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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I was once that college kid who stopped going to church, as did all of my siblings. I'm afraid none of us has ever gone back (we're in our 50s now).

You didn't do anything wrong. People find their own way in life and for some of us that means going without religion. 
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Same here for me and my four siblings, though we are in our 30s and 40s.

My parents raised us in the Catholic church, but with an emphasis on social justice and thinking for ourselves. We are all very moral people, most of whom chose to "serve" via our professions (social workers, non-profits, special ed teachers), which I think is a testament to our upbringing, but also part of the reason we all left the church. My husband comes from a very similar background, with similar outcomes for him and his siblings.

My siblings and I all discuss how we can raise our children with that same sense of morality, but none of us are believers in the underlying theology, and thus are not church-goers.[/quote]

I would call this a successful outcome of a Catholic upbringing -- integrating the good and discarding the bad.[/quote]

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