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- From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
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- Subject: Re: Another introduction...
- Message-ID: <102132@bu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:37:36 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.080618.16608@muddcs.claremont.edu> <101839@bu.edu> <1e3o4dINNhli@phakt.usc.edu>
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- In article <1e3o4dINNhli@phakt.usc.edu> pechever@phakt.usc.edu (Paul Echeverri) writes:
-
- >The baliset hums the first few bars of "Purplehaze" in appropriate greeting.
- >"Welcome to the Place, /*. You've pretty much summarized my views in your
- >article. Similar experiences, but to a much lesser degree--dad's agnostic
- >and mom goes to church but won't yell at anyone for not going, so I guess
- >my decision to leave the Holy Roman Catholic Mind-Control Empire (tm) was
- >a lot easier than yours. To quote Jubal Harshaw:
- > 'I do not let slobs tell me where to go on Sundays.'
-
- /* turns toward the baliset music, and chuckles.
- "Thanks for the greeting! Excellent choice in music! Although,
- 'Purple Rain' or 'Deep Purple' would be equally acceptable!"
-
- /* takes a sip of his Grape Crush, smiles and nods towards Robbie
- and Linda. "Thanks for the drink!"
-
- "I know that a lot of people have left the RC Church - for some it
- is easier than for others. The struggle that *I* still have is in
- not over-reacting to my Catholic friends and family. My home-town
- is *so* Catholic that many of them have never experienced knowing
- someone with a different ideology or religion - Catholic is sort of
- a 'default religion' for them. Sometimes they will be quite
- prejudiced without realizing it; sometimes they will try to 'trick'
- me into something, usually going to Mass, in a coy, non-threatening
- manner. Either way, they don't mean any harm, but I sometimes
- get so irritated. But, in a way, its nice to know others have been
- where I am."
-
- >"I'll admit the subject's been getting warm, and that's why I propose we
- >drop it. We'll just turn the Place into a warzone for no good reason, since
- >neither side will ever make itself understood by the other. It's the
- >proselytization and implicit assumptions of superiority over the
- >non-sheep^H^H^H^H^HChristian element of the populace that annoys me (thanx
- >Speaker for saying it so well :) I don't care what you worship; just don't
- >tell ME where I'm going."
-
- /* nods again, this time his smile fading a bit.
- "Luckily, most of the Catholics I know aren't big proslytizers.
- So it's only with my Evangelical sibling that I have that problem.
- But I was amazed with my mother's initial reaction - she is normally
- a very non-bigoted person. I discovered that, for a person who is
- not born Catholic, she feels respect and sympathy for. For a born
- Catholic who leaves, she feels *quite* differently."
-
- /* sighs. "But, she and I are working that out as we go along!"
-
- /* picks up a napkin to hold under his drink; it starts to shift
- from white to a pale violet. Then he takes another sip, and listens
- again to the baliset.
-
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