Why don't any of you join the Catholic Church?

I am catholic too And I la. A really big believer, but I like to respect peoples opinions There is people who look for the believe there is someone who create everything on this world and universe There is people who has this feeling of something missing after accomplish most things In their life's There is people who look for hope and believe that whatever they cannot do someone else can do it for them Some people are I pain but they look for a hope I believe I've been bless for having things that other won't not suffering and there is people who suffer and I believe they got the right to hate therm disteny There is a lot of reason believe I. Something most people believe they do not need it, but they are happy that way I am glad because some people are not that way Because after it is that it All I did what for? Most of the people I am not only taking about my religion but there is this feeling they have because they feel there has to be something beyond with just die and no have nothing left It really depend on the person because we grew up in different ways, cultures, we even have different type of life's experiences an sufferings but we are free to choose are own path and ways to believe But I do believe on thing the only people who can hurt someone it is the people who doesn't love themselves As long they don't do the wrong with hurting others I won't mess with them I believe in the way I had life my life and I tell you this guy even you won't believe me and as I got to see several times as in my 20 In age I think I got to be ok with god that let me see angle in golden color with golden starts inside their wings combine with the sky in the middle o night while they were just flying away as we could say crossing Not a word no need to talk but to me was enough to feel me love by god as a crucial time in my life I was going through And the answer to everything it is that humans are looking for love, not as couples but to feel love by something greater So just for not believe I. God doesn't mean someone will go to hell Plus even the pope say who are we to judge people First god doesn't judge like we humans do I think that's why he is god Second we don't really know anything we just read something and believe their own way we believe because we have different prospectives An third at least in the catholic bible in Spanish it says when god came back and resurrect dead He will judge living And dead but he won't judge the ones who never got to know him or didn't know about him I dot really what will happen but in my believes God has his own way to do things That's why I believe my life is been like an anime, I believe is free to choose what they believe an what thy don't But for me I wish people would believe in God or would have some experience to believe on him Also sometimes when I watched anime I wish I have the same confidence and trust on the one who they believe or love as I try to do the same with god But pray is the only thing we could do in life But I feel happy being catholic as I think everyone does in their religion or being atheists as long we feel fine with ourselves that is the right path There is nothing we can't say really no really knows anything But this is my opinion and share a fragment of my life too If someone agrees disagrees, believes me or not It is not rely my thing to say or judge but I just share my opinion and prospective of my life as I repeated it

[Before I explain why I will not join the Catholic Church or any other church, I want to make clear that I don’t have any problem with religion or religious people. If they are happy with it and need it in their lives that is totally fine with me; in some cases even great to see because they find strength in their religion. As long as they don’t force their belief on others and accept that there are people who don’t have a religion at all or believe in another religion everything is fine. But I personally am not religious at all. ] 1. For me religion is something that came up as an explanation for people thousands of years ago, for things they didn’t understand back then. It goes along with a moral code and an instruction for how to live your life that was written by people. Why should I align my life on a book people wrote and follow their rules, morals and conventions? I have a head and a brain of my own. I can think, I can recognise coherences and conclude myself. There is no need for someone or something that tells me what is right, what is wrong and dictates how I should live and how I shouldn’t. I tell for myself what I consider as right and what as wrong concerning questions of ethics and morale. There is not only one definition and perception of what ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ is. And I rather think about that myself as to just believe in what is said by others. I follow my own moral code and my own will. I live my life like I want to (according to the law) and decide to live it. I won’t follow anyone else’s conceptions. 2. Spirituality is something I can’t see the logic behind. I believe in facts and science. What is written in the Bible is kind of creative and in some ways even inspiring and motivates to think and philosophise about some aspects but that’s actually it for me. I can’t relate with it, nor can I say that I would approve the doctrines in it. Quite the reverse, I oppose many things from the Bible. 3.The illiberality, intolerance and unworldliness of the church ! 4. Classification of people into good and evil without differentiating. There is no such thing as THE evil and THE good. If those things do even exists people contain both, good and evil, every single one. And sometimes what is considered as evil, can lead to something good. I think good and evil are human made terms that people came up with to judge, to classify and to ensure them about being ‘good’ themselves.

I briefly dated a Catholic. I went on my merry way after he accused me of being possessed by a demon. You's some fucked up peeps.

No thanks, I think Catholicism,Christianity and Islam are abominations and must be purged from the Earth,pretty much any religion that hates Homosexuals,promote slavery,genocide,abuse towards women,child rape,disapproval of free thinking and lastly forcing their beliefs onto others. All the other religions that don't do this deserve to exist as they mean no harm the ones that bring harm has no right to exist. Also another Atheist here.

Isn't purging those three religions another way to of forcing beliefs onto others? You say you want free thinking, but you say that the ones that practice that religion can't think that way?

I'm struggling trying to find my faith in the protestant church, so trying to be Catholic is out of the question. I respect people of all religions and actually look up to them (the non-crazy ones) for having such an optimistic view on life and being able to hold onto faith when so many things point the other way. I tend to see most religious people are happier and less cynical. Unfortunately, I AM very cynical which makes religion very hard for me. I really do want to have a faith and connection with God but...eh...

I get what Tiger is saying. I feel that way too sometimes. Imagine no religion too, it's easy if you try and all that. All we know is the world that has those leading religions. So of course one without is tempting to entertain. I understand there are extremists in all things and everywhere, but it's exhausting sometimes thinking of how to resolve the world's issues with religion and spirituality. Atheism rejects all and ba'haii tries to embrace all.