Born a christian (protestant), was an atheist for a while, now a christian again.
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Born a christian (protestant), was an atheist for a while, now a christian again.
Born into several conflicting religions:
my parents are both athiests.
My maternal grandfather is Jehovah's Witness/Ojibway (native American religion).
My maternal grandmother is Presbyterian.
My paternal grandparents are Christian.
I'm Ojibway, Irish, English and French by heritage.
In fact earlier I belonged to a particular religion and now I feel I am hooked to universalism.
well, interesting really... ethnically/relgiously I was born in a mixed marriage-- my dad being Muslim my mom being Russian Orthodox (Serb)... I grew up in a somewhat Communist household (I did not know who Jesus was until I was 8 or so, and before then I don't think I even knew what/who God was/is)... later, I started going to a Christian church in the states, up until I was 15 years old, at which point I decided to say "f*ck it, there is no God," and my life was so much better since that point.
Now I would say I am an agnostic (though I do not like classifications much.. but I suppose I could say that I doubt, that I am skeptical, that I believe in LOVE above all else, and that if there is one thing I am certain of, it is that we can never be certain of anything)
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ha born into a family with no religion.
Granparents were C of E, catholic and protestant but it made no difference.
Not baptised and absolutely no plans of ever joining or condoning any religion in the future. So put me in the atheist pile x
I was born a refugee and when we first came to Australia it was the Seventh-Day Adventist church that helped us settle down here.
Over time, my family became more and more secular, so I guess my upbringing was worldly?
Then, when I was 17 I went back to the SDA church (on my own, my family is still non-religious) out of thankfulness for what they provided for my family when I was still an infant, even if I do not agree with all of their doctrines.
Born with no religion, though given a Biblical name (in conjunction with my elder brother's), yet we attended Sunday Masses. My parents later baptized me as a Catholic at age 6, and we continued attending Masses, until I began developing my ideas related to skepticism; I have not gone to church since age 11 or 12. Now, I have ended up where I began, with no religion, yet still have a Biblical name. :p
My parents deliberatly tried to find a non-religious name for me, thus naming me after a celtic queen (All these inate expectations to live up to!) Later, they realised that two streets from their house was St. Sunniva's school. :)
That aside. I was brought up to understand and respect all religions, we read the bible around easter, read the koran for Eid, read buddisht scriptures while visiting the Borobudur, and told tales of hinduism. Both my parents were baptized, but neither is religious.
Buddhist.
Atheist.
The religion that my mind has mostly in common with (during my life experience) is Buddhism, although I am not physically close to Buddhists.
I grew up Catholic-raised, but have broken away from that. These days I'm somewhere between agnostic and buddhist.
Brought up Methodist, now Atheist, of Jewish and Gypsy descent.
I grew up worshiping Sunday afternoon football (NFL), a religion around these parts. While I still maintain a certain reverence for this faith, I'm not as intense about it as I was in my younger days. But on those rare moments when faith aligns with circumstance, I can open a ceremonial beverage and raise it on high near my cushioned pew from whence I participate in this particular kind of worship from afar, as, alas, my sermon still arrives live via satellite.
No pilgrimage on the cards yet then?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
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Born with both my parents being agnostic. I now consider myself an atheist.
My dad was raised Hindu. My grandpa on my mom's side was raised Jewish and my grandmother on my mom's side was raised Catholic but both considered themselves atheists when raising my mom.