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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 28. September 2010, 17:53 (313 Views) | |
| Rose of York | Tuesday, 28. September 2010, 17:53 Post #1 |
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http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16805
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| Alpac | Wednesday, 29. September 2010, 07:10 Post #2 |
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I prefer to proclaim my faith by actions and words, not sure the tea shirt would suit me. That said, however, I would rather people engage in a posative pro-christian campaigne than a negative campaign againt non-catholics. |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 29. September 2010, 13:13 Post #3 |
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The chances of that happening in this island of England, Scotland and Wales are virtually zero. |
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| Alpac | Wednesday, 29. September 2010, 13:33 Post #4 |
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Alas you may well be right Rose. |
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| Rose of York | Wednesday, 29. September 2010, 17:44 Post #5 |
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Alpac, I posted too hastily. The chances of a negative campaign against non-catholics is unlikely to happen in England. I experience little anti Christian feeling, but there is a minority who think Christians are a bit odd and, on hearing one is a Christian, will react by saying "I've nothing against you being a Christian, or going to church, just so long as you don't try forcing it down my throat ". I reply "Why should my attendance at church or anywhere else bother you? I don't feel threatened by your hobby, I don't tell you I have nothing against you going fishing (or watching football or whatever you do) then with a laugh "just so long as you don't try forcing it down my throat ". When I ask "how many Christian have tried that" the answer is generally "Come to think of it, very few". |
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| Derekap | Thursday, 30. September 2010, 02:06 Post #6 |
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There is a danger that the more Christian and, above all, the more churchgoing we show ourselves the more we are prone to be criticised if, being human, we do anything wrong or make mistakes. |
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| Alpac | Thursday, 30. September 2010, 07:04 Post #7 |
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No worries, thanks. |
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| KatyA | Sunday, 3. October 2010, 00:14 Post #8 |
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I recently attended a show in which one of the numbers was Do the Sacred Mass The dancers were dressed as nuns with very short skirts - really they were dancers dressed in sequinned costumes with what were clearly intended to be nun's headdresses. I felt quite offended by the lyrics and performance but did nothing. Should I have done something - walked out, complained to the management...? KatyA |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 3. October 2010, 00:24 Post #9 |
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A difficult one, if you are there as a guest of others, they may be very offended if you walk out. The management may be pleased to receive a complaint from a Catholic, might think that is a sign the act would be a success with "an audience who live in the real world and have a sense of humour". You could write to the management, praise the other acts and add that the show was spoiled by the act that mocked the faith held by many in the audience. You might get a reply that nobody else complained, but it might make the manager think "why are Christians upset by this sort of harmless fun", and the thoughts could lead him or her onto the right path. |
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| PJD | Sunday, 3. October 2010, 08:58 Post #10 |
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Derekap wrote: ".............the more Christian and, above all, the more churchgoing we show ourselves the more we are prone to be criticised if, being human, we do anything wrong or make mistakes." St.Teresa of Avila wrote [interior castle] the same thing more or less, when addressing her nuns. Good example is far more effective than any commercial T shirts; not however to say that the T shirts do any harm. PJD |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 3. October 2010, 22:55 Post #11 |
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If we evangelise with faith, and hope, and with charity, will Christianity need to be defended? Many would be converted. The T-shirt does not appeal to me. I do wear T-shirts but my defence of Christianity consists of being willing to explain things to people who have the wrong impression of our teachings and practices. Some have been misinformed, some are very gullible indeed, some have been raised in an atmosphere hostile to religion. I find that regarding Catholicism the most common questions about teachings are on contraception and the indissolubility of marriage. "Why does your Church insist on you having loads of kids even if you can't afford to look after them" "How can your Church force people to stay together when one is cruel to the other?" are typical questions. Many believe that the Catholic Church teaches that when a mother's life is in danger connected with pregnancy the baby's life must be saved in preference to the mother's, she being left to die. That gives me the opportunity to explain that the medical profession have responsibilities to both mother and baby, they should try to save both. |
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| KatyA | Thursday, 7. October 2010, 00:08 Post #12 |
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In a Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Catholics are urged to make their faith more visible by regularly saying ‘God bless you’ and making the Sign of the Cross in their daily lives The text of the pastoral letter can be seen here |
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| Alpac | Thursday, 7. October 2010, 07:10 Post #13 |
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I was challenged the other day because someone in the Vatican had criticised the awarding of the Nobel Prize to the professor who pioneered IVF. I am not a doctor so have not the knowledge to engage in a debate as to why it is problematic to Catholics, I am sure IVF has been discussed elsewhere in this forum so I am not reopening the debate here. The problem is that as you rightly say Rose is that it's often issues regarding procreation and marriage that bring us into conversation with strangers about our faith. Does anyone know of a sort of “Idiots guide to Morality, an RC view" that would help to make sense of some of these issues?
Edited by Alpac, Thursday, 7. October 2010, 07:11.
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| K.T.B. | Thursday, 7. October 2010, 14:33 Post #14 |
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I have a rosary hanging from my rear view mirror in my car and a palm cross on the dashboard. As well as being a reminder to me of God's presence, I find it is quite an easy way of giving witness to the Faith. |
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| Derekap | Thursday, 7. October 2010, 16:12 Post #15 |
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K.T.B wrote: "I have a rosary hanging from my rear view mirror in my car and a palm cross on the dashboard. As well as being a reminder to me of God's presence, I find it is quite an easy way of giving witness to the Faith". About 12 years ago my wife and I were on holiday in Malta. Most of the bus dashboards and windscreens were shrines. |
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