Writer's Block: Conversion Rate

[danika_ni_sidhe]

[Error: unknown template qotd]I grew up a devout Roman Catholic. I went through most of the sacraments, sang in the choir, brought up the offering and acted as a lector. When I hit Confirmation at 12, the lay minister teaching the class told me "Shut up. You lack faith." when I asked genuine questions about Catholic dogma. He didn't refer me to the parish priest or the Bible, just shut me down. It destroyed me. I discovered other holes in Christianity that I couldn't reconcile and stopped going willingly to Church.

I converted to Paganism at the age of 19 when my hobby of astronomy and Greek Mythology culminated in discovering that people still worshipped those Gods. Something resonated with me and I converted. I'm almost 30 and I've never looked back.