Religion on Application

moustache
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:14:47 +0000

@sovereigndebt
I understand why you were offended, and I don’t blame you at all.

“I also think good Catholics can challenge their faith and their institution, which makes it better.”

I definitely agree with you here. I’ve gone through many phases in my faith, and for all I know, I may end up a priest some day! My Freshman Religion teacher taught the class that it is common and even helpful for a Catholic to go through many phases (like I did), including “searching faith,” which is where a believer may stray from Church doctrine and explore/experiment/experience other religions (or lack of religions). I liked my Freshman Religion teacher. He was extremely intelligent, with an enormous understanding of the Catholic faith, he was a incredibly ethical person, and he was tolerant and respectful of everyone’s beliefs, including this one Hindu kid in our class.

I’ll keep some Catholic colleges in mind. I’m not against going to a religious school, it’s just that most of the schools I’ve been looking at happen to be secular. On second thought, isn’t Boston College a Jesuit school? I’ve considered that one…

@pierre0913
Good point. I just don’t want to find myself at a disadvantage when applying to a dream school or something, you know what I mean?