Disclaimer: I'm not trying to start anything, incite wank and/or anything negative. I'm just curious because I don't know the answer and it doesn't make sense to me. I just might be socially inept, so please bear with me.

I got this in my head since I was reading ontd_political and there was this thing about Sarah Palin (omg I'm not going there) and there was this argument about Sarah Palin and feminism etc etc., and someone said something about reducing feminism to sweeping generalizations is as insulting as saying that Catholics are Christians or something along those lines.

So that made me curious.

Are Catholics Christians?

Like... I don't understand. I remember this one time downtown when some person was doing that preachy thing on the streets (where I work, this happens often, but this was way before then) and they just happened to be Catholic. I wasn't aware that Catholic churches did this (in my limited experience, I've been approached mostly by Presbyterians, Jehova's Witnessess, Evangelists and/or Protestants), but I had to stand there and listen to him because he'd approached me, made eye contact and started on his thing.

And when I could finally interject, I politely told him thank you, but I'm Christian, so could he please move on. But he wouldn't move, just kept going. A few minutes later, I told him that I'm a fellow Christian and I'm on my way to meet someone, so thank you, but I need to go. But he said he wasn't Christian. That boggled me; so I asked him if he believed in Jesus Christ. He said yes. So I asked him, "Doesn't that make you Christian?" He insisted that he wasn't Christian, but Catholic.

This went on for what was no more than 10 minutes until I got more than a bit fed-up, and walked away. I was getting odd looks because I kept telling him he was Christian, but he was insisting that he wasn't. It was an oddly frustrating but somewhat amusing experience (downtown Toronto can be quite an adventure...)

So was I wrong? Are Catholics not Christian? I have always lived with the assumption that if a person believes in Jesus Christ (in his being the Son of God and the Saviour), it makes you Christian. Am I being ignorant in generalizing as such? I understand that there are rituals and other things that distinguish Catholicism from what is widely "known" as Christianity. But they believe in Jesus Christ, right? Would Catholicism be a Christian "sect" (or perhaps denomination, not quite sure which term would be more appropriate here, I think sect?) or would it be the other way around? Do either qualify to be as an offshoot of the other?

I need help in understanding this. I'm not a very religious person (not anymore), and I've never quite understood all of the friction between various religions that exist in the world today (except Scientology, I think it's a cult). I've asked this to some of my more religiously-inclined friends and they concurred that Catholics are Christians. But said friends are all Christians too, so maybe they're just rooting for the home team, you know?

Any help on un-confusing me would be awesome.

srsly, I don't even understand why I'm thinking this at like, 1:44AM. really. plz help me, the pokemon have killed my brain cells~~~ but so addictive, can't stop...

To all of my friends,

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2008 that I hope will be filled with good health and happiness.

♥

Good news! I got that job at the computer place!

( but my brother's an asshat because... )

I start Saturday, 10AM-6PM, which ironically, is the exact same hours I was trying to beg for from my old place. lol. I might also work Tuesdays and Fridays, but I'm not exactly sure for how long; the schedule's been made, so when I get there Saturday, I'll see what my hours are like. I'm sorta glad to be working again, because as much as I want to get good grades this year, just school and nothing else does get boring pretty quick.

Today was Rosh Hashana and my class wasn't happening, and I totally forgot about it and went to York anyway. I'm an idiot. But then I went to go buy Bones Season 2 at Yorkdale Mall (carefully spying signs that all said "Now Hiring") and now I'm happy as a clam. :)

To all my fellow Ontario flisters, will you be voting on October 10th?

( my thoughts on politics, let me show you them )

And I have some of the coolest professors this year. Yay! :D

SO. My hopes of having my ideal schedule has been dashed. *siiigh* But I can't really do much about it, since 110% of the courses I'm taking are all required for my major.

( For anyone who's interested, my courses for the year. )

And by the way, History department? You fail. Because ONE Undergraduate Advisor for one of the biggest majors at our university? YOU FAIL. So ONE DUDE has to oversee ALL the undergraduate history majors when they have a problem? Doesn't that scream "inefficient" to you?! Just today, you had about 40 History majors needing your help. What is the point of saying that the undergrad advising appointment time is from 11AM - 12PM when you KNOW you're going to end up seeing 25+ people? o_O Why don't you just say: "Undergraduate Advisor's Here. Sign Up On The List And I'll Get To You. Really."

Ugh.

In other news, it's official, my graduation is going to be delayed by a year. Changing majors twice (and dropping PSYC 1010) kicked my ass in more ways than I thought it would. Ouch. Mom's annoyed, but not worried.

Today was also my last day at work! :DDDD Some tips for future customers:

( under a cut to save you my rant! )

silverdragon54, add me to MSN or AIM or something. We need to work out a time when we can trade some stuff because OMG I want a Scyther from Diamond and I need your help evolving 2 of my Pokemon. LOL.

I handed in my notice to work, so my last official day is June 15th. runonmoonlight hates me for it. :P ILU too.

A new kink has appeared in my summer plans; my mother is going to Syria for two weeks towards the end of July. She's going on the mission trip with our church, and so I'll be left alone with the dog for two weeks. Which is worrying me a bit since I plan to leave between August 5th-7th for SF to see cutting_rm_flr and my mom comes home on August 3rd and I think my brother's coming home sometime in August too, so I have no idea what's going to happen. So things are a little sketchy right now.

June 12th is my enrolment date for this year's courses, and I have them mostly lined up. I'm still investigating a few more options, and I'm going to try my best to set up a date to see my faculty advisor because I need to know exactly how long it'll take me to graduate. I know already that I need to stay back at least half a year, but I just want to confirm and straighten a few things out regarding my degree requirements.

Oh, for the people who have my cell #, I'm going to be changing that number on June 9th. There are a few people that have my number who I don't want to hear from (one of which happens to be the guy that drove me to friendslock my LJ) so yeah. If you want it, tell me. :)

WHY IS IT SO HUMID THIS WEEK?!!!

ETA 7:12PM: LMAO. It's pouring rain!! Woohoo! Thunderstorm FTW! :P

There's a thunderstorm outside. Complete with oodles of wind and rain, thunder and lightning.

I'm in love.

♥

For slm4gsr since I can't donate (because being Canadian means I can't donate...T__T), maybe you guys can help her out!

Bet Tzedek Legal Services provide free services for the elderly & poor of Los Angeles.If she's one of the top fundraisers, her charity gets a grant from Kevin Bacon's Six Degrees program. Clicky HERE to donate!

Please donate if you can. It'd mean so much to her and to me as well. Hmm... maybe I can send money to my brother to donate it FOR me... ooh...

And CSI? HOMGSQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

That is all. I'm way tired, so I'm going to toddle off to bed~