Do you still align with the religion you grew up with?

[Woman1]

People who grew up in religious house holds or were apart of religious communities, do you still align with the religion you were brought up in? I would love to hear your opinions as posts!

Yes

No

Only partially

Other (if you choose this option I would love to hear what this means to you if you are comfortable sharing)

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I just realize that I did not add an option for people who did not grow up in religion! Please feel free to skip or share any opinions you may have regarding the topic. Stay respectful and answer honestly to the best of your ability!

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+1 y

I am glad to hear that you are able to have a positive outlook on such a horrible experience. If I ever meet those guys I’ll give them a beating that they’ll regret.

[Saph765]

Kinda? I grew up non-denominational Christian and the church I went to stopped preaching the Bible and started preaching politics, which kinda put me off cause I was raised being told that the Bible is the word of God, not the preacher. So this confused me. I started reading the Bible for myself and researching and connecting things to the Hebrew Bible (original Old Testament) and finding out my own truths. I’m still learning but I refuse to go to church again. Also a lot of lawsuits are coming out about churches and minors so..

[Mamaganja]

I grew up with like 6 different religions and we were Jehovah’s witnesses around the holidays. Needless to say, as an adult, I am very anti religion but pro spirituality. I do still believe in a creator. Do I know or claim to know who it is? No. For all I know it was a random spec that created all of this. Either way, I’m grateful for it.

[IDontBelieveIt]

Because what was prophesied would happen in the future has slowly been happening.
its up to the individual to check for themselves all the things such as lovers of money, lovers of themselves (selfishness), won't know the seasons - in UK we go from winter straight to summer no spring now just extremities. etc.
All the people that say the world will end on such a date don't know the bible. It basically says you will not know when, reason because if people knew the day and time they could be really bad up until just before.

[N192K001]

I grew-up in in a predominantly-Catholic country with parents who converted to Protestantism.

As in individual, I saw inconsistencies in the Protestant & Catholic practices with the (generally considered "Jewish") commandments of Scripture, and discovered Messianic Judaism. (Since I'm not a Jew, I don't call myself a Messianic Jew, but just a Messianic.)

My faith is basically the same. It's just the cultural flavor/tradition to practice that is different.

[Minx7282]

I still very much in it. I have challenged a lot of the values my parents engraved into me along with other leaders. Particularly around fear and I found that a lot of people use the gospel to manipulate people to their own opinions once taken out of context. So I pull people up on the BS. I still very much have a relationship with Jesus and I'm not ashamed to say either. God bless

[TsundereMatrix]

I grew up Catholic with my mom and sister. My dad is Protestant. When I was younger we went to church pretty much every Sunday (except my dad) but as I got older, my parents found it to be more of a hassle. My dad is a farmer and he needed our help on the farm so we kind of stopped going to church but only went on Christmas Eve or Easter. We more so drifted away from church life but haven’t lost our faith.

[DJB72]

I grew up going to church. My dad was a Christian. His parents too.

My faith has changed over the years. I'm definitely a Christian, but I wouldn't "fit" in that congregation any more.

I don't know how to describe my beliefs since Drumpf and his cohorts got control. I used to say I was a charismatic conservative, but both those words have been twisted so much over the last few years that they no longer describe my beliefs.

[candleteabrunch]

I grew up catholic. Would prefer to be church of england. I spent some time at a local church for a few months a while ago. A shame i never converted. Oh well. Maybe someday. I much prefer church of england. Its like catholic but protestant and ignores the pope. The queen or king is supreme governor, not the pope, and hence i would love and for other reasons to become church of england as my religion :)

[RXbbrt]

Who cares about religion as long as you love our king & redeemer Yeshua & Our father Yahweh with all your mind body heart & soul along with building a deeper relationship with our Elohim & expanding your faith in him also trying your best to follow his commandments & do his will then it doesn’t really matter what religion your indulging in.

[musicbrain5]

I was raised in an Orthodox Christian household, but even then my parents were not hugely devout Christians. It was more because of cultural tradition than anything else. We did attend church, etc, but I stopped going to church at about 13-14, and haven’t gone back since then. My husband was also raised in Orthodox Christianity, far more strictly than I was, but he no longer adheres to it either and hasn’t for many years.

[slatyb]

Not at all. I was taken to Sunday School (some Baptist denomination) but I never really believed. as a child I quickly realized that most people were full of nonsense and misconceptions, so I didn't believe anything I was told without verification. By 12 Christianity was just another fairy tale to me. At 13 I stopped going. No regrets, no second thoughts.

[AdithyaR]

I grew up in a hindu household but I've been atheist for about 7 years.
I picked up an interest in astronomy as a kid which branched into astrophysics and cosmology and started reading books by Hawking, deGrasse Tyson and Kaku. Their ideas of the universe just made more sense to me than what religion told me and the idea of God seemed weird to me for a long time.
Plus I see a lot of messed up stuff people do in the name of religion and it just irks me.

[BCRanger10]

Maybe? I was raised Catholic, but a few years ago, I started practicing the faith and culture of the Church from before the Second Vatican Council. A lot of big differences.

[Leavesbound]

No. My mother attempted to raise me as Roman Catholic and I was fine with that right up to when I was ten and two Roman Catholic priests took turns sodomizing me.

[JesseJayNeak]

To this day
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[OlderAndWiser]

I grew up in one Protestant denomination and now attend a church of a different Protestant denomination.

[IAMNathanael]

Yes I still do. Sometimes I think I'm slipping away but in my core I can never not believe it.

[Account]

My parents are not religious and I am not religious either

[Sonorous]

Was born into christianity. I'm now an agnostic that's only atheist when confronted with religion.

[TheUniqueOne96]

No, I re-interpreted it, before leaving it altogether.

[ThePolishKnight37]

I was raised a Catholic and I am now an Orthodox Christian.

[genericname85]

no. i'm an atheist now. though to be fair my family was never "particularly" religious to begin with.

[EnglishEuropean]

I don't subscribe to any particular religion, but when I see today's youth struggling without any moral compass religion begins to make some kind of sense.

[exitseven]

I did not grow up in a religious household. I was baptized but never had any religious background.