One cannot really be Catholic & grown-up.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Catholicism requires childlike faith which conflicts with adult rationality.
- In plain terms
- Faith and adulthood do not mix.
- What can you take from it?
- Grow up or choose faith.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you lose growing up?
- Can faith mature?
Another view
Many adults hold faith rationally.
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