catholic.

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

The Lord is with who?

The Lord is with thee

The Lord is with me

The Lord is with you

And you. and you. and you. and you.

This is to catholicize

The Church would rather Catholicize

All the difference is made by whether we choose to capitalize.

Capitalists say God said to capitalize

He who will not work will not eat

A fact

From each according to his ability

To each according to his need

A doctrine

The transmission from mind to hand

Doctrine to practice

In transmission too much is lost in translation.

A closed hand must come from a closed mind

But to catholicize we need an open mind

But I find to have an "open mind"

Means to be an atheist and to view those who follow Christ as blind

If I say I'm a Christian

I'm immediately branded as a bigot and a homophobe

As if there's anyway I could be when I grew up in New York

When one of my best friends is Muslim

When my sister married a woman

These same people ream conservatives for assuming all Muslims are terrorists

It seems the only difference between an closed and open mind is whether or not you believe in God

I am a believer in Christ

I am not a Christian

I ask myself

What would Jesus do?

Not what would the pastor do

I am not perfect

But I try

I fail

But that is why Christ died

And rose again for me

And you.

And you. And you. And you

My friend saw a paradox

How am I religious yet not a sexist?

By extension, how am I not a racist?

HOW am I not a bigot?

As if the Bible doesn't say "There is neither Jew nor Gentile.

Neither slave nor free

Nor is there male or female

For you are all one in Christ Jesus"

This is catholic.