ok heres an innocent question?

Question

do you think that people who are raised having religion and church pushed on them constantly may grow up to not want any part in religion at all and not even offer any religious education to their own children at all? or possibly choose a different religion just to rebel?

gwhiz reread the question that wasnt at all what i asked

Answer 1

When I was a kid, my family went to church every Sunday. I was an altar boy, in the church choir, went to Sunday school, Catholic grammar school AND high school. When I was a little older, my family all became born again christians, all except me.

So yeah, I had religion shoved up the wazoo growing up. But it's not the fact that religion was constantly pushed on me that made me not want to have any part in it. I started to question everything that had been taught to me, and I realized that religion is based on blind faith. Why believe in something that can't be proven? So there you have it.

Answer 2

I do think that this happens. I went to a christian private school and saw the way some kids rebelled, even at a young age. If there was an extremely rebellious kid, it was usually a kid who had a parent in the ministry. We called them p.k.s (preacher's kids). I think some of this rebellion can carry on into adulthood, but most of the time it's more adolescent behavior. What's important, as an adult, is to find out who you are. Don't continue to just rebel against overbearing parents when you are an adult. Once you choose what's right for you, you'll feel a lot better. As far as children go, if you were raised by overbearing parents, learn what not to do from it. Remember, though, it is our job as parents to teach our children. You can't let a very young child make their own decisions in religion, just as you wouldn't let them make their own decisions about what they're going to eat all of the time (it would always be junkfood!). When they're older, though, it's important to let them begin to explore and make moves towards the kind of adults they want to become, not the ones you want them to become.

Note: All of my use of the word "you" has been in general. Not to you directly. Have a great night!

Answer 3

BINGO.
How'd you get so smart with such a cute avatar?
Honestly, in my own upbringing of having religion and church pushed on me (hracpom) my initial rebellion let me push myself far away from all forms of oganized faith and I had to go through a very long process of figuring out what I actually believe about right and wrong and so much more. I'm on the other side of all of that now and I can hear some truth in some religious messages. Ispent a good twenty years learning how to be thankful to be alive without contradicting myself. Religion- I mean hracpom set me back a long way in life. I feel better now, though.

Answer 4

It depends on how hard it's pushed and what amount of pushing said individual feels is considered pushing. On a solid level, stats show that those who grow up with their respective religion stay with that religion and continue to pass it on. The data I knew a few years ago gave this group 70% or so; so I guess that yes, the other 30 are rebelling but reasons stated are left to the observer. It's all quite subjective now isn't it?

Answer 5

Not all people raised like that don't want any part of it. My siblings and I were raised like that as Catholics. And now 2 of my sisters have no religion really, 1 of which has developed a prejudice against all Christians and Catholics. My brother, my other sister, and I aren't really religious and don't go to church at all other than Christmas and Easter, but we still say we're Catholics.

Answer 6

Yes, it happened in my family. My grandparents came from extremely religious families. My grandfather was dragged to church everyday as a child. Both of my grandparents were beaten by nuns in Catholic school. They kept their kids out of Catholic schools for that reason though they still took them to church occasionally. They stopped going to church over an issue involving a forced donation in exchange for an uncle's burial service. My grandfather said it repulsed him that his family had devoutly given so much of their life to the church only to find that his uncle would be denied a proper burial because it was found that he hadn't donated "enough" money over the years. My mom hasn't been to church since her wedding day and she didn't bother to have me baptized.

My boyfriend was raised Irish Catholic with church every Sunday. He's a hardcore atheist who has nothing but hatred and disgust for all organized religion now and he loves black metal. He's completely against the possibility of a God. He says it's mostly because his parents forced him to go to church up until he was a teenager. He sees the whole thing as a form of torture.

Answer 7

No. I rejected religion because Atheism seemed like the most logical path to me. Atheist children hardly ever grow up to be Christian. So, I think that today more people are opening their eyes and questioning the world. More people are becoming brave and daring to live a life without some magical being protecting them and offering them paradise after death.

Answer 8

It is possible, My parents is a Buddhist (Mahayana) and I was forced to go to temple since young, and to me, RELIGION is only what my parents make me to belief in...

Have you wonder what these kids thinks when they pray to god? I'll let you know ! The only thing is going through my mind when I'm praying is "Yeah Right, You mighty one, Get this over and let me go home and SLEEP!"

I'm not telling this just because I want some vote, but it is really true... It has been in my mind since young. and when I grew older, I started to rebel and wanted to be a Tibetan Buddhist (Varjayana) my parents practically dont allow me, what I did is I treaten them that, If I were not allowed to be a Varjayana Buddhist, I Will shave my head bald and go ordaine! and that is how I manage to be be a Buddhist.

I always belief that, " PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO CHOOSE" please dont force your child to join any religions, let them have the freedom, and if they tell you that they want to go to Church with you on a Sunday morning, Congratulations! But if not, Dont force them...

They might be rebelious and worse comes to worst, because of one simple thing there might be Arguements or Fights....

Isnt is good to have a nice day with your family, rather having arguements on going to any religion centers???

Answer 9

It is very sad, but sometimes an over zealous parent can destroy the love of the child. The parent means well, but is out of touch with God's loving way of teaching the Truth, and sadly, the child grows up not wanting anything to do with the parents religion, and often God as well.

Answer 10

I Believe so. I never had religion pushed on me and when i chose a different path from my Moms and Dads they encouraged me, it made me really happy to see that no matter what i got into my parents were always behind me :) and now i am very religious, i do love to rebel though :)