Thank you for allowing me to join. I will be brief with my experience, but my husband is/was Catholic, and I grew up going to Catholic school even though I was Jewish. Last year I decided to give RCIA a try in the area in which I live. I have been to other churches--but the anti-Jewish sentiment is strong, and there are many fundamentalist protestant churches that are abusive. During RCIA class last winter was very bad and cold here in the U.S. and snowy/icy, and I missed maybe 5 times. I went to week day masses, but couldnt always get to the weekend ones either because I lived farther out in the country, away from the city, and the weather was bad. They never told me that I wouldnt be allowed to join if I missed. I got all the way up to the very end of classes right before Easter, when one of the women in my RCIA class (one of the younger women who were taking the class to become Catholic) actually said (and she knew I grew up Jewish) I think Hitler will be in heaven because God forgives everyone and because I admire his solution to kill the Jews. One of the older women who was helping run the class didnt contradict her, and she knew I was Jewish--she just nodded and agreed. I could tell it made others in the class very nervous around me. Some of them even looked sorry for me, or looked in my direction with sorrow in their eyes. Needless to say I was very frightened of her and it was the class right after this where they told me they wouldnt let me in the church. The older woman that ran the class claimed it was because I had missed so much, but they never informed me that missing wouldnt allow me to become Catholic. They also allowed everyone else in the class to become Catholic even though the weather had caused them to miss too. It was then that I realized how evil the Catholic church actually is/was. Im wondering if there isnt some higher power that actually saved me from a fate worse than death that day. The woman running the class could see the look of shock on my face and all she could reply with was, You have theater (Im an actress), and other Jewish things you can do, Im sure--why did you choose our church anyway? She was very hateful and it was a frightening experience for me. It makes me doubt every Christian I run into--their sincerity and who they are. I think they are all liars and fake. As a Jew I have been taunted, made fun of, had things thrown at me, had Nazi symbols drawn on school books etc... and been hated just for being me. But this was one of the worst evils I have ever experienced. It was directly to my face and it was horrible. I suffered PTSD for months afterward and figured I just wasnt good enough for God to love. I am terrified of the Catholic church now. I would love to know that Im not alone in experiencing something horrific at the hands of Gods so-called church. Thank you for listening.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:05:39 +0000
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