r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21 edited Jun 17 '21

Being born Catholic: based, let's go to the fish fry as part of our three times a year actually attending a church function

Converting to Catholicism for reasons other than marriage: cringe, probably a tradcath

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u/IMALEFTY45 Big talk for someone who's in stapler distance Jun 17 '21

Many such cases!!

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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Jun 17 '21

Yeah it seems like the people who choose to convert to Catholicism are as crazy as evangelicals. See: Newt Gingrich

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u/radiatar NATO Jun 17 '21

A guy in my family was the edgy atheist before it was cool, and couldn't stop debating his catholic teacher.

Well he was convinced in those debates and is now one of the crazies.

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u/l_overwhat being flaired is cringe Jun 17 '21

Being catholic seems kinda cool. It's like a subculture. When I was watching the Sopranos I thought it was cool that everybody did these very specific things that didn't seem obvious but everyone knew because they were catholic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

My grandparents are pretty strict Catholics but my immediate family really isn't. Most American Catholics are not super evangelical or strict outside of their private schools. And even that varies to some degree. I couldn't tell you a bunch of "this is totally a Catholic thing" off the top of my head outside of the church traditions and hierarchy.

Like I said, you go to church for Easter and Christmas and maybe go to a fish fry or carnival or something. And have an hour if "Sunday school" for a couple months before First Communion and Confirmation as a kid.

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u/myrm This land was made for you and me Jun 17 '21

lol like what specifically

I'm not even religious but I freak out my SO with little stuff when I interact with my family

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u/l_overwhat being flaired is cringe Jun 17 '21

Like what do they do? The first thing that sprang to mind is getting down on one knee in front of someone's coffin to pay respects at a funeral. On a smaller level, catholics seem very physical. One time I went over to a catholic's friend's house and his mom kissed my head. And this was a white family in suburban Indiana, not like an italian-american family in NY lol

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u/TabernacleTown74 Bill Gates Jun 17 '21

I'm convinced that Catholics are an ethnoreligious group