I was raised Catholic. Shortly after my Confirmation, my best friend started asking me questions about my faith.and i couldn't answer them, so i thought, what am i doing practicing this? So i left. Haven't been back.
Do you still follow the religion you were raised with?
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It kind of makes me wonder: is there a correlation between being a Trek fan and being non-religious? Hmmm...
Historically, there's been a high correlation between Science Fiction fans and Atheism.
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Speaking as a Christian who is also a science fiction fan, I'd agree. That's been my observation for sure. But it was a big shock to me, too - I just never really saw science and religion as being in conflict - not for regular people without any ax to grind. So as Nerys Ghemor says, it was quite an eye-opening experience for me to visit Trek websites and find...not only atheists and agnostics - that's not a big deal - but people who assume that almost everybody else there is also an atheist or an agnostic. That "We all agree on this, right? We're all members of the club" attitude was really quite startling.
Edit: I'm members of some clubs with my fellow Trek fans...but not that club.
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I was raised in a (non strict) Christian family, My parents decided to not have me and my sister christened because they wanted us to make our own choices in religion.
I am now an atheist.
I am now an atheist.
I chose option 3.
My father is a Protestant (Lutheran) by birth. The rest of the family became Lutheran when I was 5. I was raised in the faith and was very religious as a teenager. However, I never found a satisfying answer concerning the evil in the world and so I gradually lost my faith. I'm now a content atheist, but I'm still a member of the church and I go to church at Easter and Christmas with my Mum out of tradition.
My father is a Protestant (Lutheran) by birth. The rest of the family became Lutheran when I was 5. I was raised in the faith and was very religious as a teenager. However, I never found a satisfying answer concerning the evil in the world and so I gradually lost my faith. I'm now a content atheist, but I'm still a member of the church and I go to church at Easter and Christmas with my Mum out of tradition.
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I've no doubt there is one huge lightning bolt with my name on it.
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I know there's a lot of stuff I can't explain. I don't know why there's evil in the world; I don't know why natural disasters occur; shit, I don't even know why the Oakland A's can't get a new ballpark. I'm not a Christian because I expect to know those answers; I am one because I know what has already happened - Jesus died for me (and for everyone). I sure do have a fair amount of questions, but I'll ask them when I see Him. And I have a feeling that He won't mind if I do. 
No I don't follow the religion I was raised with. Neither do I believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny anymore.
^ One of the few times I've ever thought Bill Maher was funny... 
I was raised as a good Christian by in the Church of Scotland. I've even worked for them and still provide online services on a free(bie)lance basis.
But despite actually knowing more about the bible than most of the church, I've not followed it for years and was one of those kids who asked the awkward questions that got me booted out of Sunday school. Despite my mother leading the class...
I see nothing wrong with believing in something or having faith. I just have faith in other things and found my own path.
But despite actually knowing more about the bible than most of the church, I've not followed it for years and was one of those kids who asked the awkward questions that got me booted out of Sunday school. Despite my mother leading the class...
I see nothing wrong with believing in something or having faith. I just have faith in other things and found my own path.
My mother taught CCD for a couple of years when I was in Grade School. What a nightmare. 
I share this sentiment.
I was raised in the church, baptized at age 11, and loved it. As a young adult, though, I drifted away from the assembly and even began considering what I had been taught. My own studies have brought me full circle back to what I was taught, but now I am here by choice, not by habit. And I'm doing my best to raise my children in the church.
I know there's a lot of stuff I can't explain. I don't know why there's evil in the world; I don't know why natural disasters occur; shit, I don't even know why the Oakland A's can't get a new ballpark. I'm not a Christian because I expect to know those answers; I am one because I know what has already happened - Jesus died for me (and for everyone). I sure do have a fair amount of questions, but I'll ask them when I see Him. And I have a feeling that He won't mind if I do.
I have always found it funny that people who think faith is silly often use the question (argument) "how can you believe in a God that would allow so much suffering in the world?" I guess all of the great things don't count!
As a Yankee fan who would have to save up a months salary to see a game with my family, don't feel too bad about the A's lack of ballpark
As a Yankee fan who would have to save up a months salary to see a game with my family, don't feel too bad about the A's lack of ballpark
See, that's why God gave us bleacher seats! And the Bleacher Creatures!
Yes I do. I've been a Christian all my life, primarily Baptist, but now we go to a non-denomination church (that still practices baptism, however.) I was baptized in October of 2005. The church building still hadn't been finished, so service was held in a big tent (with Sunday School in portable classrooms) and all baptisms occurred outdoors in a large metal tub filled with water.
I was intensely religious (Southern Baptist) until I was 20. I even spent several years studying to be a minister, interning under a local youth pastor and speaking at churches and youth retreats throughout the southeast.
Fortunately, I realized the truth and gave it up. I just hope that any children I influenced with my Christian dogma will see it for what it was and find it in themselves to forgive me for foisting it upon their young impressionable minds.
Fortunately, I realized the truth and gave it up. I just hope that any children I influenced with my Christian dogma will see it for what it was and find it in themselves to forgive me for foisting it upon their young impressionable minds.
Well put, I totally agree.
Well, these results are certainly interesting... as of now, almost half of the poll respondents claim to have not only rejected the religion they were raised with, but to have rejected religion altogether. Nearly two-thirds of those who answered the poll identify as currently being without religion. I somehow doubt that any other national or international poll would yield similar results.
It kind of makes me wonder: is there a correlation between being a Trek fan and being non-religious? Hmmm...
one thing that should be taken into account with these polls is by not having an identity with a specific religion dosnt mean people dont have faith.
Indeed, that's why I tried to be careful with my wording by saying "without religion" and not "without belief/spirituality". Perhaps I should have divided the poll options further to separate the non-religious who still believe in some sort of divinity and the non-religious who are atheists or what Camelopard refers to as "hard agnostics" (of which I would consider myself, in light of the description he gave). Ah well, I guess people will just have to elaborate further in their posts if they wish.
Babaganoosh said:I know there's a lot of stuff I can't explain. I don't know why there's evil in the world; I don't know why natural disasters occur; shit, I don't even know why the Oakland A's can't get a new ballpark. I'm not a Christian because I expect to know those answers; I am one because I know what has already happened - Jesus died for me (and for everyone). I sure do have a fair amount of questions, but I'll ask them when I see Him. And I have a feeling that He won't mind if I do.
Well, it's nice that your belief seems to give you such comfort -- really, I mean that. However, I'd like to ask something, and I hope you won't take it as a subtle slam on your religion, because it's not -- I'm just genuinely curious.
Where does your belief leave non-Christians? Obviously, not everyone believes in Jesus as you do, so do you (or any of the other Christians here) think that it just won't matter, that Jesus will let non-believers into heaven even if they didn't worship him/follow his teachings? I have a feeling you probably do, but not everyone shares that sentiment, which I find a little... disturbing.
By the same token, out of all the kazillions of religions/faiths in the world, what makes you so certain that yours is the "right" one? Many religions are incompatible with others, and as such they can't all be right, so what makes yours more valid than the next? Again, I ask this of anyone who would like to answer, and I do so not to antagonize the religious, but just to offer some food for thought and to see how others look at these issues.
Feel free not to answer -- this does kind of expand the thread beyond the scope of the original question a bit, but I for one think such discussions can make for some fascinating posts.
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