Dear Chas,

along the same lines as a baptism...i attended a Catholic a funeral. I have 10 aunts and uncles on my mom's side alone... There are all mostly Catholic, so there will be many more coming up. So far I plan to attend each one just to show my love and support for the family who is still here.

I attended my uncles funeral a couple years ago.. It was a Catholic service. I was very uncomfortable....similarly as David said..due to the idolatry worship that occurs there...

I attended because it was family...and i wanted to be there for them. I did not participate in the rituals...except i did take communion. Also.. when it was time to sing.. I sang loudly and Praised my Lord. I also prayed that the Lord would open their eyes and their hearts.

I know some believing Catholics.. in spite of their Catholic religion, the Lord has gotten ahold of them. :).

Blessings, Carla
ps--i was raised catholic.. but in spite of my catholic upbringing, God got ahold of me also. I am no longer Catholic.. Presently I attend an anabaptist..Bretheren in Christ church.

Chaz

It's sometimes difficult in these matters, I myself grew up has a Catholic, I was baptized as a baby, went thru catechism,has a child I had no clue what I was doing, the nuns and the Catholic church put me thru rituals and doctrines I didn't even understand, they wouldn't let me even open a bible, we were not allowed to. But eight years ago I became a born again Christian, I don't believe in baby baptism, I have a 10 month old daughter, I did have a conflict with some of my family, because some of them are Catholic, and they wanted to baptism my daughter, and I kindly explained to them that its not scripture. But I did go to Church and we dedicated our daughter to the Lord, I feel that babies are not accountable or know whats going on. As for attending, I personally would go, but I wouldn't get evolved with there rituals and idol worship. God Bless