For those that had very religious parents, how did that effect you as a kid and as an adult?

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Grew up in church. Family very Christian. I was the youth group president and praise leader. Turned agnostic for ten years after college to figure out my beliefs. I am now a Christian again.

It gave me very good values. Taught me to love and care about humans. God has pulled me through very tough times in my life even when I was undeserving. Which has taught me to try and help others going through the same. Can’t imagine not having my faith.

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Sounds like Moloch.

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My mom was very Catholic. We prayed daily, went to church every week, etc. I first got kicked out of a Sunday school class when I as only 6 or 7 for insisting that it takes two people to make a baby so Mary had a second person help her make the baby lol.

Anyways, I always hated how anti-education and anti-science and anti-women the religious community was, and converted to Unitarian Universalism once I moved out.

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Made me more kind and generous compared to my non-formed friends (there are atheists that are well formed, so I make that distinction). I feed the homeless on Friday nights, and party saturdays.

I’m super glad. Not even particularly religious.

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Positively. Dad came from a long-standing Christian family and mom was a convert/born-again believer. Jesus was a huge part of how I grew up.

Some really important things my family taught me as a part of faith were community involvement, generosity, selflessness, and analytical thinking (if you're going to believe something, you should have a clear understanding of why).

I think some good albeit random things I learned specifically through church attendance were how to sit still and listen, how to communicate with people no matter their age group (and other generic social graces), and how to potluck like a champion. 😂😂😂

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Atheism.

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Very Christian. Didn’t notice much as a kid and felt my family was moderate compared to others in the church. But now I see how conservative they are. Very little flexibility in their beliefs compared to most other Protestants I have met since college. Alcohol is a sin, Christians should only marry Christians, liberals are immoral (therefore, tech, academia, and government are corrupt and sinful institutions). Results in a real lack of confidence as an adult for certain areas of my life. It’s difficult to make personal decisions because they criticize anything that does not fall in line with their strong beliefs. I have a good relationship with them, but I feel I receive more judgment than support for most things I choose to do. It took 9 years for them to not constantly nag me about going back to church.

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👋 Child of *apostates — one raised Old World Catholic, the other JW. AMA.

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I grew up Buddhist, fell into toxic Christianity in my adolescent years, and have recently found my way back to Buddhism in my adult life. Need to go to therapy for the negative impact the Christian years brought into my life though… Def PTSD.

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Grew up in the church with very religious parents. Dad is currently a pastor. Didn't know anything different when I was younger, but when I moved out I got a taste of freedom. I was in church so much I started to resent it.

I still haven't really went back to religion. My parents are okay with it, but they definitely wish I went back.....I don't see it happening any time soon though

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