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Originally Posted by noodlebee
Wow. I forgot about this thread.
Cynthetiq, somehow, I feel like you are a practicing Catholic because of your medallion and you still prefer worship even if it is not inside a church. But it is really a gray area so maybe I am wrong?
Maybe I should look at practicing vs. non-practicing as a spectrum instead. I don't really know. Sometimes it looks like black and white, sometimes it looks like different shades of gray.
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Practicing would imply that I followed the church dogma, followed the parish, diocese, and ultimately the pope. My medalion is just a talisman of good luck or good fortune more than anything. The first time I did not wear it for an extended time I had some extreme bad luck in 24 hours, I vowed to wear it ever since.
As far as being a Catholic is concerned, I'm quite disassociated from it.
My relationship with a higher power, god or gods is a personal one and it resides directly within me. I don't have to have any intermediary or translator.
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