When I was a young boy, I was forced to go to church as a requirement by my mother for many years. Mom was a Roman Catholic, but my step-father was a Albanian who was not. Over the early years I would hear them argue religion and not really pay attention, because we were forced to do as told.
I would attend Sunday School and Church as told till I hit 12 years old and had already made my confirmation and communion too. I even have pics of me dressed in the red and white robes.
Then at 12 years old my step-father told my mother ok they did as you wanted long enough, let them make their own choices. So we did and all five of her kids choose no religion and no church. Of course my mother stopped attending at the same time. This was in the 1960s, and the church had so many problems it became a pain to society and as far as I can see still is today. Charges of molestation of children by Priests are everywhere, robberies of church coffers, and more. Sadly, no one can change what has happened. But the Church no matter what religion, does teach a lesson all should learn, to pray and worship a god, one does not need a church, the good book says it all, He Hears and Sees it all. So we all learned to pray at home on our own in our own ways. That was our decision as 12 year olds, to each their own I guess!. The churches grow and multiply daily building new and pushing harder their points of view on many subjects and each Sunday morning you can see many come and go from a church anywhere. They clean up get dressed, and then trundle off to a church to listen to sermons and sing hymns and pray. Each Sunday places a little more money into the coffers, collection plates and baskets of the churches. Then the Churches use this money to pay their bills, feed their people and build more and more. Sadly, my belief in God is different indeed, I believe he is everywhere, period. So, when I see die-hard, religious people going to church each day to confess their sins, or to pray or do work for the church as volunteers, I just shake my head and walk away. I don’t hate the church, or religion, I just disagree with all it does to its own parishioners. In the end, God Bless us all is all I can say.
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