What religion (if any) were you raised, what are you now, and why are you that religion?
I'm just curious to see how many people are the same religion as their parents and how many have taken a separate path.
2007-02-02 04:10:28 · 22 answers · asked by Sera B 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My Mother was a Pentacostal....So I became one...Now she still is a Pentacostal and im an Atheist.
2007-02-02 04:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't raised in any religion. What I believe now is a combination of bits and pieces from various other religions and belief systems, like Buddhism for example. I got to that point after doing a lot of research and contemplation. I still do a lot of studying on this subject but for the most part I'm comfortable with my beliefs right now.
2007-02-02 12:17:41 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother was a combo Methodist/Baptist.
My father was a non practicing Lutheran.
I was raised to believe in the Bible as God's written word, and to believe in him, but this belief didn't generally play a part in our lives.
Later, after investigating evolution and several religions, I began to study the Bible with the Christian Witnesses of Jehovah.
After learning what the Bible really teaches about many things, I dedicated my life to Jehovah God to do his will under the headship of his Son Jesus Christ as directed by the holy spirit. For the same reasons I did that I still remain his servant.
2007-02-02 12:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by Abdijah 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny you should ask. I was brought up pentecostal (assemblies of God) and when I was in High School my parents started going to a Nazarene Church. They liked it so much they are now Nazarene pastors. (my mother still works a full time secular job and does most of the preaching, my dad does the admin stuff and only a little preaching.) My sisters like the Nazarene Church too. About 10 years ago, I went back to the Assemblies of God and I love it and I'm currently studying to be a licensed minister with the A/G church (following in my parents footsteps as pastors.)
2007-02-02 12:30:20 · answer #4 · answered by Jan P 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was raised United Methodist. I'm Wiccan now. As I got older and thought independently of the church about what seemed more logical in terms of why we're here, how we're supposed to conduct ourselves, where we come from and where we go to afterwards, Wicca made much more sense to me. Plus, Christianity has become so filled with people that believe literally in the Bible that it's very hostile, and I don't want or need to surround myself with hostility. And, women aren't very highly regarded in Christianity. They have their "place", and I don't like being told by men what my "place" is, especially when I'm not afforded the right to put THEM in THEIR "place" without being called a shrew, a harpy, or worse. I actually have a cousin who campaigned to get his minister thrown out of their church because she wasn't a man, and he firmly believes that women have no place in the pulpit (mind you, his father is a minister and one of the kindest, most open-hearted people I know, so I don't know what happened to my cousin).
)O(
2007-02-02 12:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a christian home and gave my life to Christ when I was young- and I have had a love for the Lord since- My parents were wonderful parents and loved the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and strength and prayed that over their kids to do the same as we grew, and they taught us the word of God and I am so every thankful for that! God has had His hand on me since I was a child and I love him and praise Him for that! I want my kids to love Him and know Him as well, there is nothing more important than that. The love of Jesus Christ and His salvation is more important than anything this world has to offer.
2007-02-02 12:15:25 · answer #6 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not really raised a certain religion. We went to church on Easter. My mom was real into astology and stuff too. Now I'm an animist.
2007-02-02 12:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a "methodist: family. My mother and I would go to church togther but my Dad stayed home. Once I became a teenager I began sleeping in so I would not have to go to church-it was boring.
In my late teens I came to my own logical conclusion that religion, while it has been beneficial to many, it is crutch to mankind.
2007-02-02 12:20:30 · answer #8 · answered by What? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was baptized Catholic. Never went to church. Parents turned Pentecostal. Always in church. Now I study various religions in detail. I follow no religion. My own brain has been more reliable.
2007-02-02 12:15:19 · answer #9 · answered by MotherMayI? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was raised as a Catholic, but have recently come into the Islam faith. I have become a Muslim because I find more truth behind it than in Catholicism and feel more strongly towards it.
As-Salamu Alaykum - Peace be upon you
2007-02-02 12:14:05 · answer #10 · answered by Maverick 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well if you look at my screenname you'll know what i am right now anyway i was both a catholic and protestant christian and i studied the qu'ran and islam and none of those religions are for me anyway i'm interested in a few different religions at the moment but it's all good regardless
2007-02-02 12:20:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋