(July 18, 2019 at 7:53 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: I grew up Catholic. I can honestly say that I never found religion uplifting. All it ever offered me was fear and guilt. Discovering that I was an atheist filled me with an overwhelming feeling of emancipation.
Yeah, as someone also raised Catholic, I think that's the point of Catholicism. But if there's anything I've learned since falling in love with a non-denominational Christian it's that Christianity doesn't have to be that way.
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