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[–]burninglikeabridge 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I grew up roman catholic. Never realized other religions were a thing until I moved to Canada even though half my family is Jewish. At 8 or 9 is when I realized there were other religions and what religion was, i thought it was just how everyone was. I was never a very religious person, my family believes in God and all that but the only one who regularly went to church and was more religious was my grandpa.

I had to clean the school on many weekends for questioning God and specifically I remember really being bothered by Jesus being reincarnated. I was not having it as a kid, it didn't make sense to me. I think my higher power is mother nature now.

[–]worried19[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I had to clean the school on many weekends for questioning God

Was it Catholic school? I can't think of a better way to turn a kid atheist than punishing them for questioning. Like you'd think they would know better.

[–]burninglikeabridge 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup, it was a Roman catholic school. To be fair, I was an asshole kid but no child deserves to be treated like that for asking questions