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Wednesday 15 Oct 2008

No Question Left Behind

Blogged by James Preece 2 Months ago...

Sadly, unless you want to know where to buy expensive chocolate or how to dress your Priest like a big tit or some role plays to use in place of the Gospel, you probably won't find your questions being answered by the Catholic Youth Services.

If you are a young person over the age of four, you probably already know that you should be nice to people and not waste food. But, assuming you go to a Catholic school in the UK, you've probably never heard anybody talk about the following...

Q: Where does the Bible deal with or talk about the evil of porn?

Q: How do we live holy lives? It is too hard with my friends always trying to talk me into stuff I know is wrong. How do I get the strength to say yes to God and no to my friends?

Q: My mom wants us to pray the rosary every night as a family, but I think it is boring. It is just the same prayers over and over again, and it takes too long.

Q: My little brother has celiac disease, which will keep him from receiving communion when the time comes. Eating wheat would make him violently sick and could even cause him to die. A host is made of wheat. This disease is a real burden on a Catholic who wants to take the Eucharist. Can he take a rice host?

Q: Lately I have had a lot of doubts about everything that I stand for as a Christian. Everything in my life seems to be going lousy. My family is always yelling. I don’t think my mom and I can ever have a peaceful conversation. I don’t understand why all this is going on. A friend of mine said that it isn’t my fault and that my mom is just going through stuff and I should understand. She said all I have to do is have faith. I pray all the time, but it doesn’t work. Everything is just so overwhelming at times and I don’t know what do to.

Q: I have some non-Catholic friends who love to challenge my faith and ridicule and put me down when I cannot answer their questions. What's the best way to deal with them?

Q: Recently I read at a Christian website about how homosexuality is a sin, and those who protect their rights are not people of God and are going to be sent to hell on the day of judgment. This made me extremely angry. I believe in God, but I don’t believe that He will send homosexual supporters or homosexuals to hell for this. Does the Catholic Church agree with me?

For answers to questions, visit No Question Left Behind.

For a patronising repetitive retelling of the relevance of recycling, visit loserville.

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