All dressed up and ready for mass I marched out of my apartment and down the street to go hang out with Jesus. But at my Happy Honda I stopped. Hesitated. Hopped in. And proceeded to go to not one mall. But three. And make a lot, a lot of purchases with my Target visa.
And worst of all, rather than partaking in the Blood of Christ, I went to Orange Julius instead. And it was good.
That definitely makes me undateable, doesn't it?
*Sigh*
God knows when I pray. He knows when I go to Mass. He knows my very strong feelings about certain things the Church teaches. He knows what church songs lift my spirits. He probably doesn't know my favorite saint because to be honest I'm not sure I have one. And he definitely knows if I'm destined for a vocation. Which right now I say no, but if He chooses to strike me with lightning and throw me off a horse in the near future, I'd be more than happy to change my mind.
He also knows when I use his name while speaking in not nice tones to my fellow morning commuters. And when I do a bunch of other naughty things that have me checking out confession times at local churches.
So if I know that. And God knows that. Why does the entire world have to know?
Most of these dating sites of course ask you about your faith. It's to be expected. They are Catholic dating websites. But some get a little personal. And they leave positively no option of pleading the fifth. The following questions that one of the sites asks not only gives you no option for answering, they also display your answers on your profile for everybody to see.
Do you accept the Church's teaching on contraception?
Do you accept the Church's teaching on the sanctity of life?
Do you accept the Church's teaching on pre-marital sex?
Whoa. Are they serious about this? Was my initial reaction to the list of questions (there's more, trust me). And then I realized that yes. They most certainly were.
There are two sides to this fence. Those that are offended that there's even a question about your feelings on these teachings-- if you're Catholic, you're Catholic. It's all or nothing, this isn't a cafeteria. You can't pick and choose.
And then there's the other side-- it's nobody's businesss what church teachings I agree with and don't agree with. And it's my choice to decide what teachings I want to follow. And also my choice to reveal those decisions to my romantic partner when the time is right.
Personally I don't like it. As a reader pointed out to me, it gives people that view your profile a sense of how strong a Catholic you are-- or claim to be for your profile's sake.
I would hate to think that there's people out there that are actually clicking through profiles and saying to themselves, "Oh no. This person said no to that question. They're not a strong enough Catholic. Let's forget them entirely. They're not worth the time."
Or on the other side, "Oh no. This person said yes to that question. I don't want to date some crazy Catholic that believes in that. Not a chance in h-e-double hockey sticks."
It opens up doors for people to judge one another. And that can't be healthy. Consider this. You run across a profile on someone that doesn't agree with the Church's teaching pre-marital sex or the sanctity of life. What do you automatically deduce about that person from that answer?
Boom. You've just passed judgment.
Check out Matthew 7: 1-5 to see the Big Man's feelings about that.
And don't spend your time worrying about or disregarding me because I went shopping one Sunday instead of to church. JC and I have already addressed that. And I don't really see how it pertains to my love life. Unless that was like the one Sunday I was supposed to meet my soulmate at the Sign of Peace. In which case, I guess I'm just screwed.
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