kissing jesus.

nerve.com writer, lisa gabriele, begins her tongue-in-cheek piece on her catholic experience with, "one of my first crushes was on jesus." she continues, "the catholic church is soaked in sexual imagery. mary is never without her virginal moniker, everyone's on their knees, wine flows freely, and Jesus is tongued and swallowed on a weekly basis." admittedly, her commentary is acidic & ruthless, but smart & well-timed. as an aside, she talks about altar boys and molestation. for the record, i am neither here nor there on that issue.

my feelings toward catholicism are strong. for one, i maintain that catholicism is an example of man's interference with faith. two, i believe that one should speak directly to his god & not through intermediaries. and three, the priesthood is nothing more than religiously codified classism. by establishing a religious heirarchy, the implication is that catholicism can only be digested in one, rigid form. my opinions notwithstanding, i did attend catholic mass in barcelona last year. and i swear to you--an impish 20 something year old woman hit on me.

nonetheless, i've been knocking around thesis topics. my latest topic idea deals with something along the lines of subversive images of the madonna.