2 a.m. blues
July 3rd, 2002 02:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shiredancerAlmost 2 in the morning and I still can't sleep. I just posted a comment to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mirabellawotr on her post re Catholic themes, and figured I might as well continue on the theme here. (Writing Practice 101.) So yes, when it comes to religion and matters spiritual, I'm a mess. Oddly enough I work in a department of religious studies -- not what you might think it is, no theology or specific beliefs espoused there, rather a joyous muddle of dissection of the social impact, history, and theory of Judaism, Islam, Native American religions, New Age spirituality, Wiccan, Pagan, gender issues, Christianity, Appalachian religious music traditions -- you name it. No end interesting, although seeing the grad students' thesis and dissertation titles is about as far as I delve into it (oh, and seeing those infernal field exams questions and answers -- yikes).
I think religion was ruined for me when I was 16 and pregnant and praying like blazes not to be, and woke up on Christmas morning with the full recognition that there was nobody to hear me, and I was on my own. A messy feeling, that, and two years before Roe vs. Wade to boot. Good thing the older girls at my high school knew which sleazy side of L.A. to send me to.
I've come around now to maybe sort of believing in Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the Force. May the Force be with you. I'd like my light saber, please.
mirabellawotr on her post re Catholic themes, and figured I might as well continue on the theme here. (Writing Practice 101.) So yes, when it comes to religion and matters spiritual, I'm a mess. Oddly enough I work in a department of religious studies -- not what you might think it is, no theology or specific beliefs espoused there, rather a joyous muddle of dissection of the social impact, history, and theory of Judaism, Islam, Native American religions, New Age spirituality, Wiccan, Pagan, gender issues, Christianity, Appalachian religious music traditions -- you name it. No end interesting, although seeing the grad students' thesis and dissertation titles is about as far as I delve into it (oh, and seeing those infernal field exams questions and answers -- yikes).I think religion was ruined for me when I was 16 and pregnant and praying like blazes not to be, and woke up on Christmas morning with the full recognition that there was nobody to hear me, and I was on my own. A messy feeling, that, and two years before Roe vs. Wade to boot. Good thing the older girls at my high school knew which sleazy side of L.A. to send me to.
I've come around now to maybe sort of believing in Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the Force. May the Force be with you. I'd like my light saber, please.
