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Explain the phrase

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Question - (6 March 2011) 5 Answers - (Newest, 6 March 2011)
A male India age 30-35, *arun9.nbd writes:

can plz anyone explain this phrase to me in simple eng.

catholic up-bringing

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A reader, anonymous, writes (6 March 2011):

You are asking for the stereotype/character traits of a person raised in a Catholic upbringing?

Let me make it clear that these are stereotypes...some of which were warranted and I noticed in people from my catholic upbringing. I'm sure it's different in different countries:

-an appreciation and fear of social hierarchy (particularly if they went to a catholic school and interacted with the religious order)

-an appreciation for rules/law

-a strong belief in analyzing the moral weight of actions (sometimes to a fault)

-a strong sense of guilt instilled by the belief in the omnipresence of god ("He's always watching and he can see inside your head") attitude. Explains why they have Confession.

-and my personal favorite: a strong ability to handle cognitive dissonance. Many of the beliefs of the church are nonsensical in secular eyes: Virgin birth, transubstantiation of bread and wine into Body of Blood, the Trinity.

If someone uses this phrase to describe themselves it tends to mean that they had an ordered, disciplined, and moral upbringing. It tends to be a positive way to describe a Catholic raised person who no longer believes.

I do have a very good Goan/Catholic friend. I found these stereotypes to much the same with her...perhaps a little more heavy on the guilt and love of hierarchy than other Catholic friends I've had.

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A female reader, CindyCares Italy +, writes (6 March 2011):

CindyCares agony aunt " X had a Catholic uprbringing " = when X was a child , he was raised and educated according to the rules and values of the Catholic Church.

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A male reader, crazybeast United Kingdom +, writes (6 March 2011):

crazybeast agony auntSomeone was brought up with catholic beliefs

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A male reader, Dr.LanceMerryweather United Kingdom +, writes (6 March 2011):

Dr.LanceMerryweather agony auntA person who has been brought up in a family who subscribe to the Roman Catholic faith. It is a Christian religion.

For example: "She won't have sex before marriage because of her Catholic upbringing."

In other words, she is following the teachings of her religion.

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (6 March 2011):

That means a person who was raised in a family that is of the Catholic faith.

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