Floating Leaf

I was raised Catholic, but I haven't practiced in a very long time. Early on, even as a child, a disapproved of how the Church treated women. The priests lived in the rectory with a cleaning woman, cook and secretary. The pastor drove a Cadillac. And of course there was the issue of drinking from golden chalices and wearing fancy garb at Mass. While the nuns all shared a beige, clunk station wagon, wore black always, , lived communally, and cleaned the church. Appalling, then and now.

I never really had issue with the teachings of Jesus -- love your neighbor as yourself, etc. I had an issue with how organized religions managed to bastardize that. It's always about power and money...