My Story
I was born in Chicago Illinois at the Cook County
Hospital on April 7
1942. When I was 3 months old my parents decided to move to Englewood Colorado.
When I became school age, my Mother had me incarcerated at Saint Louis School
which is a Catholic school.
Lucky me! After 6 years of
Christian indoctrination and Catholic cruelty, I was enrolled at Flood Junior
High, a public School. Flood Junior High was flooded with many different
religions and denominations. This time my indoctrination was listening to
students argue and fight over whose religion was the true religion and their
different interpretations of Bible scripture. It was very daunting for me
at that time of my life so I withdrew from any socializing with other
students. I eventually moved on to Englewood Senior High and the
religious confrontations between students continued. I managed to make it
to the 11th grade where I dropped out and joined the Army. When I checked
in at the Army reception station, I was asked what religion I wanted on my dog
tags; I said none. The sergeant became irate and yelled, “you have to
have a religion!” I said well, I was raised a Catholic, and he yelled;
than you are a damn Catholic. Little did
I know that religious conflicts would also be rampant throughout the US
Military. While serving my country, I managed to befriend some fellow
soldiers that also rejected religion and we all managed to make it through our
Military obligation without submitting to the pressures of having no
religion. I truly miss those guy's, our camaraderie was unsurpassed
by anything at that time. I was honorably discharged from the Army,
August 3, 1964. From that time until now, I have been defending my human
and spiritual right’s to be religion free and I will do so until the day I
die. I can only hope that the religious people of today will eventually
find their true spirituality and break free from the primitive legends and
myths that have enslaved them.
-Alex Sungail ~ Welcome to the unknown