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> Kneeling before people you've never met to atone for the sins of of other human beings who happen to share your skin color might be something that's normal to
by mcphage 6y ago
> Kneeling before people you've never met to atone for the sins of of other human beings who happen to share your skin color might be something that's normal to you. It is utterly alien to the vast majority of the American public.
Kneeling together in humility with other people is a weekly occurrence, if you’re Catholic.
- JPKab 6y agoI was raised as a fundamentalist Christian. I don't know the reasoning in Catholicism, but was told to kneel in church as a show of humility and submission to God. I was also told that this was reserved only for God. I'm no longer religious. I couldn't tolerate the bigotry towards gay people. But the idea of kneeling for a human being repulses me.
- mcphage 6y agoIf the act of kneeing at all is a problem for you, then I don’t know what to tell you. But kneeling to others, and kneeling with others—joining in with others who are kneeling—are very different actions. I’d suggest you not conflating the two.