re: For those raised Catholic, what was the number one take-away lesson you got from it?

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Catholicism doesn’t teach that, but it does teach that you’ll burn in hell if you die when you’re two days old and haven’t been baptized yet.

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I went to catechism and Church since I can remember and went to private Catholic middle and high school. From the time I was little all through my teen years, it was very fear mongering across different parishes and institutions. I didn’t invent the term Catholic Guilt.

I attended Catholic school for 12 years and it was a discouraging experience. This was the 50’s and 60’s and we learned of a harsh and demanding god who would put your arse in hell in a heartbeat. Holding the Church out as infallible, we were told so many things were sins then that the same church ignores or tolerates today.
What I took away from that experience was the realization that the church came between me and God.
That said, my family is devoted and devout. They take a great deal from the Church which they find comforting and uplifting. It is a source of strength and sustenance to them.

Golden rule.

I'm still taking things away from it. Most recently, I've been thinking a lot about how much Christ loves to forgive. He truly loves it, and it's one of the most divine things about the faith.

I've recently written letters to all three of my kids (whom are all three in catholic school) for them to read later in life, and some of the real crux of the letters is to seek Christ forever. In them, I talk about my introductions to Christ as a kid in the same kind of school environments they're in now, and how all the way up until now on how much I talk with Him. How much I seek forgiveness, and know I'm forgiven. How much I've asked for grace, for Christ's guidance, for the intercession of the Holy Spirit and for the true love of God. How I feel His presence always and the knowledge of how I know God will never abandon me.

Finally, one of the great little parts of Catholicism, is the ability to talk to and ask for help from the Vigrin Mary.

It's a long journey and it's one you can go back to at any and all times.

There was at least one pedophile in the school

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For those raised Catholic, what was the number one take-away lesson you got from it?by baybeefeetz

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Never trust what nuns have to say.

If I believed them I would have learned it is a sin to watch Tom and Jerry as well as the 3 Stooges.

I learned to be leery of man-made rules not specifically mentioned in the bible.

I learned the 10 Commandments are actually a pretty good set of rules to follow for a civilization to prosper.

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For those raised Catholic, what was the number one take-away lesson you got from it?

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To never go back after 24 years.

Humility while having strength in conviction. A patient urgency. And selflessness.

That I was made in the image and likeness of God and my purpose is to know, love, and serve him.

Pretty easy: logic and individual thinking are both antithetical to religion