Religion on Application

sovereigndebt
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:54:44 +0000

moustache:

I have no problem with differing opinions. I was offended because she took a direct swipe at me in a holier than thou attitude. I’ve been around way too long to tolerate that. I am a good Catholic. I also think good Catholics can challenge their faith and their institution, which makes it better.

You may well be an extremely well mannered person and quiet in class. Nothing wrong with that. Just know that going to college is about growth. Not rote doctrine. And with that growth, you will find a way to express your points of view, whether that is in writing on papers or in class discussion, or informally in the school cafeteria or someone’s dorm room. I assure you that everyone does!

I’m not even liberal! LOL. I just embrace the notion of learning through discourse, reading and writing…and being brave enough to express and defend your own positions. I’ve told Bishops I know what I think, respecting their office and dignity.

Whatever you decide to do in college, or where you go, don’t ever let someone get away with condemning you to hell or telling you that your opinions are wrong and they have absolute authority. So long as you can defend your positions, civilly and reasonably and logically, then go for it.

Anyone who has studied the History of the Catholic Church (and I have) knows that a lot of church doctrine (but not all) comes out of the Dark Ages and Middle Ages…and our world is no longer that way to say the least.

Don’t preclude applying to catholic colleges because of your questions about faith and the Church. And for the record it was the Dominicans who started the Inquisition in Spain, not the Jesuits. LOL.