Adult spirituality/religious beliefs vs. how you were raised?

Question

Please tell me which of the following categories best describe you:

1. You follow the same religious practices by which you were raised.

2. You were raised in a religious household but converted to another belief system as an adult.

3. You were raised in a religious household but do not follow any religous practices as an adult.

4. You were not raised in a religous household but you became religious as an adult.

5. You were not raised as, and have not become religious.

Details would be excellent, but even just picking a number that best describes you would be appreciated. Thank you!

Answer 1

I fall into category number 4. My father is a liberal atheist; my mother and step-father are liberal agnostics.

Needless to say, they're all puzzled about how I ended up as a conservative, evangelical Christian.

Answer 2

Probably the closest is #3.

I was born to Methodist parents. They changed churches and I was raised Presbyterian. As an adult I studied and was ordained in a third Protestant sect. After about 35 years of this I did some real thinking instead of blindly absorbing and left it all behind. I now consider myself an Atheist. I would consider EVIDENCE of a god but nothing from the Bible or the belief of someone. I am talking real courtroom admissible evidence.

Answer 3

4. My parents believe in God, but we never went to church, prayed or even really talked about religion. I became a christian when I was 16. I am 25 now and my husband and I rarely miss Sunday service. We are also involved in a small group where we meet with other young married couples to continue on our journey of becoming closer to God, support each other, and try to improve our community by showing people the love that God has shown us. My parents will occasionally come to church, but usually only when we invite them. Like for holidays or special events.

Answer 4

3. I was born Christian (baptised), raised and schooled Christian, and converted to Judaism at 15 (as my extended family was Jewish and my immediate family Christian). I am now 20 and about to graduate college with a degree in Computer Science. I have no beliefs whatsoever.

Answer 5

#2 - I was raised Pentecostal Holiness, and converted to Greek Orthodoxy as an adult, following a long period of agnosticism.

Answer 6

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I was raised in a very legalistic church. I believed in their teachings.It was very difficult for me to realize that they were not the only ones who would go to heaven or have their prayers answered. I'm not saying they weren't decent people, but I think they "have a form of godliness but deny the power therof". Overcoming this way of thinking and leaving the church was an important milestone in my thinking about God.

Answer 7

3. I was raised liberal Christian, rejected religion and the idea of a personal God completely and now adhere to the practical philosophies of Buddhism.

Answer 8

my mums side of the family was christian mt dads side of the family are athiests i went to church and also on a search through quite a few different areas of religion ..Then i discovered a relationship with God and have never looked back

Answer 9

I was not raised religious and now I'm a Satanist.

Answer 10

The very beginning place? I forget approximately them. or possibly, on the start i'm getting aggravated. because of the fact i don't undertaking those with distinct perspectives than mine in my unfastened time and that i anticipate the comparable volume of appreciate.