I was a devout Catholic child

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5. Thank you for the post

Thanks for the post, it does bring back some memories, good and bad, of growing up catholic.
I went through 12 years of catholic school, elementary thru high school. Did the altar boy thing, and was a lector for church. Luckily all the priests that I was around were just alcoholics. Except for the priest in 8th grade who was banging the eighth grade teacher. Somewhat of an open secret.
Totally agree about the nuns. Most of them were horrible humans and definitely had emotional and developmental issues. I hated them but came to pity them, their lives were miserable shells of humanity.
I am mostly agnostic, still hope something is after we shuffle off this mortal coil, not religiously but something "next level". Integrate our energies into something cool (ok I have no idea what it will be but it better be good).
Faith is bullshit. Faith means not wanting to understand logic and reason.
If you want to be spiritual, go for it. Love your neighbor, treat others as you want to be treated, etc.
I could go on but I hope you get the idea.