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Born in a hindu family, open to anything good and valuable that any religion teaches and that enhances my life and life experiences...
I’m a recovering Catholic. I’m recovering from12 years of Catholic school doctrine. I don’t believe in fairytales anymore. I’m an atheist. Religion has created too many wars and sectarianism. I don’t need religion to tell me to live your life and treat others well.
Atheist. I simply don't understand how adults believe the nonsense of religion anymore, but will respect whatever u belive (as long as you don't shove it down my throat).
I feel you
Chief
Catholic here.....and not rude or offensive or at all! About 85% of the global population identifies with some sort of religion so I don’t think it’s offensive at all. I love any opportunity to talk with people from other religions to learn more about it.
Raised Catholic. I can sympathize with agnostics. Atheists are a bit far for my taste but they are better than extremists of any religion. Anyone with common sense respect for others is fine in my book.
This doesn't seem rude at all. I'm a Christian.
Christian.
Rising Star
I don’t think it’s rude. It would be rude if they made a rude comment about it. I personally don’t like answering that question though because I grew up in a religious cult.
Curious which cult and how was it growing up in a cult?
I was born to a Muslim family but I am now agnostic, in the closet about it though, I’m open about being non religious to new people. But will claim religious identity to family and anyone who knows my family
I know. Family pressure. Too many old people would go into shock or like disown me or think I have a mental illness if I said I don’t believe in Islam anymore. I’m born and raised in USA and still face those challenges. They are all passing away slowly so don’t want to disrupt their last chapter. Also since I was born in the community, I have made some good friends and enjoy some community aspects. I’m the volunteer coordinator at my mosque so get a lot of volunteers to feed the homeless and give back to the community which is something I’m passionate about. I don’t think I will push my future children into any religion though...
Raised catholic but don’t practice. Definitely agnostic now
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Relationship > religion
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Raised Catholic. Flip flop between Agnostic and Atheist. I go to mass with my family sometimes though. None of my 4 siblings are really religious though.
Same TBH
Catholic but as I get older I tend to more believe in a clockwork deity.
Raised Catholic, but now buffet style Catholic, meaning I pick and choose what elements I want to practice. Attend mass regularly, but more into looking at the Bible as a philosophy book, not a rule book.
Yeahhh that’s what I’m talking about! Same here.
Raised Buddhist, but I wouldn’t call myself religious at all. I will go to the temple with my mom to show respect but outside of that I do not pray on my own or have any sort of shrine in my house
And I am surprised that there are this many Catholic responses and not much protestant.
Chief
In my case I happened to marry into a big Catholic family. I thought I was going to get all this pressure to convert and all that but no one did. I started going to Mass each week with the whole family and I started getting a better appreciation for the community and really fell in love with it. When we got pregnant with our first child I decided I did want to commit fully and help raise our kids Catholic, so I went through RCIA 👍
I understand plenty of people have different experiences but in my case, it’s been very very positive. I’ve been pleasantly surprised how accepting and welcoming people are. I know the Vatican still has their official stance on many things, but you’d be surprised how many good Catholics out there don’t care if you’re gay, don’t care if you have been divorced, offer grace and kindness for women that have had abortions, and are absolutely appalled at the way the church handled priest abuse in the past. I think Pope Francis has been incredible for being a little more accepting of people and on the whole, I’ve found Catholics to be incredibly charitable and gracious. My experience at least 🤷🏼♂️
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