How has faith or lack thereof in childhood shaped your faith or lack thereof as an adult?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I was raised Roman Catholic.

I remember as a young child being very concerned that my Protestant friends would go to Hell.

But a few years later I started having a lot of questions about what we were taught, and by the time I was in high school had rejected Catholicism and felt no need to join any other religion.

I call myself a nonbeliever, because for me that's the best word. I do have certain spiritual beliefs that I have no need to share with others, although if you were to visit me and take a glance at one of my bookshelves, you'd quickly figure out what it is I probably believe. I think the essential thing is that I am generally not bothered that most people don't share those beliefs, just so long as they don't belittle them or try to convert me.

I have been known to say to people (and I may even have posted such a sentiment here once or twice) that in the face of something terrible, if you have religious or spiritual beliefs, then go there.