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Why Religion Set Me Free When I was nine years old, my family and I attended church every Sunday and Wednesday. The church we went to was a non-denominational organization so it wasn't a very popular religion, but somehow we still managed to find it. This church gathering was held in the home of an older woman, and twice a week fifteen people would arrive for a bible study, or what they called "meetings." Many people around the world also practiced this religion so, as strange as it might seem, we weren't the only participants. However, behind its quaint facade, this religion ultimately caused me to become less religious today. The first reason I stopped attending meetings was because of their obvious oppression of free thought. The

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