Did the 1960s affect your religious or spiritual outlook?

Question

IF so, how?

(This is a serious question, so I dropped the hippy chick avatar I've used today)

Answer 1

I was born in 1960, and I still think it was THE best time the human kind has experienced. The freedom, the innocense, the hope that we are at the brink of something great ... Everything was new, fashion, music, spirituality ... let's admit it: it has never been surpassed so far.

So yes, I am a child of that era and I will die as such. I will have my own connection with All That Is, I will believe in the ultimate kindness of the Universe ...
And I will believe in Peace and Love as long as I live.

Answer 2

Although I only lived through half of the 60's, they still affected me, as I was a throwback in the 70's. The first album I ever had was the soundtrack from the production "Hair." I wore it out in the early 70's and lit matches and chanted "Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...Rama Rama...Hare Hare..." along with the singers at the fictional Be-In. All this happened while I was still very young. I understood the idea of losing oneself in the dance from the "whirling dervishes" of hippie culture and dimly understood there was a problem in Vietnam, because the singers in "Hair" complained so vehemently and creatively about it. My father was an extreme liberal politician in the late 60's and early 70's, so I was exposed to worlds that I didn't completely understand, but which colored my ability to look critically at many different worldviews and to understand the nature of protest. Believe it or not, I was on the campaign trail in 1972, not realizing that Hunter S. Thompson was writing about events that I witnessed in some measure as a tiny child. Flag-waving and political rallies were fun then, lots of excitement and noise. But I also reveled in the psychedelia of the Beatles and the rebellious nature of hippiedom and free love, without understanding it completely. I just loved the color and freedom and music. It was one big party in my childish eyes, and I think this helped to keep my mind open throughout my later years.

Answer 3

I was born in the early 60's, I was actually too young and knew nothing about God untile about 1969, or 1970,
The Only Thing I can really remember about the 60's is The Vietnam War that seemed to be constantly on the news back then, the Apollo Moon landings.
I was saved when I was 9 or 10, My Parents did not attend Church, both were alcoholics, They didn't abuse me, Not in the physical sense, just pretty much ignored me for all pratical purposes, it is a long story, My Brother, being 8 years older became a Christan as a result of seeing my transformation and is now a Pastor.

Answer 4

In a way, I guess it did. My parents were hippies and very open minded about things. I became a vegetarian as a child and started doing yoga when I was 4. My parents always encouraged us to learn about all the world religions and explore our own spirituality. If I had parents who were not open to other points of view or I was not exposed to the various spiritual experiences as a child, I think I would be a completely different person.
;) Channa

Answer 5

I was in elementary school in the 1960's. I saw growing up what drugs and rebellion did to many of the kids not all that much older than me. I watched the news and political figures were shot, madmen and their followers murdered innocent people, and politicians lied, and the fabric of our nation ripped almost to it's core. I'm almost 50 now, and I've seen many of those rebellious teens from the 60's come to know Christ and have fruitful lives, and I see the hand of God continuously at work in our nation. So yes, the 60's and the events I witnessed only reinforced me in believing that the hope of the world is Jesus.

Answer 6

I wasn't yet born at that time. But my church did experience a profound set of changes during the 1960s with the Vatican II reforms, and those reforms affect the religious practices of all Roman Catholics today.

Answer 7

i was a kid (1-10) in the 60's, but my sibs were older. I think the music and the overall attitude of the 60's made me a little more tolerant and accepting - that falls over into everything, including religion.

Answer 8

Yes. When the "church of my youth" - the Episcopal Church USA, began protesting the Vietnam War and becoming involved in all sorts of social actions and "justice" programs ("Liberation Theology"...i.e., we call it "communism" today) - - and totally left behind her vocation of being a Sacramental Body of which Jesus Christ is the Head, and all Baptized persons are the members....and forgot the Word of God and the Seven Sacraments as being life-changing agents in the world....

I left.

When I was 19.

It was 1976.

And I never looked back.

Answer 9

I was born too late :o(
but I am a proper hippy chic though
and yes that probably has some bearing on my beliefs

Answer 10

I was just a little too young. It did affect my musical outlook though.