Why do you quit the Catholic Church in 1976 at 17?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. I remember questioning at the age of 7, what I was being taught.

I kept my doubts to myself then. Nearly a decade later I had fights every single Sunday with my mother who insisted I go to mass.

I'm one of six children, and no later than 1990 not a single one of us was still a practicing Catholic.

And it's not just Catholicism or even Christianity. It's that every single church of any kind insists that it, and it alone, has The Truth. Even the most benign, gentle, and encompassing of churches. They are still essentially saying "We know The Truth and you can only obtain salvation with us."

I understand that Judaism has a somewhat different message, but it still boils down to "We have The Truth". Same with Islam. I know almost nothing about the non-monotheistic religions/beliefs. I hope they are not as dogmatic and judgemental, but I simply don't know.

Added on edit: I actually have my own personal strong beliefs about things like the afterlife. I'm not about to attempt to convince anyone that what I believe is The Truth. I recognized that it is simply what I believe.