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I grew up in kind of an agnostic home.

My father is from a Jewish background, and my mother from a Catholic background, and both of them had disillusioning experiences in those churches.

They came out raising my brother and myself with the idea that it didn ’ t look like there was any God as far as they could see, but if we wanted to explore it for ourselves at a point where we were old enough and curious enough, then they wouldn't have any objections.

They both said they didn't want to place that burden on us at an early age.

forcing us to go to church when we didn't understand what it was about.

And of course they weren't involved in it anyway because they were pretty bitter about their own lives, and felt they hadn't received much from their religious experiences.