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Another thing about Mary…..the last time I was at my Catholic church they had a large statue of Mary adorned with something (a crown on her head, perhaps) and a kneeler directly in front of her, to pray. They say they don’t treat her as God, just as an intercessor, but I dunno….. But back to...

Yes, as a Catholic I used to hear that Mary remained a virgin in the biological sense, too. I wondered HOW? But then I just chalked it up to being a miracle.

I wasn’t sure if I should put this topic here or in Denominations but anyway, as most of you know I used be Catholic and again, most of you know, the Catholic Church holds to the belief Mary was a perpetual virgin having no other children after Jesus. My LCMS church says she had other kids...

Yes. This was my first Trunk or Treat so I didn’t know what to expect, but some of the decorations were pretty elaborate. We had a camping theme and they had a tent set up, a “fire”, sticks with marshmallows, sleeping bags etc. I visualized just some crepe paper and maybe some pumpkins or...

The kids didn’t seem to mind having Trunk or Treat indoors. We had TONS of kids and a fun time was had by everybody.

They probably don’t care. It’s definitely moved indoors.

Yep. I’m looking forward to it. It’s supposed to be stormy, though, so we might have to move the fun inside.

Yeah, but I’ll have to be there 45 minutes to an hour before it begins.

Why were some of Jesus’ disciples names changed, like Simon was called Peter?

It varies from church to church but ours will be 2 hours.

This won’t be on Halloween but the week before. I agree, it’s a good way to meet people. Ive been involved in some things at church but I tend to be a little shy about talking to people I don’t know. I’ve recently started working on that.

Is anybody else’s church doing a Trunk or Treat? This Sunday will be my first time going to one, I might volunteer at concessions or the bean bag toss, or just hang out at a trunk and hand out candy. I don’t really know anybody at my church beyond being acquaintances. A friendly acquaintance...

Why would it be?

I did Confession at my LCMS before, only once. I was uncomfortable because it was face to face.

I was hoping you’d say something like that. When I’d go to Catholic Confession, I’d usually have to say three Hail Mary’s or three Our Fathers or something like that afterwards. I didn’t really view it as a punishment but it’s certainly better than self mortification which I’ve heard some...

Huh. I always hoped Snopes was a place where we could find out the truth about things.

What kind of false information?

True.

My poor pastor has received tons of emails from me and several visits. He usually suggested I come in to see him because our emails tend to turn into long threads and he finds it easier to talk face to face. He’s really easy to talk to. The help I’ve sought has been theological in nature. My...