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I was raised catholic and went to a catholic primary school. We went to visit the local church with our school class in preparation for confirmation, I was maybe 7 or 8, dunno, it’s a long time ago. During these visits the priest would explain things about he church, communion, etc.
On one such occasion he showed the altar lamp and explained that the light represented the real presence of christ in the church. If you don’t know what this is, it’s basically an elaborate lamp with a red light inside it.
My nerdy little brain spent the next week trying to figure out how this “christ detector” light worked (mind you, this was way before the internet so I couldn’t exactly google it). I had all kinds of designs worked out, like there being a hidden button and the priest asking christ in prayer to please keep the button pressed, things like that.
The next week’s visit we were a little early and I caught the bastard putting in a candle and lighting it himself. I would have accepted him putting in a candle and it lighting on its own (although that would only prove the presence at the moment of lighting the candle) but no, it was just the priest lighting the candle. This whole christ detector lamp was a huge scam. That got me thinking as to what else they were lying about…
Nothing really happened, I basically stopped going. My parents made me go at christmas a few times but that was basically it. Religion is not really a big deal in my country.