I knew that was why, but you've converted me, and that's why it's odd. I don't have "Gods", I'm supposed to have one God. I'm really wondering how much christian there is left in me.
Eh. That's personal to you, and none of my business unless you want to discuss it with me. I still consider myself culturally, so to speak, Catholic. My daughters are unbaptized not because I insisted on it but because their father, as their legal custodian, vetoed it as his opinion of Catholicism is . . . :cough: Rather like most Protestants' view of Catholics. My view on the Jehovah's Witnesses is about the same so we're even.
My religion is my own, I don't mind, however, giving my daughters the religious identity I grew up with at their option of discontinuing it. I'm not allowed to, but I am, now that no one's physically stopping us, bringing them back to the UU church here.
But as for . . . maybe it's that your view of religion changed. You've commented to me that you don't feel guilty about your sex life. But all you did was have consensual sex with someone you're in love with (your other adventure was . . . morally maybe a little questionable, but certainly above-board ethically) . . . what could possibly be wrong with that? Why would you feel guilty for missing church a few times when you realize that you live in a way that few other Christians could hold up day to day? Why feel guilty for drinking alcohol occasionally when you gladly sacrifice any moment of pleasure for the sake of helping other people?
Chris, I used to walk around with a lot of guilt, but I do my best to make the world a better place and I live with the sum total of who and what I am and I'm not ashamed, and the sort of person you are -- you shouldn't be ashamed either.
and, by the way, karma paid off. you spend all those years as a sweetheart Boy Scout and absolutely unwilling to hurt people, and look what you get. ;)
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Date: 2003-08-24 07:23 am (UTC)Eh. That's personal to you, and none of my business unless you want to discuss it with me.
I still consider myself culturally, so to speak, Catholic. My daughters are unbaptized not because I insisted on it but because their father, as their legal custodian, vetoed it as his opinion of Catholicism is . . . :cough: Rather like most Protestants' view of Catholics. My view on the Jehovah's Witnesses is about the same so we're even.
My religion is my own, I don't mind, however, giving my daughters the religious identity I grew up with at their option of discontinuing it. I'm not allowed to, but I am, now that no one's physically stopping us, bringing them back to the UU church here.
But as for . . . maybe it's that your view of religion changed. You've commented to me that you don't feel guilty about your sex life. But all you did was have consensual sex with someone you're in love with (your other adventure was . . . morally maybe a little questionable, but certainly above-board ethically) . . . what could possibly be wrong with that? Why would you feel guilty for missing church a few times when you realize that you live in a way that few other Christians could hold up day to day? Why feel guilty for drinking alcohol occasionally when you gladly sacrifice any moment of pleasure for the sake of helping other people?
Chris, I used to walk around with a lot of guilt, but I do my best to make the world a better place and I live with the sum total of who and what I am and I'm not ashamed, and the sort of person you are -- you shouldn't be ashamed either.
and, by the way, karma paid off. you spend all those years as a sweetheart Boy Scout and absolutely unwilling to hurt people, and look what you get. ;)
I love you.