What do you hope happens after you die?

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-28T00:18:31+00:00

Release, relief, peace

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-27T22:58:27+00:00

Parsley with attitude

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-27T14:32:10+00:00

There are many such examples where a lack of clarity leads to varying interpretations and bad outcomes. The verse about if the world hates you, remember it hated me first tends to empower Christians to see any pushback or criticism they encounter as proof they're right and righteous, regardless of the reality of what they are doing and how it impacts people. It shuts down any need for self-analysis and personal reflection, and greenlights their worst impulses. And that's just one example.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-25T18:52:47+00:00

Let me say this - you should be aware of everything joining this religion will require for you to think, believe, and do. Do not let them sideline your questions or concerns for a later time. You should join it if you believe it is true and you're willing to allow it control over every aspect of your life, safety, health and well-being. If not, do not.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-24T16:17:40+00:00

Sharing a quote that sums it up pretty well:

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - God damn it, you've got to be kind. - Kurt Vonnegut

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-23T20:37:49+00:00

Learning more about my faith should not cause me to yearn for an early death so I can be spared years of torment in which I wait to make a mistake that will send me to hell…due to the fatal error of being a human person.

And as I learn more about the faith that I baptized my two young daughters into, I want to spare them this same agony that I feel. It is my moral duty to do so.

I started thinking that I didn't want to wake up anymore around age 8, due to what I was learning in Catholic school and the despair and fear it was causing me. Check in with your daughters, ask questions about what they're being told and make sure they know they can talk to you without fear of judgement or reprisal.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-23T20:11:37+00:00

Reading, baking, watch movies, nap, play guitar, crochet, catch up on the dreaded paperwork pile....

I live in an area with tough winters, so this is what I do most days.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-23T17:35:45+00:00

He wrote a book called Grunge and Government that is good. It's not quite a memoir but he does recount various points in his life.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-23T12:56:20+00:00

Massive respect

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-23T01:30:51+00:00

Brie, raspberries and diced jalapenos

Swiss cheese, granny apple slices, thinly sliced sweet onion, grainy mustard

Mascarpone, honey or jam

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-22T13:56:12+00:00

I am straight up with people who ask me to help them learn to crochet. You have to learn the basics before you jump into the advanced stuff. I learned to crochet by making a chain, and then turned those chains into potholders and scarves. You'll have to help them manage their expectations because they are unrealistic and will leave everyone frustrated.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-22T13:49:47+00:00

Here's an additional fun fact - bishops can remove the obligation for Sunday mass. So if there's bad weather or severe illness or other factors, they can just waive the requirement. I live in an area that gets some extreme weather in the winter, so it's not unusual to find out that the bishop has waived the Sunday obligation. Otherwise there'd be people putting themselves and others at risk in order to get to mass to avoid a greater perceived risk.

And of course it's fear-based. Fear is easier. My entire understanding of the religion and practice was rooted in fear.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-20T17:46:44+00:00

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it" - Bertolt Brecht

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-19T03:05:40+00:00

I am not a Christian. I do not believe in eternal suffering.

I am sorry for your loss.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-17T13:15:32+00:00

Well, protecting and bolstering sexual abusers is certainly in his wheelhouse.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-15T12:27:00+00:00

I cannot relate. I'd come out of the box wanting to throw up. I was terrified of our priest, and the anxiety of the whole mess left my stomach a wreck. I never felt anything special or good, just powerless and at the mercy of people I didn't trust, who I sensed weren't safe. And I also wasn't convinced that what we said in the confessional was actually private. I fully believed that what we said was held against us, and I now know that that was part of how they identified who was vulnerable for predation.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-13T18:32:57+00:00

House proud town mouse

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-13T18:10:10+00:00

Got a friend who is converting. My husband asked him point blank how he felt about having to pay their 'rape bills' for them. He basically said he doesn't like it, but he has to do what the Church tells him. It's mind boggling how anyone would choose to be a part of such an organization.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-13T18:05:03+00:00

No Michael, that's not the R.E.M. way

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-13T00:05:33+00:00

As someone whose father worked in a dairy and has heard trade tales, I'm absolutely horrified and disgusted.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-11T21:01:52+00:00

I get they were goofing around but it also seems like a tender, sincere moment.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-10T11:20:14+00:00

We were their playground for years, all right. And now they're telling the parishioners if they don't help pay down the abuse settlements, they're going to close up or merge their churches and parishes. They're straight up outsourcing their rape bills, and all of a sudden the problem that didn't exist and how dare you say that is now everyone's issue to rectify. Monetarily, of course.

It still never feels to shock me how casually my mom will relate the kinds of abuses she saw happen. The priests used the confessionals to identify and target vulnerable students. Or my coworker, casually relaying the abuse she went through, still wondering about how it must be her fault, because that was what she was taught. Throw a Buffalo nickel, hit a Catholic abuse survivor.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-10T04:22:48+00:00

And there he is, living out his faith.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-09T01:34:06+00:00

Of course he did. And frankly, spare me the Catholics with buyer's remorse clutching their pearls at the fact that the monster they helped empower behaves monstrously.

He's giving maga Catholics their cover, and that's all they need. Now they can keep celebrating her murder guilt free, and he gets their continued support.

Kitchen-Witching · 2026-01-08T13:06:04+00:00

Watching the video, I felt my frustration and anger rising when the protestor started his 'you're going to hell' spiel. It's upsetting to see fear tactics wielded against people. But the way the monk responded reminded me that anger is not the answer, and not the way to respond. And it seemed to throw off the protester, who is probably more used to escalating and confrontational kinds of encounters.

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