child they don't want. I don't agree with the church on contraception or abortion or gay marriage but I still admire the beauty of Catholic ritual, the echo in the church, he tinkling of the bell, the smell of incense, the candles, and especially the way the mass was when I was a kid and the priest would sing in Latin.

[treestar]

16. A cafeteria Catholic

Which everyone is, even if they don't admit it - nobody expects to abide by the rules of 1420, they change.

[hunter]

17. The sort Pope Joan the Second apologizes to a few hundred years from now.

She's going to say it was wrong to exclude women from the hierarchy, and married people, gay or straight, from the priesthood.

[Nye Bevan]

26. And her wife will support this position (nt)

[phylny]

19. I was baptized and raised Catholic

but realized that since I didn't believe birth control was wrong, didn't believe the Pope was infallible, and didn't believe in praying to Mary, I probably wasn't really Catholic.

I am now Presbyterian, and attend a church that is an ecumenical church of Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Lutherans.

[RedCappedBandit]

20. Raised Catholic. Now Atheist. Magic Isn't Real.

[a kennedy]

21. I think I'm the "fence sitting" type of Catholic.....

I believe in abortion, gay marriage, birth control, but I don't eat meat on Friday, and I've given up alcohol for lent.

[MrSlayer]

22. 12 years of Catholic school turned me into an agnostic, non-theistic evolutionist.

When I started getting hollered at for asking questions in third grade I was on to the scam.

[spanone]

23. i am a recovering catholic.

[talkingmime]

24. None of the above.

[MattBaggins]

25. I'm a ham sandwich