Ever since I arrived to Berkeley, I have learned to become very heated about several issues.

Religion being one of these five. My sister\’s post and my friend\’s post got me thinking.

Most people don\’t know, but I am a baptized Catholic. I don\’t really practice anymore. When I was younger, I just went along with everything…because I was supposed to follow what adults say. But when I was only 11, a youth group leader said something that has bothered me to this day. Intolerance. Hypocrisy. Ever since then, I have been putting myself further away from the Church. I never said that God himself is wrong, but rather the things that humans created around it.

And yet, I know I am an agnostic, because I don\’t acknowledge that there is a God, but I don\’t deny it either. Last month, I asked my mom once whether she wanted me to confirm and I was surprised that she did. Previously, she had said that she only wanted me to confirm if I wanted to confirm. But I suppose that\’s expected. It\’s the same reasoning along why my parents would prefer a same-ethnicity relationship over a interracial relationship. But note it\’s a preference, not a demand or criticism of the opposite. And that is probably why, I will chose to live unreligiously.