First Holy Communion (reflections)

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I went through first communion and its one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life. All first communions are preceded by a first confession, where you have to confess all your sins privately to an elderly virgin in a small creepy room.

An 8 year old doesn't have sins, so I literally made stuff up, as did my brother and lots of other kids. Also you have to memorize a lot of prayers and dress up in uncomfortable clothes publically. None of the kids really wanted to be there. It's humiliating and terrible really.

I have to say, probably one of my least favorite childhood experiences with the church, and you are told if you take communion with sin in your heart, it's a mortal sin, or that god might literally smite you.

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I was 8 and was just going along. Every Wednesday Catechism then confession. What drudgery. By 11 I stopped going to confession and communion. I always faked the confession thing, sometimes made up shit to confess because I was a pretty good kid at that age. Then I would pretend I was doing my Hail Marys. Soon as I could think on my own I was out of Catholicism. By 13 an atheist.

Lol, I also made stuff up! That's funny.