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I Faux pas Dec 2022 #1
Thank you. Very cool. Kath2 Dec 2022 #3
We Faux pas Dec 2022 #5
YES! Kath2 Dec 2022 #9
We Faux pas Dec 2022 #66
13 Here, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #6
Whoa! Faux pas Dec 2022 #67
At That School For Sure ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #68
I was an altar boy... albacore Dec 2022 #2
My Dad Was A Seminarian ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #8
An altar boy NEVER molested? Doesn't that contradict all notions? Hortensis Dec 2022 #55
+1... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #4
In 1976 I had a good summer job at a medical laboratory working nights Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #7
That is so painful and horrible. Kath2 Dec 2022 #10
Yes, painful and horrible. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #11
That is so sad. Kath2 Dec 2022 #13
I've never been religious, but have always found the traditions and beliefs of different faiths Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #15
Nor do I. Kath2 Dec 2022 #17
I remember my parents--who were essentially deists--but were from old-line Protestant ancestry Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #21
Do not know of that sister. Kath2 Dec 2022 #23
When you see her graphic artwork you may recognize it Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #24
I have had this poster since forever...❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #29
Nice! Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #31
❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #43
I love it! Kath2 Dec 2022 #34
You're welcome, Kath2. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #44
I loved 'Sister Corita' catchnrelease Dec 2022 #32
Evidently I was good at "catch," but not so good about "release." LOL Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #35
LOL catchnrelease Dec 2022 #39
I remember them from grad school. old as dirt Dec 2022 #49
Thank you so much. Kath2 Dec 2022 #50
Ha! You were just up the street from me. old as dirt Dec 2022 #58
That is so cool! Kath2 Dec 2022 #59
(as an Ex-Catholic myself) It's Not the only Religious Institution that has it's... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #12
Priests and sex womanofthehills Dec 2022 #80
I'm sorry. It is painful to read that people in a position of trust and authority Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #81
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2022 #14
I was an alter boy when it was still a Latin mass. padfun Dec 2022 #16
Post removed Post removed Dec 2022 #53
No I wasn't molested. padfun Dec 2022 #56
I told me dad I wasn't going to church (Ukrainian Catholic) any more when I was 16 (1969)... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #18
Thank you for your perspective. Kath2 Dec 2022 #19
Ah. Well, you're welcome and thanks, then. 🙂👍 electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #26
In grade 3 at the age of nine, attending mass Friday afternoon was no longer mandatory. Swede Dec 2022 #20
I dumped all religion from my life because of one simple reason. Archae Dec 2022 #22
I Quit When I Was 6 Me. Dec 2022 #25
That's about when I quit. I was 27. In truth Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #27
My exit from the Catholic Church was slower SouthernLiberal Dec 2022 #28
I remember questioning at the age of 7, what I was being taught. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #30
I got tired of being extorted BOSSHOG Dec 2022 #33
Thank you. Kath2 Dec 2022 #37
I'm 60 and quit in 1974 dcmfox Dec 2022 #36
I chuckle when the church BOSSHOG Dec 2022 #38
There were the "hatched, matched, and dispatched" catholics. . .those who were niyad Dec 2022 #51
I kind faded.. jerseyjim Dec 2022 #40
When I was told at 14 that I would go to hell for smoking cigarettes. Kath2 Dec 2022 #57
I was 18 and got ex-commed for daring to challenge the pope over his niyad Dec 2022 #41
Very cool. Kath2 Dec 2022 #47
Raised Unitarian but we moved and started going to the Presbyterian Church. littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #42
I was about ten years old. DEbluedude Dec 2022 #45
I was stupid enough to marry a church-going Catholic. Kath2 Dec 2022 #48
Wasn't that same mistake sarisataka Dec 2022 #60
I've been an atheist as far back as I can remember. old as dirt Dec 2022 #46
I quit long before 76 malaise Dec 2022 #52
Love it! Kath2 Dec 2022 #54
A number of reasons Retrograde Dec 2022 #61
Good decision! Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #62
Love it! Kath2 Dec 2022 #63
Could you possibly imagine sarisataka Dec 2022 #64
A lot of people have been brainwashed since childhood. Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #65
DUers have the ability to compartmentalize, since many of their faves are Catholic. shrike3 Dec 2022 #73
The United States did. Biden is a devout Catholic. shrike3 Dec 2022 #70
Yes they did sarisataka Dec 2022 #71
Many DU faves are devout Catholics. shrike3 Dec 2022 #72
It does not bother me sarisataka Dec 2022 #74
No offense. shrike3 Dec 2022 #75
Yes, knowing that it describes the US sarisataka Dec 2022 #76
So Biden's a good president despite the fact that he believes a lot of nonsense? shrike3 Dec 2022 #77
I was replying sarcastically to the poster sarisataka Dec 2022 #78
Ah. My apologies. It can indeed be hard to do sarcasm in here. shrike3 Dec 2022 #79
No worries sarisataka Dec 2022 #82
Still Catholic. As are Pelosi, Biden, AOC, Debbie Dingell, Jackie Speier, Joaquin Castro, Ted Lieu shrike3 Dec 2022 #69
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