After reading Boston Cote's hyperbolic account on the Catholic Church ("The road to Hell," March 3), I was instantly reminded of the reason why I became Catholic. I am proud to be an active Catholic on campus because I am comforted by the fact that there are students out there like me still working on their spirituality-in which ever arena that may be. It saddens me to hear that you have boxed your faith experience into the stereotypes that infiltrate our society today. You painted an unfairly cruel and intolerant picture for us Catholics, when our faith is grounded in love, mercy, social justice, and respect.
And through her dismissal of the Catholic Church's traditional "silly rules and rituals," I am sure Cote have come to the very same conclusion I have through my three years of embracing Catholicism at Duke: People are more important than rules; and offending people by being condescending to them through exaggerated stereotypes is simply wrong.
Jessica Palacios
Trinity '07
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