I grew up in an atheist household and a Catholic school.
I was pretty adverse to religion because I saw it as overly dogmatic and somewhat manipulative. In hindsight, this was a naive and limiting perspective.
Since then, I’ve had a handful of encounters with source / God / whatever you want to call it that have opened my mind to other possibilities.
I now love spending time in religious sanctuaries because there is a certain energy that is unlike others.
It can be a portal into a different realm, but only if you want it to
