what kind of beliefs were you raised with, ...and what do you believe currently? |
what kind of beliefs were you raised with, ...and what do you believe currently? |
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I just thought it would be interesting to see what kind of beliefs you were raised with compared to what you believe now.
If you have kept the beliefs you were raised with, what made you keep them? If your beliefs have shifted to a different form of belief within the religion (example: Catholic to Lutheran, Reform Judaism to Conservative Judaism, etc.), what made you change them? If you switched to a different religion or set of beliefs completely, what compelled you to do so? If you did, are you still proud of/do you still respect your background? And, if you picked "Other", please specify. ![]() I'll start. I was raised as a Reform Jew, but now I'm an atheist. Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever, truly believed in God. If anything, I had the shallow belief that God was a man with a white beard up in the sky watching and controlling everything. I think it's mostly my temple's fault that I never developed a deep belief; they weren't (and still aren't) very passionate about it. A couple years ago, I came to the conclusion that I was an atheist, and after researching many views on religion and God, I became comfortable being an atheist and an existentialist. Turns out that for all of these years, my dad has been an atheist and my mom has been an agnostic anyway! Despite my beliefs, I still recognize myself as being Jewish. Why? Because I am proud of my background. I love the culture and the community aspect. I'm going to raise my kids Jewish because I myself love being raised Jewish. Alright. How about you guys? (BTW: Sorry for that really obvious grammar mistake in the title, haha, but I couldn't think of how to word it any other way.) |
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