Nuns

[emony]

So I'm watching The Sound of Music on DVD at the moment, and it set me to thinking. In season 5, after Riley leaves, Buffy briefly considers becoming a nun. It's mostly for humour value, but I was thinking, it's different for blokes, but I know I used to want to be a nun, and my mother went through a time when she wanted to be a nun. Is it a general girl thing, or are we just weird? Does everyone, or a lot of people anyway, have a time when they think nun-hood sounds like a pretty good plan. And if we do, why is it? Is it only after we've been dumped, when life's a bit difficult, or are there things about life as a nun that appeal to us all? Hmm. Late-night thought.

In other news, I joined Farnham library today, discovered they have *no* Dalziel and Pascoe books in the entire library, so instead went to WH Smiths and bought one. Hehe.

ETA: Oh, also, we watched Dragonheart 2 tonight, which was a). really crap and b). really gay. Ah, so amusing! *g*

Comments

[tirica.livejournal.com]

I was in a catholic church and a few of my teachers were nuns I remember, even as a little kid, thinking OMG! how on earth could you ever consider this a possibility for life!! Same goes for my religion teacher who was the school's priest, he was young and kind of handsome so we asked him one day why the hell.. it scared me that for religion and god you'd want to *throw away* so much good stuff in life.. as you see catholic church does nothing for really being religious.. not for me anyway.. I just don't see it.

[emony.livejournal.com]

Interesting. So maybe being closer to the reality put you off, whereas for people for whom it was just a vague idea it seemed more attractive. I know that one I actually knew some real nuns, I thought much less of the idea of being one myself.

[tirica.livejournal.com]

Now that you say this.. who knows maybe I would have turned out all religious and stuff had I been on other schools.. hmmm but nah better this way *snicker*

[niennah.livejournal.com]

it scared me that for religion and god you'd want to *throw away* so much good stuff in life

It depends on what you consider 'throwing away', really. People do make the choice, and many priests and nuns I've ever heard discuss it find their choice of life enriching, not impoverishing. It's just a question of priorities.

[tirica.livejournal.com]

Yes well that's why I put it in ** because of course it's a question of priorities. I just don't see God wanting any person not to have a family, not to enjoy things nuns and priests just can't. Be that sex, normal clothes be that whatever. They lead a life that sometimes is far away from reality in my view.

That said I should add I do not believe in God, though I do not say it's not possible he/she exists we'll see when we die... or not, what I do not believe in at all is any kind of religion because I think it restricts more than anything else.

But I do understand that for some people it is the perfect choice, and I believe that for them it really can be enriching. I just don't see it for myself.