Hi, I am new here and I didn't know where to put this, so I am sorry if it's in the wrong place.
I am twenty-one years old and a confirmed Catholic and have been dating my boyfriend who's an atheist for six months now. He doesn't care that I am Roman Catholic; however, he does talk bad about it, but I don't think he realizes what he's saying isn't true. He's from England and he claims he was raised Protestant when I am sure he knows nothing about it from what he's said, especially since he says he's never believed in a higher power in his life. I talk about the Catholic church, but he says saints aren't real and he doesn't like the pope because he says the pope hates gays . I know for a fact that this is all baloney and not true because I am confirmed and I looked these things up and asked priests and I know they're not true. I am not going to break up with him because I fell in love with him and this all can be fixed.
It makes me mad when he says this stuff because it's extremely offensive. Yes, it would be nicer if I had a Catholic boyfriend or at least someone who believed in God, but I don't know what to do. He talks about other religions like Protestantism,Buddhism, Judaism, etc. and he doesn't know a thing about it. I think this is odd because he said he was raised Protestant and I know more about the church than he does. He also has no idea that the Protestants broke off from the Catholic church and created their own religion; he thinks the Protestant church was the first church.
What do I do about him? How do I clear this up? If I end up marrying him, then this is going to be a huge problem. I need to speak up sometime, if not now about this. It really bothers me. I thought about bringing him to church, but I keep running scenarios in my head like I think he'll think it's dumb or something, which I shouldn't really care and that's horrid of me to think.
I didn't realize he was an atheist until after a few days of dating because stupid me assumed just because he's from England that he's Protestant. I don't want to end this relationship over ignorance because it's petty...kind of.
What do I do?
I am twenty-one years old and a confirmed Catholic and have been dating my boyfriend who's an atheist for six months now. He doesn't care that I am Roman Catholic; however, he does talk bad about it, but I don't think he realizes what he's saying isn't true. He's from England and he claims he was raised Protestant when I am sure he knows nothing about it from what he's said, especially since he says he's never believed in a higher power in his life. I talk about the Catholic church, but he says saints aren't real and he doesn't like the pope because he says the pope hates gays . I know for a fact that this is all baloney and not true because I am confirmed and I looked these things up and asked priests and I know they're not true. I am not going to break up with him because I fell in love with him and this all can be fixed.
It makes me mad when he says this stuff because it's extremely offensive. Yes, it would be nicer if I had a Catholic boyfriend or at least someone who believed in God, but I don't know what to do. He talks about other religions like Protestantism,Buddhism, Judaism, etc. and he doesn't know a thing about it. I think this is odd because he said he was raised Protestant and I know more about the church than he does. He also has no idea that the Protestants broke off from the Catholic church and created their own religion; he thinks the Protestant church was the first church.
What do I do about him? How do I clear this up? If I end up marrying him, then this is going to be a huge problem. I need to speak up sometime, if not now about this. It really bothers me. I thought about bringing him to church, but I keep running scenarios in my head like I think he'll think it's dumb or something, which I shouldn't really care and that's horrid of me to think.
I didn't realize he was an atheist until after a few days of dating because stupid me assumed just because he's from England that he's Protestant. I don't want to end this relationship over ignorance because it's petty...kind of.
What do I do?