I realize I may be a stickler about the exact definition of
Immaculate Conception versus what many people may commonly
think it is and how they may misuse it, but I think in cases
of religion and faith accuracy is important. I recall many
years ago at a company Sales class I attended the instructor,
a successful salesman and manager was telling the class how
he was going to be priest but found about the vow of poverty
priest have to take and thought better of the idea. I imagine
he wanted use this show how he consciously refused an
aesthetic live to achieve the material successes of sales.
And that is fine; but Priests do not take vows of poverty;
Nuns do and certain orders of monks as well but priests do
not take vows of poverty. I t was clear to me that either the
instructor was lying; was never was considering the
priesthood or may not even have been Catholic or he was
ignorant of basic Catholic structure. The instructor was
using a falsehood about a faith that many people take
seriously, to make a pedagogic point. I found that offensive
and bordering on bigoted. This is another example of how an
inaccurate but popular notion of Catholic practice is
accepted and spread as if it were true. I am not catholic, I
am just amazed how many non-Catholics and Catholics alike
spread and accept incorrect facts. I have never experienced
the same thing for say any of the Eastern Orthodox rite
faiths ( I do live in an area where they have a strong
presence) or even Jews. Maybe it just an indication that
Catholic now a so much a part of American Culture and Pop
Culture and I should just accept it.
Respectfully
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