  We were talking about atheists and where they go after they die, and I said, "Well, with you, would you believe that they wouldn't necessarily go to the Hell with burning flames and 5000 degree hot tubs and such? " and he said, "Are you talking about Dante's Inferno, Limbo, Purgatory and all of that junk? " I nodded and he replied, "Didn't that idea fade out with most of the Catholics?
" So, it's obvious that he's not a practicing Catholic or anything, but it still made me curious on the basic "rules" for being a Catholic. What does it take? What do you believe that regular ol' christians don't/do believe? I could definitely just look this up on the internet somewhere, but it's so much better when Ryan, our lovely youth leader, or someone that is actually Catholic explains it to me. 
