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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised as catholic as can be. Catholic school, all the bells and whistles. My parents weren't great about always taking us to church, but they were pretty devout, and my grandparents were extremely devout. They were also mostly jesuit catholics so raised me not judgemental but open to helping others and especially the poor.

The only thing they could have done was educate me less effectively. This is totally 100% true. I actually feel very Catholic from an identity perspective. I don't believe, but I feel so connected to it. And when I do go to church on like, holidays with family, I feel warm and surrounded by peace like a blanket from childhood.

All to say, I don't even have all these negative feelings about the church and I still drifted. For me, religion has a whole just doesn't make sense, it doesn't call to me, I don't find peace in its explanations.

Learning about the history of religions (all of them), science, the universe, the vast scope of what we do not know, to some people these things lead to God, to me it led to feeling small and inconsequential. I think it is Catholocism though that ensured I didn't become bleak and nihilistic but rather grateful to have been randomly selected to have consciousness, and to feel responsible to treat this gift with care and spread kindness and empathy.

I let my grandparents believe I believed. My mom is very upset I have drifted. I think she regrets sending me to college! But your kids will see the world through their own eyes and draw their own conclusions, and I think it is important to be humble enough to know that while any one of us might think we have the answers, no one knows, so we should support and respect everyone on their individual journey through spirituality. [/quote]

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