"You can't reject the religion of your parents"

[Siwsan]

6. I sure as heck did

Similar thing - baptised R.Catholic as an infant and put through the 'comfirmation' process, not by my own choosing.

I don't mind the baptism - I do consider myself to be a very ecumenical Christian who is the cliche 'not religious, but very spiritual. I've know some priests who actually took their vows seriously and worked hard to help people. Admittedly, a few of them switched to the Anglican rite, but remained priests.

The whole confirmation thing? It's nothing more than an attempt to imbed a psychological hook.

I certainly don't hate religion. It works for some and I know a lot of wonderful people who are religious. People who take the teachings and example of Jesus to heart, and practice it, to the best of their ability. I just utterly reject people who use their religion to act overly rightious and to intimidate people who don't bow to their particular belief system. I still remember, when I was a child in catholic school, that my protestant friends were going to hell, if they didn't get baptised into the RC church. That was about the point I woke up.