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Re: non-christians perspective needed

[(Anonymous)]

Are you looking for non-Christian or non-Catholic? Because I could help with the former. (And lol Protestants can have more dumb stereotypes about Catholics than anybody else.)

Re: non-christians perspective needed

[(Anonymous)]

Basically, I'm just trying to get into the head of someone who isn't used to being in churches or the rituals during Mass.

Re: non-christians perspective needed

[(Anonymous)]

Okay. Hmm.

The things that are going to surprise a person are obviously going to vary depending on their background (and on the details of the church), but some things that might be noteworthy:
-Why are people touching this water when they enter? Wait, is that /holy water/??? How am I supposed to be interacting with it? What does it mean? Is is really used for exorcisms?
-How do I use the hymnal/bulletin/etc.? Everyone else seems to be so good at juggling all these objects in the pew (or just has it all memorized). I feel like an idiot fumbling with this stuff. A conspicuous idiot.
-Why is the priest randomly break out singing? Is he singing in Latin? What does it mean? Shit, now everyone's singing in Latin wtf.
-Is it bad to get distracted by the art/physical space while mass is going on? (Non-Catholic Christians will probably take note of any prominent images of Mary, Mother of Big J, since she's not as important to other denominations.)
-Only Catholics are supposed to go up for communion. Is it awkward for me to just...sit here? What am I supposed to do? Are people judging me right now?
-These people believe that they're literally eating Jesus' blood right now, right? What's...up...with that????
-And as mentioned below, there's lots of sitting/standing/kneeling throughout the mass that will catch newcomers off guard.

Re: non-christians perspective needed

[(Anonymous)]

+1