Submitted by punkie23 t3_zfbg4j in pittsburgh
anonymouspoliticker t1_izc1ead wrote
Reply to comment by mvc594250 in Can you visit St. Anthony's chapel ? by punkie23
Up until university, really, kids don't really have a huge say in where they're going to school, and the choice of a religious education is up to the parents. As for why parents might choose a religious school for their kids, it could be physically closer to home or work; public schools in the area could range from abysmal to subpar; or any other sort of non-religious reason. I've not known the local religious schools to be exclusive to members of their faith, either, so ultimately the proportion of religiously interested and theologically educated students coming out of these schools is really low, I'd guess 10-20%.
mvc594250 t1_ize6emj wrote
Yeah, I understand all of this. But despite that a lot of people claim to hold a particular religious affiliation and predicate huge portions of their lives around it (even those who rarely attend church and aren't getting their dogma from a particular preacher). I'm saying that I truly do not know what is meant by "I am a Lutheran" or "I am a Catholic" (or literally any other sect or religion) when it is said by people who don't know what their sect believes.
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments