I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.

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This quote expresses the speaker's personal experience and reason for leaving the Catholic Church. They imply that they disagree with the aggressive tactics used to enforce conformity to Catholic teachings, referring to it metaphorically as "conversion by concussion." The quote suggests that instead of genuinely changing one's beliefs, these forceful methods only result in surface-level conformity without addressing the underlying reasons for belief or non-belief.

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