What Religion were you raised? and do you still Subscribe?

Question

I am just interested to see how many stayed the same religion they were raised in..... there is no "right" answer.

Answer 1

I was raised in a strict Roman Catholic home. I've spent many years studying other religions, denominations, beliefs and philosophies. I remain Catholic by personal choice. However, I'm always open to learning about beliefs other than my own.

Answer 2

I was raised in the Lutheran Church, but I dropped out at the age of 12 because I could not memorize scripture to be confirmed and I was bored. I became an Atheist when I became a teenager. I did the salvation prayer at a Baptist Church when I was 19 for fire insurance. I then explored different religions. My life fell a part and then I started going to a Pentecostal Church when I was 38. I received the indwelling of the Holy Ghost 3 months later and now I enjoy attending a Nondenominational Church.

Answer 3

Raised Methodist.

Prayed, Read & Studied the Bible.

Became a Seventh-day Adventist.

http://www.amazingfacts.org/items/study_guides.asp

Answer 4

I was raised a Sikh
No Im more spirtual now
Alot of what the Sikh religion taught me still rings true and was novel for India in the 15th century but also a reaction to the violence caused by the invading moslems

I believe in Budhism and have studied many other spirtual paths and my interest for spirtuality is still in its embryonic state

I have along way to go
i think living in Uk and being encouraged to speak other languages is part of the reason why I couldn't follow the theology I grew up in

the script is a latin style philosophy and my understanding for the language is limited

Answer 5

Wow.. that is good question there. umm. I was raised in Baptist Faith (Christian) and got saved as Baptist then last year, just turn into Catholic and studying Wiccan and I am proud of it. It is not easy to make up my mind when come to religion because I believe in most religions because I feel there is something more than just one. My mom feel the same way too, we are studying about all different religions and we feel that we feel connection whatever we feel what is right as long we believe in God, and the Chosen One that God Choose.

My mom is a Pagan and I am Catholic Pagan

Answer 6

I was born Presbyterian, my grandparents, changed &(then did the famlies) to Uniting because the Presbyterian closed, then becasue too many questions remaian unanswered my parents changed to the Morman, Jehovah Witness, (and a whole other "Eastern Religions" that I can't even remeber names of to eventually the 7th day Adventist, and that is now what I am & am raising my children to be (they were the only church who answered fully all the questions thrown at them & still answer today)
So I am a Christian, although one of the SDA's, and enjoy fellowship with others (regardless of their differning faiths and where they go to practice their belief)

Answer 7

My parents and entire family are Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).. I was raised attending that church..

I am not a member nor do I attend and haven't since shortly after I became an adult..

I do go sometimes to support family members when somethig major happens (ie a special talk, a program my neices or nephews are participating in, when my brother was made a Bishop, etc.) when asked not because I believe in the teachings but because they are my family members and I support them and thier right to choose a religion.. They in turn support my choice and understand if I tell them "Congratulations, but no thanks I won't attend this time." Mutual respect...

Answer 8

My parents considered themselves Christians, some of my extended family practiced rather actively. I live in Missouri, so I was exposed to some fundamental nonsense rather early. My parents were drug addicts and some of the worst people I ever met. Really didn't affect my decision though. I became interested in religion at around 13 and was an atheist by 15.

Answer 9

I was raised as an agnostic and that's what I was until I was 43 and God arranged circumstances in my life to where I showed up a church one day because I had to go and when I listened to the sermon it made a lot of sense to me. Then the Pastor asked everyone to stand and I thought it was time to go but he started talking about Jesus and asking if people wanted forgiveness for sins and unconditional love and supernatural guidance for their lives. I wanted all those things so I went up front like several other people were doing and then I went off to the side where a Pastor led me in praying to God and asking Jesus to save me and to receive the Holy Spirit. My life has never been the same since that day, praise the Lord!

Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Answer 10

I wasn't really raised in any kind of religion. My dad is a Pagan and my mom is a spiritual, "new-agey" agnostic. Neither one of them really included me in any of their practices, other then when I got a little interested in crystals and tarot cards around the age of fourteen.

I became a Christian when I was 20, based on the fact that I really relate to the teachings of Jesus and felt that he was really something special from the moment I started learning about him. I personally focus more on the gospels than I do any other part of The Bible.