Confirmation: letter to the Bishop

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#1 Dawq902
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so in confirmation class they are makeing us write a letter to the Bishop which i find completly pointless, especially because you don't actually have to put your name on it. We have to write about ourself and our family and what we did for community service and what gift we would like to get (i.e. wisdom, courage blah blah blah). I find it all to be a waste of time, isin't going to the 2.5hr classes enough plus all of those painfull hours we have spent in church. On top of it all they are making us write a paragraph about the saints name we are chosing. When did religion become a english course? I'm not to thrilled about any of this and we have to go on a 4hr "retreat" tomorrow (it was suppose to be 8 hrs). Unfortuantly for me i missed the class where they gave out the sheets for the guidelines about the letter and now i just have a short hand version of it that i wrote 2months ago about what to do. Not enthusiastic about doing this.

Does anyone elses church make them write a letter to their bishop or are we special?

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I never had to write a letter to any Bishop because all the churches I went to didn't believe in Bishops.
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I never had to write a letter to any Bishop because all the churches I went to didn't believe in Bishops.Theokhoth
wish i went their. They keep telling us after we get confirmed that "it's not the end of your life as a christian" or something like that. They actually expect us to want to come back to church.
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I wrote a letter to Cable, but never Bishop.
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]I never had to write a letter to any Bishop because all the churches I went to didn't believe in Bishops.Dawq902
wish i went their. They keep telling us after we get confirmed that "it's not the end of your life as a christian" or something like that. They actually expect us to want to come back to church.

Well, yeah.:| That's kinda a common theme among churches.

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I think the point of having you write about those things is to force you to think and reflect about those thinks.
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I think the point of having you write about those things is to force you to think and reflect about those thinks.nocoolnamejim
probably. Right now what i got in my letter is gold. Stuff about wanting to be a role model for my siblings. It's good but it feels kinda wrong because half the stuff I'm writing is not true. whatever i will write what they want to see.
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We need to write about one gift we would like to get and the options are

Wisdom, Understanding, Judgement, Courage and Knowledge.

I can't think of a good reason to pick any of these. I tryed one for wisdom but could not think of a good one and the one i have written down for courage blows right now. I need a good sentence or two on how courage can be benficial or something.

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[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]I think the point of having you write about those things is to force you to think and reflect about those thinks.Dawq902
probably. Right now what i got in my letter is gold. Stuff about wanting to be a role model for my siblings. It's good but it feels kinda wrong because half the stuff I'm writing is not true. whatever i will write what they want to see.

So write what IS true would be my advice. What are the things, as you approach your confirmation, that you have doubts and questions about? What are the qualities that you want to have to be a better person? The value of what they're having you do isn't just for you to spend time answering how you think they want you to answer. They're asking you to think and define who you want to be going forward. Probably the reason why you aren't required to put your name on it is so that you DON'T feel obligated to answer how you think they'd want you to answer. Assuming for the sake of argument for the moment that we both believe in god, then questioning god's purpose, his plan for you personally, can only lead you to a better understanding of yourself, your relationship with god, and where you want to go from here. Or, alternatively, it could you to decide that this isn't the right path for yourself. Confirmation, as the name implies, is supposed to be your specifically deciding to confirm your status as a practicing Catholic as I understand it.
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Thats all actually very good stuff that i should be putting in their but they gave us some guidelines of what they want us to put into the letter that i must put in their also. some of that stuff does go along with the guidelines and i will add it to my letter. Thanks.
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I'm chosing the saint name of timothy because that's my name. i need to get 3 aspects of the saints life that are significant but he has not done to many significant things.
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Just claim you're a Muslim and they'll won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.
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Ask for a new pc and have done with it.
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I wrote a letter to Cable, but never Bishop.Oleg_Huzwog
And he's very upset
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Just claim you're a Muslim and they'll won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.Ultimate-Playa
lol, only if i don't have to pray to the sun 5 times a day or w/e they do
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[QUOTE="Ultimate-Playa"]Just claim you're a Muslim and they'll won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.Dawq902
lol, only if i don't have to pray to the sun 5 times a day or w/e they do

Tell them that you would consider it an offense for them to question your customs. So, don't worry. ;)

P.S. Muslims don't pray to the sun but the direction towards Mecca.

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#17 Dawq902
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[QUOTE="Dawq902"][QUOTE="Ultimate-Playa"]Just claim you're a Muslim and they'll won't touch you with a 10 foot pole.Ultimate-Playa

lol, only if i don't have to pray to the sun 5 times a day or w/e they do

Tell them that you would consider it an offense for them to question your customs. So, don't worry. ;)

P.S. Muslims don't pray to the sun but the direction towards Mecca.

lol. I knew that about the Muslims to! how can i not remember, that's what we learned in history last year but religious history does not interest me even a little.