tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150292420798357067.post7668999491900072986..comments2023-11-05T07:52:41.876-05:00Comments on The Word From G: What an Old Lutheran Wants from Young CatholicsMr Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397233594699904878noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150292420798357067.post-25548391840586443052013-02-26T12:23:29.740-05:002013-02-26T12:23:29.740-05:00I once took an Internet quiz that asked a whole ba...I once took an Internet quiz that asked a whole battery of questions (covering a huge span of possible religious thought, belief, practice, attitudes, culture), and I was "catalogued" as a liberal Quaker. I think it was my attitude toward the Immaculate Assumption (negative) and towards pacifism vs just war (prefer pacifism) that skewed the results in my case. I'm a little older than you (though not by much) and my RC Church was embracing Vatican II as I was growing up. So it didn't seem to us that we had to be impatient about change, since change was being thrust upon us whether we wanted it or not. My son resented attempts by "youth ministers" to present Mass as "cool" because he knew it wasn't "cool" and could deal with it as it was, rather than what he "hoped" it might be. Harold Rennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150292420798357067.post-79055163246623179052013-02-19T12:20:42.591-05:002013-02-19T12:20:42.591-05:00Well yes, technically I know that about compassion...Well yes, technically I know that about compassion, but it made for a great closing turn of phrase. In fact, I knew someone would call me on it even as I considered writing it. And it is those people who call me on it tat truly get the point. Mr Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397233594699904878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150292420798357067.post-16513067320347865032013-02-19T11:57:01.080-05:002013-02-19T11:57:01.080-05:00Hey, wait a minute, Mr. G, compassion is a univers...Hey, wait a minute, Mr. G, compassion is a universal spiritual facet (if we're talking cataloger-ese). I am neither Catholic nor Lutheran but I truly feel that an environmental scan of what is a 'must have' as opposed to a 'nice to have' is absolutely necessary when seeking a spiritual home. That's why I'm a Unitarian Universalist. There is room to expand one's religious center as one grows. But also as a re-branded subject of the Queen (UK), I also find enormous comfort in the sanctuaries of the old English cathedrals. I just don't buy the dogma; it's the performance factor which I love. And there is no angst on my part about any of this.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810083896171852721noreply@blogger.com