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[karenthology]

Short update:

-- I no longer have a traditional full-time job, so some things might have to change regarding Third Order. The next issue of Third Order is going to be published in the previous format with the previous payscale, but submissions after the magazine's next pub date of July 1 will unfortunately be received under different circumstances.

Comments

[rhinemouse]

Interesting questions!

1) Depends--probably as much or a bit more as other intellectual/philosophical positions held by the person. I do my best to respect people of other beliefs and to presume good faith and intelligence wherever possible. There are some beliefs that I find it hard to respect (for instance, pretty much any flavor of everyone-who-disagrees-with-me-is-stupid).

2) Depends on what kind of book it is. I would read, say, a book about gardening by anyone. On the other hand, I became interested in reading God's Secret Agents (about the Jesuits in Elizabethan England) only after I heard that the author was fairly sympathetic to the Jesuits, since reading smack about Edmund Campion is not something I have any desire to do. Fiction--there are a few viewpoints that really irritate me, but mostly it would depend on whether the author was preaching or telling an honest story. (I will admit that I give more leeway to authors of my own religion, but even there preaching and caricatures of the opposition will annoy me. Also, I'm going to be slightly more interested in a book which I know is by a Catholic, since I'm always hoping to find more good writers of my own faith.)

3) Given as I'm Catholic and hate sports, I would probably think "GO CATHOLICS!" and join the procession. Even if I was doing something in the cafe that interested me enough to keep me there, I would still be really pleased to see them.

4) If it was Jews or Buddhists, I would probably think "Cool!" For the pagan procession, I might be more amused, depending on whether it was kitschy or not.