Christian name: Brendan
Age: 35
Married, two kids.
About me: I was raised and "catechized" (if you can call it that) in the very doldrums of post-V2 Catholic America in the 1980's. I left the Church immediately after Confirmation. After much study, in my mid 20's I discovered that everything I hated about "going to Church" as a lad (modernist songs, sign of peace, boring, wishv washy sermons, listening to women read Scripture and receiving Holy Communion from them) was all contrived novelty and not genuinely Catholic at all. Armed with that fresh breath of the air of truth, I began attending Traditional Latin Mass, and have been there ever since.
I am joining Cathinfo after a brief stint at CAF... I had lurked there for a bit, and knew it to be a hotbed of liberal and modernist error, so I joined in the hopes of engaging in lively debate. I was soon disabused of that bit of fancy as I was given an "infraction" for "uncharitable posting." The nature of my uncharitable posts: calling Martin Luther a heretic and quoting some of his less popular writings to a Lutheran.
When I saw that honest debate and defense of Catholic doctrine was impossible, even (I might even say particularly) in areas of such clear cut moral clarity as the evils of ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity (wait, I'm on Cathinfo now, so I can say it more plainly - fαɢɢօtry), I got out of there fast. Check out my threads there once in awhile if you need a good laugh... the fact that I'm constantly walking on eggshells in them is quite apparent.
At least I won't have to do that here... Thanks for having me!