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Moral Compass

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6. Also reared Catholic

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 20, 2019, 03:15 PM

Jul 2019

I’m right there with Mr. Carlin—I explicitly left the church at 13.

Have not been back except for weddings and funerals. I, of course, didn’t take communion. I’m an apostate not a barbarian.

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