I think the catholic church is EVIL. The whole worshipping of idols, confessing to man, all contrary to what I understand that God wants in the Bible. I am not so sure anymore about history, I think much of it is lies.
I am totally fine with you having a different set of beliefs because that is how I came to be where I FINALLY allowed myself to learn something at age 46. I may disagree at which point I would be most interested in debating until one or both of us learn something. When I was an atheist, I always KNEW that I could NOT prove big bang but I just went with it because I DID NOT want to believe in God, I hd experienced church when younger and did not like the costumes, the mostly blind group think, the ritualism, I don't know but something really turned me off and I put it all on religion. BUT, I never investigated it when I was older so I remained an IGNORANT fool, so many wasted years. The worst part is I thought I was OPEN MINDED LOL. Interesting time we are in, I still have strong feelings that my beliefs are right but they are tempered now with knowing how much learning I lost from believing I knew better for all those years. Thanks for your input .