I have. More than once during my stay in Peru I considered converting to Catholisism. Not really because I'm overly religious, because I'm not, but because it felt nice to be a part of something, and to have something in common. However, I found that I disagree with a lot of things in a lot of world religions, so I will keep to my agnostism... at ( Read more... )

You would never have guessed what I just went through, so I'll just tell you flat-out. I just went through being called up to the altar in church during the Mass, to be thanked, blessed and sung for by 500 people. We were thereafter applauded, and then three kids - our godsons Richard and Emanuel and Ricardo (who was in San Antonio last year but ( Read more... )

I used to think it was pretty cool to speak three languages pretty well, but then I was stupid enough to read the posts of the people who have answered this Writer's Block thingy, and it turns out I'm not impressive at all. Bugger.

As most (if not all of) you people who read this LJ know, I am fluent in Norwegian because it's my native language, ( Read more... )

It's Saturday and we just came back from taking the ahijados (godsons) out for food and clothes shopping. They both got new shoes and a jumper each. Funny to see how distinctive their tastes are. While Richard likes dark clothes, usually with one or more skulls on them, Emanuel always picks clothes with colours on them. They had pollo a la brasa ( Read more... )

I happen to have eaten many weird things in my relatively short life. I've eaten cuy (guinea pig), llama, capivara, wallaby, whale, haggis, termites, jungle ants and chicken feet soup. On my list I can also include a bunch of weird fruits and plants, amongst those granadilla (popularly called "llama snot"), some plant found in the jungle that's ( Read more... )

This post is going to be about the following:

• The fact that Cristian was a hero today.

"Hermana, tengo una sorpresa para usted." He copied all his homework. One page we had to rip out because he'd done it wrong, but that's the teacher's fault, not his. He did wonderfully, and received two green stickers.

• The fact that I ran 20 rounds on the patio ( Read more... )

I was raised a Christian.

My childhood consisted of going to church before every holiday; I received a thorough education within religious matters from Miss Sidsel Ruud that made sure that I, even today, can name all the prophets and the Ten Commandments without hesitation. I learnt psalms and the Our Father in three different languages and I had ( Read more... )

So... lately I've been discussing this with several people, tried to do some research online and found that no one has really looked into it, and now I'm asking you. It's a religious question, and I'm asking out of curiousity, not because I want an argument. So here it is:

Most religions share the belief that the Messiah will return. However, could ( Read more... )

I really, really wish I could manage to convince myself that God is real.

I went to Mass in Chorillos yesterday. Chorillos is a part of Lima, and they have a really beautiful chapel there, called La Campiña. When we arrived there, it was already full. When a Catholic church is full in Lima, it means that people are queueing to get in; they are ( Read more... )

I am in Santiago, Chile, and I logged onto LiveJournal solely to be able to write that my "Location" is Santiago, Chile. I am such a geek ( Read more... )