Does anyone remember their early experiences with religion?

[Ming the Merciful]

I started as, (of all things), a "Fundamentalist" Pentecostal. My rebellion began when I realized the Preacher of the church, (the fastest growing church in Canada), bought a new Cadillac every year, and lived in a, (literal), mansion next to the church. The church owned thirty school buses that went around the town Sunday mornings to collect kids for Sunday School. Teaching, (brainwashing and indoctrinating), the kids who attended the Sunday School. While, as they matured, through the brainwashing they became "Saved", and invited their friends to attend the church. As the church grew, it was rebuilt and a new senior citizens apartment block was built next door, with a tunnel to the church. The house the Preacher and his wife lived in was rebuilt and expanded.

At that point I evaluated the situation and rebelled, turning east and joined ISKCON. From ISKCON I ventured in to Zen Buddhism, and from that point I have never looked back.