As a young catholic I get accosted regularly on campus by people who think that I am going straight to hell because I don't feel the need to attend campus crusade or bible studies. I attended catholic school for way too long to need help in studying the bible, and I regularly read the bible. I get really annoyed when people send me nasty campus mail about being sent to hell for not worshiping the correct christian religion.
I don't feel the need to broadcast my religion as I feel it is a personal thing between me and God. I regularly pray and I regularly have my own spiritual time. I don't think it's healthy when people can't joke about their religion either. People get too uptight about religion and can't laugh about it.
I recieved the best advice ever from a priest when I was in high school. Fr. Jack told me,
"Personally I don't think God gives a damn about what we do as long as we live life right and to the best of our ability. He accepts you for what you are because he created you." This was in response to me slipping up and eating red meat on a Friday during Lent, but it's stuck with me as applying to everything in my life.
I feel that if people spent more time on making sure they live their own lives correctly instead of worrying about everyone else on earth then they might just be happier. But then I'm just a crazy catholic so what do I know?
