• Drusas@kbin.run
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    6 months ago

    I’ve never been Catholic and I stopped going to our Lutheran Church when I was nine, but I can still do the sign of the cross naturally without even thinking about it. And no, we did not do the sign of the cross in my Lutheran church. It’s just such a common thing you see in American society.

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      6 months ago

      It’s just such a common thing you see in American society.

      I can’t say I have the same experience as you. I almost never see it. And I live in a town with a bunch of Catholic churches, a Catholic university with attached congregation of nuns and a monastery.

      I honestly can’t tell you if I’ve ever seen someone do it around here.

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        6 months ago

        I mostly see it in movies and TV, but I see it in person as well. I saw it in person a lot more when I lived in other places in the US than where I do now, however.