I only go to church because I have to. I don't identify as Catholic, despite the fact that I spend an hour at a Catholic church every week. It makes my parents happy when I go (and for my mom, disappointed when I don't) while I still live with them. I consider it my way of paying rent.
I often find myself disagreeing with a lot of what the priest says. Like, he was talking about how people have false ideas about sexuality because they watch porn. I can understand that in a sense, but then again... people in porn are having sex. There's nothing false about it. People learn from porn if they aren't very experienced, or are looking for something new to try out. They get off on porn because they can, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'm a very sex positive individual, and won't knock something just because I haven't tried it.
The other day he brought up something about how the government shouldn't spend money going to space, because there are so many problems that still need to be solved on our own planet. Although he's correct about there being a LOT of problems with the world, I couldn't help but get angry at that statement. It felt kinda close minded. Like we can't progress in other aspects of society until we fix preexisting ones. But I think this XKCD comic pretty much sums up my view on it.
