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I recall as a young boy 6-7-8 ? lying in bed reciting that prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep...." but as my folks dressed my brother an me for Methodist church it just never sunk in. I never once felt the presence of anything spiritual in or out of church. I seem to recall my folks saying, "if the boys want to go fine, if not fine". So after 5 or 6 trips to the church we simply stopped going and we never discussed to my memory. There were a lot of Catholics in my neighborhood and so I had them as friends.
When my Catholic friends began talking about what the requirements of the churches were I was immediately in disbelief. It was as if they were in some kind of religious military and the church was watching their every move. The punishments and the constant reference to different church fathers threatening them with disciplines, beatings and the like, I began to see it and all religions as the opposite way I will live my life. I never regretted my decision and I will never grasp how anyone could live a free life under the cover of a demanding if not ridiculing religion. Life is just too short for that.
When my Catholic friends began talking about what the requirements of the churches were I was immediately in disbelief. It was as if they were in some kind of religious military and the church was watching their every move. The punishments and the constant reference to different church fathers threatening them with disciplines, beatings and the like, I began to see it and all religions as the opposite way I will live my life. I never regretted my decision and I will never grasp how anyone could live a free life under the cover of a demanding if not ridiculing religion. Life is just too short for that.