As a former alter boy - never abused by a priest, thankfully - I did not wear the deadly brown recluse scapular.
I did have some idols to wear from my confirmation, but didn't regularly wear them.
Later, in college, I came to saving faith in Christ, by the grace of God. Glory to Him alone.
Once you come to Christ and your eyes are open to His Word, you see the system you came out of and what it got right and where it failed.
I'm thankful that I grew up believing in God, understanding sin, believing in Christ and His sacrifice... and I am grateful to Roman Catholicism for that.
Where they utterly failed, was in presenting God's single path to eternal life through entrusting ourselves to His sacrifice alone. Instead, they promoted an unbiblical combination of "sacraments", earned grace, works and rituals.
I'm so glad God had mercy on my soul and led me to Christ.
May every person come to Christ alone and have eternal life now.
Me too bro, I was also an altar boy. I am glad the RCC has the correct concept of The Trinity, and a few other things, and they taught me a few good things. Like you, I don't agree with the Catholic plan of salvation, however. You were in college when you got saved, I was a Sgt in the Air Force at Mountain Home, Idaho.
Ski better at Bogus Basin. Good skiing there. The guy that led me to faith in Jesus, was a ski patrolman at Mammoth Mountain, CA. If I wasn't playing hockey, I was skiing. 😀