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I was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Most Mormon children are baptized at age 8, after they finish their CTR classes. I was baptized at age 14, two years after I began attending the church there. Deep down, I really only believed about half of the teachings, but at the time, I thought that with time and faith, the rest of it would fall into place. As I matured, I realized that it wasn't going to happen that way, and that I had some major misgivings about the basics tenets of the religion. I still believe many of the things I started out believeing, but I've come to realize that those are mostly common sense/living a good life/being a good person type of thing that aren't limited to any one religion. I left the church when I came to college, and looking back I realize that being baptised was probably a mistake, that at 14 I wasn't mature enough to make a wise decision about it. I can't imagine having to make that decision at 8.
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