Are athesist raised by athesist parents? or etc...?

Answer 1

Actually some atheists were christians but they turend away

Answer 2

Not necessarily! That's the same logic that says gay parents will raise gay kids. I was raised Lutheran, and the rest of my immediate family were all extreme Baptists, Protestants, etc. that shoved it down my throat until I loathed all of it. Even as a kid I wondered why, if there was only one God, do so many different religions exist?

During a very difficult stretch of my life, there was never a "supreme being" that gave me anything to help. That's when I began empowering myself and finding my own answers to questions. It involves a lot of hard work and perseverance, and to succeed one needs to look beyond simple "faith" to find the reality of each situation.

It's so much easier to be accepted by a large group that all think alike. All you have to do is be the same and nobody challenges your beliefs. It takes courage to think for yourself and make your own choices, whether they coincide with someone else's morals or not. Ask yourself how often you secretly question aspects of your religion. How many of those questions REALLY get answered?

I do not hate Christians, but they are the ones who have pushed their propaganda upon me more often than any other group. If you need someone else to tell you how to live well and be a good person, then religion may be just your thing.

But I don't need it, and I feel free.

Answer 3

I'm an atheist raised by a devoutly Christian, archetypically English mother and a father who came from the lowlands of Scotland, spoke the old language better than English, and was part of a non-Christian religion which to this day has a significant following in some parts of the UK.

Answer 4

No, in fact my mother taught Sunday school at our church. I did not become an atheist to be rebellious. Instead, I read a lot, including the Bible, asked questions, and used my reasoning to determine that gods were no more real than unicorns, and that religion is neither necessary or desirable to lead a full and meaningful life.

Answer 5

Not usually. They are simply not intimidated by silly threats of eternal damnation.

I remember thinking as a third grader, if God is this big of an idiot I have no interest in spending one more second with him much less eternity.

Luckily I realized that I was not God who was the judgmental idiot. It was the people who were telling me the lies about God.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 6

Sometines yes, sometimes no. Each person believes the way they choose to, sometimes it is because of how they are raised, sometimes because of life experiences. In one family you can have highly religious children and atheists, all raised the same way. No child is a robot and we all have the ability to think for ourselves.

Answer 7

I'm a very staunch born again atheist, and my parents are very Christian, and I expect my kids will end being Christian too, just to rebel. That's the way things work, no one wants to be just like their parents.

Answer 8

Not always. Some are raised in household which have religious beliefs.

Answer 9

Most of the atheists or agnostics I know are people (like myself) who were once theists, but then grew up.

Answer 10

My friend comes from a long line of people who do not believe in God.

Answer 11

No. People don't always turn out like their parents, some atheists have kids who become religious.