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What I really hate is when people look down on me for technically not being Catholic anymore. One specific person in mind, but as he is merely an acquaintance, I can't really confront him about it.. So, naturally, I'll bitch about him behind his back in an anonymous sort of fashion.
All I said was the story of how amazing the dumbfounded look on my mother's face was when I told her that I didn't plan on ever getting married in a Catholic church.. not even in a "let's bash Catholics" type of way, but more of a "my mother is not a critical thinker" way. And yet, it was like... instantaneous death rays of disapproval shooting out of his eyes.
Seriously? Lighten up. He recently became Catholic, having come from a family of Protestants who aren't very supportive of this new move. So you'd think he'd be a little understanding about how sometimes people aren't really compatible with the religion/denomination they were born into, and how it kind of sucks when your family doesn't quite get why you feel strongly enough about it to make a change. Plus, you know, I would think that he'd see it as a positive thing that I wasn't willing to mock the Church by pretending to subscribe to those beliefs just to have a pretty place to get married.
I respect the Catholic Church as an institution-- however, like a lot of people I know, Catholic schools messed me up pretty badly, and I found that I needed a different way to express my faith.
Okay, rant over.
All I said was the story of how amazing the dumbfounded look on my mother's face was when I told her that I didn't plan on ever getting married in a Catholic church.. not even in a "let's bash Catholics" type of way, but more of a "my mother is not a critical thinker" way. And yet, it was like... instantaneous death rays of disapproval shooting out of his eyes.
Seriously? Lighten up. He recently became Catholic, having come from a family of Protestants who aren't very supportive of this new move. So you'd think he'd be a little understanding about how sometimes people aren't really compatible with the religion/denomination they were born into, and how it kind of sucks when your family doesn't quite get why you feel strongly enough about it to make a change. Plus, you know, I would think that he'd see it as a positive thing that I wasn't willing to mock the Church by pretending to subscribe to those beliefs just to have a pretty place to get married.
I respect the Catholic Church as an institution-- however, like a lot of people I know, Catholic schools messed me up pretty badly, and I found that I needed a different way to express my faith.
Okay, rant over.