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zoey deutch, bisexual, cisgender female + she/her ā hey look, itās avery bloom ! theyāre twenty-six years old, theyāve lived in shrike heights for all their life, and theyāre currently working at duchess jewellers andĀ shrike broadcasting station. i heard theyāre pretty unpredictable, but i think theyāre so driven at the same time. can they make it out alive? || ariluz, 28, they/them, est
I have a question about catholicism. So, my family is from portugal and my grandpa is of course, Catholic. I once had a conversation with him in which he said "we are Catholic" as if I have no choice in it. I have seen a couple of people say that being Catholic is similar to being Jewish because if your family is Catholic you are Catholic by birth. True or false?
Hey! I think different people probably have different opinions about this one. I also may not word this super great so if anyone wants to swoop in and add more info, please do.
First off, I do not think this question of beingĀ āborn Catholicā is exactly the same as being born Jewish -- when that is said of Judaism, itās about Jewish people as an ethnic group. Catholics are notĀ an ethnic group -- rather, we come from a whole bunch of different ethnicities & cultures!Ā
What is going on here, then, is that many times, those cultures have been so influenced by Catholicism that members of the culture may talk of beingĀ ā__ā Catholic (Portuguese Catholic, or Irish Catholic, or Latine Catholic, or Ethiopian Catholic, etc.) as being a culture...in itself?* Something like that.Ā
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I think that the question of whether one is CatholicĀ āby birthā orĀ āby choiceā is contextual -- many of us areĀ born into a Catholic family, who usually get us baptized as infants -- and once baptized, we are indeed considered part of the Catholic Church āforever.āĀ
But, Catholicism also offers each person the chance to claim the Catholic faith for themselves once theyāve reached an age at which they can make that choice on their own -- thatās why the Sacrament of Confirmation exists (something that in the US at least usually takes place when oneās in 8th grade).Ā
So while your family chose Catholicism for you as an infant, that does not mean you haveĀ āno choice inā being Catholic now that you are old enough to choose for yourself -- you can say no to embracing Catholicism as a faith.
And you have a choice whether to identify as culturally Catholic as well. You donāt have to claim that identity if you donāt feel like Catholicism is part of your cultural experience. But if you do feel like parts of your culture / how you experience family life has been shaped by Catholicism, calling yourself culturally Catholic makes total sense to me.
According to the Pew Research Center, a good number of people consider themselves Culturally Catholic, even if spiritually they belong to a different or no religion:Ā
āMost of these cultural Catholics (62%) say that for them personally, being Catholic is mainly a matter of ancestry and/or culture (rather than religion). But majorities also point to religious beliefs and teachings as key parts of their Catholic identity. For example, 60% of cultural Catholics say that having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is essential to what being Catholic means to them. Likewise, 57% say the same about believing in Jesusā resurrection. A similar share (59%) say that working to help the poor and needy is essential to their Catholicism.ā
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*To offer a couple examples that show howĀ for a lot of people, culture and Catholicism are pretty tightly intertwined:
I recently interviewed a Latina Catholic trans woman for my podcast (epās not out yet) who talked about how for her, the way she participates in community when she visits her hometown in Peru is largelyĀ through Catholic feast days and church events and the like. Even members of the community who arenāt Super Devout participate in these events, because itās how they connect to the community at large. .
For another example, thereās my family -- we are Irish Catholic in heritage. And as a white middle class US citizen, one reason I really love being Irish Catholic is it is the onlyĀ bit of my heritage to somewhat survive assimilation into the white AmericanĀ āmelting pot.āĀ I have other ancestors from other countries, but their traditionsĀ have not survived into my family today, sadly.Ā My family -- including our atheist / agnostic members -- still connects to our Irish heritage through Catholicism: a lot of our names are Irish (tho often āAmericanizedā versions of the Irish name); weāve got St. Brigidās cross (sheās an Irish Saint) above every bedroom door; we celebrate St. Patrickās Day; when I was a kid weād sometimes go to Irish dancing events; and at church we would pray and sing Irish hymns, etc.
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ljfdalfjlkajfdlak okay so content warning for a yucky transphobic racist dudeās crap....plus this comment on a youtube vid of mine shouldnāt have amused me so much BUT alas, this comment amused me So Much:
[id: comment reading āCan't say I put much faith in the 'preaching' of a young boy? girl? gay? who has an AOC poster in the background and talks in circles. Amazing how this 'kid' used Scripture out of context to support his? her? BLM agenda. Sick. Don't be fooled.ā / end id]
The fact that my AOC poster was part of his critique of my video because he has nothing better to critique....the fact that he thinks iām a child when iām 26 and have a Master of Divinity under my belt.......tbh the most hurtful part of his critique is that i ātalk in circlesā -- do i? maybe? i try to be as clear and coherent as possible and that means repeating and rewording things a lot (hashtag autistic problems)
but yeah anyway this shitty person made me feel very Hashtag Valid when it comes to how The Cis are Perceiving Me In The Wild so itās time to reference this melanie gillman comic:
[image: a three panel comic by melanie gillman titled āwhat are you??ā First panel is captioned, āFlustered confusion is the closest I get to being gendered correctly in the wildā with a drawing of a barista handing the narrator a coffee and saying āsir -- no, maāam.ā Next panel is captioned āso I try to enjoy it as best I canā and shows the narrator being addressed by an older man saying āmaāam -- uh, sir?ā Final panel shows the narrator with sunglasses on wearing a party hat and blowing a party blower adding a tally mark to a wall labeled ācis people confused todayā / end id]

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Nations are at war and itās been said Avery of Scotland has taken a stand. He is 21 years old and serve as Nephew to the Scottish Governor . They are known to be loyal but also jealous. With the world at war, this revolutionary is deciding what moves to make next. Where those moves take them? Only fate can decide. Portrayed by Henrik Holm, male. Penned by Katie, EST 22 she/hers.