Published 2025-07-13
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"Graphic design is my passion faith".
This week I was curious enough to go into the Our Lady of Victory church, where I saw the above sign.
I am not religious. Like, at all.
My mom did her best to raise me and my sister catholic. I didn't even make it into Sunday
school (or, catechism classes, as they call them in probably all of Latin America). My sis got
a bit farther into it, but if I had to guess, to this day, I probably have a better
understanding of the church than her. If only because I am curious about history in general.
Funnily, a few minutes ago I sent an email about cringe memories from your younger self. Well,
when I was around 13 and until my early 20s, I was that kind of atheist that wants to
challenge every religious person to see how ridiculous their "thing" is.
Age gave me the wisdom to accept that faith is a complex topic. Even if I have a suspicion I
will never share their world view, I have learned to respect it and be able to engage in very
interesting conversations about religion and history.
The flip side to being more accepting, is that it made me completely
intolerant to people trying to impose their ways of living on others, on the grounds
of religion.
I will respect, and even defend, your right to believe whatever you want. But I can't stand
you if you try to impose any of it on others. Or, heaven forbid[1],
dictate how they can or can't live.
I did have once a deep emotional experience in a church, but that is topic for another day. It is a long story, and I wasn't even planning writing as much as I just did. All I wanted was to share the horrible and funny sign.