Have you maintained those same beliefs throughout adulthood? Please explain why or why not...
2006-10-25 07:26:50 · 18 answers · asked by lookn2cjc 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My parents brought me up in a Christian church and I am so thankful for that....Sure, i wandered astray in my early 20's...I am now 32 and rededicated my life to Jesus. The Bible tells us if we train up a child in a way he should go he shall not depart.
2006-10-25 09:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by candi k 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was great. We didn't really start going to church until I was 8 and we attended an Episcopal church. My grandparents on one side were Catholic. And we had a family we were close to that was Jewish. So we'd spend time with them on Jewish holy days and they would spend time with us on Christian holy days. We always had National Geographic on the coffee table as well as other periodicals. My parents wanted to be sure that I grew up aware of the vastness of the world and to appreciate the variety of cultures it provides.
We were essentially taught to think for ourselves. To investigate, study and then decide for ourselves what we thought and believed. I can from a very logic minded family - loads of emphasis on the scientific method. But we also would have great discussions about world events and world cultures so over time, it became pretty impossible to think there was only one true god, only one true religion. It didn't sit well to assume that one group was right while everyone else was wrong when it appeared that other systems worked just as well for other cultures.
2006-10-25 14:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not happy about it. I wish I was raisedc to be a more spiritual person. I was taught all the basics and foundations of my religion, Islam, morals and everything but it lacked spirit. This has to do with the society at the age my parents got married and I was born; people were not very much into religion, they were good and moral and everything, but out of being good. Not that they were not muslims, but feeling Allah in your heart; may be this is what was missing.
When I grew up, I could develop it myself alhamdulellah. I am keen on my prayer and feel it in my heart. I read the Quran a lot. I do everything my parent taught me to do but with spirit because Allah is in my heart now.
2006-10-25 14:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it once described as a "drug problem..."
As a youth:
I was drug to church
I was drug to seminary
I was drug to mutual activites
I am so glad I had this drug problem!
A member of the church gave that in a talk in Sacrament meeting a few weeks ago and it was funny...i just thought I would share.
I have always been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have not always been active or in good standing, but always a member. Now I am in good standing and enjoy the blessings of attending the temple and having an eternal marriage.
I am so grateful I was born into the family I was. My parents reared me with love, discipline, affection, rules, and yes sometimes made me go to church when I didn't want to. I am so glad they did. i hope I can be as good of a parent as they were and are.
2006-10-25 14:33:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was educated in the Mennonite Faith.
I've come away from that with a solid understanding (knowledge) of the bible and Christ's teachings, as well as a great respect for anyone who can focus their entire lifestyle around their faith, in such a "radical" manner.
In so many ways I appreciate the faith I was brought up in but none more so than the freedom I was given in the end to choose my own path.
2006-10-25 14:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by Oh, I see 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PERFECTLY
i go to Islamic school
i wear a scarf as in Islam
i dont daite or have sex before marriage so I'm not a ****
im pure ans secure
read quran every day and pray 5 times a day
muslim girl
proud to be
2006-10-25 14:29:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with it at all.
I was raised in a christian home and school from birth to high school.
It was very forced upon me, very seclusive.
I don't agree with it not because I don't believe in God but I don't agree with it because I strongly feel religion is a personal choice and a child can not possilby understand it to the fullest until they are an adult. Its an adult descission and not a child's.
2006-10-25 14:30:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a child my moms told me there is a God and untill this day I pray but as far as instructions she tried Catholic(TOO IDOLISH FOR ME) then mormonism( TOO WHITE FOR ME) Guilt became a part of me and untill this day I say forget religion and PRAISE THE MOST HIGH now that works for me
2006-10-25 14:41:22 · answer #8 · answered by jcs_one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i went to christian school from K-12, however i grew up in a non-religious home. (i went to the school cause it was a private school and my parents didnt want me in public, had nothing to do with religion). so i had no pressure to believe and go to church. however i noticed a majority of the people who WERE pushed to believe and forced to church never questioned anything in the bible. its like they took everything they were told and didnt want to learn more. i now am agnostic though. and as far as beliefs that stuck with me are more moral, then anything else.
2006-10-25 14:29:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i grew up going to a southern baptist church (ugh) and had christianity shoved down my throat until i became a teenager and refused to continue attending church. nowadays, i have my own version of a belief system, that doesn't exactly fall into the dewey decimal system of religion. if i'm right, cool. if not, whatever. i'm human. we're not supposed to know everything.
2006-10-25 14:31:50 · answer #10 · answered by LoriBeth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋