Today's Discussion

      Today we had a discussion about culture. We started our discussion by looking at the difference between Christianity and Catholicism. Some of the main differences are that Christians don't believe in purgatory or confession. I learned that other forms of Christianity aren't allowed to receive communion at Catholic masses, yet Catholics are allowed to receive communion at other forms of Christianity's masses. We talked about how some schools do confession differently. For example, Grace's school did confession in a dark room, and Saint Margarets did it in an open church in a corner. One topic we brought up was the separation of church and state in America and in Saudi Arabia. In America our court system is based off of the states' laws, and in Saudi Arabia it is based on the Quran. I love having these discussions, but I always have a hard time remembering what we talked about. I can't wait to talk about more issues our society faces!