Not ready yet

So Brian and I were talking this morning again about all this religion stuff. It occurred to us that, although we may not be ready to say we ARE Catholic, neither are we ready to say we are NOT Catholic. How's that for cognitive dissonance?

Here's the thing - we'd probably end up becoming Episcopalian or something (I've heard some Episcopalians call themselves "Catholic lite"). That is, no structured spiritual activity is unlikely. But before we walk away from our heritage, if we walk away from our heritage, we want to be sure. And neither one of us is ready to never take communion in a Catholic church again. Even if we weren't Catholic anymore, we'd be going to first holy communions, memorial masses, confirmations, etc., etc., etc. You know, the parts of life that come with a whole community of active Catholic family and friends.

Which brings me to another thing - there's a difference, a chasm in fact, a canyon, worlds away, that separates the Catholics with which we hang out with vs. the bigotry, racism, etc., that I mentioned in the previous entry. Most of the Catholics we hang out with are intelligent, thoughtful, valuable members of their communities. Many of them are Jesuit-educated, meaning we tend to think our way through the religion, not blindly accept it. They're active and volunteer and don't have issues with skin color, etc.

Ah, well. I trust.