Of course they had an impact, it's hard for something like that not to, but it's not forever. Like...I'm not in the least bit religious now. See, I never really thought about it as truth, which I suppose makes all the difference. I guess as a kid I maybe thought about it as truth, but I also believed in Santa and the tooth fairy, so I'm not entirely sure how much that stands for.
These days I look at religion more as opinion than fact, truth or knowledge. But I'm glad that I grew up with the church and I've benefitted a lot from it.
Oh, I also want to add that I wasn't baptised until I was old enough to make that decision for myself - my parents wanted it to be our choice etc etc and my brothers never were.
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