One aspect of #Scouting nearly became a stumbling block for me. Religion. Although the Scouts don’t require religious teaching, it was highly encouraged, and I didn’t feel comfortable not being up front about not attending. My Mom was a Jehovah’s Witness and it didn’t take me long to decide that wasn’t for me.
Mom and I had a long discussion which finally concluded with she wanted me to go to a church, any church, because she wanted me to have God in my life.
She was strongly against the Catholics because her grandmother had tried to raise her Catholic and she hated it. And for that reason she understood my feelings about the Witnesses.
Two of my best friends were Catholic and I once attended a Sunday Mass as a guest. I found it to be very confusing (at that time there was a lot of Latin, and of course, the whole fish on Friday thing.) There were no worries about me becoming Catholic.
I actually chose to go to the MH Presbyterian church because I didn’t know anybody there, although it turned out later I did. I only attended a very short time and then switched to the local Baptist church because of another friend asking me. That didn’t last long either because I was told I had to wear black pants and white shirt and I didn’t own any. And I only had tennis shoes.
Eventually I quit worrying about it, but I have had a life-long curiosity about different religions and faith. I eventually came to the conclusion – I Don’t Know. Faith has never come to me and I doubt it will at this late date. I’m not an Atheist, more probably an Agnostic. I believe there is something, I just don’t know what.
MjL 03 May 2024, 4:48 a.m.
I refuse to believe these politicians and bobble heads don’t understand something so simple. Students are paying exorbitant tuition and that money is invested in genocide and war profiteering.
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