Thank God this doesn't apply to the Catholic Church!

[kahljorn]

at the begining of this argument i suggested something along those lines. I must have the wrong idea of catholicism from someone else, or maybe I was just flat mistaken about them being "literal" and "Dogmatic". All i know is i have relatives who don't eat meat on fridays and all kinds of other weird stuff(My girlfriends mom was barely able to even become a member of the catholic church for some reason or another), I realize that's more choice than anything but still.
My family is funny in that sense that, some of them are protestant and some of them are catholic. They often have interesting conversations, and for the most part I've actually found those who are catholic to be more well-read in biblical terms than christians.
So don't take what I said personally or anything. I was merely commenting that, for the most part, Catholics seem to be more literal and ritualistic than protestants, especially when you consider the rockn'roll music they play for worshipping. Do they ask for money when you make a confession(I'm guessing that would be considered atonement for your soul, but I'm not sure)?

P.S. I don't think anyone should have to pay money for atonement, but I suppose it's a good method for repentance.