No, he was Catholic also. I just feel like the whole annullment thing has just become another formality. People seem to pick and choose what parts of their religion they want to believe or use to chastize other people for not believing. That's what turned me off on the Catholic faith generally. The Roman Catholic faith is quite a bit different from the American Catholic faith in my opinion. Sometimes when I talk with Catholics and the issue of birth control comes up and I'll mention that the church still does not accept it, the typical response is "true, but in this day and age.....blah blah blah". Birth control and divorce seem to be some basic things that separate the Catholic church from some of the protestant variants, so why would you not become protestant and belong to an organization that believes the same way you do. Could it be that Catholics feel deep inside that only Catholics will be in heaven waving at all of the protestants down in hell. Probably:)
Of course most of the protestants I've talked to feel the same:) My wife just went to the Gaither family concert. During the show they had a comedian who had people of different "sects" of christianity raise their hands. Baptists, Lutherans, Catholics, etc. we all in attendance. He said "It's great that so many people of different beliefs can come here and enjoy the music and fellowship and worship Jesus.......(long pause).......too bad somebody's wrong" On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:39:36 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > possible her husband was not catholic? I believe this would constitute > a reason, not sure. > > Dana > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:30:26 -0600, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been confused by this too. Growing up Catholic, I was aware of > > the rules of marriage and annullment. These days, it seems it's not > > that hard to get one though. I know a woman who just recently > > received an annullment who had been married for 30 years and had 4 > > children. Now, I'm not exactly sure how that wasn't a "real" > > marriage. Also complicating the situation is she now has 4 bastard > > children. > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:13:05 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Correct. > > > > > > Again, speaking for the catholic church, a true marriage can never be > > > divorced, in the eyes of the church. This is why catholics who want to > > > remarry in the church have to seek anullments before doing so. This isn't > > > the mere techinicality people think it is. The church will only anull a > > > marriage if it can be "proven" (how, i don't have a clue) that the > > > marriage > > > was never "true and valid" in the first place. The reason cannot be as > > > simple as "I just quite loving him/her". > > > > > > > > > > Not really, my wife (then fianc�) went down to the county clerk and > > > > filled > > > > out a sheet of paper then had somebody sign it that is allowed to > > > > perform > > > > marriages. > > > > > > > > My point is that two people can be married, but the state not recognize > > > > it. > > > > If their religion allows it, and the ceremony is performed, then they > > > > are > > > > married in the eyes of their god. > > > > > > > > Look at religion and divorce. I've known people that got the paper filed > > > > and > > > > are legally divorced, but in the eyes of their church, they are still > > > > married because the church wouldn't agree with it. > > > > > > > > There are two separate things here, your civil agreement, and your > > > > religious > > > > one. You can have both, or you can have one or the other. > > > > > > > > My wife and I have both. I know some people that just have the civil, > > > > and > > > > I > > > > know some people that have just the religious. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148408 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
