Also, what would good questions that I can ask my priests?

One thing I never understood, is why Catholics believed that Mary had no children. According to the priest, in the Gospel of John, Jesus asks one of his disciples to watch over his mom. According to the priest, in Jewish tradition, the next eldest brother would watch over his mother if her husband and oldest son had died. Is this true? Some Christians, including myself, always regarded James (from Acts 15, the person that has historically been thought of as the writer of the epistle of James) as Jesus' brother and not his cousin.

Additionally, could someone explain why Catholics have deuterocanonical books in the Tanach/Old Testament that Protestants don't have. The priest told me that the Jews excluded the books from the canon because they were in Greek at the time when they decided to include these books into the Bible (although according to an author I am reading, I Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew). To be sure, these books are important to Jews. They mention Hanukkah. I am guessing that the Jews decided to place these books in Rabbinic literature, but I am not sure. But, why don't Protestants carry these books? Is there a specific reason for that?

Post edited at 7:53 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 by Anonymous

Post edited at 7:53 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 by ATTI

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Si on me presse de dire pourquoi je l'aimais,
je sens que cela ne se peut exprimer qu'en répondant,
"Parce que c'était lui, parce que c'était moi."

I am against just about every single view that it promotes.

Post edited at 7:52 pm on Nov. 4, 2008 by cum funnel

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I don't know much about the details. But I'm okay with Catholics. The few that I've met (including one I'm involved with) are just normal people. I felt uncomfortable at their church, but it's no big deal.
I'm a bit confused on the guilt stuff, but I don't ask any more.

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And why everything has to involve alcohol. ;/

But whatever.


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i wish forgetting you was as easy as getting into

your underwear.

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I attended a Catholic liturgy my first semester of college and walked away thinking it was too showy for my tastes. Too much standing and sitting and kneeling and chanting, etc. I didn't care for it, I think if you want to worship, you should do so in private rather than put on a circus.

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Yeah, that's also one of my problems with mass.  But on the bright side, they do occasionally burn some incense stuff.  That smells really good.

But whatever, they can do what they want.

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Just call me Katie.

Actually I find Catholics kind of annoying sometimes, especially the middle aged women ones (the old women are kind of cool, but the middle aged hippy ones, oy vey!) but I still think that the Church preserves the deposit of faith and is indefectable at that basic level.

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I am not sure about the deuterocanonical books, as I personally have very little knowledge about that at all. Sorry.

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