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Satanist friends?	Marcella	Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Question: Hi, I've recently been interested in Christianity, more specifically Catholicism. I used to be really into Theistic Satanism and the past two years I've been agnostic. I wanted to know if it was wrong to stay friends with people I know who still are Satanists when I want to be Catholic like my family?
Question Answered by Dear Marcella: I praise God that your are considering conversion to Christianity, and even more-so that you are interested in the Catholic Church, which is the Church that Jesus personally founded. As it is with any lifestyle change one needs to leave old friends from the old lifestyle behind. For example, if one was leading a lifestyle of drunkenness, but now one wishes to have a lifestyle of sobriety, it would be imprudent to hang around the old drunken friends. Doing so risks getting back into drunkenness. Also, once sober, one will find those old drunken friends not so pleasant to be around. The same is for you. You need to move on to new friends who are Christian. To hang around Satanist friends is an unnecessary risk. The Church teaches that we are to avoid even the near occasion of sin. To hang around those old friends can be a near occasion for you. Besides, if you become Christian you will no longer have anything in common with these Satanists. You will find as time goes on that you will not even want to hang around with them. What is more, you will likely become a threat to them. You need to make a clean break from your old lifestyle and embrace the new lifestyle of Christ. We will be in prayer for you as you discern your future as a Christian. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Satanist friends?

Marcella

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Hi, I've recently been interested in Christianity, more specifically Catholicism. I used to be really into Theistic Satanism and the past two years I've been agnostic. I wanted to know if it was wrong to stay friends with people I know who still are Satanists when I want to be Catholic like my family?

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Dear Marcella:

I praise God that your are considering conversion to Christianity, and even more-so that you are interested in the Catholic Church, which is the Church that Jesus personally founded.

As it is with any lifestyle change one needs to leave old friends from the old lifestyle behind. For example, if one was leading a lifestyle of drunkenness, but now one wishes to have a lifestyle of sobriety, it would be imprudent to hang around the old drunken friends. Doing so risks getting back into drunkenness.

Also, once sober, one will find those old drunken friends not so pleasant to be around.

The same is for you. You need to move on to new friends who are Christian. To hang around Satanist friends is an unnecessary risk. The Church teaches that we are to avoid even the near occasion of sin. To hang around those old friends can be a near occasion for you.

Besides, if you become Christian you will no longer have anything in common with these Satanists. You will find as time goes on that you will not even want to hang around with them. What is more, you will likely become a threat to them.

You need to make a clean break from your old lifestyle and embrace the new lifestyle of Christ.

We will be in prayer for you as you discern your future as a Christian.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum
Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
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Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum