What faith were you raised under?

[Bates23]

Such as, what did your parents bring you up as, did you stay that way, etc., etc.

I was brought up in a standard, modern day Christian-esqe environment, yet my parents didn't really care/enforce any religious beliefs. I was forced to go to a Catholic elementary school, though, which I now realize was a tad ridiculous. Almost every subject, there was religion brought into the play half the time.

Yourselves?

[Obbe]

Hippie-Douche.

I was raised in a lenient Catholic setting. The family used to go to church regularly, but gradually reduced its church attendence. I was put into Sunday school until age 14, the year of my confirmation. After I was confirmed, my mom no longer needed to put any children into the weekly classes, so she lost a practical reason to go to church. I hadn't thought about it, but there is almost never any mention of God in my family. This kind of upbringing allowed me to eventually make my own conclusions about religion. Lately my mom has been saying that she is going to start going to church again. By lately, I mean the past six months. I haven't been to church since Easter. All things considered, I got pretty damn lucky.

[Punk_Rocker_22]

Raised: Catholic

Currently: Atheist

the stars under Itchygoo Park.

Raised: Episcopalian / lenient. i had to go to church every sunday, join youth group and sing in the choir (i am tone deaf) but had to do it anyway.

Now: Modernist / Atheist.

[RemadE]

Methodist

was pretty chill, but i'm open minded now

my parents are atheist, but they brought me and my sisters up christian for some reason. i still consider myself christian.

[Rolloffle]

I was raised by secular humanists.

Now I'm a born-again Christian.

[23]

^ That is just weird

Baptized, confirmed catholic.

now atheist.

Raised Souther Baptist, now I don't really know. I don't like christians, so I am actually thinking of becoming a Buddhist.

-NS

As a child, it was a mix of: baptism from my mother, nothing from my father, catholicism/santeria from my grandparents, aunts and uncles. I do believe in the judeo christian Jehova, but have my thoughts and beliefs on him and his kingdom. Now I cant directly tell, you CAN call me a christian but I seem to have a lot of interest in hindu religion, as I am reading the Bhagavad Gita.

Originally Posted by Rolloffle

Now I'm a born-again Christian.

Sorry about that ..........


Raised:Irish Catholic
Currently:Athiest

Well i guess the official religion is a odd buddhist sect, but my upbringing was more Confucian than anything, parents told me that buddhism was more of a moral guide than anything

[Deoz]

Raised: Christian

Currently: Atheist

Parents: My mother was an atheist for the majority of my childhood, then she was really into witchcraft and Pagan type things for about 4 years after she split up with my father. She's now a Mahayana Buddhist nun. Go figure.

My father on the other hand is, was and always will be an atheist.

Raised: I was brought up mostly to be Christian (I have no idea how that happened) but when my mother became a Buddhist, she suggested these things to me and I liked them. But mostly I was raised by my father to think about everything and question it. To make my own decisions.

Currently: I'm not settled on a single religion. I've looked into quite a lot of things and none of them have suited me. I will not rely on faith alone, so no Christianity. Any religion that offers me the chance to be empirical about my beliefs is the one for me. Currently Buddhism is the closest, but I don't like every aspect of that. So I suppose you could say I'm agnostic: I'm open minded and empirical.

[Man-Erg]

My mom is a non-practicing Jew, and my dad is a non-practicing catholic, so I was raised without any religious instruction. However, I discovered Taoism when I was about 11, and have considered myself a Taoist ever since.

[ACE_187]

the same half-assed version of christianity most all other people are raised under today. i went to church maybe 4-6 times before i was in highschool (around christmas, and sometimes easter), then went a few times when i was older just to decide for myself.

i honestly did feel better every time i left, even though i didn't believe it, but i couldn't tell if it was something else, or that i was just glad to finally get out of there, and not having to stand up mumbling songs.

now finding out about other things, im against it because it's bad for people. i used to think whatever religion made you feel good you should be into it, but now, i realize christianity among other religion is just a tool for jews to manipulate people.

but there may be something to me feeling better after i left.

[nshanin]

Originally Posted by ACE_187

but now, i realize christianity among other religion is just a tool for jews to manipulate people.

lawl