God's morning readers!
This day calls for a celebration as I have my first guest blogger, Rachel, write about her personal experience on how it is to be a Christian, specifically a Catholic, in the United States. I hope this post gives you a sneak peak on the life of a Catholic in the US and I hope you could also share your personal insights or experiences on how it is to be a Catholic in your country.
God bless you!
The Catholic Chic
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Being Christian in America
by Rachel
I was born and raised in the Midwest, in
the middle of nowhere in the Midwest to be more exact. I was also born and raised Christian,
Catholic to be more specific. I went to
Catholic school from preschool through high school. Then I went to a public community college for
two years and then a Nazarene University for one year. I am now going to a Catholic University in
less than a month to study film. So
that's a little bit of my background.
Now, let’s go into being Christian in America.
We all know that modern society is godless,
especially America. From Hollywood to
politics, no one wants to mention religion or Christianity in public. There have been several people suing because
a restaurant gave people a discount for praying before their meal. People wanted the cross at the 9/11 memorial
taken down. Thank God that it
wasn’t. Then there is Obamacare forcing
Christian companies to go against their religion and pay for abortions.
What does this mean to me? Not a lot right now. I am currently in college and have been in a
Christian school, besides my community college for two years, for most of my
life. I have been surrounded by an
environment which encouraged talking about religion.
I have, however, been met with
anti-Catholicism. Both in my blog and in
the Nazarene University. Not saying
anything against Nazarenes, the school itself is great.
We aren’t persecuted like people overseas
are. We aren’t killed for being
Christian. But people have lost their
jobs for believing in the Christian viewpoints on gay marriage and
abortion. Namely, the two brothers on
HGTV and the CEO of Firefox. This,
paired with the Obamacare has isolated Christians in America. Making them feel like they are being
persecuted for believing in Christianity.
This is what it is like to be Christian in
America. It’s a taboo subject that you
don’t usually talk about. People expect
you to go to Church on Sundays but forget about what you have learned
there. And God forbid you act on your
Christian principles.
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About the Author:
Rachel was born and raised in the Midwest. Currently, she is a college junior pursuing film studies. She hopes to one day produce, write,
and maybe act in sitcoms and movies. Follow her twitter account at twitter.com/fashionfaith2.
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