How much of your spiritual beliefs came from your parents?

Question

Mmmmm, theological inheritance.

Answer 1

All of them.

But I grew up.

In the process, I also discarded that silly thing about "if you cross your eyes they're gonna stick like that."

Answer 2

My parents are Catholic and so am I. They had me baptized and confirmed. Went to Catholic school for 8 years. But I had many questions and doubts because my father was (is) a hypocrit. And religion was not talked about in the home. We just went to Sunday mass and said grace before eating (but not at breakfast). So I wondered about other faiths and customs. I flunked religion class my senior year because I refused to read the Bible. I didn't know if it really was God's word or a group of men wrote it to see if people would believe and follow it.

I left the Church for about 15 yrs and read about other faiths. About 4 yrs ago I encountered God on a very personal level. He saved my life when I tried suicide. I am still a Catholic and have been studying the Church and Bible ever since. I am a Catholic now becuz I want to be. Not becuz my parents are. They still just go to mass and say grace.

Answer 3

Most of the basic ones which are intrinsic in all religions, such as "do unto others" and the creation story etc, came from attending chuch with my mother when I was little. As I grew up I read about and met people of many denominations and learned more. I attended a Catholic university and seriously considered conversion. As for my adult beliefs they lean more towards catholicism with ecclectic elements of other beliefs. So I'm born and raised Christian with tremendous respect for other faiths.

Answer 4

None, anymore. Both my parents come from Catholic families and while they dont go to church anymore they still believe in the Christian God.

Over the last ten years I have been questioning the beliefs I was raised with and now I am pretty much convinced of atheism and practice Buddhist meditations.

Answer 5

I learn as I go along the way, through experiences, I am always changing in some way, when I seek and find new findings. And what I ascertain through the years is that seriously I don't need to be in a religion to find, know and speak- communicate with God. The only religion I seriously consider to be true is God -Jesus Christ Himself.
I have found although some of what my parents believed was true judging by my own experiences and findings of course.

Answer 6

Knowledge came from my parents. This knowledge continued until I grew up and learned how to go after knowledge myself.

faith was simply my forte

as Ive a brother who has received the same kind of education from my parents but he chooses to be an extremely neutral person, and he doesnt emphasize religious practice at all.

For example: my parents taught me that God is one. This makes a lot of sense for me. Oneness teaches me that God would not manifest Himself in flesh. He is too great for such a thing. Thus I can educate myself about other religions and realize that they have faults. Islam, doesnt.

Answer 7

NONE.I grew up in a non-Christian home with a mom who use to date married men.My father even was married to another.
I became bornagain at age 23 and base ALL my beliefs on the bible.
http://www.needGod.com

Answer 8

1%

Answer 9

My spiritual beliefs came when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior about 2 months ago!

Answer 10

Kinda but only in a non-sprititual way. Both were Micro-biologists, I'm Pagan.

Respect & understanding the planet is key to both.

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