It is not free. There is a terrible price to pay for your freedom of though and conscience.

i am SO glad i was not raised christian! i can't speak for every rabbi in every synagogue, especially since my experience in shul, other than for weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs, is all from adulthood, which means all of it comes AFTER my realizing there are no gods. in general the experiences have been interesting and enjoyable. i mean, the sermons tend to be about, say, recycling, or reducing our carbon footprint, being educated in science, ending slavery worldwide.... interesting, cool stuff, cool enough that if i just take the god bits, if and when they appear, as metaphorical it's fine. so do i go to shul? well, on rosh hashanah and yom kippur, if i'm not sick, and i am often sick, not because i feel i have to but because i enjoy it, especially the music. otherwse, it never even crosses mind. but my point is, i never actually rebelled against judaism, even though i am culturally jewish -- i have jewishness, rather than judaism. i just realized there were no gods. that's all. it was very easy, not traumatic, didn't require any rebellion at all. if i'd been raised christian, i just don't know. i might have become an atheist BEFORE the age of 15 in that case lol!

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I figured out very early Sunday School was full of shit.
As a kid the only reason I went was because if I sat quietly for the first half I go to play with the toys in the second half, and since my Mum did not allow me toy guns and Sundays School did, it was to my mind a fair exchange.