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...you never know where it might lead you.
I spent 15 years in Ontario's Catholic schools, bombarded with every kind of religious proselytization you can imagine.
It only took one afternoon of critical inquiry to make an agnostic out of me (and make the last few years of high school a rough ride). Maybe that means I never had real faith. Maybe it means faith is built on much more fragile ground than most of the religious want to admit.
It's good to see you're willing to join the doubters, if only for a while. That doesn't make you a weasel - it makes you honest, and if there's one thing modern religion could desperately use, it's a bit more honesty. I think you'd be surprised how many of your fellow churchgoers feel the same way you do about their faith, but feel pressured by their peers into showing more credulity. They'll know how you feel now, at any rate.
Best of luck, and Happy Easter.
