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Parochial Schools and Religion
"Ein menuten biter. Tengo un problemo...avec...these...err...religiones."
---Eddie Izzard on Martin Luther
Just to throw one out there, I'd like to say that I've been through a solid bit of parochial schooling and relatively tight Catholic upbringing (either Super-Italian-Wants-To-Fly-To-The-Vatican-To-Die Catholics, or Mondo-Irish-Wants-To-Exhume-Then-Burn-Protestant-English-Monarchs Catholics). I've found that a strict upbringing like that can only really have one of two effects. The child will either also become a massive Catholic, with absolute, fanatical, nearly dangerous devotion, or will turn completley away from Catholicism, and probably all established, organized religion. It all depends on a person's willingness to accept authority, really. If you don't mind being ruled, you find comfort in the structure of such a life. These are the type of people who would also find a career in the army very satisfactory. On the other hand, some people (mineself included) feel stifled by an authoritarian hand, and choose to break free. Unfortunately, those who fall into this category often end up with a deep-seated contempt for those of the former lot. This also happened to me. I guess it all depends on the individual.
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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
---Friedrich Nietzsche
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