You Might… but We Hope Not

December 6th, 2006 by Eric Scheske ·Print ·

In a manner reminiscent of Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might be a Redneck if…" I've come up with my own list.

You might want to reassess your Catholicism if:

You think the Rosary is a cute thing that old ladies do.

You'd sing louder in church, but you prefer Ted Nugent songs.

You've recently made an aggressive and obscene gesture to a 90-year-old lady while leaving the parking lot after Mass.

You don't like saint veneration because it's elitist.

You wish there were more Hindu saints.

You've ever asked, "Weekday Masses? What for?"

You don't own a breviary, don't want a breviary, and don't know what a breviary is.

You thought for sure that Vatican II legitimized fornication for people really, really, really in love.

You'd go to Mass every week, if it took place on a weekday and your boss would give you the time off with pay.

 You think the Bible is too exclusionary.

You think one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit is a short Sunday Mass.

You think the Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit should be expanded to include "feelin' mellow."

You thought the virtue of obedience was outlawed after the Civil War.

You think the priest scandals were bad, but nothing compared to Pius XII's anti-Semitism.

You think sodomy is a fundamental right (and not just in prison).

You sorta feel like abortion is murder but don't, you know, want to tell a woman what to do with her body.

You're afraid of voting Catholic principles because you might be subject to a Section 1983 civil rights claim for violating the First Amendment.

You refuse to fast, but you like to diet.

You fast because the weight loss makes you sexier.

You're not sure which came first, Catholicism or Scientology.

You're not sure if, once you strip away all the stupid nuances and language games, there's really an essential difference between Catholicism and Buddhism.

You'd rather drink yourself silly on Christmas Eve than attend the midnight Mass.

You drink yourself silly on Christmas Eve and then attend the midnight Mass.

You don't like Easter because your parents expect you to go to church.

You think Good Friday is good because you get off work at noon.

You'd rather be seen with a hooker than seen coming out of a confessional.

You stopped your religious studies at your Confirmation because you pretty much had it all figured out at that point.

You think that foreigners who wear funny hats have a lot of nerve trying to tell us Americans what's right and wrong.

You can't for the life of you figure out why the Vatican hasn't considered JFK for canonization.

You don't really accept that "of Obligation" part of "Holy Days of Obligation."

You'd go to Mass more often, if they served better food.

You scour the Yellow pages looking for a Catholic Church with a good female priest.

You enjoy Catholicism, but you feel awkward holding hands with your same-sex partner while walking into church.

You read this list and don't get it.

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Eric Scheske is an attorney, the Editor of The Daily Eudemon, a Contributing Editor of Godspy, and the former editor of Gilbert Magazine.



3 Comments For This Post

  1. Guest says:

    Here’s one:

    …you attend St. James the Less Catholic church/community because you think it’s really “less Catholic”.

  2. Guest says:

    Scheske is a dolt.

  3. Guest says:

    zephyr424 - as a fellow Catholic and a CE regular who rather enjoys Mr. Scheske’s more ‘lay’ way with his thoughts - EXPLAIN your gratuitous slur -

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    “”You thought the virtue of obedience was outlawed after the Civil War.”"
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    This disobedient spirit is why we become less and less civilized, more and more just flying down the slippery slope. I never agreed with the civil-disobedience dicta of Gandhi and King for the simple fact that the sole valid response to the Decalogue is obedience. Their very attitude is ‘Goin’ to change things, and change ‘em NOW, and no matter how it gets done’. Perhaps it is meant to be illuminating that both were gunned down.

    Disobedience is immoral, period. There is no value in fighting immorality with immorality. It is misguided leadership, a la marxist socialism. It is DEAD WRONG.

    Obedience is the most vital virtue attendant to civilization.

    FURTHER . . .

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    “”You think the Rosary is a cute thing that old ladies do.”"
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    These little old ladies, like contemplative cloistered orders, are the ‘trees’ of Christianity, who take in the ‘carbon dioxide/poisons’ with which our sins taint the environs and economy of life, and yield ‘life-grace-supporting/oxygen’. More numerous than cloistered religious, they are living indulgences, mitigating Purgatory’s way with us. What, just WHAT, do we do when we run out of little old ladies with their beads and devotions, eh?

    I remain your obedient servant, but God’s first,

    Pristinus Sapienter

    (wljewell @mail.catholicexchange.com or …yahoo.com)

    PS:
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    Been a while:

    Mary Kochan for President in 2008

    and, probably . . .

    wljewell, aka Pristinus Sapienter, IS (likely) a dolt.
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