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I was raised as a roman catholic by my parents. I was baptised, communised and confirmed.
In the long run, I don't think I would have been much different had I been brought up with a different religion. I would probably have given it up.
Do I feel as if I had a great injustice done to me?
No, not really. My parents were doing what they thought was best. They never had particularly strong beliefs, it was just that "being cathollic" is simply the done thing (over here).
Over here there is actually a reasonably strong connection between church and school. You get communised/confirmed along with your classmates. Of course it *is* optional, but by not partaking, a child may feel different, or excluded. I don't think that would have bothered me, I was never a "go with the crowd" type person, but I can see how that might hurt a young child.
So, I guess, there was no "decision" made to raise me as catholic, that option is "specified by default". It would have been seen as making a definite decision *not* to raise me as a catholic.
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