**I** decided to leave the Catholic Church years ago. **I** am glad I did.

**I* Do Not Regret Having Left.

**I** do not give a fuck about what anyone else does, religiously.

**I** made this choice for ME.

**I** am glad **I** did.

**My** brush is exceedingly narrow.

:thumbsup:

I, with the help of my offspring, decided that church wasn't the place for us. We don't regret having left, and there is a vibrant life after. :hug:

Indeed, much of the theology - but not all - that i was taught still means a great deal to me.

leave church and any and all theology. Peace in any of our pursuits in life? :hug:

:thumbsup:

In solidarity with all escaped Catholics...

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That will to some mean some and cause some to think some

I mean, how come you keep posting about it?

Somebody giving you a hard time about this?

You want LaBamba to talk to them? Just a little conversation, hmmmmm?

I have never, ever looked back.

Leaving the church is the best decision I ever made.

I just could no longer go along with this OR ANY religion that constantly built up the likes of GWB (Kerry being 'pro-abort') I don't really miss going to church at all (kind of amazing as I was 44 when I quit!) but if I ever decide to get a new religion, homophobia and the accumulation of massive wealth will not be any part of my new one.

I thought you were bullying everybody to agree with you and flee from churches.

It's a good thing that you came back to make yourself clear. I mean, who knew?

Like, whew, man. :smoke:

Bon voyage! :party:

I have never regretted my decision to do so.

And ***I*** have no intention of leaving anytime soon.

That doesn't bother me one way or another.

Just don't tell me about it.

I mean, you telling us all you're not a Catholic anymore was apparently so important to you that you resurrected a locked thread to repeat it loud and clear, and yet you say "don't tell me about it"? And, further, I suspect that if the first part of your post was true, the second wouldn't have been necessary to add.

We all know you're not.

which is why I never turned in my two-week notice. Maybe Catholic exorcisms too, but I've never been to one.
I'm Catholic once a year.

And I am sorry they did.

My mother used to ask when was it that I lost my faith. I would answer that I had never lost it.
It was true then, and is still today. It was the religion I lost.

When Vatican 2 came along, I was a ripe 14 year old, had taken years of catechism classes & then "poof", they up & change all the rules on me! :wtf:

I was old enough to rationalize that if they decided after almost 2000 yrs to up & change it, that it was now bastardized & I chose NOT to play the new game. How do you change the rules of RELIGION? I knew it was a sham then.

Of course I wasn't too pleased that they had already excommunicated my parents because they divorced, so maybe I was just looking for a nudge.

I have never regretted it.

I now consider it a real time-saving decision, not to mention how really free I feel compared to those I see who blindly follow orders from some "anointed one" based on a fairy tale. (That goes for all religion.)