Did you change your religious views during your life?

[cheese_wizington]

What I'm asking is, have your religious views differed from your families as you grew up?

For me, my family are all protestants but I'm a non-religious person. I've been baptized, confirmed, and even took part in my churches Christmas plays. I started to ponder Christianity while in the process of confirmation; when our first assignment was to read the book of Genesis. When I was finished with it I just kinda said; no, that doesn't seem right to me. I had to go through the entirety of my confirmation and still have to go to church. Since where I live people who don't believe in god are thought of as "rebels." And usually are outcasts that no one talks to.

Lastly, I don't want this to turn into a flame war. If you are just going to argue, then don't even post. I personally don't care if you grew up in a family of hardcore atheists and converted to Catholicism. I want this topic to be friendly discussion, not insults.

 

[Aqualung]

I never really... changed mine, I sort of grew up never thinking about what I believed in. Then as I grew older, it sort of developed itself. And it still is growing.

 

[Sassafrass]

No, as we are all atheists. By we I mean my family.

 

[JRCB]

I am not religious. I was brought up in a relaxed (religiously) family, but we did go to church every Sunday. I was turned off from religion because of how I thought about it, and the fact that some of the people there were freakin' nuts. I got kicked out of Sunday school for mentioning evolution. One of the people told my mother she was going to hell. Frankly, the idea of religion doesn't make much sense to me, either.

 

[stone0042]

I was raised Roman Catholic, and I'm making my confirmation in two weeks, so no.

 

[Anacortian]

With the exception of my apostate mother, no. My religion remains that of my immediate family. There are small differences, but none of it is too major. I spent a short span in my youth questioning, but I got tired of always being countered with good arguments. I would describe myself now as a converted cradle Catholic, but experience has shown me that most adult cradle Catholic are.

 

[AWC Viper]

nope.. although i was forced to go to church until i was banned a year ago. (i yelled at the band to play freebird)

 

[Flying-Emu]

No, as we are all atheists.

I'm assuming you are using "we" to refer to your multiple personalities and not the community of the Escapist at large.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

I'm not part of a religon but im not an atheist, I beleive there is something out there bigger than myself but i really don't beleive any religon is right or wrong.

 

[Lunar Shadow]

I was also in a very religiously relaxed family and identified as Christian until aroun d 13 and began to really thinkk about it. That was around the time I became an atheist. I remained that wway until I was 17 and started to llearn about Buddhism out of sheer academiccuriosity and found that it flt "right" and now I am a Zen Buddhist.

 

[Sassafrass]

No, as we are all atheists.

I'm assuming you are using "we" to refer to your multiple personalities and not the community of the Escapist at large.

I meant we as in family. My alter ego, the psycho one, he's pure Satanist.

 

[bodyklok]

I don't think I could ever be described as a Christian, but I'd say I used to believe in God, I even used to talk to him sometimes. In my head of course.

Now though, well yes I've changed my views quite a bit.

 

[Sonicron]

Well, my dad wanted nothing to do with any religion, but my mom (and I guess my grandparents, too) raised me a catholic. Eventually going to church every Sunday became an irritating chore for me, so I stopped, and while saying I don't believe in God would be a blatant lie I'm definitely not on the best of terms with him due to various reasons. Now I only go to church for special occasions (wedding, funeral etc), and maybe Christmas and/or Easter if I feel like it.

 

[RebelRising]

I was raised in a very relaxed religious house by my mother, who took me to church every Easter and Christmas, and Sunday School. She put me in a Christian Preparatory school, where I remain to this day. The actual religion never registered with me; it was just boring, and I never understood that we were eating the blood and body of a 2,000 year-old Jew.

It was there that I actually started to doubt religion and moved more and more away from it, because of my exposure to some serious literalists, as well as people who didn't believe in evolution, and looked down on homosexuality. I became pretty much an atheist, very much disapproving of both religion and the idea of an omniscient, supernatural being.

In the last year or so, I have refined into something along the lines of an agnostic. I still disapprove of organized religion, but I'm open to the concept of God being neither provable nor disprovable. I'm more accepting of varying degrees of faith, and am open to the existence of God, though I naturally tend towards the more reasonable, scientific logic.

 

[azurawolf]

I was raised Christian. Not strict Christian but I was taken to church and taught about God and everything.
During my Sophomore year in high school, I was a big Christian. Eventually though I just grew out of it and decided it wasn't for me.

 

[Kiefer13]

Nope. I've been an atheist as far back as I can remember. Neither of my parents are religious, so I never got any religious beliefs pressed on me by them. Oh, my primary school tried, with their mandatory assemblies with hymns and prayers. But they failed.

[small]Thank God.[/small]

 

[Dr. Gorgenflex]

Well I was raised United (which is basically Christian in it's least christian form) but I think it was the seventh grade when I was agnostic, and by the 8th grade I was speading the word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Atheist).

 

[JRCB]

I'm not part of a religon but im not an atheist, I beleive there is something out there bigger than myself but i really don't beleive any religon is right or wrong.

I think that's being agnostic.

 

[soren7550]

I'm of Jewish decent, was baptized Lutheran, raised Christian, and grew up w/ Hindus & Muslims. Now I'm Atheist.

Weird, huh?