Happy anniversary, God <3
On the 22nd. I'm late, I know. Luckily God is an understanding and patient lover.
(Baptism/confirmation at the Easter Vigil March 22nd last year)
So now that I've cleared the one year mark and proved that I can stick to my faith like white on rice, it's time to apostatize. Whooo. lol jk, but there were times when I was really unhappy with the Catholic church and it gave me pause that if I "quit," I would have walked away after less than a year as a real Catholic.
Difficulties thus far:
1) I really hate the (absence of) role of women in the Catholic church
2) Related to the first, I just can't condemn abortion. I can't, I can't, I tried for months to convince and wheedle myself into it but I am pro-life by supporting the woman and her right to life and control over her own body
3) I figured out recently that I like being a biblical scholar, not a theologian (I may have to change my "I am a theologian" tag). All later theology and Sacred Tradition and the Catechism and just...all of it, seems so crafted by human hands. Which is okay, I guess, but not legit for finding God and really figuring things out. I don't even like John for that reason, I discount him a lot because he's too theological for my tastes :-p Anyway, Catholics like traditions and the Church Fathers and theology and other, mm, secondary material a lot. I'm becoming alarmingly sola scriptura~
Whatever, the problems that I still have with the church aren't because I'm drifting away, they're because I'm growing away. In a better understanding of where my religion comes from and what I really want of it. As long as it's not apathy, and I still have that tension and interest sustaining me, and I have the Mass and the Eucharist which I still love, I'll be okay as a Catholic
I will say that I'm writing a paper on Pharisees right now (see point 3 above), and I am so planning to watch Jesus Christ Superstar this weekend. My first and favorite gospel :-p
(Baptism/confirmation at the Easter Vigil March 22nd last year)
So now that I've cleared the one year mark and proved that I can stick to my faith like white on rice, it's time to apostatize. Whooo. lol jk, but there were times when I was really unhappy with the Catholic church and it gave me pause that if I "quit," I would have walked away after less than a year as a real Catholic.
Difficulties thus far:
1) I really hate the (absence of) role of women in the Catholic church
2) Related to the first, I just can't condemn abortion. I can't, I can't, I tried for months to convince and wheedle myself into it but I am pro-life by supporting the woman and her right to life and control over her own body
3) I figured out recently that I like being a biblical scholar, not a theologian (I may have to change my "I am a theologian" tag). All later theology and Sacred Tradition and the Catechism and just...all of it, seems so crafted by human hands. Which is okay, I guess, but not legit for finding God and really figuring things out. I don't even like John for that reason, I discount him a lot because he's too theological for my tastes :-p Anyway, Catholics like traditions and the Church Fathers and theology and other, mm, secondary material a lot. I'm becoming alarmingly sola scriptura~
Whatever, the problems that I still have with the church aren't because I'm drifting away, they're because I'm growing away. In a better understanding of where my religion comes from and what I really want of it. As long as it's not apathy, and I still have that tension and interest sustaining me, and I have the Mass and the Eucharist which I still love, I'll be okay as a Catholic
I will say that I'm writing a paper on Pharisees right now (see point 3 above), and I am so planning to watch Jesus Christ Superstar this weekend. My first and favorite gospel :-p