If so, please tell your experience.
Thank You !
2007-07-28 03:03:03 · 14 answers · asked by Michael Knight 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No my parents made me go to sunday school, when I started asking questions about religion, a nun smacked me, my mother went up to the school and told her if you ever touch my kid again, I'll kill you. I think the church misused religion.
2007-07-28 03:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an atheist, but I'm not christian either even though I was raised in a christian home and attended church every Sunday until my late teens. My parents never misused religion.They're a couple of very ill individuals and if a shared delusion helps them function in society, good for them. My parents need religion and cannot possibly see outside of that. They're sick, but just like anyone else who is suffering from an illness, I can't judge them for it. I don't think it's wrong for my mother to tell me or anyone else to go to church for this reason. She just doesn't know any better. It's sad really, but who am I to take that away from her?
2007-07-28 10:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by qwertatious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is almost offensive because it suggests and assumes that atheists must have had a bad experience with religion in the past, and that experience drove them to become atheists. The reality is different and is similar to what happens when someone converts from one religion to another. They decide if what they have been brought up to believe really is true or if the truth lies elsewhere.
2007-07-28 10:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not an Atheists. However, I do remember getting beat for not being still in church and then if I sat still I would fall asleep and get beat for that. So church was a negative experience. But that's not because of the religion it's because my step dad was an ***.
2007-07-28 10:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by The true face of religion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't everyone? Dad was worst for it. He quoted Bible verses that suited his selfish purposes and usually omitted parts of them to suit himself. When I defied him, he quoted something about the man being the head of the household. I told him the rest of the verses that told a man's responsibilities as the head. I also said, "You are not the head of this household. You are the @$$hole of it!" He also said, "Son, you cannot go to Heaven if you..." I interrupted with, "I would not want to go to such a boring and depressing place even if it did really exist. You see only two Hells."
2007-07-28 10:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. My parents are true Christians that have respect for all religions and walks of life. They taught me to love everyone. This was one of the best lesson my parents ever taught me.
2007-07-28 10:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by Vintage Glamour 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they tried to indoctrinate me. There was never any discussion about the realities of life. Only that God existed and we all go to heaven when we died. My dad expected my older brother to become a priest. When he rebelled, my dad would try to knock the sh i t out of him. He stopped doing that when my brother grew bigger than him. To this day (45 years later) they still do not care for each other. My father has never said he was sorry.
2007-07-28 10:05:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
My parents believe there is something beyond this life but... they let us kids decide what faith we wanted to follow. We all chose to be Atheists, individually.
2007-07-28 10:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Pretty normal. They usually went to church, but really didn't do a whole lot beyond that.
2007-07-28 10:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is probable that most atheists are the way they are because THEY have been abused and misused....
2007-07-28 10:09:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋