Comedian Shayne Smith, known for his tattoos and stand-up, recently converted to Catholicism and shares his reasons for the shift, including historical and personal experiences. He connects his newfound faith to his understanding of humor and suffering.
Though he may be covered in tattoos from head to toe — quite literally — the only thing more obvious than comedian Shayne Smith's body art lately might be his newfound Catholicism. And the former motorcycle gang member is certainly in good company. Jim Gaffigan, Kevin James, Stephen Colbert, Tom Leopold, Russell Brand, and Rob Schneider are just a few other comedians who share in the same faith — the latter half of the boisterous bunch having converted to Catholicism in their adulthood.
'I think having a sense of humor…it all correlates to suffering. And Catholics are very aware of suffering. They're not afraid to suffer,' he asserted. 'And in fact, often they invite it sometimes too much, and then we get the concept of Catholic guilt, which shouldn't be a thing. We're the only religion with a built-in guilt relief system. Like, go to confession, dork,' he jested. 'But yeah, I think it really correlates to suffering.
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