For those born from parents of different faith, how has it affected you?

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Also, are you theist or atheist now?
Please feel free to elaborate.

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Answer 1

mom's jewish, dad's methodist...other than feeling a little left out of my mom's family, just because they are VERY JEWISH, and she is not, it hasn't affected me that much. I've been more open to learning about other religions, and we lit the menorah and the christmas tree. I can see that there are many paths to get to the same place, and that it's okay to believe or not to believe, just as long as you don't oppress others.

Answer 2

My parents were protestants. I am a Methodist. My family never went to church when we were growing up. I did, whenever I could.

My mother and sister are now JW's. A lot of people look at JW's as a cult, but I've been to my church (hall) with my mother and they are nothing of the kind. I don't agree with all of their teachings, but they are pretty much like any other religion. (I know, i know, they don't celebrate holidays or birthdays) I consider my mother and sister as Christians just as I am.

I did not agree with their choice at first, in fact it caused some very hard feelings in the family at the time. They are happy in their faith as I am in mine. I can not fault them for that, nor would I.

I have a brother who is agnostic/atheist and believes nothing about the Bible, nor the scientific proof of the Bible.

As for how all this has affected me, I'm happy in my faith but am concerned for those, like my brother. I know my mother is concerned that I'm not a JW but that's another story. Good question.

Answer 3

When I was growing up my mom was a Christian (now Buddhist), and my father was an atheist (now deceased). I guess it affected me by having me do my own thinking and research on it and finding out what was best for me. Neither of them told me their way was the right way, but they answered all my questions and gave me both sides of the story. I guess I was Christian growing up, then agnostic (i don't think that i ever really truly believed in god) and now I'm atheist.

Answer 4

I'm the product of a two denomination marriage. I was raised in the Catholic Church but explored many different churches before deciding the Catholic Church was the right one for me. I appreciate and delight in my Catholic faith because I wasn't forced to believe one way or the other.

Answer 5

My Mother was Native American and my Father Christian.
I have chosen to follow my Native spirituality. My parents did not force me to choose a religion they allowed me to find my own, by experiencing many different religions.
I am grateful for my parents giving me a choice in my own religion and My husband and I are doing the same for our children.

Answer 6

I was raised in a purely southern Baptist household, I'm Celtic pagan.... My family thinks that I'm going through some kind of phase and that I have yet to accept the true "light of God". They continually tell me that they're praying for my salvation, it gets on my nerves sometimes.

Answer 7

My mother worships guilt and my dad worships Guinness. This has affected me much more than their late-onset christianity. I am still in the process of getting over it and probably always will be.

Answer 8

It has not really affected me too much. My lifestyle has pretty much stayed the same since becoming Muslim, even though my parents are both Catholics.

Answer 9

I am the only born again Christian in my family.....

They don't mind.....they always knew I was weird anyway