The Church and it’s Politics . . .

March 23, 2007

"We don't issue permits that will allow you to have your child baptized in another parish." The very words uttered by the bureaucratic church. I just couldn't believe my ears.

We can't choose any other church as a venue for my child to recieve the holy sacrament of baptism? This is absurd.

I don't know who makes these rules, but they really suck. I'm happy that my child became a Christian but I cannot digest the fact that we will be restricted to just our home parish. My goodness, what is happening to our world?

The day before the baptism, they required us to sit down in their 3 hour seminar talking about a topic that doesn't make any sense because the one conducting it feels she is lecturing to a bunch of kids.

In fact, she discussed the entire Bible to us from Book of Genesis all the way to the New testament. Not that I don't like the topic but it is equally important to deliver it well to your audience. Would it hurt to relate the events in the modern era?

I mean, it sounded more like you are explaining to us a religion we know nothing of even though we have learned it for 20 years in school. Why make it so technical? Why force your audience in a 3 hour session that doesn't even have a bladder break? Then threatening the parents that those who won't attend will not be granted the sacrament.

My God, are you listening to yourselves? I hate this bureaucracy because I feel the church is my refuge whenever I want to veer away from the tumultous world we live in. Something that will protect us and keep us sane in an era that doesn't know when to stop.

Politics is destroying the very foundation of Christianity. I would rather have an hour talking about parenthood and relating it to the verses in the bible. I'd prefer something interactive and fun where the parents will learn how our Lord has taken cared of his people.

Let us not go back to the spanish era when Christianity was used to rule the populace and cloud the majority in fear. Let's stop imposing rules that will build a barrier between the Modern Church and the its followers.

Finally, lets end the politics that has corrupted the very institution established by Christ.

THE CHURCH and ITS POLITICS, not a good match.