I graduated from an all girls Catholic high school, I can attest to bitterness and exaggerated beliefs of Catholicism. When I emancipated myself from the church and their doctrines, I found myself questioning things that were, literally, best into me. For one, I saw church officials, from neighborhood pastors to those in the elite tiers of Catholicism, committing crimes and blatantly circumventing punishment. I feel the Christian fundamentalists are no better than the hard core Catholics. At least the current pope, Francis, is more open-minded and compassionate towards the poor and LGBTQ+ community and more accepting of women than the fundamentalists. I have long since walked away from Catholicism and defending the church, but must say that, if only given two choices, I would have to side with the Catholics. Never thought I’d ever say that. The Christian fundamentalists are ignorant, intolerant and insular. I will not tolerate or support anything or anyone who believes and spews their garbage.
And thank you, Dr. Park, for your extremely insightful contribution to this podcast.
Having been raised as a “forced Catholic” until
I graduated from an all girls Catholic high school, I can attest to bitterness and exaggerated beliefs of Catholicism. When I emancipated myself from the church and their doctrines, I found myself questioning things that were, literally, best into me. For one, I saw church officials, from neighborhood pastors to those in the elite tiers of Catholicism, committing crimes and blatantly circumventing punishment. I feel the Christian fundamentalists are no better than the hard core Catholics. At least the current pope, Francis, is more open-minded and compassionate towards the poor and LGBTQ+ community and more accepting of women than the fundamentalists. I have long since walked away from Catholicism and defending the church, but must say that, if only given two choices, I would have to side with the Catholics. Never thought I’d ever say that. The Christian fundamentalists are ignorant, intolerant and insular. I will not tolerate or support anything or anyone who believes and spews their garbage.