I'm not forbidding anything. Just curious. People often ask me why I'm an atheist, but most find it really odd or get defensive when I ask them back. I don't know why. It's easier to not believe. All the few answers I've got for faith have been wildly different.

systemic child abuse

So you chose it? I think you're the first Catholic convert I've met. And it was hearing / reading the recruitment of Peter that was the turning point? Was it something that resonated with you or was it something else?

And don't forget the Bible was made up by a bunch of illiterate men who could barely read or write, basically playing the game of telephone with all the stories written in the Bible. Oh and a great way to control the masses is to make it a death cult, so you can do whatever you want on life, and as long as you "repent" you'll get into a perfect place with perfect people