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

[Stinky The Clown]

**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.

[LeftyMom]

1. Me too.

:thumbsup:

[tnlefty]

2. IBTL

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:

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I, too, beleive there is a vibrant afterlife.

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

[tnlefty]

11. I meant that there is a vibrant life when we decided to

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

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Me three...

:thumbsup:

[spanone]

4. yep.

[scarletwoman]

5. **I** left the Catholic Church decades ago, also. With no regrets, also.

In solidarity with all escaped Catholics...

sw

[Stinky The Clown]

7. By the way. This is not a picture thread.

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

[Tangerine LaBamba]

8. How come?

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?

[Crazy Dave]

9. I left all organized religion about 20 years ago

[Missy Vixen]

10. Former fundy, baptized Catholic at birth

I have never, ever looked back.

Leaving the church is the best decision I ever made.

[K8-EEE]

12. I left after the election in 2004

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.

[eleny]

13. Honest to blazes, Stinky....

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:

[TahitiNut]

14. Faith is an individual journey, each person on their own path to enlightenment.

Bon voyage! :party:

[Lugnut]

15. As did I.

I have never regretted my decision to do so.

[UrbScotty]

16. ***I*** am ***STILL*** Catholic.

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

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Good for you

That doesn't bother me one way or another.

Just don't tell me about it.

[spoony]

20. Quite a double standard there

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.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. Don't act the fool.

We all know you're not.

[tj2001]

18. Catholic baptisms, weddings and funerals are the best

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.

[Contrary1]

19. The Catholic Church left me...

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.

[southerncrone]

21. The Catholic Church left me, too. Then I left it. Glad I did.

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.)