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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised Catholic by abusive parents during the 90s, when all that stuff about the pedophile priests came out. Realized no one “knows” shit and that organized religion is often just a method to wield power over other people.

I met members of other faiths as I got older and my position mellowed— I saw how fulfilling a shared spirituality was for many of my friends and appreciated how it connected them to their families and in some cases their home countries. I even considered converting to Judaism in my 20s because I became very involved with a Jewish community and spent some time studying the religion. But ultimately I knew I’d always be an outsider and it would never quite give me what people who are raised Jewish get out of it, especially given my lack of personal connection to the oppression Jews have faced. I still have a lot of love for it though.

So I am agnostic, with a lot of antipathy towards the Catholic Church, but generally respectful of what others believe. None of us knows. I don’t think you should try to control other people. That’s about it.[/quote]

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