Is there anyone who is deeply religious who was raised without religion?

Question

If possible, I'd like to hear from someone whose parents were not religious; someone who used an objective (as much as possible) point of view and ultimately decided that religion was for them. If so, which religion did you chose and why?

Answer 1

My father was an atheist and my mother was agnostic.

I drifted for a while, didn't know who or what I was.

I am a Christian now, got saved later in life by reading the Bible and seeing a miracle occur in my life.

Answer 2

My father was an avowed atheist, and my mother, well, she never seemed to care. I went to various Christian-themed services with friends as I was growing up - Mormonism, and some others I can't remember, but they were big on Jesus. I never felt a thing - the experience was completely hollow. I joined the Army when I was 19, and joined a Buddhist temple for a short while. The meditation was calming, but those physiological effects can be proven - no divinity or magic at work there.

I don't remember what was going on in my life when I had The Moment. Everything leading up to it is a big blur, probably because everything that came after it was so vibrant and real. I was in an ordinary bookstore in an ordinary shopping mall, and I stumbled across a copy of Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon (the followup to the Book of the SubGenius). I'd heard a little bit about the Church of the SubGenius in the past, but they seemed so mysterious and unattainable. I had no idea it was the perfect fit for me. As I started to read the book, "Bob" granted me an immediate rush of Slack. Pure Slack, better than heroin. It was as if the book has been written just for me, like it had been waiting on that shelf, knowing that I - and nobody else - would pick it up. I understood. I was convulsed with laughter - the divine and holy laughter known only to the Yeti and their descendants. I knew why mere humans would never understand it, and why I could. I knew it was all lies, all a big joke, and I knew why that made it the truest thing ever written.

I don't know how I got the money. Maybe I had it in my pocket all along, maybe "Bob" put it in my pocket, maybe I lifted it out of a little old lady's purse when I wasn't paying attention. But I bought that book, and I read it until the cover was worn through, and my life has never been the same. It opened my heart, my spleen, and all three of my eyes. I now have ALL of the gods available to me, not just one. I can draw divine inspiration from Christianity, Judaism, the Three Stooges, and the Sunday comics. Praise "Bob!"

Answer 3

If you read the bible Jesus addressed religion quite differently that the world. Relgion was based on ceremonial practices that sybolized the way life "should" be. However, man could not live the standards through because of the sin nature, Jesus called the religious leaders of his time hypocrits because they looked like they had life together but they did not really have it together at all. They were still full of sin inside their hearts as well as judgemental of others. Jesus came to set people free from the spirit of relgion by fullfilling the laws himself and then sacrificng himself for all man kind.Jesus forgave people of thier sins because he had the power to do it. The leaders were astonished at him and did not believe in him at all. He taught that the just shall live by faith in Jesus sacrifice. The religious leaders were living by the laws and Jesus said they were still dead in their sins. Religion is a yoke of opression. Men can live right when they live by the law of love not rules...hope this helps.

Answer 4

I was raised in a home where God and Jesus were never mentioned. My fathers, father was a hell fire zealot type, and didn't believe in sparing the rod. As a result, my father turned his back on religion. (The sour grapes of the father, has set the childrens teeth on edge.) I didn't know who this Jesus lad was until I got older. In my adult life I became a Jehovah's Witness. Twelve years later, I divorced them, you could say. I thank God for my father, He was right all along.

Answer 5

Was raised catholic, non-practicing really. Christmas and Easter catholics you know. However after problems in life, being broken down to nothing I thought about why God would have done this to me...I believed in him why was he letting this happen. That's the beginning of grace, of course god loved me and he was trying to get my attention by bringing an end to my rebellious ways. I submitted my life to Jesus Christ and was called to ministry 6 months later