re: #470 reine.de.tout

Anyhow, I sometimes get confused by your questions because they are so far outside of my experience, and so I’m not sure whether you are “toying” with me or whether you really just don’t know.

Trust me, I’m not toying with you, and we’ve had that thought between us previously.

As to your other questions, I was baptized, Lutheran, for what that’s worth. It was traditional thing as much as religious. And yes, I went to church and Sunday school and said my nightime prayers, for a while. I also called myself an agnostic before atheist. I guess a kind of childish Pascals’ choice.

As to self taught, all that was on my mind was that why would anyone adult want to become Catholic in the first place if they didn’t know quite a bit about it first? No insult intended, but the process you describe sounds a little bit like shopping for a product with a guaranteed return policy if not completely satisfied. I’ve never understood how people can justify “choosing” their religion for best fit. I thought either one is completely correct and all others are wrong. Random choice would be more honorable than personal preference, I think.

Anyway, please don’t take offense. Its always hard discussing issue of faith that are not shared, since both parties have to be telling the other that they are wrong, by definition.