Top-five things chicks don't get about us

They would love you.

You should really send them a video.

They love the religious person with convictions. Now, granted, they'll try to make you look like a freak and do everything they can to shke you of your convictions, but it sounds like you'll do ok.

In the mean time, you get to live in a sweet ass house. You'll make at least one African-American and one homosexual friend.

And, they always send them on one cool trip.

And, if they like you, you can make a living on Real World/Road World challenges on by going on "speaking tours" of colleges.

And, if you make it through as a virgin, you'd basically be a legend.

 

Nighthawk, props to you for knowing what you don't want and sticking to your guns. Just ignore the snarky crap you're hearing from people who don't have anything to offer beyond ridiculing someone who doesn't think like they do.

I've spent a lot of time working in foster care, dealing with people who had no business having kids, but had them anyway. It's hard enough raising kids when they're loved and wanted. I've seen the flip side of that, and it's not pretty. Kids are great, and they have certainly enriched my life.

But they aren't for everyone, and I don't know why it's so hard for some people to accept that. We aren't going to go extinct if a few of us choose not to procreate.

 

Of that last one, there would be no question, but I've got no desire to either live with roommates or be on MTV. Couldn't pay me enough to deal with that.

 

I already told you: This is what I want to do. If I wanted to serve in the Church, I'd serve in the Church. I don't. I want to write about sports and make cheesecake.

 

This thread is fascinating. And it's convinced this former Catholic that neither the Pope nor the Church has any business defining love for the masses.

Also, to add: NightHawk, kudos to you for sticking to your beliefs. They're certainly not shared by everyone, but your desire to not conform is admirable. As is your ability to explain your position in a calm manner, without getting righteous about it.

 

I'd be curious to see the numbers of lapsed/former Catholics vs. practicing Catholics in the U.S.

 

NH, you haven't answered my question. When you whack it, what do you think of?

OK, perhaps I could word it better. Hmm...

NH, when you are having some "alone time" with yourself and engaged in that ungodly behavior known as masturbation, which is a sin, what thoughts does the devil typically force on you?

 

Oh, and IJAG, I am definitely going to have to go to one of these outings someday and I don't drink, don't smoke and don't do drugs so I'm always the DD.

Ask Rhody how awesome I am being the only sober person at a party. It's cool.

But premarital sex? Yeah, every man has a vice. For me, it's pussy. For NH, it's cheesecake.

 

I'll defend NH and anyone who decides at an early age that children aren't for them. There is nothing more condescending than to tell them "oh, you'll change your mind someday."

Yes, they might. Or they might not. But it's not your call, and you don't know any kind of "secret" that will make them want to procreate, and you shouldn't have to recruit people to your "club."

There are numerous reasons why people choose not to parent, and it's usually not because they dislike children.

 

There's no sin in not wanting children.
There's no sin in not getting married.
There's certainly no sin in refusing to have premarital sex.

With no talk of venial sins or mortal sins, you will not have sex with a woman because you do not want to have children, but you're comfortable with sinning through masturbation with the idea that you will eventually fix that.

I'm a reprobate with a pseudo-Benedectine education, so what would I know about piety; however, you are simply trading one sin for another.

And in some ways, it's worse.

 

I don't dismiss belief; I envy it.

 

Yes, they would and do condone it. If you choose not to marry and live a chaste life, you are perfectly fine as far as the Church is concerned. By the way, I never used religion as an excuse for anything. I don't wish to have kids. Therefore, because I don't want to have kids, my religion says it is best not to marry. I never said I didn't wish to be married. That's something I might consider one day. But I'd prefer single and childfree to married and having kids.

Actually, I don't, nor do I think it's just simply existing. I believe I am fully taking advantage of everything this world has to offer. I get paid to do what I love, I have a hobby that fills most of my time and provides new experiences on a daily basis and my job allows me to travel across the country and see everything it has to offer. I mean, I'm only 23 and have been to 44 states, 11 MLB parks and 34 Man vs. Food restaurants. To me, this is just below paradise.