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Ask an ex-Catholic
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Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 7:03 pm
I'm an ex-Catholic.  You have questions.  Let's get started.





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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 7:17 pm
Why did you stop being a Catholic?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 7:18 pm
This should be good.
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 8:13 pm
(May 15, 2015 at 7:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: This should be good.

I agree. 
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 8:35 pm
It should be a lot better than the self righteous ass-fest that is the other thread. Dodgy
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm
Why is the rolleyes smiley once again not working? Why?! WHY, DAMMIT?!?!
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 8:42 pm
I am technically an ex-Catholic myself in that I attended a Catholic kindergarten and attended Catechism until something like 10 years old. I didn't even buy into the nonsense as a child though so I may be a stretch of the definition. My parents figured it out and mercifully stopped the futile indoctrination.
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 9:35 pm
(May 15, 2015 at 8:36 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Why is the rolleyes smiley once again not working? Why?! WHY, DAMMIT?!?!

I have never seen a day where that smiley was animated.
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 10:15 pm
(May 15, 2015 at 7:17 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: 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.
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RE: Ask an ex-Catholic
May 15, 2015 at 10:18 pm
Kids have no defense against the indignities their parents put them through...like being baptized a fucking catholic.  But one can escape when one reaches the age of reason - about 7 for that shit - and it speaks volumes about the ones who willingly stay.
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