The Catholic church is judgy as sin

Chr-Easters, C and Es or what the older generations might just call bad Catholics. They go to the two important masses every year and never show up otherwise. 

I’ve always made little jokes about them, just like most people that grew up going to church every Sunday did. 

I still make jokes about them and I certainly don’t go to church every Sunday when I’m at college. When I caught myself making a joke about it the other day though and it got me thinking. 

I am not any better than them. I’m not and neither is anyone else. 

Catholics and Christians shouldn’t be claiming to be better than each other anyways. 

Aren’t we supposed to be compassionate toward each other? 

Life is busy and sometimes people don’t have time to go to church or maybe the times mass is offered doesn’t work with their schedules. I don’t remember any part of the Bible saying that we are all destined for hell if we can’t make it to Sunday mass every week. 

The only things the Bible really says is that we should gather as often as possible with our other Christians. Sundays are supposed to be a day of rest but there is nothing that says you have to go to church on them. 

If you are still devoting some of your time and thoughts toward your religion it’s OK. Sometimes praying before you go to bed or when you wake up is all you can do. Maybe you go to a prayer group once a week or even once a month. 

At least you’re trying, that’s all you can really do. 

I’m not claiming to know best but it is not our right to judge. We can only do what we think the bible says. 

God is the only one who can judge. I think too many people forget that. 

Even if it seems too easy to judge sometimes, it is not our place. What is our place as Christians is to help each other and be compassionate. 

It feels more and more like the Catholic church is more worried about judging each other than anything else.

Less and less people are staying in the church and it’s for a reason. It’s not some mystified reason that no one comprehends it is something that could easily be changed. 

Stop judging everyone who comes in and preaching that you are basically destined for hell. No one wants to come into church for an hour to be told what they are doing wrong and given no solutions. ‘Brimstone and hellfire’ is fun to say but making that all you’re preaching isn’t fun for anyone else. 

Personally, I think that the brimstone and hellfire can stay in the 1800s with the puritans and their all-black fashion. I think bright colors and helping each other is nice and the world would be a lot worse without it. 

I’m not saying water down the Bible and tell people they can do whatever they want and get to heaven. That wouldn’t actually help anyone. 

But creating a better atmosphere and reminding everyone to be kind to each other is probably a pretty good start.  

Tell people what is wrong but let them know how they can do better or use their faith to get through tough situations. Make the church a welcoming place for its members and maybe they would stay.

Maybe start preaching more about how we can become better Christians and Catholic members without trying to scare us into it. God wants us to love our neighbors and help each other. Start reminding people of that instead of more things to worry about. Anyone can sin but everyone can improve. I think we’ve forgotten that.