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Originally Posted by Maroon 300D
I was raised Catholic and I would say it's more than a stereotype. It's more of a fear thing, really. There's just something about told from birth that you will be damned to hell for eternity if you're not a good boy.
I believe in God but have serious doubts as to whether any one person's or group's version is really the way it is.
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I too was raised Catholic and even sing every Sunday at Mass. But lately my faith is waning. I still have gratitude for many things in my life, but never really thank "God" for them. More and more lately I think that every person controls their own destiny by their own actions. Obviously there are many outside influences that also determine our destiny, but I don't think that any of them are divine.
I am grateful for the simple things, and for all the things that I have been able to determine the outcome on. If there is a supreme being, I doubt he is rooted in any Catholic (Christian) Jewish or Moslem religion. Look at what these three religions have done to the world. It just seems like a reason to fight.