I’m a somewhat observant catholic, I’ve been dealing with a lot of issues from fellow Catholics, including anti-lgbt statement from them
I’m now going under faith crisis, I have no idea what to do. I don’t wanna leave catholicism but at the same time I want to, The more I look at Catholics, the more I’m getting astray from Christianity especially when I saw someone celebrating a death of a “openly gay” person. and that really disgusts me when I read it, the amount of hatred (some) Catholics have towards the LGTBQ+ community is really staggering to me, also I don’t feel safe with some of my Catholic friends I have. And seems like they kinda of hateful against anyone disagree with their political beliefs, or even religion sometimes
Now I don’t know what to do, either embracing agnosticism . Or just trapped in this religion forever,
I will appreciate for every advice or reply to me. I’m very happy that I find a place to post about issues I’m going through,
Sounds like these are just bad people, no matter WHO they happen to worship.
Maybe just work on your Catholicism by yourself for a while, and see where that takes you.
I will try to indoctrinate myself into Catholicism before taking a step back ,thanks :)
Indoctrinate, verb: teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs [uncritically].
This is the wrong approach. Do not try to convince yourself to accept Catholicism uncritically. Be very critical.
Read the whole bible critically. See if you don’t find it silly.
Look at the priests. God can’t even stop his own spokesmen from raping kinds. That god seems pretty useless.
Realize that that thousands of gods have been worshipped, you have been indoctrinated to believe that yours, one out of thousands, is the only real one. You are literally one god away from being atheist.
It’s not anything to be afraid of. The realization that this life is important, and is the only one you get, is a fulfilling way to live. Be good because you are good, not because of threats of eternal punishment or reward.