i actually do not believe that the catholic church would recognize me as a member of it, as i did not go through the second or third sacraments.

i did not receive a "first eucharist" or any further eucharists.

i was not confirmed.

and, i was only baptized in a cynical act to send me to school a year early - at the age of four.

i was not christened as a newborn; i was actually old enough that i still remember it.

see, and the fact that i wasn't christened really tells the whole story. i was raised outside of any church, rather explicitly as an atheist. i have always identified as an atheist. and, i would presume that the church would interpret me that way, as well.

but, i'll tell you what: when catholics get in my face and proselytize and blare music at me and try and take over the place, i'll level the same amount of scorn at them, too.

what you're missing is that when i say that i think islam and christianity are basically the same thing, i'm not condoning islam, but condemning it.

the difference is that christianity barely exists, here. and, islam is becoming increasingly annoying.