Have you changed from the religion that you were born into?

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Perhaps an exorcism is in order...
 

My parents were essentially non religious, but I attended a private school and had to attend a morning chapel service every morning. At the age of 12 I concluded in my own mind that religions were nothing but collections of superstitions. At the time I thought I might me the only atheist in the world and wasn't even familiar with the word. Reading Bertrand Russel at the age of 14 gave me a first inkling that perhaps I wasn't the only person who didn't believe in the existence of god. I will say the headmaster who conducted the chapel services placed a great deal of emphasis on ethics and I still feel that these teaching formed the basis of my moral development. So I do believe that young children should have formal instruction in matters of ethics with particular emphasis on citizenship.
 
Mom was raised Baptist but never practiced when I was a kid. Dad was raised Seventh Day Adventist from Missionary parents but never followed the faith when I was a kid. I went occasionally to Baptist/Methodist services with a step sister or friends as well as Vacation Bible School. I said my prayers, bowed my head when grace was said, but never really believed as it was all to much like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus for me. I was really a non believer/atheist from an early age but never called my self that because of fear of being rejected socially and business wise. I came out of the closet shortly before retiring and found Secular Humanism to be appropriate for me.
It was something that I could identify with. So today, I refer to myself as a Secular Humanist rather than the more harsh atheist. My avatar is the logo for Secular Humanism.
 
Still a Baptist even though I go to my wife’s Lutheran Church.
The Church is like the military, they teach you manners and right from wrong.
 
I was born a catholic, but I don't think I'm one anymore, although I never actually got excommunicated or officially left the church. I think you might call it lapsed.
 
I was born into a Congregational/Universalist/Unitarian family. I enjoyed this denomination because it emphasized history and science along with Bible teaching. For example, although I don't remember the explanation, a high school science teacher explained to my Sunday School class how the burning bush might actually have been burning.

As an older adult, I studied American Indian spirituality and have become a member of a Plains tribe. I practice that tribe's spiritual ways now.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Men seem to follow the wife's religion when it comes to children...
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My brother married a Catholic gal from Europe. She wanted to raise the kids Catholic and my brother was fine with it. We are certainly not Catholic. In this case Ralphy was right.
 
rporter610 said:
I was born into a Congregational/Universalist/Unitarian family. I enjoyed this denomination because it emphasized history and science along with Bible teaching. For example, although I don't remember the explanation, a high school science teacher explained to my Sunday School class how the burning bush might actually have been burning.

As an older adult, I studied American Indian spirituality and have become a member of a Plains tribe. I practice that tribe's spiritual ways now.
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When I began searching in my early 40's I was drawn to Native American spirituality. Lot of wisdom there. But I then diverted to Celtic Paganism.
 
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