HA!

Yeah...I'm all about the baby wipes myself. I don't judge those who don't use the baby wipes though.

I think that stuff may be diocesan. If the bishop of a diocese is conservative, the pope's stands on everything are routinely trotted out at every parish church. My kids attended diocesan schools, and these issues were shoved down their throats. Thirty years earlier, I attended a non-diocesan Catholic school, and they…

Agreed.

I agree. He seemed to be just joking around about her stoicism (i.e., she felt she couldn't be honest about her own issues because his seemed so much worse).

I was extraordinarily touched by this, particularly your statement that "the only thing keeping me alive being the knowledge that I have too many things I don't want my parents to find out about me." It's good that this is keeping you alive, but speaking from my own experience as a mother (and assuming that your…

I wasn't referring to the bible; I was referring to the teachings and doctrine of the Catholic church.

But the teachings are consistent.

Yes: I believe even the pope has acknowledged that any debate between creationism and evolution is absurd. Evolution was certainly taught in every Catholic school I attended.

When I was a kid, I thought almost all adults were fat because they had fleshy bits that stuck out (like hips and boobs).

Certainly, the Catholic church doesn't condemn homosexuals, but it does condemn homosexual acts, and it most definitely condemns homosexual marriage: [www.catholic.com] See (most interestingly) the portion of this entry titled "I was Born This Way."

That's pretty cool. And it's about time.

I spoke specifically about Catholicism, which is ONE form of Christianity. The Catholic church most certainly does not support gay marriage. And yes, "judgment."

I'm exactly the opposite: I think EVERYthing's real, and then someone implies something might be fake or a hoax, and I'm inordinately disappointed—like, "Who would DO something so cruel?"

Thanks—I'll check it out.

Twelve years of Catholic school right back at ya. And, sure, I prayed out loud when the prayers were communal, but that was a personal prayer. Check out Matthew 6:5 for a biblical version of "praying out loud is cheesy."

That was honest and vulnerable? I thought it was complete pandering bullshit.

Jaysus: she prays OUT LOUD on camera. That was just plain cheesy.

Oh, yeah, Deathcab for Postal Service.

Which one?