Atheists and Christians- What were your parents views on "Religion" ?

Question

What were your parents views on "Religion" ... Did your parents belief in God, yes no? If so, what religious affiliation, if not were they Atheists , Agnostics, Wiccan, Pagan? Thanks for any answers in advance.
*I am asking these two catagories, because they are who I most see "going at it" on here. LOL

Answer 1

My father is a Christian my mother a Witch who delved into basically any occult source she could to gain a sense of power, including Voodoo and Santeria.
I wasn't that interested in either beliefs, through my teens, but had much exposure to both, until my parents split up, at which time, I became interested in Darwin and read much by Theodosius Dobzhansky. Still empty because ultimately I was minus some vital answers.. looked into reincarnation and various other beliefs, and stayed empty and unsatisfied.
In my early 20's I had a personal spiritual experience with God revealing himself to me, and gave my life to Him, there's no doubt in my mind, no book, no refelcting, nothing would ever make me NOT believe based on this experience. He was as real as someone standing in my presence. It awoke my spirit, and it's been 23 years.
~Christian, all day, everyday~

Answer 2

I am an Orthodox Christian and my parents are as well. I believe it all has to do with how our parents raised us while growing up as children. Did they instill religion as part of our everyday lifes? Were we forced to go to church every Sunday or did we go because we wanted to learn more about our religion?

I also believe if your parents weren't relgious "back in the day" as we say, than it is not our fault if we are athiest or agnostic. I have a friend who doesn't belong to a church and never practiced any religion at all. She barely knows how to do the cross and say the Our Father prayer; her parents never went to church and that's why she is the way she is. I feel sorry for her - it's not her fault.

Too many of us are like this and I believe that's why our society is ruining and our values are lessoning. It's really too bad.

Answer 3

My dad was a Christian to his dying day, and my mom is still a Christian. We disagree on a lot of things, we always have.

I was an atheist until I converted to Wicca when I was fifteen. I stayed with that until I was almost twenty-one. I'm now twenty-six, and I've only been a Christian for seven months, though I was claiming to be a Christian for the last two years. I didn't really believe in it though, and I certainly wasn't living a Christ-like life.

Believe it or not, while I was struggling to find God, my mom just sat back and prayed for me, never pushing me to believe in her religion. I'm so glad it was like that.

Answer 4

I was born into an Italian Catholic family. My mother was devoutly religious. My father was staunchly Catholic, but didn't attend church half as much as my mother and I did. I was taught to pray at an extremely young age, and attended Mass frequently. My mother was terrified that I'd end up hanging out with children of different faiths (which, in fact, I did) and when I was in early childhood, she rarely allowed me to go outdoors in case I was approached by people of other beliefs. She often advised me to stay inside. "Pray, don't play" was her advice to me throughout my childhood. We had a shrine inside the house where I was expected to pray several times daily. So yes, my folks were religious, but my mother was more religious than most. Personally, I've explored many different religions, but remain Catholic.

Answer 5

I'm an atheist. My dad's agnostic and I'm really not sure of my mom's views. She probably is too. Religion was not a big deal in our house. I did go to church with friends, and my aunt was religious and preached to us when able. But in my house. Religion just wasn't discussed. Wasn't part of our lives.

Answer 6

My mom believes in very strange supernatural things like ghosts, but she also believes in things like Bigfoot. She is very much opposed to Christianity and mocks me for being a Christian. She is also fond of Buddhism.

My dad is much like my own religious views but I have my own thoughts, particularly since I learned New Testament Greek and cast off association with the Republican party. I also am not passionate about political issues, I like discussing politics and would be quite a politician myself and would get more done than any of them, but I do not abide by any political association, I think for myself what is best to ensure the tranquility of society.

Answer 7

My parents are Catholics and so am I. They were very religious and I started singing at Church 4 times a week at a young age till I was 18. With times they became more moderate and I became a stronger catholic. My daughter is 20 and is a non-believer, go figure.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I was a "surprise" and my grandparents took me.

My grandma took me to church as a young child. It was an assembly of God where I observed a lot of hypocracy, two faced, fake people. They treated me different because they knew I was "born without a dad" My grandma had unwaivering faith up until the minute she died. She gave me such spiritual strength that helped me carry on.

My grandpa believed in "God" but was kinda agnostic (he had a bad experience in the catholic church as a child).

My mother was a drug addict/alcoholic and wasn't a christian.She became a christian when I was 11 yo. then she became a "Jesus Freak" and it was a nightmare. She would quote scripture instead of talking to me and made me learn scripture as punnishment. Spiritual abuse.

I continue to be a christian but nondenominational and low key. I go to a church where unconditional love is #1.

Answer 10

My parents were militant socialist with the opiate for the masses view on religion. They managed to get me allergic to any system that tells what to believe about whatever. I am an atheist.