Katie Ranting Redhead Smith's Blog – January 2011 Archive (2)

Several people who've known that I went to Catholic school seem to have a lot of misconceptions about Catholic school.  Since I said in my intro post that Catholic school, to their detriment, taught me to think critically.  This was my reply, which I thought would share:

 

Not to be insulting to you, but people seem to have some pretty ignorant views of Catholic school based solely on stereotypes and urban myths.  We didn't pray in every class, or have nuns walking around…

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I went to Catholic school and much to the Church's detriment, it taught me to think critically. As I slowly let go of Catholicism, I began searching to fill void that having a defined religion left. I turned to The Goddess, paganism, and new age. It intrigued me for childish reasons. I enjoyed rituals because I liked playing with stones, candles, oils, bells, apples, colors, etc. Slowly, I realized that it was also not the way. When I let go of that, I clung to agnosticism for years. I… Continue