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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Threats of hell and whatever this week's pope says, follow your heart. I got my DC baptized but bowed out of religious training because I'm not committed to the dogma. I'll celebrate holidays, but not go to church. The church is in an ongoing crisis. Until it repairs itself from the top up, there is no way my kid is going into a confessional, but, hey, I'm just following my heart. Follow your heart.[/quote]

I friend of mine is a priest and writes for the blog BUSTED HALO.  Good stuff there.
I think you need to have beer with a priest, preferable Jesuit, and lay out your concerns.

Put them on the table and explore them.

My friend (who is 42) and I discussed my reservations at length. (He shared his, as well, as he was training to be a priest) and I told him the actual church where my husband and kids felt at home didn't feel right for me.  He suggested I try to change it.  I said it was impossible.

He also said as a priest, he could not work there, because he would not fit in.  "So how the F am I supposed to change it???"
He said, "You are mom and you are louder than I am. I've seen you make black belts cry."

A year later, I feel like I have had some opportunities to influence the perspective of my community, but only because I jumped into it.  Not by staying out of it.

YMMV.

I really really wish everyone had a cool person like my friend to talk to.
I also wish more people talked to their friends about theology.

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