Teaching Faith (evolve, attend, mission, church, experience)

[kmkemp]

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment. If our parents/peers were one religion (or lack thereof), we tend to follow suit. I have always thought that it takes strong belief to defy what you have been brought up to believe, particularly when that belief will cause you some amount of grief from your family/close friends.

Do you think that belief is primarily through teaching? If not, do you not make the same observation that families and close friends tend to believe similarly? If so, how do you explain it?

edit: meant to make this a poll, can I get that changed?

question: Do you, personally, hold the same faith as the household that you grew up in (or very similar)?

1) yes
2) no
3) my family had no single belief

[Bishka]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

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question: Do you, personally, hold the same faith as the household that you grew up in (or very similar)?

Yes, both my husband and I come from LDS families. My husband's line goes back to the beginnings of the LDS Church, while my mother was a convert to the LDS Church and my great-grandfather on my fathers side converted.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment. If our parents/peers were one religion (or lack thereof), we tend to follow suit. I have always thought that it takes strong belief to defy what you have been brought up to believe, particularly when that belief will cause you some amount of grief from your family/close friends.

Do you think that belief is primarily though teaching? If not, do you not make the same observation that families and close friends tend to belief similarly? If so, how do you explain it?

edit: meant to make this a poll, can I get that changed?

question: Do you, personally, hold the same faith as the household that you grew up in (or very similar)?

1) yes
2) no
3) my family had no single belief

No, I do not. My family are all non-theistic humanists. I'd say my upbringing was a sure way for me to be liberal and non-theistic. I'm neither and my family is ok with it, but they have their moments where they crack their catholic jokes along with all the mantra of jokes thrown at people of faith and who aren't liberal.

Personally, I really believe that people's character, psychological state, biases, experiences, presuppositions, etc. (in short: self + experiences + how you interpret it = your political leaning and whether you will be faith based) will determine your world view on so many issues.

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment. If our parents/peers were one religion (or lack thereof), we tend to follow suit. I have always thought that it takes strong belief to defy what you have been brought up to believe, particularly when that belief will cause you some amount of grief from your family/close friends.

Do you think that belief is primarily though teaching? If not, do you not make the same observation that families and close friends tend to belief similarly? If so, how do you explain it?

edit: meant to make this a poll, can I get that changed?

question: Do you, personally, hold the same faith as the household that you grew up in (or very similar)?

1) yes
2) no
3) my family had no single belief

number three.
My mother is a Christian and attends a Missionary Church.
My father is a pagan of the Celtic variety.

I do not hold to either of their belief systems.

[Wandered Off]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment.

Religion has been called "an accident of birth" and there is some truth to that. We all forge our own path, and the influence of the culture varies.

For the poll, count me as "no". Neither I nor my sister follow the same belief system as our parents. They are fundamentalist Christian (Southern Baptist variety), while my sister is some kind of new-age-ish theist I can't quite figure out, and I'm neither.

[longshanks]

My parents are catholic. I am an atheist i cant say it went down too well with them they tried to raise me as a christian and it wasnt just me kicking my heals against my parents authority .
its just as time went by i evolved mentally to learn the truth of things.
I try to spread atheism where and when i can.

[Terrywoodenpic]

My father was a Presbyterian as was his family.( he died when I was very young)
My mother was not a church goer. Her father was Church of England and her mother Jewish.
I was brought up Church of England.( Mostly by nannies and church schools.)
My eldest Brother never has had anything to do with religion and my middle brother for a time was a Methodist.
I flirted with other protestant faiths(Baptist, Methodist, Congregational.) in my youth then returned to the Church of England.

[JayHawes]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment. If our parents/peers were one religion (or lack thereof), we tend to follow suit. I have always thought that it takes strong belief to defy what you have been brought up to believe, particularly when that belief will cause you some amount of grief from your family/close friends.

Do you think that belief is primarily through teaching? If not, do you not make the same observation that families and close friends tend to believe similarly? If so, how do you explain it?

edit: meant to make this a poll, can I get that changed?

question: Do you, personally, hold the same faith as the household that you grew up in (or very similar)?

1) yes
2) no
3) my family had no single belief

I know alot of people raised in a Christiuan enviornment who are not christian and do not live a christian life. Just becuase somebody is raised in a certain religion doesn't mean that's the main one they'll beleive, although this is true the majority of the time....

[slabbey06]

Originally Posted by kmkemp

I have always found that it is a very interesting phenomenon that we tend to believe according to our environment. If our parents/peers were one religion (or lack thereof), we tend to follow suit. I have always thought that it takes strong belief to defy what you have been brought up to believe, particularly when that belief will cause you some amount of grief from your family/close friends.

Do you think that belief is primarily through teaching? If not, do you not make the same observation that families and close friends tend to believe similarly? If so, how do you explain it?

edit: meant to