Do you retain the beliefs/religion you were born into?

My family is prominently Christian, though they never really projected it onto me. I went to a Baptist church with my friends out of boredom on Sundays, though I never really bought into it. I did find Lucifer to be an interesting figure though, but I'm not sure what that exactly says about me.

These days, I wouldn't really say I still retain much of anything I was brought into, since I was given the freedom to find my own way.

 

Tbh i was born catholic but i completely disagree with the bible, the morals ,commandments and worship of this almighty guy itself o whaleee

 

My family doesn't practice any faith. But my parents have always entertained the idea of practicing Christianity, mainly because they think Christians are peaceful and loving. When I tell mum I find it hard to believe in the Bible god, she just says "Why don't you just try to believe it?" in a tone that says "Why don't you try on that shirt?"

Oh mum

 

I was brought up in a Christian household, through journeys and life experience, I now identify as a BuJu - Budhist Jew. All good here

 

My family are Catholics. Honestly, I haven't put much thought into religion-related issues... I feel like I believe in God, but I don't consider myself to be a Catholic, if that makes any sense.

 

They tried to raise me Christian.

They tried hard.


It didn't stick.

 

Yes... there are a lot of fascinating things in Buddhism and its emphasis on harmony is something I try to uphold in my daily life.

 

I was raised Wiccan (Witch) and I'm still practicing so for me.... YES!

Blessed Be!

 

Hard to say. Both sides of my family are Christian but two different kinds.
My mom's family, for the most part, believes in god but don't go to church nor speak of religion. My dad's family was exteremly baptist though. They believed in openly supporting gay marriage, but behind closed doors it was a sin that would shame the family if anyo e ever came out.

I was raised mostly by my dad's family, but interestingly enough me and my siblings aren't really religious. My eldist brother is into a pagan/wiccan/Christianity mixture. My second brother is agnostic, and I belieb in past lives and spirits but do not believe in religion or god per say.

So I guess, no I did not stay to the faith of the family.
I decided Christianity was a bad thing when I was five and listen to stories in Sunday school.

 

I suppose you could say so.

My father is a Deist and my mother is simply irreligious.

I lean more toward simply being irreligious, though much more irreverent than my mother. At the same time I do occasionally have some Deistic tendencies - though I prefer to frame my agnosticism in a pantheistic way.

 

I was born into a catholic family. My parents both come from catholic backgrounds, but both of them are the exception in their own families in the respect that they are more open minded. My dad doesn't care at all what my religious beliefs are, and my mom doesn't either, as long as I have some sort of spirituality.

I personally don't know where I stand. I don't identify as a Catholic, but I do think that the upbringing will always stay with me in a way and has shaped the person I am today.

For me, religion does not conflict with how I identify. I've never felt that my sexuality was wrong or immoral. My extended family however, has much different views on this. One of my aunts actually has a very close friend who is a lesbian, yet she says that she "doesn't support the gay lifestyle". I have a really hard time understanding how she can care for her friend, yet not want her friend to ever be with someone.

The Catholic church's views on lgbt issues is a huge point of contention for me, and is one of the reasons I do not consider myself a catholic. However, even with these issues aside, there are other things I disagree with the church about, and these are reason enough for me to question my religion.

 

I was born muslim, and practically brought up with that. But when we moved to canada, my mom had a lot of christian friends who invited us to church. my dad didn't like this at first, but that's a different story. He seems more okay with it now though. He used to hate christians a lot, but not as much no more. Anyways, alot of relatives from my mom's side are christian. So i kinda grew up with both faiths: sunni islam, and protestant christianity. I became pretty well versed in both the quran and the bible, but more the bible because it's much less boring, but these days, i'm more interested in the quran, mostly cause i'm trying to learn arabic.

I grew up confused about religion, really. To this day, i don't know what to beleieve, but it's definately not islam or christianity. I just don't like them. Not that i think "God is evil" (or some other anti-religion statement that's rarely backed up with hard evidence, that can't be easily refuted by looking at a commentary, but i digress.) they just don't seem right for me.
I'm more in touch with judaism and paganism, and some atheist philosophy, but not all atheist philosophy, i disagree that you can prove god doesn't exist entirely. But that's another story for another time.

So no, not really, i don't fully practice the religion i was born, i don't believe in that veraion of god taught in islam or christianity.

 

I was raised Protestant despite my mum disliking organised religion and my dad being agnostic. I went to Sunday school and youth clubs, that kind of thing, as a kid but I stopped believing it when I was about 12 years old. I think my interest in various ancient mythologies such as Greek and Norse may have had something to do with that. I'm an atheist now.

As for how being queer has affected my beliefs, it didnt. I didn't realise I'm into girls until I was 15 so all my atheism did was prevent me from getting offended when people say I'm going to Hell, and I also didnt need to struggle with thinking that it's wrong, the way I know many (not all, but many) religious LGBTQ people do.

 

I don't know what it means to be "born into a religion". I was born into a world that contains many religions. I don't adhere to any of them, but rather have found my own, very edifying spiritual path.

My personal belief is that religion interferes too much with spirituality. It can work for some; but it cannot work for someone like me.

 

I was baptised but neither myself or my family are religious.

 

Well, I have a Protestant dad and an agnostic/Jewish mom. I have some beliefs from all of those. I agree with some of the commandments, and I'm agnostic (closer to atheist).

 

Sorta. My mom and stepdad are Baptist, which I stopped being once I realized I was gay. I still consider myself a Christian, just a nondenominational one.

 

I was raised a Christian and stayed that way for about 10 years but a mix of being gay and discovering other things stopped me being religious.

 

I'm born into a Hindu family but neither of my parents are particularly religious although my grandparents are so it wasnt often forced on me. I'm an atheist though.

 

Nope