Does anyone remember their early experiences with religion?

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I was born protestant in france which is a very, very tiny minority. Protestants, when I was young there, were very free thinkers, very open, a bit like Unitarians. I suppose they still are. My parents were extremely kind, but not church goers at all, they just wanted me to have a look into what protestants were. I studied the Bible with an old pastor who was all about humor and love, it was in fact pretty awesome. He would stretch what in the bible was love and what was intolerant, incredibly free thinking. Then in my late teens I discovered Buddhism and I was a goner. Today, I just think that what counts is love, lol.