

Article and Photo Courtesy of Sean Suddes
For nearly 17 yrs of my life I went to Catholic church every sunday with my family, and growing up I attended Catholic school for 6 years.
Catholicism was literally in my blood. The summers of my childhood were spent visiting 2 great aunts that were Catholic nuns and a great uncle who was a Catholic priest. Sadly all three have now passed away, but I always loved my visits with them.
As you can probably imagine it wasn't an easy decision to denounce my religion.
Before I continue please understand this article is NOT intended to persuade anyone to leave their religion. I don't think all religion is bad or good, it is your choice to believe and follow what you wish, and I respect that decision.
With that said, here are 3 life lessons I learned from denouncing my religion:
1) I am not my religion.