To up dcs chances in this way

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I've always believed in God. I went to a church school and really enjoyed the religious education and found a lot of comfort in my faith. However my parents weren't religious at all so I was never baptised and we didn't attend church. In adult life I gained the confidence to start exploring my faith and I really wanted to start attending church. I considered myself a Christian but had no idea which church to go to. My gran was a devout catholic so I decided to go on the Rcia course which I really enjoyed and I was baptised catholic last Easter. I could have as easily gone down the cofe e route.

Now it's coming to school applications and some of the really good schools around us are catholic and cofe. To get your kids into catholic school they need to be baptised catholic (which they are) but to attend the cofe school it's church attendance that's required.

So basically I wanted to know if it would be really wrong for me to attend a cofe church as a baptised catholic? Like I say I was religious anyway and didn't really mind which side I went down so there would be more to me going than just schools..but it would tick both schools boxes too. I feel guilty even asking...

disrespecting.

You're easily confused, Camusfearna

No, Floggingmolly, I think OneMoreChap is the one who's confused - and perhaps you.

So nice to meet you, by the way

I'm an atheist so I wouldn't say yabu as taxes still pay so why not.
Personally I find it odd, and also when people attend churches to use them as their wedding venue when they aren't religious.
Detolling yourself after cofe visits is just a ridiculous comment.

Detolling yourself after cofe visits is just a ridiculous comment.

Totally agree.

Actually, when I was a child, Roman Catholics really weren't allowed to go into other denomination's churches!

I don'tnthinknshe meqntnitnwhenntshensaidnthe thing about detolling.

Frankly, the person being most disrespectful to religion on here in my humble atheist opinion is the op.

seeker Sat 25-Aug-12 16:48:12
Actually, when I was a child, Roman Catholics really weren't allowed to go into other denomination's churches!

By whom? I think you'll find by their own priests.

Frankly, the person being most disrespectful to religion on here in my humble atheist opinion is the op. I was trying to conceal my disrespect. Does that help?

seeker Sat 25-Aug-12 16:48:12
Actually, when I was a child, Roman Catholics really weren't allowed to go into other denomination's churches!

By whom? I think you'll find by their own priests.

Yes. Why is that relevant?

Frankly, the person being most disrespectful to religion on here in my humble atheist opinion is the op. I was trying to conceal my disrespect. Does that help?

No, because I don't understand

Sigh.

Roman Catholics stopped Roman Catholics going into CoE churches.
Not the reverse.
Like "going into a CoE church I'd need a bath in Dettol" from a Roman Catholic.

The OP has to worry what the Roman Catholics think, not the CoE.

I'm an atheist, too. I think some theists need to take a closer look about how their church hierarchy dealt with child sexual abuse, and abuse of young pregnant women over decades.

That's the Roman Catholic Church I'm particularly thinjing of.

Not by their priests, by the rules of their religion. There are rules you know, whether or not you decide to pick and choose which ones you want to follow.....

She was joking, people..........!!!!!

I'm getting ridiculous amounts of shit from the RC priest for erring married in a CofE church

So it does happen, they lay on the guild big style

I can't do certain things in the church anymore, I don't really count etc
(not that I really care, I'm just using and abusing for the sake of a 94% pass rate)

What are you hoping to pass, Kayano? Sounds intriguing.

Is the priest laying on the guilt, or suggesting a convalidation, Kayano? The priest probably thinks he's doing the latter.

It's the pass rate of the Catholic school round here.

The alternative is 70% or something and horrid. So here I am, back at church, not caring shrug

As a Cofe myself.... I thought Jumping was funny.

I suggested to dh we chose our church as the nearest that didn't do the peace.

What I want to know is how people who lie about their religion to get their kids into "better" schools explain it to the children. Personally, I would rather my children went to a less good school than make them live a lie.

I would say listen to the lessons, learn about religion, and then make your own mind up DC...

It's not lying. I am a baptised catholic and therefore am Catholic.

It's just my own personal beliefs lie elsewhere.

People lie to kids all the time.
It's like telling them the toothfary or santa exists. They'll battle on. :)

Ick.

Seeker really? When it's 70% pass vs 90 odd% pass?

Why should my beliefs stop my child getting into a far superior school? Who knows... My child might believe?

So I'll do what they require and enjoy taking dc to school

RC here. Years ago I regularly attended a high anglican church, because there wasn't an RC one for miles. Neither the vicar nor I had any issue with it, and I took communion. I'm pretty sure I'm not hell-bound. Even my dear old devout mum used to point out that there's only one god.

Ah, exam pass rate, of course. You can't argue with that.

YANBU - you want to do the best for your children...

...but I would say you are being seriously ethically dubious, if you say the creed at Mass every Sunday that will be "the Holy Roman Catholic Church" you are swearing fealty to won't it? Unless things have changed massively since my time.