because you have to go through a super long like 4 month process to become a catholic as an adult, and i have a job that requires me to leave for months at a time so i'm never able to take all of the classes and be there for all the things you have to go to. i tried talking with a priest at a local parish church about my situation and he basically just said he didn't know what to tell me and that i needed to be there for all of them. like i asked him if i could just take it as homework or something and study this stuff while i'm gone and then come back and pick up with everybody else and he said no. honestly the hassle of it is making me wonder if the catholic church is right for me. pretty sure almost any other denomination, orthodox included, wouldn't make me do this whole dog and pony show just to become a member of the church. i know that because for a while i was also flirting with becoming orthodox before i decided i didn't really agree with them on certain things, and the priest at that church said there weren't any classes i had to take or schedule i had to follow. he said basically just show up to church and when the priest feels like i'm ready, they'd baptize me and welcome me into the communion. i don't understand why the catholics can't follow the same principle
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