And there is a seductiveness in the mindlessness. In the act of letting someone else just dictate to me the terms of my spirit and to just tell me what is right and wrong and it is all black and white and I don't have to worry about any of this anymore.
This is one of the things I truly value about the Episcopal Church -- it makes it into jokes about fence-sitting and being wishy-washy, but that's because so often it refuses to make those choices for us. It says, "this is the core of what we believe, and we'll try and guide you, but you have to make these tough calls yourself." And you're right, that's what I finally figured out about the appeal of both the Catholic church, and the more conservative/fundamentalist churches: they tell you what's right and wrong, and trying to figure it out for yourself is really hard -- and what if you get it wrong?
Hugs, only for the stress about church. I'm sorry it's being so wretched. It's supposed to be a place of strength and comfort, and it's incredibly hard when you have to use that strength in this way.
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Date: 2005-07-07 03:35 am (UTC)This is one of the things I truly value about the Episcopal Church -- it makes it into jokes about fence-sitting and being wishy-washy, but that's because so often it refuses to make those choices for us. It says, "this is the core of what we believe, and we'll try and guide you, but you have to make these tough calls yourself." And you're right, that's what I finally figured out about the appeal of both the Catholic church, and the more conservative/fundamentalist churches: they tell you what's right and wrong, and trying to figure it out for yourself is really hard -- and what if you get it wrong?
Hugs, only for the stress about church. I'm sorry it's being so wretched. It's supposed to be a place of strength and comfort, and it's incredibly hard when you have to use that strength in this way.