I wonder if I had a hand in the Pope's death? [View all]
I was raised as a Catholic until I was 9 and was given a choice to continue and said, "No thanks, I'd rather sleep late on weekends". My dad never went to church and after I turned 9 I stopped going. My family of four were all atheists while I grew up. When I stopped going to church my friends and some schoolmates started picking on me. My, my such loving actions from such a caring religion. 
Priests routinely knocked on our family's door asking for money and he made you feel guilty if you didn't give them the entire contents in your bank account and they would list how much money each family gave them every month in a little booklet. My sister was older so she would have to tell the priest to fuck off while I hid in my bedroom (really). He scared the shit out of me.
Most of my adult friends who were raised in the Catholic faith all became atheists except for 1 person. While I was studying for a huge test to become a teacher I had a test prep book and it asked "which of the following are considered cults?". They listed some stuff but the correct answer was Catholicism, this cult rakes in tons of $$$$$ and pays no taxes. Is that fucked up or what?
About 10 years ago I bought some genuine Communion Wafers on line and I've eaten them every Easter as a joke. The joke is that the communion wafer was the ONLY thing I liked about that whole religious experience.
I have served them as "chips" with salsa before Easter Dinner and an edible treat for use in easter baskets. I did that yesterday for my sister's "Easter Dinner". It's a tradition of our family's favorite foods and a reason to get together (like Christmas dinner).
Today I ate a few more of them and they ARE tasty! Then I just read the Pope has died.
Was my use of communion wafers to blame for his death at this exact time? Will I rot in hell (there is no hell, Earth is hell)? I jest.
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