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I asked a question around here a few weeks ago regarding the papacy and I had decided I'd say a little over a month ago that the Catholics did indeed have the more convincing argument and after going to both an Ordinate Parish and a Byzantine Catholic parish, I've come to the conclusion that I really do the east. My father has always been enamored with icons and it definitely rubbed off on me, so I've always had an interest in Eastern Christianity more broadly. I still love the Ordinate parish I live by, not least because I am an Episcopalian, but the East definitely has my heart lol. Sorry for the ramble but I figured this would just be a good place to share my thoughts, God Bless!
I have an interview about a catechist position for a weekly CCD position tomorrow (pray for me). Does anyone have experience as a catechist? What do you think makes good catechesis?
So, I’m getting confirmed next year (supposedly, I don’t want to anymore). And I know it might sound strange, but I know more about Catholicism than my teacher. She always tries to whitewash the events of the Bible (also we never read directly from it). For example, we were talking about Abraham and how Ismael was not Sarah’s child. She said BuT TheY BoTh AGreEd, So iT WaS oK. Then we had to draw a family tree on the blackboard, and we were debating how to call the woman who birthed Ismael. Some said ”woman” “servant” or just “friend” (really “friend”?🙄). I suggested concubine, since it was the most accurate. She was like nO ThAt WorD Is ToO StrOnG, HoW AbouT aQuAinTAncE? We went with that one in the end. She also LOOVES false dichotomies. She asked us “if we have two men and one is joyful and the other one is miserable, which one believes in God?”. Everyone said the happy one, but I thought: I don’t know! She also said that only people who have faith are wise, so I guess Socrates was dumb or something. When we were talking about the existence of God her only argument is ”look, the trees are so beautiful!” I said to myself “I won’t be surprised if one of us finishes catechesis as an atheist”. Little did I know, that was going to be me! 😂 She also avoided explaining the story of David and Bathsheba I WonDeR WhY? so I had to do it, because everyone was curious about it. One day, we watched the Prince of Egypt (btw, still love that movie). When we finished it, some people were disturbed by the plages. Her answer was “God was a little more authoritative back then 😁”. Like no shit, it’s called God’s KINGDOM.
I have so many more anecdotes like this.
But don’t you worry, I made sure to indoctrinate myself over the Internet!
