How many of you have different belief systems than your parents simply because they're your parents? How many of you rebel in this aspect of your life?
2007-03-12 06:05:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have different beliefs then my parents because I studied the living faith traditions and found the truth for myself.
2007-03-12 06:09:40 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did, with almost all my family.
My father was a Mason, my mother a Christian (Disciples of Christ Church), my brother is a 7th Day Adventist, my sister is a Roman Catholic, and I rebelled against Christianity after earning my doctorate degree in Divinity from a Christian college.
My wife is... a mixture of paganism and Catholicism from the Caribbean, my daughter is a "medley of Christian beliefs".
PS: By "Pagan-Catholicism", I do not mean to imply that Catholics are pagans, because Catholics are Christians. The Pagan-Catholicism found in some islands of the Caribbean is more a mixture of neo-pagan beliefs and practices that the Catholic Church have always condoned in secret, but now it does so more openly.
2007-03-12 13:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by David G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with my parents belief in the fact that theyre all "once a republican always a republican" they dont question ANYTHING and think that the president is flawless and the problems that are going on is not because of him but becasue of his administration.
Theyre also catholic and again believe that his kids should remain catholic and my sister and i are not (shes muslim now and im pagan). They believe things shouldnt questioned about God and that the priests and pope hold all the answers.
2007-03-12 13:11:01 · answer #3 · answered by Triskelion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the purpose of children to disagree with their parents, and of parents to provide a basis of beliefs with which they can disagree. So it's all rather inevitable. We breed, we don't produce clones (though I bet they'd rebel even if we did).
2007-03-12 13:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My folks are Catholic...I am Pagan, so our beliefs tend to differ somewhat.
This was not caused by a rebellion against my parents, in any form. This was caused when I educated myself on spirituality.
2007-03-12 13:08:59 · answer #5 · answered by Gwydyon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would guess that almost all of us rebel against out parents at some point. It's a power struggle.
2007-03-12 13:08:51 · answer #6 · answered by TNP Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not "rebellion"... if your parents think killing other people is cool and you choose to disagree and believe it to be unethical is THAT rebellion as well? It has to do with the ability to think clearly and act ethically as opposed to being little carbon copies of them "because they're our parents".
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2007-03-12 13:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have different beliefs but not because of rebellion. Religion is something to be discovered not something to be forced upon people.
2007-03-12 13:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by sass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father is Catholic and my mother is a Spiritualist.
Needless to say, I disagree with both of them, but they respect that.
2007-03-12 13:10:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wanted equality, compassion, reason and compromise in my life. My parents religion wouldn't ever give those things.
2007-03-12 13:11:54 · answer #10 · answered by Spring loaded horsie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋