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Our older son is at the age where he could get confirmed and he's done 8 years of CCD/Sunday school... but the rules for confirmation at our parish are insanely strict. He would need an adult sponsor who is a Catholic and is not "living in sin" or married to a non-Catholic, can produce a letter of good faith from his/her own parish, etc. ALso we needed to sign up a year in advance, do service projects and a retreat, etc etc. It's so onerous that I almost think they don't want to have confirmed Catholics anymore.[/quote]

This was the final straw for me leaving Catholicism. Insane headache trying to figure out who could be DC's sponsor. Do we think Christ came up with all these crazy rules? So glad I said Buh-bye Vatican! (Protestant now)[/quote]

Just FYI, one thing Catholics do streamline is adult confirmation. After RCIA you can be baptised and confirmed at the same time. I just got baptized in The Episcopal Church, but I'm not confirmed, and I'm imagining this experience down the line where there is me (40-something) and a bunch of teenagers :)

That all being said, OP, choosing a religion is a big deal and I encourage you to look into other denominations, just for yourself. Maybe after that you will realize you really are Catholic, and you'll feel more confident. But for me, The Episcopal Church, one of the reasons I knew it was right for me was that I was given a book of common prayer early and told the church was united on prayer, not on creed. In other words, you don't need to necessarily believe x,y, and z. You just have to want to pray these prayers in community. I do believe, but I gotta be honest, not every day.

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