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Cowgirl Jack said:
Who says I disagree? I may wrap my brain around it differently than most people, but I don't feel like there's a conflict of interests.
I don't see how one person can have the same morals as a group with millions in it. Thats my own view.
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Dude...I think there's something fucked up about all the churches y'all go to. Klinton, you, others...there's this 'when I was a little boy' trama that's just so foreign. Fire...brimstone...fire...brimstone...is that all you guys heard? Because I suppose that's what would turn me off too.
Mormon-Baptist-all kinds of Orthodox. Thats what I was growing up. I was told by each religion that the other was wrong and I was wrong (and likely going to hell) for being a part of that religion. To me that is the religions trying to control my by fear. I see it as one giant pissing match with no winners. I can see if I was one religion growing up I would have a different view but thats not how it happened.
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I have noticed a difference between Southern Catholics and...others. I saw this at UF, where people came from different states. Outside of the South, being Catholic is a culture and a social symbol. Sort of like being Jewish.
Thats how people are with everything not just religion. Everyone wants to be part of something bigger. I'm not saying its a bad thing but its not something I necessarily agree with. I just think people should be seen as who they are and not as what group they belong to.
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I had a roommate that decided she would only marry a Catholic and she would only have a Catholic wedding with a full Mass. I asked why, because she never even set her foot in a church during Easter, and she got real pissed.
That might be the one thing worse than the "christians" that only go to church for easter and christmas.
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but let's just say my kids are going to public school just like their mamma.
If I ever trick a woman into having kids with me I'll seriously consider sending them to a religious school. They still teach morals at those schools, something that is lacking at public schools. Maybe having them attend each for a couple years would be better than one or the other.
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Okay, I couldn't say to a guy without cracking up. I don't know why. That just sounds so...backwoods Baptist. (See? that's what Catholic snobbery is like. I really don't mean what I say, I'm just using the phrase to make a point.)
I think every time I've heard that its been from a Baptist or mormon girl.
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My religion is very private. My personal practices are private. I simply don't express them to people. You're not going to ever catch me saying 'Baby Jesus says I shouldn't...' I tend to internalize a lot of things, and religion is one of them. I don't socialize with people from church. And the people I do hang out probably think religion's the last thing on my mind.
That is something I wish every religious person did.
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I don't pray in public. I don't 'spread the word' or anything like that. I think it's tacky. But if one of your grandparents died or you sister is in a car crash, I will go up to my room at the end of the night and I'll pray. Alone.
I do the same thing. I might not be religious but I do think there is a god somewhere that looks after us. I don't know if praying helps but it does help calm me and deal with the situation better.
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I'm not saying we should all be hooked up on a grid, but being so anti-group is just as silly as being feverishly devoted to a group.
I'm not anti-group and I didn't try to come off as that, I just don't see the point of joining something if you don't need to. I'm just interested in what others think of it.
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Either way you come off sounding a little emo.
The next person who calls me emo is going on ignore.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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