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I was confirmed into the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 8th grade, when I was thirteen. I had no say in the matter.
If given the choice-- and by "choice" I mean "a decision made free from emotional blackmail"-- when I was thirteen I probably would have gotten confirmed anyway. If confirmation in the LCMS were later, say junior or senior year in high school, then I probably would not have.
I've since fallen away from the Church. I don't like its philosophy of guilt, its presumptively judgemental nature, or its misogynist and patronizing attitudes towards women. I agree with Valkyrie that religion or being spiritual is a very personal issue. I consider myself a very spiritual person and I still go to church on occasion, but most of the time I'm not religious.
It's all the same thing to me, anyway.
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History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Mark Twain
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