Where you born into your religion/non-religion?

Question

Did you accept what your parents already believed or did you soul-search or study?

Answer 1

My parents are agnostic or perhaps atheists, I am atheist.

I am not an atheist because they told me to be however, so yes i to search and find it anyway.

Answer 2

I was Born Into A Methodist Family. When My Parents Split and Remarried, Mom Married A Catholic And Dad Married A Strict Independent Baptist. So I Was A Bit Confused and Had To Do Some Soul Searching. I Am A Member Of And Attend Regularly An American Baptist Church and I'm Married To A Catholic Man. Our Son Is Being Raised Baptist.

Answer 3

I was indoctrinated into the Roman Catholic Faith at birth. My parents were just trying to do what was best for us children.

It took years of soul-search (if I can use that term), and studying, before I realized and accepted my non-belief in god/gods and anything supernatural.

But that took years. But I am no longer part of religion I as born into.

Answer 4

I was born into a Christian family.
I have studied the bible , and other religious books.
I am 100% convinced that the bible is NOT the word of God.
I am no longer a christian, and I feel that they have been deceived for a very long time.


Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

Answer 5

I was born into my religion and believed in my religion for many years.

However about 10 years ago I began to have doubts and after a lot of soul-searching I am now an Atheist.

Answer 6

I believe you start off by learning from your parents and bible school teachers early one, which is accepting what they say. Then as you grow older you do soul searching yourself and study. When you are older you understand the Bible because of that foundation instilled in you during your youth days. You build on what you know and what is in you and strengthen it with study

Answer 7

my mother was a secular Jew and my dad was a non-practicing Catholic. My brother and I were raised always knowing that we were Jewish but we weren't taken to synagogue and barely knew about the holidays. My daughters were raised with a little more knowledge of our religion and finally, now that there are grandchildren, we have ALL joined a synagogue. So yes, I'm still the religion I was born to, but even better, I understand why much more now.

Answer 8

I was born into my religion, but my faith in God was a Gift. I was baptized Roman Catholic as an infant, and have always even as a child excepted my religion and felt close to my faith. As far back as I can remember I have always loved my church and teachings. I have never had to leave my church to seek else where, I have always felt at home in my Religion.
Today I am 57 years old and I have never looked back and wondered if I am in the right religion. I know that for me, being Catholic is the Right religion for me. It has everything I need for my life, my family and my children... the Teachings of Jesus Christ and of His Church on Earth.

Answer 9

I was taken to church when I very young, but my parents weren't religious. I was able to choose after the age of 8 what church I wanted to go to...or not. I would say that I had a very long journey of soul-searching before getting to this point.

atheist

Answer 10

I was baptized Lutheran. At the age of 5, my parents let me choose if I wanted to go to church or not, but I didn't like any of the churches we had gone to (they'd taken me to different services, including Catholic) so I said I didn't want to go anymore. Since then, I've always described myself as atheist. Three years ago, I met a Shia Muslim man who began to teach me (slowly, and at my request) about Islam. He was always hesitant to teach me because he was afraid he'd be seen as attempting to convert me. Even though he married someone else two weeks ago, I am still continuing my exploration of Islam and am considering possibly reverting, once I am sure my decision is from the heart.

(By the way, my father has started going to Greek Orthodox church because his girlfriend is Greek, my mother is a born-again Christian - she was a lapsed Catholic before marrying my father - and my sister converted to Catholicism when she got married. We really seem to move through the faiths in my family!)

Answer 11

Technically, I was born into a non-religious family, as everyone just had labels for themselves (i.e. Catholic,) but no one really did anything about it (like go to church.) When I was a young child, one of my parents decided to go back to the LDS church, and I went along. I stuck with that, then explored other Christian churches, and finally ended up the way I was born....non religious. I now call myself Agnostic.