Are you the same religion your parents are?

Are you the same religion your parents are? Do you share their same beliefs right down to the thread? What do you think could be limiting about doing this. Were your parents fairly strict in their religious traditions?

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My parents raised me as a "Casual Christian" as I call it. My definition of a Casual Christian is someone who calls themselves a Christian just because thats what they were told they were, without actually having put much thought into it.

My parents are casual christians. They only really pray at christmas eve, they dont really care about giving thanks to god (whoever that may be) and they kinda make fun of people who are really really religious (especially Catholics). This is actually only my dad I'm talking about. My mums really neutral and accepting to other religions. So is my dad but sometimes a little teasing gets a bit out of hand and it bugs me a bit. I decided that if I was religious, then I wanted to have a reason.

After a bit of soul searching, I became really fond of the Hindu culture. I started to meditate every night, and learned a few mantras. When I became open about this to my family, my mother was great with it. She didnt change religion herself, but she helped me along the way. She got me a few books, and helped me celebrate Diwali and other celebrations.

My dad and my sister (also a casual christian) were quite teasing, and condisending. They said I was only doing it because of the Beatles and George Harrison (which I am a huge fan of) and made it look that way to other people. I found it really hurtful, as if they were implying that I had no other level. I told them that and they both felt quite bad. My sister completely turned it of but my dad still teased me a tiny bit. I learned not to let it bug me as I remembered that I wasnt doing it for them, I was doing it for me.

I just kept in mind that at least I could be bothered to get up and find religion for myself instead of having it fed to me from an early age without really understanding. Peaple at school were a bit bigoted about it. My friends werent though. They supported me, even the athiest ones. In saying all this, I mean no offence to anyone. My dad may come off as a bit of a bigot, but he's great and I love him to bits.

Also, I see people as people, and I dont really care what they believe in. As long as they dont try to force their belief (or non belief) on me, and dont try to force mine out of me. So I dont mean any offence to anyone of any religion. Or any casual christians.

Yes of course, I'm following the same religion what my parents are ..... it is always the same for many ... because it is adoption or way of tradition to follow the same religion Wat our parents are ....... may when we grow olden i.e when we read more book of different religion & social related books it may changes our attitude & thinking. may this particular cause tempt people to change their life style & in change of religion too

No, I'm not. My father was Catholic, though he didn't practice, and his family followed a branch of Santeria. My mother is Born Again Christian, though she has loosened up a lot of her opinions in the last few years, so she and I can at least agree politically.

I don't follow by any religion, and I am on the fence, tottering between Atheist and Agnostic. I guess it will depends on whether I become more cynical or optimistic.

I do have the same religion as my parents are, we're through and through Roman Catholics. Of course, we knew that there are a lot of issues besieging the religions because of abuses. We don't think twice about discontinuing our belief in God because of the works/abuses by men. We know that salvation is still with him.

[Chris]

My parents were atheist or agnostic, I'm not really sure which. I however am a strong Christian follower.

My mom however forced us to go to church during the divorce or court disputes to make herself look good for the judge. That really turned me off to church for a really long time - being forced to go and not understand.

I am curious however as to what the statistics will be for whether children keep the same faith as their parents.

Yes I am but I prefer to preach all religions equally without any first choice.
Well I do share some of their beliefs but not all.
They are not strict in the traditions but they say to follow the customs our ancestors had started.

Yes...I follow the same religion as my parents...

Frankly..I have found most people doing that....blindly...
One never felt the need to question their belief even if they are not strict.

It is mainly because you see your parents following their religion right from your childhood and as you grow....you also begin to imitate them initially....
But later on....because of your repeated manner of practicing the faith all times...it kinds of becomes your habit and you also tend to start believing the effectiveness of this faith and religion.

It is altogether different in case of economically poor people since they are found to change their faith and religion based on educational and monetary incentives if provided...

Regards,

Walker

I don't really follow the same religion as my parents. I consider myself more of being agnostic. I do follow some of the practices and believes of my parents, but I'm more like sitting on the fence regarding the subject of religion now.
I'm still in the process of discovering and finding out more before I'll commit myself to a religion.

I was the same religion as my parents until i turned 15 or so. Once I started thinking on my own, I became an agnostic. I do not believe or follow any religion now. My parents still follow their religious beliefs. For them, religion is some thing which cannot be changed from their life.

My mum made me go to church when i was younger, she didn't try and force religion on me though. I've ended up with the same moral beliefs as my parents but i don't follow a religion. It did help me respect most of the people that do though. And gave me a better understanding of some.

yes, I am. I think that most people are. however I am happy with my religion. And I believe no religion is bad, so as long as you are following your religion with open heart it will help you to be in the right direction. but again I sometimes wonder, what would happen if parents were in some other religion. But truth is that, I don't know the answer. But, as i said, I am happy about my religion.

I am the same religion as my parents. My parents are Filipino, therefore they are Christians, and as such, they hold very conservative values about the world. I don't really agree with them on many issues but I respect their opinion.

My parents and I, both are Hindu. My mom would go to temples and I would also go with her and I was very impressed with the laws of Hindu, and I will continue to be a Hindu in the future too.

I don't think there will be many people who would change their religion or have different religion as compared to their parents, especially in India.

I don't really know what to say about this subject. My mother is catholic and my father is not religious. I guess I would consider myself a catholic, but the thing is I have never been baptized. I don't know if it's like this everywhere, but around here you can't get married unless you have been baptized, so I gotta go do it sooner or later, which kinda sucks because all my friends have been baptized when they were little babies and I gotta do it at age 18 geee.

No. I am a closeted atheist. Have always been since I was a kid. My parents too aren't very religious. But I was allowed to ask questions and am given the freedom to follow or not follow any religion as long as I treat others with respect.

My parents and I share the same religion.
As a child, maybe I just followed my parents' faith. After growing up I found my own self in this faith from various life experiences so right now I am not just a follower anymore.

[Joel8520]

I cannot say I agree with your view but I do follow the same faith as my parents. We are both Christian and we found our faith at the same time. As a teenager my parents were invited by one of my friends parents to church where we all learned of My Savior Jesus Christ. So this may not be most normal situation but I hope it helps answer your question.

No. My parents are Catholic and they made me go to a Catholic school when I was a kid but I never really took to it. I now consider myself an atheist/agnostic. I say both because I don't believe in God but I don't believe in God because there is no evidence to support His existence. If I were to be shown convincing evidence, then I would change my beliefs. It would have to be some overwhelming evidence, though, because there seems to be mountains of evidence OPPOSING God's existence.

My parents are let down by my beliefs and say I should go to church more. I'm just glad to have my Sundays free to watch sports and post in online forums!

[chris20]

Actually, mommy and daddy are both Catholics. If I’m not mistaken, my daddy used to be a Protestant before but he shifted to Catholic before their marriage. I could say that we didn’t have any problem with our beliefs and traditions because of that.
Well, like you, my parents sent me and my brothers to a Catholic school before. Aside from that, we usually go to church every Sunday as family.

No, I'm not. I was raised evangelical Christian by both my evangelical Christian parents. I did it for my entire life, steadily losing confidence in the faith throughout my life, until I recently completely abandoned it. I am now agnostic and I struggle with awful bouts of nihilism.

my father is an Atheist. my mom and my sister are Catholics but I am a Seventh Day Adventist.

I don't believe in any religion. I believe in myself. religion controls people like kids.

I am a christian. My parents, my grandparents and all other family members are christians too. We are all catholics and we live peacefully together.

Religion kills. don't trust any religion. Islam kills, christianity is dangerous, judaism is wicked, buddhism, hinduism, taoism, confuscianism, etc are all meaningless. I'm 19 and I'm very proud to be an atheist because only atheism makes sense.