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murielm99

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2. I was indoctrinated to believe

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 05:13 PM

Apr 2025

that all Catholics went to hell, too. I was saddened by this when I was small, because I had a lot of friends who were Catholic.

I was raised Missouri Synod Lutheran. They stopped saying that. When I was a seventh grader and in confirmation classes, I asked the pastor if that was true. He told me very gently that it was not. Maybe some of them would have a harder time getting into heaven, but that was all. I don't remember why he said that.

The pastor was Senator Paul Simon's father.

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