i hear some people saying you get mroe religious the older you get, and some saying you get less.?

Question

what do you think?

how old are you and what's your religion?

Answer 1

I have believed in God as long as I can remember. I was taken to church as a child and believed that Jesus was the son of God, but that was really just about all I knew.

I didn't become born again until someone brought me to a good bible teaching church and I began to study the bible for myself. That was about 12 years ago.

I'm now 56.

Answer 2

I suppose it depends on your point of view. I've always been religious, I just dont belong to an organized religion anymore.
I was raised Catholic, which included 12 years of Catholic school. I actually began doubting some of their precepts when I was very young. In the past few years, I've started going to a Christian church, but what I like about it is, they dont push religion down your throat. I'll be 70 years old in January and it is my belief that we know right from wrong and it's our individual responsibilty to treat everyone the way we would like to be treated. I know that sounds simplisitc, but in my world, I think we can over analyze too many things. Life can be simple if you let it. That's where I am right now.

Answer 3

I've been 29 for the better part of three decades and I'm an Atheist. I don't think you can make any blanket statements. For some people, religion becomes more important and for others it becomes less. Some people become less religious when it comes to belief and more religious when it comes to church because the church becomes a big part of their community life. Others experience the opposite. You might find that the truly old, those who are near death, revert to their childhood beliefs but, beyond that, I don't think you'd seen any clear trends.

Answer 4

I was raised christian, and went through an "evangelical" period in my early teens. Then, the more I learned about everything, world religions, science, etc, the more I doubted religion, and by the time I was 20 I would say I was an atheist. Now I am near 30 and fully embracing my atheism. I would say for me, growing up and getting older has been a process of "losing my religion".

Answer 5

I'm 30 and a liberal Christian.

As you get older your values and sensation of order in the universe both get stronger. During that same time you become more and more laid back and less worried about legalistic tenets of religion, more aware that we are limited and that the imperfect traditions and practices and stories we have inherited may not be rational gems but they succeed at forming a loving community and connecting each of us to God. Thus, you become more a person of faith and experience and less a person of easy answers and legalism.

That's what I see in many people, anyway, and in myself though I am already a full blown pluralist and mystic.

Answer 6

I've read that with a lot of people it inverts. That if you are super-religious when you're young that you tend to become less and less religious when you grow older, and if you were not at all religious as a young person, you become more so as you get older.

That doesn't bear out for me. I might have been more conservative in my beliefs, but that was only childish immaturity. I'm now a proud foam-at-the-mouth liberal Christian.

But it's true for my sister. She made endless fun of me for being "religious" as a kid, and she was a party animal. Now, she would rival Bill O'Reilly for idiotically conservative opinions and tight-lipped piety.

Go figure.

Answer 7

It is a general statement about growing up... Typically, people get less religious as they age, but then, around age 70, they turn back towards religion. Fear of dying does that.

Soon to be 36 and an atheist.

Answer 8

I think it all depends with the person. When I went to college I started to think really critically about what I believed and why I believed it. This happens with a lot of people. Some abandon religion all together, others just look at their religion in a different light.

24, Christian

Answer 9

It can go either way. Once you get old enough, you get tired of seeking and second-guessing yourself and make a decision.

I'm 54 and grew up very Catholic, but sometime in my late 20s I began to develop BS detectors and they've only gotten stronger with age. Now I'm a radical agnostic. I keep the door open a crack for "God", but I know it's not the one they picture on the front of the box. I consider religion a usefuil motivator for the unimaginative, but there's nothing literal about it.

Answer 10

I think it depends on the person. My brother has gotten more religious to the point where he is now a fundie and I've always been less religious and am an atheist. We have the the same genes but I've always been the more independent between the two of us.

I'm 38 and atheist.

Answer 11

I don't think it's possible to draw any valid conclusions from so small a sampling. ...and personal testimonials are the least reliable form of evidence.

I'm sixty and an atheist. My religiosity has essentially been a lifelong fear and loathing of Christians, which has slowly diminished as I've aged. I'm so relaxed about Christians these days, I've even unloaded my shotgun, though I still do keep a box of buckshot handy.