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[quote=Anonymous]My Dad is a devout Sunday catholic. He’s a good boy and always goes. Follows Lent rules. So very devout in the things he’s supposed to do and believe.

In turn, I always went to church and CCD. And I was baptized (the day I was born because I was premature and there was a good chance I was going to die) and first communion. I started Confirmation classes.

But even from an early age I could see the hypocrisy early on. Then I learned my Mom got pregnant before they were married —so he follows some rules but not others. So he married my mom (because he didn’t want her to have an abortion) and I’ve had to deal with their crappy marriage my whole life. And the deep scars of two people who shouldn’t be married (but won’t divorce because Catholic). I spent my 20’s and 30’s undoing that damage.

Then in confirmation class I asked, if Adam and Eve were the only people on earth and they had 2 sons, who did the sons marry? And the teacher said “We don’t question the Bible”. That was the moment I was OUT.

Took a little while but I finally told my Dad I didn’t believe in God at 15 and his response was “No more TV until you believe in God”.  So for him it was just something you do, not question. And he could force me to believe.

But as the years go on, I see just how flimsy his faith is. When Pope Francis said something that the Republican Party didn’t like, he was all up in arms. Despite saying he is a devout Catholic. Isn’t following the Pope the most basic tenet of Catholicism? If not that, then what’s the point of being a Catholic?

And now we have a devout devout Catholic in the WH and he is frothing to get Trump back in. The most unreligious man ever. (Unless you believe Trump is God)

And the thing that gets me the most is—we used IVF and Donor Eggs to have DS. My Dad is ga-ga crazy in love with him. But according to his faith he shouldn’t exist.

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