How do I answer atheists who say Catholicism is "uptight"?
The short answer
Perhaps they are the uptight ones: Catholics consider themselves accountable to someone greater than themselves, and that raises a question for non-believers. What if Catholics are right?
Could it be that your friends are uptight about the fact that Catholics see themselves as accountable to someone bigger than themselves, and about what that might say about them? What if Catholics are right? Dwelling on that possibility could make non-believers very uptight.
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