I'm not catholic, but my boyfriend wants to get married next year in a church.?

Been there! Look, your parents are honestly worried about you. They've been told a lot of lies about Catholics, just like my in-laws were told lies about Catholics.

When my husband was a little boy, a Catholic family moved into the neighborhood and his mother wouldn't even allow him to play with the kids in that family! She was just convinced that Catholicism was equal to satanism. When my husband and I decided to convert to Catholicism, he told his dad first, and my father-in-law - a 6'4" farmer and military veteran - CRIED.

I had never seen him cry before, but he sobbed like a baby and held us tight and begged us not to do it. My husband very patiently explained that everything my father-in-law had been taught about Catholicism was off base. My fil would not allow us to tell my mil for many months, because he wanted to break it to her gently.

And then when she found out, she was ANGRY. She blamed me for leading my husband astray, swore up and down we were driving our kids straight to hell, etc. In time, my in-laws have learned that Catholicism is perfectly Christian. To be sure, they quiz our children all the time to make sure our kids are only trusting Jesus for salvation, and they fret over any mention of Mary, and they have consistently boycotted every baptism, First Communion and Confirmation, but they aren't nearly as adverse to Catholicism as they used to be.

So, here's what I would do. I would get your parents a copy of the book, "What Catholics Really Believe" by Karl Keating (former evangelical), and ask them to read it, because it really explains Catholicism in terms they are accustomed to using when they talk about things of the Lord. Be respectful of their wishes as long as you are dependent on them, but keep the lines of communication open.

Above all, pray. Only the Holy Spirit can really change their minds about Catholicism, but He's really good at helping people understand the truth.

If you don't know the doctrinal and theological issues, it sounds like you might not be prepared to fully understand why you should join any church at all. You should join a church for the right reasons, and know what "church" means in relation to faith, to the new covenant, and to Christ's spiritual church. Most churches that are not cultish ones don't require a life-time membership, like the Catholic church basically does.

For your own future, not because of your parents or your boyfriend, I would suggest studying history and doctrine more, and not just the things written only by the Catholic or Orthodox church. They claim their tradition is just as valid as Scriptures, even when their doctrine or activities go against Scripture.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.