I, too, was raised Catholic (although not from the cradle - my father remarried and converted when I was very young). I got this rushed CCD for converts wherein I got baptized, first confession and communion, and confirmed all in one year when I was 10. Our classes were literally nothing - I learned zero, it was just glorified day care. I was functionally atheist as well, but so woefully uninformed!
It’s a great disservice we do our children with the poor education nowadays, but my own children don’t have any interest in learning for the most part. I have one who is a history buff and we feed that interest mightily, but my two oldest? They care not a whit for the deeper levels of life. I remind myself that neither did I, as a teenager, but I have matured.
There’s a lot of beauty in the Catholic Church, but a lot of ugliness as well. I tried, I really did - got as far as getting all kids baptized and the oldest his first communion, but it just died on the vine because nobody cared - least of all the parish! We were nothing more than cash cows to be milked. It was infuriating!
My husband is a cradle Catholic who left in disgust after the abuse came to light. He tried to get back into it for my sake, but the money grubbing from the pulpit drove him away again. It’s like Girl Scouts nowadays are just a front for a cookie selling conglomerate with free (underage, cute) sales staff. There is no substance, no learning except “how to run your business”. I just can’t even, as the kids say. ;)
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Date: 2021-05-31 11:42 am (UTC)It’s a great disservice we do our children with the poor education nowadays, but my own children don’t have any interest in learning for the most part. I have one who is a history buff and we feed that interest mightily, but my two oldest? They care not a whit for the deeper levels of life. I remind myself that neither did I, as a teenager, but I have matured.
There’s a lot of beauty in the Catholic Church, but a lot of ugliness as well. I tried, I really did - got as far as getting all kids baptized and the oldest his first communion, but it just died on the vine because nobody cared - least of all the parish! We were nothing more than cash cows to be milked. It was infuriating!
My husband is a cradle Catholic who left in disgust after the abuse came to light. He tried to get back into it for my sake, but the money grubbing from the pulpit drove him away again. It’s like Girl Scouts nowadays are just a front for a cookie selling conglomerate with free (underage, cute) sales staff. There is no substance, no learning except “how to run your business”. I just can’t even, as the kids say. ;)