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
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