Sectarianism Poem by Ian (John) McCleary (Son of the Cleric)

My Irish grandmother who is not alive anymore, was once told that if she stepped in a Protestant church she would be risking her salvation.
I know firsthand too this kind of sectarian attitude that my grandmother went through.
I experienced it in many of the churches I visited, when I was still looking for a church to become a member of. It was important to them, to distinguish themselves from the other churches. It was important to them that I did not follow the wrong teachings or the wrong ideas about god or theology. One single denomination could jeopardize my salvation and put me in hell, was what they were trying to have me understand.
It will be hard for me to adhere to my wife's wishes when the time comes to have our children baptized and receive their sacraments in the church. Because of all the negative experiences I have had with religion, and that I do not believe anymore in that religion as the true religion.