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62. Good decision!

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 05:31 PM

Dec 2022

The Catholic Church is a festering ass boil upon the planet. It stands for propping up the patriarchy, oppressing women and gay people, enriching a handful of Vatican poohbahs to the tune of untold billions, fleecing the gullible of their money, and enabling and covering for pedophile rapists. Plus, even as mythologies go, the Jesus story is particularly ludicrous and convoluted -- the savior was born 2022 years ago in a 14-billion-year-old universe and he is the product of the cruel sky god's rape of a young virgin girl and he's somehow his own father and he's undead and will return to Earth aaaaany day now ... .

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Why do you quit the Catholic Church in 1976 at 17? [View all] Kath2 Dec 2022 OP

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Thank you. Very cool. Kath2 Dec 2022 #3

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YES! Kath2 Dec 2022 #9

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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

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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

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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