Two Open Threads in one week? It's an August miracle!
And speaking of miracles, in today's Open Thread I want you to talk about your religious background. (Heavy stuff for a summer Friday, huh?) The thought came to me while I was writing about hardline Lutherans and Tim Walz yesterday. Sectarianism is fascinating stuff.
I'll start. I was raised Catholic and became unduly devout in my pre-tween years, wanted to be a priest and everything. First, adolescence killed my dreams of celibacy and then a broader skepticism set in until I was properly lapsed in college. When I got sober in 1998, I experimented (not unsuccessfully) with prayer and even met with a priest about rejoining the church. But I soon realized the belief just ain't there, no matter how I went through the motions.
I'm still somewhat envious of the community that religious people have. (Though ideally, a modern society would offer more secular opportunities for community-building.) But I've still got enough Catholicism in my bones that it'd feel wishy-washy to me to become a Unitarian or something.
OK, your turn! What do you believe? What did you believe? What do you wish you believed?
Or, as I always say, you can ignore this prompt and talk about whatever you want. This is your Open Thread, after all.
