pondering Christianity/Catholicism
*for those non-religious people, this postgets a little religiousy, just warning ya*
So I just finished watching the movie "Stigmata" for the second time... It's quite a good movie, I would recomend it to everyone. It really makes you think though. Quick synopsis: A girl (Frankie) recieves a rosary as a travel gift from her mom, and as a result, she starts to suffer from Stigmata. For those who don't know what stigmata is, when a person suffers from stigmata, they supposedly recieve the wounds of Jesus from when he was crucified. So anyway the movie is about Frankie and this priest's investigation of her stigmata. The part that's really sticking in my head right now is the issue of St. Thomas' Gospel. St. Thomas' Gospel is supposedly the actual words of Christ that he said to his disciples the night before He was crucified. In short, the gospel says something to the extent of Christ is inside of you and all around you. Another part of this movie talked about how the Church (Catholic Church) wanted to destroy this alleged gospel. Now I don't know much about St. Thomas' Gospel, I'm actaully looking into right now on the web, but I could see how this would cause problems with the Church. It's too much to elaborate on in writing... talk to me if you really want to know. It just makes me think more about how I classify myself. As a lot of people know, I was raised Roman Catholic. However, I have not called myself a Catholic for quite some time now. When people ask, I simply say that I am Christian. I can't really explain right now the problems I have with the Catholic Church, thats another long discussion not to be posted on the web. I just have so many questions right now...