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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Convert here. Of course we cannot generalize across cradle Catholics. I have met some who are very thoughtful about their religion. In theory, everyone needs to have their own conversion moment, whether cradle anything or not. But I find for a lot of cradle Catholics, the religion is about their everyday practices (so yes, more similar to Judaism), and not about theology.

Also as a convert, I sometimes find cradle Catholics, esp the older generation, to border on superstition. All the medals and their powers, it really drives me crazy a bit. I am willing to accept that they help to bring some people closer to God, but I also think a lot of people go haywire and become superstitious. Same with Mary. I know what is officially taught and I am ok with that but I think in some Catholic cultures (Hispanic ones mainly), honor of Mary comes uncomfortably close to worship, at least to this outsider. I went to churches in Mexico where the crucified Christ was off to the side and a statue of Mary was front and center of the altar. That, to me, is not ok.

I did not come from a protestant background, but I do find myself to have more of a protestant leaning view. I came to the church for God, not Mary and not the saints (though I understand their positions). I also emphasize personal relationship with God vs intercessions through Mary, saints, and ritualized prayer. But I appreciate that the church is truly a bit tent, and there is room for all paths to Jesus. [/quote]

Your second paragraph is exactly what cradle Catholics would agree with you on except they had to live in those houses with their grandmothers and their aunts and their great aunts telling them all these crazy superstitions. And we had to be respectful about it.

My aunt literally buried some sort of statue in front of her yard in order to sell her house.

My other aunt said Novenas when a strip club came to town and then weeks later it burnt down. Imagine that.

The trend is something like this… if as a kid you had to wonder whether your aunt is magical and novenas made a strip club burned down or you wonder if she’s an arson then you are a cradle catholic.

What the trend is talking about is if you haven’t had an aunt who buried a statue in front of her yard so that our house would sell you don’t know what it’s like to be a cradle Catholic.

Do you get it now?[/quote]

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