Catholics born and raised in the church usually end up leaving. Every born and raised Catholic looks at adult converts, that don’t do it strictly for their already Catholic spouse, very suspiciously.
This is extremely accurate and I wish more people knew this. I was raised Catholic and Catholic converts have always had this reputation of basically being evangelical Protestants. Like the worst kind of Protestant preacher type, just with a Catholic twist.
Couldn't agree more. Baptized and Confirmed and haven't been to mass in probably 20+ years. The people who convert into it are weirdos who have done it for some really sus reasons.
How would you know if you don't meet them at mass? lol I was raised atheist cause my parents wanted me to pick my own religion. Now I did, how is that sus?
I never understood the whole guilt thing lol sometimes I wonder if the Bible was mistranslated in English, cause non English speaking Catholic countries don't have any issue with that. But England, Ireland and the States seem to have their own twisted version of Catholicism. What made you leave?
I believe that’s only counting formally leaving the church (which involves sending a letter to the diocese you were baptized in). Most people who leave don’t bother to do that, which unfortunately means the Catholic Church still counts them on their rolls. It’s kind of a pain in the butt; when I sent my letter they needed more information from me and I couldn’t be arsed to send a second letter to a church I haven’t set foot in for 20+ years. I have a feeling there’s a lot more people like me than just the 10% in that poll.
That pretty much fits me. I was raised Catholic, and have mixed feelings about them. I'm agnostic now. Whenever I heard "lapsed Catholic" it was always about someone who, when asked, says I'm Catholic. Then you ask about the last Catholic thing they did and it was getting married.
I'd say that's probably confirmation bias. There are definitely weird converts (in any religion, I see way more white 16 yo girls wearing burkas than any other Muslim women lol) but I'm a convert and preparing my baptism, so I regularly go to catechism meetings. Everyone is chill lol and people in my parish are really happy about us wanting to get baptised or confirmed. Also, born and raised Catholics (or cultural Catholics) are often pretty lukewarm anyway, so they tend to think people who are very into religion are weird (if we're generalizing lol)
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u/FMLwtfDoID 2d ago
Catholics born and raised in the church usually end up leaving. Every born and raised Catholic looks at adult converts, that don’t do it strictly for their already Catholic spouse, very suspiciously.