tired and unhappy Qem

One of the very few pieces of good news I've gotten recently is my fiance finally got his visa so he's coming to Australia. Yay.

My computer is FUCKED. Which means I'm using uni/sibling computers - both of which are not easily available at the present point.

I'm having a bit of trouble keeping my emotions calm at the moment. I just. argh. this year it's been stupid people EVERYWHERE, and no time to fix things and I'm turning into a frightful bossyboots with a couple of things. =/


I'm usually one of the last people to be involved in religious arguments.

That doesn't mean that I'm not religious -I'm Catholic. Christian. CATHOLIC=Christian.

Though Christianity!=Catholic.

BUT CATHOLIC=CHRISTIAN.

This is a concept that is frighteningly difficult for people to grasp apparently.


I know Catholics tend to identify has Catholic first, Christian second as opposed to some other Christian groups that go Christian first, Salvation Army second...

But we're not Unitarians who made belief in Jesus optional. ;>.> I don't know what that makes Unitarians, but optional belief in Jesus.... is sort of a no go for Christians, since it's Jesus Christ, the Messiah, our Saviour.

... What spurred that rant? I'll probably ramble about it later but it goes something like this...

R: But I go to church. I'm Catholic.
CB: But you're not Christian.
R: ... Yes I am. Follower of Jesus, I believe in Jesus, Catholic, CHRISTIAN.
CB: But you're not a saved Christian.


... What.

And the apology?

"I'm sorry but you need to accept Jesus as your personal Saviour."

She already has you nitwit and has been telling you so for months now!

Whats more she's been a believer longer than you have! You were Atheist when you met her! How dare you say she is not Christian - she is, in all the ways that matter.

She's just not a member of your cult.

What a spectacular example of an unChristian asshole.

Comments

*hugs!*

Oh man, that is... special. My husband is Catholic, and though I'm not especially religious, I get it. Wow, that person seriously needs a clue!
Thank you!

Oh it gets more special, since this is how he was reasoning why Rocket is not a good church going girl... ;>.> Skeevy, so very skeevy.
Yeah, I get that on this side of the water, too. (Parents are Catholic.) And it's like there's some kind of reciprocal: the flakier Protestant-Sect-X is, the more likely its adherents are to think that Catholics (and Orthodox, likely) are not Christian. Because no one before Martin Luther could possibly be a Christian, of course. *rubs forehead* At least when they're in my classes I can whap them with the history-bat.
That matches what I've seen/heard, the reciprocol. Intriguingly enough they also seem to be the ones more likely to bitch about ignorance/persecution against Christianity. ;>.>

Whap 'em good!