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Originally Posted by Sparrow
i'm ok with this b/c as a general rule, living 100% pure by any -ism is insane. if pieces of catholicism speak to you, use those and dump the rest. i know, for me, the mindfulness of symbolic ritual is comforting. not being afraid to fold in from other places if it makes your personal system jive is something to strive for--it combats legalism. we /all/ do this. we create our value system piecemeal from the sum of our experiences. i'm less apt to crucify the religious for doing the same. i think it's healthy to recognize and reject unhealthy practices on a regular basis; it's how change gets made.
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I didn't grow up with going to church on Sundays so maybe there is some inherent magic in the sitting in church ritual bonding over shared beliefs with semi strangers that I will never be able to understand? That would be fair enough in a "its my family tradition" kind of way.
But everything in me rebels against the "you need to take pieces of catholicism and use those". Which parts are that? The basic human decency parts? The hmmmm I never thought about it but maybe I shouldn't kill other people, give to charity and be nice to my parents parts?
BTW I'd be fully on board if somebody honestly said: "Hey they have a good childcare system/school/weekly brunch/poker game/allows me to integrate in the community" because that are very valid reasons to hang out with people.
Its the KATG forums - you can be honest here we won't tell you priest FY!SY!
I know this sounds combative and I honestly don't mean it that way but I just fully bristle at the "I read the bible in my mid 30s and decided it was awesome so I wanted to join" how? why? what? I don't understand