If you were brought up in a religion, how does this still influence you?

Question

If you have left the religion you were brought up in, do you still find it affects your choices or feelings? Are you drawn back towards it? How does it still play a part in your life? Can you imagine ever returning to it? (That's a lot of questions!)

Answer 1

I think it has more to do with your beliefs, I was brought up without and today I know Jesus Christ as my savior, we learn the truth and become saved. We live in a christian manner and devote our lives to God.

Answer 2

I was brought up in a Christian family, but I converted to Paganism when I was 13. The influences are still there because I'm fortunate enough to have a close-knit family. Every so often, I wonder "what if Christianity is the only way?", so I read the Bible (yes, I have a Bible that sits right next to my Wicca books) and then I'm reminded of why I turned to Paganism in the first place.

I don't think Christianity is wrong, I just choose a path that's more suited towards my needs, spiritually.

Answer 3

I've been brought up in the LDS church. Religion has always had a huge influence in my life. Especially when it comes to the atonement and the Savior. (I must also mention that I've got a good family too). I had a difficult childhood. I've been able to overcome the trials & pains of the past because of my religious teachings. The Savior truly gave his life for me. He has saved me from myself. I could never do so well without him.

To this day, I am still living in the best way I can. I do this because I know the Savior loves me. I live a good life because I love the Savior, not because someone makes me do it. My religion (and my family) have had a huge part in determining my relationship with God. My knowledge of God and my religion affect my choices in everyday life.

Answer 4

That is a lot of questions! My family attended a Catholic Church until I was about 5. We left the Catholic Church and attended a non-denominational church until I came to college. When I came to college I went back to the Catholic Church. I just felt at home there and it just felt right. So, yes, the religion I left still affected my choices. It affected them so much that I returned to the Catholic Church (which means yes, I can imagine returning to it and I have been drawn back towards it). It still plays a part of my life obviously since I have returned to the one true Church. I think I answered them all, yay!

Answer 5

I was raised baptist. As for affecting my choices today, honestly it does but not in the way you may think. There was a lot of gossip and not practicing what was preached in the various churches I attended while growing up. This made me search for something better that resonated with my soul. Am I drawn back to it....oh hell no. Does it still play a part in my life, no, but it is part of my past and therefore part of who I am today. Can I ever imagine returning to it....nope...they'd have to burn me at the stake first.

~Namaste~

Answer 6

thats a very interesting question. I was brought up Christian, but as I got older I found that a lot of the things I was being taught didn't agree with the beliefs I held inside me. I now would most closely identify with the Wiccan religion; however a lot of the standards and values are so similar that there is not much difference...

I hope this helps

Chaz xxx

Answer 7

hard to say, Ive been brought up in a christian faith and it has affected me a lot because i feel all my life i have been forced to believe and do what other Christians do. i feel very judge by other Christian's when i listen to a bit of pop music or friends with non believer's because they are sinful
when i meet people who are not religious i feel welcomed and that's what Christianity should be. most of the christian Ive meet are nice however some are just stone cold and judge everything you do 'tho shall not judge' i tell them, but they never listen to me, its like they've become arrogant.

I have no problem with Christianity as i have been brought up round it.
It has influenced me because i never hang round people who listen to heavy metal like slipknot or Marilyn Mason because they're satanic and representing death ain't a way to live life. I try not to judge people of other religious, i try understand their point of view.

my choices in life may affect Christianity faith, i go church every Sunday, but don't read the bible every day. i feel very put off by the bible sometimes because i feel that i am forced by dad to read it... 'the worlds coming to an end, the anti Christ is taking over' they say. maybe the world will end one day but i prefer living life by thinking positive not negative

i feel that when i leave home soon, i would not bother following christian faith and part of me will feel very guilty for it and if my parents found out they will get possibly judgemental about me because they may not understand where im coming from

Answer 8

Excellent question, annie.

When I was serving a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I sometimes encountered people who asked me if I had grown up in the Church. When I said I had, they replied, "Well, you're just a member of that church because you were brought up in it then." I didn't know how to respond to that idea for a while until I realized that IT'S NOT A BAD THING. So after that when people said something like that I simply told them that I was very happy that I had parents who taught me to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ from when I was a young child.

Answer 9

I was brought up as a Christian and made the decision to be a Christian for myself when I was 11. I've stuck with that ever since, for 12 years now.

Answer 10

Is he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave him life (by knowledge and Faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he can walk amongst men, like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out? Thus it is made fairseeming to the disbelievers that which they used to do

And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But remind (them) with it (the Quran) lest a person be given up to destruction for that which he has earned, when he will find for himself no protector or intercessor besides Allah, and even if he offers every ransom, it will not be accepted from him. Such are they who are given up to destruction because of that which they have earned. For them will be a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because they used to disbelieve.

Answer 11

I was brought up in the church but haven't attended for years. Even though I've been away from it I still consider myself to be a religious person and I still pray. It has always been a part of my reality and always will be.