GATRYSTARISM?

        In the late 1970s, after realizing the ridiculousness of Baha'i and thinking I could come up with something better myself, I finally came up with Gatrystarism.  The word meant, to me, "Love Truth Harmony," and this religion described God as that: The Harmony of Love and Truth.  In a sense, it turned out to be a play on the Trinity, although I didn't notice it at the time.  After formulating a bunch of ideas and arranging them into some sort of form, I proudly explained my new religion to Micki.  She listened patiently, then said quietly and simply, "If you can believe in that, why can't you believe in Christianity?"  Micki has always been very wise.

       It was then that, following the enthusiasm of some friends, I read C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, the seven books pictured above.  Not only did they illustrate Christianity in a fun way, but they made my Gatrystarism as ridiculous as any alternative I attempted.  

       After struggling through adventures with a variety of Protestant heresies, I explored Catholic apologetics and finally Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed.  By then I was praying the Rosary in private places along my mail route.  By the grace of God, on Easter Vigil 1989, I joined the Church that Jesus Christ founded, and have not regretted it since.

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       For fun, if you see an Alexa (or for that matter a computer), ask it who founded the Methodist church, the Presbyterian church, the Baptist church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, etc. etc.  Then ask it who founded the Catholic Church.  It's fun.