Today - hiding in my room.

I have to go get off my butt and figure out when mass on campus is. Yesterday my roommate overheard my parents and I talking about mass and asked what it was..... did I mention she is very very very religious? I just don't know what religion... I think she just says she's non-denominational. It makes me excited for my Foundations class because I have no idea what to say sometimes to her strange comments about the Bible or her religion. Again, here I am Ms. IGNORANT, and get all shy and confused when she goes off about people going to hell (it seems everyone is,) Revelations, and such. She told me she loves watching the Christian channels on TV (those scary preachers who jump around and yell,) and decorates with Bible quotes. I have naked Picasso women on my walls. Oh well. So yeah, she's different. Knows the Bible better than I do, even though I studied if for a semester with the impossible prof at FUS, but I guess people say that the Baptists (her father is a Baptist preacher, she wants to be a preacher too, one day,) know their Bible very very well.

I tried explaining to her yesterday about the Eucharist and how we believe it really IS the Body and Blood, and she just wanted to know if it was real wine.

We also got into a disagreement about the entertainment last night, mentalist Craig something-or-another. He was an ENTERTAINER, who did tricks such as reading people's mind, seeing with a blindfold on, raising tables, and so on. He was really really cool, and after some of his more amazing performances, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. My small group was front and center - first row, so when the rest of the row stood, I admit, I followed the crowd, (didn't want to stand out or be rude,) and stood as well. Truly, he deserved it, he was very very good at entertaining. That's the thing though, I was applauding his entertainment skills. It wasn't like I believed he could actually read my mind, or raise tables, he was entertaining. Last year I asked a very esteemed theology professor about the guy on TV who talks with people's dead relatives. That "Crossing Over" show? My prof said that it was either a mind trick, or he really was contacting the dead but it was through the devil. He said it could be God's will, but most likely in that sense, it was just entertainment (the purpose of TV,) and not real. So I had the same belief about this mentalist. Whatever right? He's just entertaining me. My roommate was upset that people stood, because this guy was taking all the credit (she actually said that he should give someone credit - even if it is the devil - what?!) and soon people will be calling him some type of god. Oh and she threw in some stuff about Revelations and how he's going to hell. (Cause remember, everyone is going to hell.) I don't know, I understand her point, and I understand that it is true, this guy could be doing something with the dark side, sure.

Okay so if you look in the Catechism in the section on the commandments, the first commandment specifically prohibits having any other gods besides the one true God. Section 2116 talks about magic and divination and that it should be rejected. Things such as this guy last night was doing. So okay, I understand that he's sinning by practicing this magic, but is it a sin for me to enjoy him as an entertainer?

I may not be non-denominational and jump around and preach, but my roommate made me open up my Catechism. Go her.