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[quote=Anonymous]My grandmother! She was also Catholic, and spent the first 60-65 years or so of her life highly involved in the church. It was basically the expectation in her New York Irish immigrant community. She was raised in a highly devout household and then went on to raise six kids in the same manner.

She eventually got divorced (my grandfather was highly controlling and abusive) and now lives very happily and actively on her own. She realized, that, much like you said, religion because her crutch and something she only did to stay close to her family and because it was the norm. But she realized that it was something she truly believed in and that that family she thought she was clinging to wasn't actually that kind to her. She seems happy with her choices. She actually still volunteers at some Catholic churches (and other religious places - she volunteers a lot) and spends time reading about philosophy and religion. She minds it interesting. However, she is resolutely atheist.

Today, there are a mixture of still-practicing Catholics, cafeteria Catholics, agnostics, and atheists circling around my family. Everyone gets along.[/quote]

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