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BigmanPigman

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5. I had to get up early on Sat for CCD. That sucked.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 01:15 AM
Sep 2017

Then a priest came door to door asking for money when my parents were at work. The jerk tried to shame my sister who was wearing a cross as a fashion statement. She took it off after that. Also, they used to publish and mail who gave how much to the local Catholic Church each month. I always had to make up sins to tell to the priest during confession since I didn't sin but you had to tell him something. My dad never went to church and my mom said that when we (my sister and myself) were 9 we could choose whether or not we wanted to go to church anymore. We said NO! We only went 3 times a year anyway. I was the only one in my neighborhood at the time who stopped going to church and was ridiculed for it. I even took an anti abortion stand on a paper I had to write in 7th grade to appease my peers. I am still pissed off at myself for that. My whole family (3 generations) is Atheist and we often put down religious hypocrites and Repubs at family dinners. I did buy communion wafers on line a few years ago because I remembered that they were the only good thing about going to church. They are tasty! I was going to serve them with dip at a party but I was told it could offend some people. I don't know why. I would have serve them with wine so what is the problem?

Just curious [View all] Beearewhyain Sep 2017 OP
I survived Catholic school, realized it was twaddle Warpy Sep 2017 #1
A buddy of mine is catholic Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #6
I live in a heavily Catholic area in a heavily Catholic state Warpy Sep 2017 #9
"Flying without a net isn't for everyone" Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #12
For me it's easy, I just don't have faith. RGinNJ Sep 2017 #2
Never made sense to me. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #3
I had a "demon cast out" Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #7
No one ever wanted to cast anything out of me, so I was lucky I guess. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #8
meh, it happens Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #11
Just curious. That's it. That's how I got here. mjvpi Sep 2017 #4
There is nothing to arrive to Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #10
I had to get up early on Sat for CCD. That sucked. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #5
Religion? safeinOhio Sep 2017 #13
My family's been atheist for generations . . . n/t MrModerate Sep 2017 #14
My situation too. Raised without religion. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #20
Although I continued going to Catholic school Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #15
I had a very ordinary upbringing in the Lutheran Church (ELCA). trotsky Sep 2017 #16
I had a Jewish mother and Catholic father mountain grammy Sep 2017 #17
I had to spend summers at a different Bible school LakeArenal Sep 2017 #18
Parents were religious, but also thinkers FiveGoodMen Sep 2017 #19
Raised Catholic - 12 years of parochial school pretty much stopped believing as a 10th grader rurallib Sep 2017 #21
I Was Raised Catholic But I Was a Doubter at a Young Age Leith Sep 2017 #22
Speaking as one atheist adjacent agnostic... Freelancer Sep 2017 #23
Raised Catholic. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #24
Like everyone else I was born atheist, it's the default position. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #25
For me it was when I realized Eko Sep 2017 #26
I grew up brainwashed in a family of Southern Baptist Croney Sep 2017 #27
Of all the things people say when a child dies, the god's will... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #29
Thank you. That was 47 years ago, but of course Croney Sep 2017 #30
The agonizing raw edges soften with the passing of decades, but... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #34
Evangelical atheism, the bane of contemporary discourse. Sneederbunk Sep 2017 #28
How is something that doesn't exist Lordquinton Sep 2017 #31
Oh, that's a really good choice! But I'm going to have to go with Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #32
I'll keep an eye out Lordquinton Sep 2017 #35
... beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #33
So atheists should keep quiet about their lack of belief? trotsky Sep 2017 #36
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