How were you influenced by Catholicism? That is the number they are fond of trotting out. And if there really are 30,000, I guess that makes you 30,001.
Started life in the Catholic Church. Never got the message of salvation through Christ because of all the other "mumbo jumbo" of doctrine/rites/sacraments (Latin Mass didn't help either - I knew the proper responses but hadn't any idea of what I was responding to or what I was saying).
I believe the Catholic Church has probably brought more souls to Christ than any other single Christian religion, but still consider religion to be an unnecessary evil that dilutes the pure message of the Gospels.