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I saw a link to this (http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/08/a-mormon-scholarrsquos-journey-to-catholic-faith) on a comment from "Noel" on the WWE blog. I had not heard that Sherlock left the Church. He is a philosopy professor at Utah State and he was written articles for both Dialogue and Sunstone that I have enjoyed. He also written for the FARMS review (e.g., http://maxwellinstitute.BYU.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=608).

I find stories like this fascinating. I don't think that I'll ever convert to Catholicism (it would be hard for me personally to get past indulgences and the Borgias to name a couple of things) but it has always fascinated me intellectually. I also had something of a spiritual experience in a cathedral in Toledo, Spain several years ago.

Who hasn't flirted with Catholicism? Especially coming out of the arid spaces of Mormon Sunday worship. Art! Music! Cathedrals! Cool Saints and intellectual monasteries! The intricacies of Papal Infallibility!

Had I been able to believe in god, I'm sure I would have converted in my late teens (my paternal grandmother was raised with her brothers in a Catholic orphanage in SLC).

As it is, I still have a heart-felt fondness for the Catholic tradition as well as an intellectual curiosity.

Thanks for the links, I'll take a look.

Yep. I saw it over at CAF. He made it official this Easter.

I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

quark wrote:I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

Oh that doesn't sound nice at all! Thankfully, I've missed this kind of thing. I like attending mass.

I also love Guadalupe. I always say a prayer to her and light a few candles. Can't hurt.

Good for Sherlock. He's taking a risk in moving toward what he regards as truth. Civilization and society are built on such instincts.




edit to add: Some of us never find the courage make such moves.

quark wrote:I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

Some homilies are better than others. Most I've heard are good, now and then I'm thinking wut.

There is a deacon at one of the parishes here that gives very Mormon-like homilies. I think he's not quite all the way out of Mormonism.

We should consider the Lily of the Mohawks this October. Yay for the Native Americans!

Blixa wrote:Had I been able to believe in god...

You seem to have the same genetic defect as me.

Blixa wrote:Art! Music! Cathedrals!

As a tourist, or a guest on events of family members, I enjoy the environment.

They invented the PR long ago...

Morley wrote:Good for Sherlock. He's taking a risk in moving toward what he regards as truth. Civilization and society are built on such instincts.




edit to add: Some of us never find the courage make such moves.

Well, I don't know. If someone left Mormonism over church history they should be sorely disappointed with catholic history. The religious wars between cathoilcs and protestants is a real head turner. Then of course, we have the problem of priests with a curiosity for children. And the secrecy behind it. However, those who do not make for allowances for imperfection in Mormonism seem to accept imperfection elsewhere.

Catholic history is not a bed of roses without thorns.