Reply #9: There is still a lot of prejudice against Catholics [View All]

[Kathy in Cambridge]

I live in a very Catholic area, but I've been told that I'm going to hell and that my religion is a cult by Fundies. I travel a lot for business and for some reason (I'm friendly? I look like a nice person?), these prosletyzing hatemongers end up talking to me.

I think the Catholic Church of my youth, which embraced liberation theology, was acting in the true spirit of Christ. I think there is still a strong strain of that in today's Catholic church.

I don't know any fundies, because most people up in this neck of the woods are too smart to fall for snake oil salesmen. Also, there is an unwritten rule about wearing religion on your sleeve up here. Fundies asking about my religious beliefs is akin to discussing family secrets or bodily functions.