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In reply to the discussion: Religious belief interferes with people's understanding of evolution (NPR) [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)as a kid I attended church 3x/wk, choir, youth groups... had to memorize bible verses and still remember lots of them...
but, honestly, there are a lot of other books that I find are more interesting but it's no matter to me if someone likes to read the bible or not - I'm just glad I have other interests.
but I do have a particular problem with the insistence in inserting certain religious beliefs into people's lives when they don't want to have those things in their lives in areas where religion isn't particularly relevant for a lot of people.
funny thing is that, as a kid, I always liked people who were from other cultures - so I always liked Catholics a lot b/c they were so exotic. LOL. Even married one.
I have no idea why I was so interested in people whose lives were different than the one I knew but that's been a pretty much consistent thing throughout my life. I thought it was exciting to see the world from someone else's pov.