2007-08-31 15:47:19 · 20 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I'm 25, was raised Southern Baptist, and am now a Unitarian. My current ties include shaking my head sadly whenever my family attempts to see who can seem more self-righteous than each other and occasionally being guilt tripped into attending a mother's day service at my grandmother's church.
My beliefs are very different than the ones I was given as a child and many of them are my own. I came to them because I was never accepted or welcome in the faith of my family as I am. It was always about denying and suppressing parts of myself that did not fit with their perceptions and I could only do that for so long.
Peace,
Jenn
2007-08-31 15:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by jenn_smithson 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My current ties to my childhood religion are quite weak because when I turned twelve I realized just how hypocritical the church is and I came to believe that God, if he exists, is quite an evil entity. Not that I am pessimistic, I actually have a wonderful life--just from what I gather from the Bible with the floods, killing of the first born son, original sin, and whatnot.
I am sixteen years old.
2007-08-31 16:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by [192882] 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my case my mother was Jewish of Dutch and German descent, my father was of Spanish and Irish descent. And there is some pirate way back there too.
So as far as your question goes, I was brought up with a choice, early on I chose Jewish because I identifed more that way, as did two of my brothers. The older two chose debauchery, and they were really quite succesful at it.
To this day and forever, there will always be something about that choice that affects some aspect of my daily life but I rarely take the time to go to temple.
2007-08-31 16:08:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My childhood faith was Spiritualism. I became Christian in my teens due to a teacher who took advantage of my parents' death to "lead me to Christ (manipulated me well). I changed from a fairly evangelical church to a mainstream one in my 20s. My partner is Wiccan. ... We do go to Lilydale sometimes, but I am not as close to my childhood faith as I would prefer. I found much greater peace and happiness in Spiritualism than I ever have in Christianity. Nevertheless, that is where I am now -- although I sometimes attend circle with Jonathan as well.
I think that the conversion ethics of the Christians and Muslims is the most destructive thing in the world -- btw. Leave people alone -- you think you are helping, but all you are doing is harm.
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Reyn
believeinyou24@yahoo.com
2007-08-31 15:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in an Assemblies of God (Pentecostal) church.
I am 22 years old, and I do not think I could stomach such a spectacle again, with people: praying in tongues, receiving words of knowledge, waiving sequined flags, running laps around the sanctuary, convulsing, and being slain in the Spirit. I still consider myself a Christian, but I do not ascribe to the teachings or beliefs of any certain denomination.
2007-08-31 16:10:32 · answer #5 · answered by appalachianlimbo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
26 yo. I have a respect for it, but it is not my choice set of beliefs. I feel that I would not be accepted by my childhood church, Methodist, unless I went to a Gay/Lesbian sect of it. My real reasons for losing respect for church, not necessarily minimized to a particular type, were founded long before I came out. To quote Marx "Religion is the opiate of the masses." I am religious but do not believe in organized religion the way it is practiced today.
2007-08-31 16:11:10 · answer #6 · answered by fastfinal137 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have as much respect for it as any other religion, but a deep fear of churches. I was terrified of them as a child...preaching hellfire and damnation can do that, you know? I do not respect any of the ones who have the goal of judging and converting you...if there is a god, that is his job. As far as ties go...I dont really have any anymore, and I am only glad for it. I am now 20, and cannot really give a good age for when I disconnected from christianity...because it always scared me, and I always questioned it, I dont think you can say I was part of that religion save for my parents sake.
2007-08-31 15:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptised Catholic - my family is part of the 'auld alliance' in Scotland where the Catholic traditions die hard - but never particularly religious. I'm an atheist now - mostly because religion makes no sense at all and I have been for years. I'm 22.
2007-08-31 15:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by chris m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Muslim. I was raised in a household with a Sunni Mother and Shite Father. So I have been exposed to both the sects. Personally I don't consider my self to belong to either sect. I am 21 now. I am a practicing Muslim.
2007-08-31 16:03:10 · answer #9 · answered by S I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I was raised as a Methodist. When I was a child I tried very strongly to believe in God. I tried to do what the Bible says. As I grew however I found it exceedingly difficult to believe in an entity that would create humanity just to test them. It seems counterproductive to me. Also requiring worship seems narcissistic. I am currently non-religious.
On a side note I still read the Bible. I feel it has very useful lessons in it. I just don't believe in the deity.
2007-08-31 15:54:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋