The current topic making the rounds of the blogs seem to be religion. I don't have strong feelings on the matter, so for the most part I've been sitting the debate out. But I got bit bored, so I thought I'd throw in my ha'penny.

I grew up vaguely Catholic- Mass most Sundays, funny ash spread on my forehead yearly, abstinence preached every so often, but no vigils or confessions to sit through. I don't understand confession myself, but I imagine it's a lot like going to the psychiatrist, only cheaper and with less advice and more 'you should be ashamed of yourself.' And that's basically Catholicism there. You should be ashamed of yourself. (Which made the revivalist tent meeting portion of Laura's Confirmation really weird me out. I thought maybe we'd gone to the wrong church, because I'd never had to clap before. (Laura, btw, was upset when we said it was weird and that she liked the song. What's that got to do with what we were talking about? I'm all for mixing in newer music with the 'Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again' music they always say, I just want to know where the clapping came from. Is it because that church had a bunch of converts from the revivalists?)) And while I can't say it's a deciding factor, it is one of the reasons why I take myself so seriously and don't really like to cute loose and have fun. (Some people are adrenaline junkies. I'm one of those people who takes a shot every year and complains about the rush the entire time, even though after the event I'll go "I suppose that wasn't as bad as I expected.)

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