Merv Michalyshen was at McNally Robinson Tuesday night to read and discuss his book Above The Rest.
As a former practicing Catholic I was very interested in the content, which discusses that switch from Vatican 1, compared to Vatican 2. The main difference for those who know is that Vatican 1 is the hellfire and brimstone version of Catholicism, whereas 2 has relaxed the rules slightly, and there is less reference to everyone going hell.
Michalyshen said that his greatest fear when he wrote the book was that he wouldn
Forced Celibacy - you bet he questions the value in that.
Molesting Priests - it
Misogyny in the church - Yeah Michalyshen is on it like stink on a camel.
He read a part of his book that discussed how the church is not the mystical thing some have made it, but the people that come to the chapel. I feel that the church getting away from the people is the reason I have avoided church for the past decade. The rules that Michalyshen questions are the ones that bother me the most. All these rules about depraving ourselves in order to prove something that doesn't affect anyone accept ourselves. I figure the church's main message is good, do onto others and what not, but it is what people turn religion into the grills my Chilean Sea Bass, and that is where former principal, my former principal Merv Michalyshen also diverges from the order o' Rome.
The way the material was presented, as well as my mother saying that she wanted to read the book has made this book interesting, and a gift idea - if you are really into religion Catholic style.’t say anything. If the reading was any indication that should not be a problem. ’s in the crosshairs people.
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