My parents baptized me as a baby. I became Catholic before I could learn to speak or became self aware. It is strange that my mother never went to mass or professed any faith. Occasionally, you can get her to talk about a higher power, but maybe that was from one of the 12 Steps she had to take. Maybe she is one of those Catholic atheists. My father still attends mass every Sunday, but never talks about God or religion.
I went to Catholic grammar school and high school. I kind of liked being catholic growing up. I mean, we had the Pope! The true Vicar of Christ! I learned the history and found out that the Catholic Church wasn't always so great as to avoid a schism or two. I never went for that infallibility shit. In fact, there were a lot of things I didn't go for. When I left for college, I effectively left the faith. Though, I always thought it was a part of me.
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