Cathoholics

10/08/08

Cathoholics

By Ed

at 04:39:08 pm, Categories: General

I recently "voluntarily attended" a wedding. In a church. That was Catholic. With God, and stuff. What this has lead me to believe is that Catholics are the addicts of Christianity.

I don't mean that solely vis-a-vis their devout commitment. I mean that also because they "take communion" practically every other day, what with all the weddings and funerals and baseball games and baptisms and new popes and old popes and on and on. You might say they were Cathoholics. But then you'd just be wishing Pope's wrath on you. Thou shalt not get waaay too smashed and drunk dial thy ex, and all that. Oh, it's in there. Trust me. Number eight, or something.

The church itself had at least seven different statues of Jesus on, carrying, or generally near a cross. There were stained-glass windows depicting various scenes like Jesus on a cross, Jesus being crucified, Jesus shopping at Target for Dr. Scholls, Jesus rising from the dead...

Anyway, I decided that that sort of Gaudy wedding is a little over the top. (Hah! You see what I did there?) There wasn't a paragraph gone by (theoretically speaking; of course most people don't speak in paragraphs) without mention of God, how holy the bond of marriage is in the eyes of the lord, or how a good wife is a good servant of God. I found some of the readings rather amusingly dated, actually. It reminded me of the 1950's "Good Wife's Guide".

I think I'd rather not try to shove that sort of thing down people's throats at my wedding.

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Comment from: Katie [Visitor]

Hey I was led here via facebook, I'm on weddingbook too :) I am Catholic, but I wouldn't consider it wrong to want to get married in the presence of God and vow to live your lives together. I don't see how you are arguing the wrongness of the Catholic faith at all. What's wrong with not drinking till you get drunk? I don't find a problem with it, saves me a lot of sick sick mornings I think. I don't believe it's gaudy to get married in a nice Church, only traditional. Seems to me like you are anti-tradition (which is fine in it's own right). I don't feel also that I am "shoving my beliefs down other peoples throats" it's simply what I feel like doing with my life and how I want my wedding...I'm not sure if when I get up on the alter I'll say "oh ya and when we finish our vows, you all have to believe what I do"...really I'm confused and a little hurt by what you have said. Care to explain how beliefs were shoved down your throat? Other than the fact that God was discussed in someone else's marriage?

12/08/08 @ 17:46

Comment from: Bridget [Member]

Hi Katie,

First of all I want to thank you for coming to our website. I see that you are upset by what my fiance has posted. I think that something that needs to be addressed here is his humor. That is his sense of humor. He's just trying to be funny. You shouldn't take it too seriously. We are getting married outside, by my hometown minister. If it rains, we are going to have our wedding in my hometown church a couple blocks away from the outdoor site. We are still having the traditional ceremony except it's different than a Catholic ceremony. It's only going to be about 20-30 minutes and there is no communion and congregational singing. This was the first time that both of us have been to a Catholic wedding ceremony. He is not religious, so to sit through my cousin's wedding for an hour was an accomplishment for him.

Please don't be offended by something he has said here. He didn't mean to offend just to have some humor. Those of us who know him know what he is like and see the funny side of what he is saying.

12/09/08 @ 07:53

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