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Whoa...I'm going through my old blog archives and found this:
The pendulum of my spiritual beliefs swings back and forth regularly between liberal Catholic and Buddhist. I know, that's a strange combination. I've been fascinated with the Catholic church ever since I was a kid and my paternal grandma (whose mother was born in Ireland) took me to the oldest cathedral in Detroit. I know all about the fucked-up history of the Catholic church, but the modern Catholic church is surprisingly in line with a lot of my beliefs (pro-life, concerned with social justice, acknowledges evolution, honors the mystics, recognizes the female in the Marianic aspect, etc). And the pagan roots in the Catholic rituals are unmistakable. I get really into Catholicism and decide I'm going to convert when we get to Michigan - because the form of Catholicism practiced in Texas is far more charismatic and almost Protestant-like than in Michigan. But then I remember the lifelong visceral reaction I get to hearing the Bible quoted or people talking about Jesus, and I think, okay, maybe now is not the right time.
I wrote that in early 2002 and it STILL took me 8 more years to convert.
I am starting to understand why J says stubbornness is one of my key traits. Hmph.
The pendulum of my spiritual beliefs swings back and forth regularly between liberal Catholic and Buddhist. I know, that's a strange combination. I've been fascinated with the Catholic church ever since I was a kid and my paternal grandma (whose mother was born in Ireland) took me to the oldest cathedral in Detroit. I know all about the fucked-up history of the Catholic church, but the modern Catholic church is surprisingly in line with a lot of my beliefs (pro-life, concerned with social justice, acknowledges evolution, honors the mystics, recognizes the female in the Marianic aspect, etc). And the pagan roots in the Catholic rituals are unmistakable. I get really into Catholicism and decide I'm going to convert when we get to Michigan - because the form of Catholicism practiced in Texas is far more charismatic and almost Protestant-like than in Michigan. But then I remember the lifelong visceral reaction I get to hearing the Bible quoted or people talking about Jesus, and I think, okay, maybe now is not the right time.
I wrote that in early 2002 and it STILL took me 8 more years to convert.
I am starting to understand why J says stubbornness is one of my key traits. Hmph.