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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (8687)3/15/2001 4:25:31 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
They expected me to
check in my brains at the church door and pick up a box of crayons.

I think that some organized religions contribute mightily to the impression that you have to check your brains at the door. I don't know how Catholics are raised now, but my religious training consisted of memorizing the Baltimore Catechism.

I had this bad habit of asking "why?" regarding the answer I had duly memorized and always got back that special glare that only a nun can give or the authoritarian "because the Church says so." I concluded from that experience, while I was still very young, correctly or not, that you have to be dull witted to be religious. Those early impressions tend to stick, particularly if they're not firmly contradicted by subsequent experiences.

Karen
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