So for those of you who aren’t aware: I am catholic. I tend not to talk much about it because I’m having issues with the catholic church. So I was in mass yesterday and during the homily (the time when the priest talks about pretty much whatever he wants) the priest encouraged us to respect all races, creeds, etc. And I immediately thought to myself… If you are encouraging this why can’t the church practice what its preeching? I’ve been having a LOT of problems lately with the church with respect to its stance on many things… First being their wholesale effort to get banned same sex marriage, for those of you wondering I am in favor of same sex marriage. I mean I just don’t get it. Why does the church go around closing churches because of budget and attendance reasons and then turn around and fund lobbyists to try and influence the government?
Whenever I think about the negative things that the catholic church are espousing/doing (no female priests, anti gay stance, convert the world to catholiscism (by the sword in the old days)). I see the need to speak their message, for without words any organization will diminish and eventually fade away. The central message that I take away from the catholic teachings is: love, forgiveness, goodness, responsibility. And there is never enough of that in the world… or maybe there is enough but it’s just not being channeled correctly.
I dunno… When I do go to church I actually don’t mind… I’ve always been connected to the music and the readings… It’s just at Homily time I tune out when the priest starts in on those things I previously mentioned. That and one time he yelled at us because people other people weren’t there… Guilt trips don’t work on me.
