Compostela

[Scott Horton]

SO, Karen, who has better refreshments in the parish hall after services?
"Catholics" or "Fake its"?

--Scott


>From: Karen Willmus <willmusaRUNESTONE.NET>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: Compostela
>Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:59:07 -0500
>
>So the problem is, if you run a marathon, but didn't fill out the forms
>right at the starting line, you won't get the T-shirt, eh?
>
>  Oh, Howard, who ever said the Catholic Church was "enlightened?"  The
>Catholic Church is what it is.  If you want to be a member and play by the
>rules, you're welcome.  If not, that's fine, but I'd say, don't fake it.
>I'm a Christian who has attended mass with my family for 15 years and never
>been able to take communion because I'm not Catholic.  Oh, sure, I could go
>up there when I attend a church where the priest doesn't know me, but the
>point of Christianity is not deception. (Besides, being an especially bad
>example for my kids.)  So I sit in the pews and take communion in my heart.
>  Or attend another church.
>
>If you didn't go on a pilgrimage for religious reasons, what value does the
>Church's compostela have for you?  Buy a postcard and have your fellow
>pilgrims autograph it congratulating you that you made it.
>
>Karen Willmus - a member of a highly dis-organized religion: Christianity