Do any Athiest have Christian parents?

Question

If so, what are their views?

Answer 1

yes and they believe that god is the reason for everything and that everything only happens because he lets it happen

Answer 2

My parents are both active Christians. I can't speak to their personal beliefs, but their behavior and expressed opinions would put them both firmly in the non-fundamentalist camp.

Politically and socially, I guess you would call them moderates, as they have some left-leaning and some right-leaning views. For instance, they generally vote democrat, love The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and have a stern distaste for Dubya, but have been heard to call homosexuality a sin (although they have several gay friends).

They attend church regularly and even teach a Sunday School class for adults. The sermons I have heard at the church they attend are extremely tame (it's very easy to fall asleep during a service), and more of the 'how to be a good citizen and feel good about your life' variety. I'm all for people feeling good about their lives.

Answer 3

My parents, grandparents and great grandparents are/were christian.. They have christian views...

As for their views regarding my Atheist views.. My great grandparent and 3 of my grandparents had died before I really revealed I was Atheist.. My 1 remaining grandmother was dying (she died less than 2 years after I revealed I was Atheist) In agreement with my parents I didn't reveal my Atheist beliefs to her we all thought it might be a bit too much for her to handle with her various health problems as well as advancing dementia and Alzheimers.. One her more ludic days I would talk with her and often smile when she talked religion.. On her less lucid days I would answer to my mother or aunts names and talk about events of their early childhoods or straighten pictures on the walls only my grandmother could see... Everyone else in the family knew and agreed that not telling grandma was the best choice under the circumstances..

My parents view is they are a bit saddened and dissappointed but they accept that it is my life and my choice.. They can understand how I feel and believe after long discussions... They do not share my views and I do not share theirs but we share a mutual respect for one another and one anothers right to choose their own path...

My parents are spectacular people who raise 4 very independant, individual and opinionated children... We are each different...

During a recent dinner just my siblings and I my brother smiles at us sisters and said "Who do you think mom and dad's favorite child was?" without hesitation we all answered ourselves because they always made and make each of us feel like we are the favorite while never making any of us feel not favored.... See spectacular parents.. To have raise 4 children all of us now in our 30's and 40's all still feel like the favorite child...

Answer 4

My Mom is a Baptist!

My dad is . . . . Well I'm not so sure anymore, He was a Satanist, But his views have changed in the last few months, Ever since my Sister got Pregnant he has been acting less "satanic" and more like a plain old Atheist.

I haven't told my mom that I'm an Atheist yet, she thinks I'm still a Wiccan.
I really don't want to tell her that I'm an Atheist because she doesn't trust them (My dad has a religion "Satanism" and she knows that Satanists don't really worship Satan)
She's always talking bad about us, so for now my choice is my secret.

Answer 5

I had Catholic parents and when I was in grammar school, I reached a point where I had to begin religious instruction. I hated it. All they made you do was memorize the answers to these crazy questions. They use to tell us that the Catholic religion is the only true religion. I use to wonder if the Jews, Hindus, Protestants etc. were telling their children the same thing. One day, a little girl in the front asked "If God said Thou Shalt Not Kill, why do we have armies that kill people?" The answer was something like - If you have to kill to save your country, then its OK. That was when I began to doubt my religion. Later in life i observed members of my family praying to god in order to make someone well again. It didn't work. They died anyway. So i had too many negative experiences with religion and today I am glad to not be apart of any of them. I can see everything clearly and I accept advances in science without prejudice. I have watched evangelicals on TV and I am amazed at how people can believe in it.

Originally my mother could not understand it but later on she went silent on the subject. If you asked my Father what religion he was, he would say Catholic. but you would never find him in a church, not even on Xmas.

Answer 6

Both of my parents are in the Church of Christ. My Mother is very active, my Father just goes along. I became an atheist at 13, never joined the church. After reading the Bible and studying other religions, I concluded it's all just superstition.

They were disappointed, but figured I would grow out of it. They are OK with it now. I'm in my mid-40's.

Answer 7

No; neither of them; nor were any of my grandparents.
Then again Parents and G'parents were all from Holland so they were all very free of all that silly superstitious stuff.

I think it's only really USians and those Catholics south of the border in Mexico and South of that, that really carry the Xian flag in a majority sorta way.
Most of Europe has just about got over that whole InvisibleSkyGuy thingy, thank god. :)

Answer 8

My parents were both Catholic. I turned out agnostic. Thus they weren't a total failure. I still believe in something, just not their God. They don't see it the same way I do so we don't talk about religion and I always go to my husband's parent's house on religious holidays and visit them the day after. It's a crafty way to avoid the torments of mass.

Answer 9

Many atheist become atheist because of parents who claim to be Christian but live something else.
Who would want to be like that? a double life, holy at church and beating your wife and kids at home after a good drunk.

Sad, but true.

Atheist, those of you who have had this experience, my heart is sad for you. If you will forgive those who have hurt you, you can begin living a full life again.
Start tonight. Those you hate are still controlling you, you will never be free of those you hate until you forgive them.

I love you in Jesus name.

Answer 10

No, but I have an uncle that was Atheist for 50 years and turned Christian.

He has always been my most favorite person. He is a living example that I followed.

He didn't change at all.

My kids absolutely adore him.

The only thing that changed is his religious belief.

His personality hasn't changed, and he looks exactly like he did when he was an Atheist.

When he walks down the street, no one would even know.

Good question. Thanks.

Answer 11

My parents aren't Christian, but my Grandparents are, and I see a lot of them.

They are very uncomfortable speaking with me about religion, and you can see the awkwardness in their faces when it's thanksigiving or something and they are saying grace.

They always just give me cold stares when we are in a church for a wedding/funeral. They are not direct about it, but you can tell that they are definetely upset that I am atheist and took after my parents.