My sister and I both left the Catholic faith of our upbringing, but we ended up in different, often steadfastly opposed churches. I belong to a United Church of Christ congregation and my sister is a Jehovah’s Witness.
Trust me, I tried my best to argue against the visiting teachers who were indoctrinating her with Watchtowers and personal tutoring sessions lo those many years ago. I was surprised that my sister wasn’t raising any questions of her own, just swallowing their tightly controlled Q&A without a peep. Wasn’t that part of why we left Catholicism, all that rote catechism and their allergy to our questions?
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