[CaptainCrunch]

I left the church in the early 90's when they found out how they treated my brother who was dying, my parents contacted the priest to give last rights, but he was to busy with "church business" probably counting money, to come out right away, so my brother died without last rights, my parents were devastated because he couldn't be buried in the church grave yard according to the church. But my parents believed in forgiveness, and also believed that the church was important for our spiritual protection. (BTW he was a baby wen he died, so I never knew my brother, I often wonder what happened if I had an older brother to help me face off against my three older sisters).


My parents were forgiving, I was not, the minute I got the whole story and realized that the Vatican and the church were huge money institutions and linked it to my brother I never really went back. Sure I went to weddings and funerals but I'm not religious.



I don't discourage people from going or finding their spirtual comfort or strength with the church. To each their own.



The labeling of homosexuals as sinners, the cover up of abuses on a casual level really made me realize how despicable the church is.


But I've come to realize that I don't need a building or a organized religion to believe in god, or get spiritual comfort from the idea of a god. Or to even for example talk to god.



the question for me, is, "Is there a god". I've never come up with a definitive answer, However I believe that God if there is one had the attention of a 12 year old, and abandoned us a long time ago as a failed shoe box experiment that lives under his bed.