Ask an ex-Catholic

[Pyrrho]

Why did you stop being a Catholic?

Because I came to my senses.

I went to a private Catholic school for 7 years, and was quite heavily indoctrinated, so it was an uphill climb. Fortunately, my family also loves science and taught me critical thinking skills, so by my teens I was questioning heavily.  By my 20's I'd left the RCC, by my 30's I'd left all supernatural nonsense behind.

Another acceptable answer would be, because you did not want to support an international pedophile ring.  But your answer is good.

I am not sure how much science matters in such things.  I was raised a Southern Baptist (to get an idea that is not totally wrong, visit the Landover Baptist site), and was kept away from science as much as could reasonably be done while sending me to public school.  I was heavily questioning in my teens, and in my early 20's I was a strong atheist.  For me, it was more a philosophical rejection, rather than a particularly scientific one.

But this is supposed to be about being an ex-Catholic, not about being an ex-Southern Baptist.

So, what were your thoughts on the Eucharist?  Did it bother you eating Jesus, or did you never really believe that part?  (I should probably try to be funnier, and just ask what Jesus tastes like.)