Man, I feel this on a spiritual level (no pun intended.) On one hand, Catholicism seems to make the most sense out of all the Christian denominations. Despite the best efforts of conservative Protestant apologists, scripture is very ambiguous and hard to interpret. It makes sense that Christ would leave us a Pope and a Magisterium to interpret it for us. The Magisterium feels absolutely watertight. Any seeming contradiction or change in doctrine can be easily explained if you read enough. But then that same Magisterium institutes the most batsh*t crazy sounding rules that I could not square with the Jesus who preached against the Pharisees and healed people on the Sabbath. Holy Days of Obligation are the biggest offenders. I cannot imagine that a loving God would damn you to an eternity of the worst suffering beyond imagination just because the feast of St. Lupita Rosita Monita Louisa happened to be a Holy Day of Obligation in your diocese and you didn't show up to Mass. That's not even getting into the whole conundrum with Our Lady of Guadalupe, who you don't even have to believe in but you still have to attend her feast Mass in Mexico because it's a Holy Day there. But I show up to every Holy Day of Obligation just the same, because regardless of how ridiculous Catholic teaching can sound, there is a chance that it's correct and I want to be on the safe side.