I told someone I was Catholic today, and he said, "really, you don't look it." someone tell me , wtf does that mean? How do you look or not look Catholic?
has anyone every thought this or heard of this? thanks.
2006-10-01 12:33:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't 'look' Catholic. There are Catholics of all different ethnicities. Chalk it up to his ignorance.
2006-10-01 12:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am Catholic, I've never heard that one before. And some people who look Catholic aren't really, on the inside. Strange!
2006-10-01 12:36:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think someone can look or not look Catholic. That's ridiculous. But I think that maybe that misperception comes from the fact that many Irish people and many Italians are Catholic. And most of us have an idea in our minds of what Irish or Italians look like (another misperception in itself, granted.) So, maybe some people picture Catholics as being what they stereotypically believe Irish or Italians look like? Not sayin' it's right, but maybe that's the basis for that kind of statement.
2006-10-01 12:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by ChristyH 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you can look Hispanic or Italian, and most Hispanics and Italians are Catholic. You may be able to look Philipino, but I'm not too sure.
I look WASP and have a waspy (although common) name, but I'm Catholic.
So, maybe you can't look Catholic but I agree that you can NOT look Catholic. Oh, you can look Catholic by wearing a rosary, too.
2006-10-01 12:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what looking Catholic means either. I'm Catholic and nobody has told me that.
2006-10-01 12:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholics have a reputation for being conservative. Perhaps you don't appear to be very conservative. You may dress trendy, for example.
Just goes to show... you can't judge a book by it's cover.
2006-10-01 12:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by Tamborine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of that. Someone once thought I was Pentacostal.....I have no idea why. Was it the clean haircut I have? Just a good example of how we prejudge others before we get to know them.
2006-10-01 12:48:44 · answer #7 · answered by SeraMcKay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps...if you dress in a catholic school uniform...
2006-10-01 12:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by whenpigzfly2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the person was looking for the horns and the pitch fork.
2006-10-01 18:36:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No thats silly Theyre people too
2006-10-01 12:35:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋