UhYeahWhatHeSaid
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I have become real good friends with a girl who happens to be Catholic, We haven't dated or anything yet but we are getting close and it might come to that. I was curious what you all thought of that?
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Dun't matter if she's Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, or Therapist. Is she saved? If she's saved, then she's dating material. She doesn't need to be a bible-tumper/ street preacher/ aisle-dancer. She needs to only have to personal relationship with the Lord. All else is fluff.Originally posted by UhYeahWhatHeSaid:
I have become real good friends with a girl who happens to be Catholic, We haven't dated or anything yet but we are getting close and it might come to that. I was curious what you all thought of that?
As far as dealing with the dating. There are some questions concerning salvation that need to be asked regardless of what church someone comes from. There are also important doctrinal issues between the different religious groups.For your information Catholics believe as Bapitist do that they are saved by grace from God alone.
I don't know what Catholic church you belong to but you missed the mark on that one. Catholics believe in "works" salvation and that is the truth. I have personally witnessed to many Catholics as I have gone out and I have not seen one that believes that salvation is by grace through faith.Originally posted by grace56:
For your information Catholics believe as Bapitist do that they are saved by grace from God alone.
As a former Catholic, I would like to say that this is not my perception.For your information Catholics believe as Bapitist do that they are saved by grace from God alone.
Really bad idea. For starters the chances of her actually being saved are not high. Secondly if by any chance she IS saved then you still have major doctrinal issues. Could you become a member of her church? Could she become a member of your church? Going to separate churches doesn't work very well at all (I speak from experience) and any children you have would be expected to be raised as Catholics.Originally posted by UhYeahWhatHeSaid:
I have become real good friends with a girl who happens to be Catholic, We haven't dated or anything yet but we are getting close and it might come to that. I was curious what you all thought of that?
Um. It's not a guise. I was saying I was seeing it as a byproduct of being good friends with her. Dating was not my intention when we started hanging out, it just seems to be heading in that direction.Originally posted by Aaron:
Go for it. Get all mushy on her under the guise that you're trying to help her along the Way. Marry her. You're in for a world of hurt, but who cares about that? You love each other, right?