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Originally Posted by MillerTime GFG
Ok here's an honest question, I am not trying to troll like a lot of this thread seems to be (haven't read through it all because it's painful), but I would like some insight from some of you who are religious.
I'll start off by saying that I am not really a religious person at all. I would consider myself agnostic. My step-son and step daughter both attend a catholic elementary because their father is Catholic,. We (my fiance and I) think it's a good school, but lately with the new Principal, it seems quite preachy and over the top. We recently received a field trip letter where we have to give permission for our daughter to attend a play where they are traveling on a bus. One section says "risks associated" and the teacher wrote in "risks associated with traveling on a bus (but don't worry, God is in control). For those of you that are religious and did grow up in Catholic schools, is this not a little over-the-top? Honest question. There are many other instances where I've thought this, but this is the latest example. What do you guys think?
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As a (mostly) non-practicing Catholic (probably only Catholic in the cultural sense) and someone who went to a Catholic school until grade 10, I would say that if he really believes that you shouldn't worry because "God is in control", then it is a little over the top. Personally, I would think he was joking if he didn't have a history. To be honest, I always thought of "determinism" to be an anti-Catholic thinking (which is what his statement sounds like), although I have to admit, I used to daydream through most sermons when I went to them.
Catholics are like any on sect. There are some that are very liberal and have dissenting opinions on the church doctrine, and then there are others that are quite conservative. Personally, I know way more that are liberal and tend to do a lot of eye-rolling at the conservative Catholics.