childhood?

1 being not at all
10 being completely

hrm. Well I was raised in an agnostic secular jewish home. I'm currently a Christ follower but consider myself messianic since I still uphold many Jewish traditions.

So I guess I'd have to say 0 in terms of spiritually following judaism, but really more of a 4 since I still incorporate judaica traditions and culture into my Christian based faith.

0 - not at all

editing to add i was raised christian.

0 here, too.

1 here - I'm currently searching but still feel a tiny draw toward the Pentecostal church I was raised in. A teeny tiny draw, not much :)

10

I was raised in a Christian home, and I'm still in a Christian home. That's not to say my faith hasn't grown and changed. Of course it has.

I'm going to say 2.

I would say 1 (not at all), but I do feel a cultural connection.

Raised LDS, currently nothing in particular (though I'd claim a christian orientation). Religions that appeal to me are Unitarian, Liberal Quaker, and Episcopalin.

0

was raised southern baptist with a pentacostal leaning.

8c- I was raised Roman Catholic and am now a Byzantine Catholic.

10, I was raised Christian and am still Christian. I left God in my teens and came back about 5yrs ago. I didn't take on a different belief, but didn't follow what I was taught and now believe.

0

Pretty much the complete opposite :) raised non-denominational christian, now am pagan.

Rebecca, that 2 seems awfully generous. You must eat a lotttttttt of green jello to earn that!

I would say 1 personally, though I am way more embedded in the LDS church than you are. You asked about "faith commitment" though and there is none for me at this point. However, I do have children who are adamant about remaining LDS, and I support them completely. I also let home teachers come b/c they are our neighbors/close friends and provide an excellent LDS example to my kids who are believers. I put off the VT's though, and am ready to tell them "no mas." I go to ward functions as my children desire.

All that said... the ex is now taking over the spiritual side and taking them to church each Sunday. He couldn't stop masturbating and porning it up long enough to try and save our marriage yrs ago, but now I'm a horrible mother who's "lost the light of Christ" or some other sh!t, and that's how I'm being judged. Yep. My entire mothering lies solely on my roll on a church list.

Ok, I realllllllllllllly got off there sorry! I know you'd understand the LDS stuff though.

I would say 7 in that I am still attending and living the gospel in the church I was raised in, but I am more liberal in how I interpret and live the teachings now.

Kerri

10.

I may live out my faith a bit differently than my parents, but it's the same faith. :)

ETA: I did have to come to a place where the faith really became my OWN, yk? I find that my faith is really community-based and it's stronger b/c of the community I live in (Intentionally).

Pretty much a zero. We were Keesters for the most part, but Christian. Now I'd have to say that I'm more committed to our pagan lifestyle than my family was ever committed to Christianity. Maybe that's why they're pretty cool with our paganism.

I am going to say 5. Not because of theory, but because of practice.

The pastor of the church I grew up in has been the subject of at least one documentary, for being a right wing, racist, sexist, homophobic- take your pick, kind of guy. The church I attended when I first came to college, the guy gets named all the time as being one of the "sinister right wing cabal" types. So, theory, not so much.

The practice: I was in a huge youth program, surrounded by really good, cool, caring, loving people who took the Bible seriously. My grandmother was the organist for the youth choir. The youth choir did a "living christmas tree" and a musical every year. We had summer camp with other Baptist churches. We visited old folks homes. We learned Some Vietnamese so we could visit with the mission church we supported. I had dear acquaintances and friends, based out of the church.

That part, I'm keeping. We attend a church with a large youth program, run by loving, cool, caring people who take the Bible seriously. They'll be in youth choir when they are old enough. They go to Vacation Bible School ( a day thing) in the summer. When they are old enough they'll go to Lutheran summer camps, and then Lutheran mission trips. They visit old folks homes after VBS to sing. The church supports a Sudanese family with eight kids. At some point, probably in the spring, they'll probably start taking German lessons- there are a bunch of German native speakers at this church. They do breakfast for the homeless when the church volunteers for it.

The church is aware of how the kids become friends. When they are kids, they just hang out and play. Then they go through communion year together, which is really intense- weekly meetings, and such. They bond. Then they face high school with their friends. For college, they go off, and the church sends care packages. They stay in our hearts.

It's really great. I feel like we are giving our kids a wonderful, wonderful gift.

Oh, living Christmas tree- it's a really strange thing, but lovely in its own way. The church builds these giant tree shaped bleacher stands. Choir members climb up, wearing a tinsel wreath around their neck, and holding a flashlight. You flash the light on your face, the tinsel makes you look a bit like an ornament, and you sing all sorts of carols. The church I grew up in had three large trees, and a living creche scene, with a real live baby. And real live animals. It was outside, it was free, it was wonderful to be standing there, glowing under the stars, and singing your heart out. I loved it.

ari

0... I was raised Catholic but left the church when I was 13. I have looked into different religions and just don't think any one has it completely right. I would say I am 1/2 Christian and 1/2 pagan. I know it totally doesn't make sense.

I believe there is a God but I also think there are a bunch of smaller gods/godess's out there working with him.

Boyd (BF) has a completely different view on things, due to the contorversy surrounding his religion and what preconcieved notions people have about it, I am not going to say what it is. I have no idea how we are going to end up raising Mikail to believe religously speaking. I am sure that by the time he starts asking questions we will have figured something out.

Rebecca, that 2 seems awfully generous. You must eat a lotttttttt of green jello to earn that!

I would say 1 personally, though I am way more embedded in the LDS church than you are. You asked about "faith commitment" though and there is none for me at this point. However, I do have children who are adamant about remaining LDS, and I support them completely. I also let home teachers come b/c they are our neighbors/close friends and provide an excellent LDS example to my kids who are believers. I put off the VT's though, and am ready to tell them "no mas." I go to ward functions as my children desire.

All that said... the ex is now taking over the spiritual side and taking them to church each Sunday. He couldn't stop masturbating and porning it up long enough to try and save our marriage yrs ago, but now I'm a horrible mother who's "lost the light of Christ" or some other sh!t, and that's how I'm being judged. Yep. My entire mothering lies solely on my roll on a church list.

Ok, I realllllllllllllly got off there sorry! I know you'd understand the LDS stuff though.


naw, it's not the green jello, it's the pink stuff and the potatoes (not together, obviously).

I do understand - totally. Whenever we land in SLC, I have this sudden urge to wear nothing but black. Just to visibly proclaim my difference.

I talk to the missionaries and I get invitations to the enrichment nights and even consider going.

But, I think it's why I don't fit in in other christian churches.

Oh, and the 2 is all about my being at peace with the differences (but, please don't make me go to f&t meeting).

10

10

0. I was raised Protestant.

'0' here, too. I was raised conservative Protestant, morphed into being Messianic, then became Noachide. We no longer believe that the true Messiah has come, but have hope that the Creator will send one soon.

Hard to say but I would guess a 9. I still practice and believe in the faith I was raised in. I attend church regulary but find I still struggle to be as faithful as I should be in reading and studying scriptures etc. I think part of that has to do with a household of small children as before kids I found plenty of me spiritual time.

Hmmm...hard to answer. Maybe a 4? :lol:

I was raised Unitarian and now go to a Christian church. I got so many good things from the Unitarian church-tolerance, world-religious views, etc...but I needed more for me.

Wasn't raised with anything. (went to church on Easter and Christmas only)

I'm committed to my faith now, but did not have any training in it as a child. (but it is technically under the same "umbrella")

Michelle

10

maybe a 2? I was raised catholic and always will find comfort in the ritualistic aspects, but that's about it for me. I'm quite happily pagan now. Then again, I don't think there's a huge leap from the trinity to a polytheistic belief system..

I guess a 9 for me even tho I don't consider myself faithful- so maybe this thread doesn't pertain to me?

I was raised agnostic/atheist and now I'm now atheist.

My dad was raised Catholic (Italian) and his mom went to church almost everyday for most of her life.

One of my brothers is an atheist the other agnostic and my sister is also agnostic. She attended a Methodist church with another neighbor for a year or so when she was younger and curious.

I went to a Baptist church with a family on my block and attended AWANA when I was curious about religion as a young child. I liked the community but didn't feel comfortable. I attended a Catholic school for 5th and 6th grade and it was hell. The teachers, the students, the church, the nuns- it was not for me. Solidified my lack of faith if you will.

I now consider myself a Secular Humanist partly b/c if you tell someone you're atheist, half the time they think you worship the devil or think you're going to hell, or that you're an jerk. I will not tell people when I first meet them and religion is brought up that I'm an atheist- people get really offended. I would never have bumper sticker or something that represented my beliefs- it would be a bad idea.

10

I was raised in a Christian home, and I'm still in a Christian home. That's not to say my faith hasn't grown and changed. Of course it has.

What she said. :D I could probably raise it to an 11 since I'm now married to a pastor. :lol:

10+ because my faith (in Christ) has grown as I have matured!!

Maybe a 4? Raised LDS, left at 13, did pagan until 20, then UU-pagan, now (very recently) non-denominational Christian :).

10

10.

Once a Methodist, always a Methodist.

Technically 0. I was raised very nonobservant protestant and am not a fairly observant Conservative Jew. I do think that something in my upbringing gave me a very strong faith in God.

Laura Q

a 10. I was raised as a traditional Jew and since I was a teenager I have become more and more observant/religious and am now Orthodox. I have many, many happy memories of Judaism growing up.

3 ish. :)
Haven't read other replies yet, but are you counting values instilled? My attitude toward motherhood and family has really been infulenced by my childhood faith. But I don't believe any of the doctrine.
Also, I just changed it from a 1 to a 3. Maybe some things I believe, like that Jesus was an incarnation of god, is due to the fact of being raised with the idea of god in the first place.
Also I believe the LDS church is a valid path. And so is everything else. Maybe I'll knock myself back down to a 2. :D

Rebecca, that 2 seems awfully generous. You must eat a lotttttttt of green jello to earn that!



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You guys with your "0"s crack me up.

I'd say a 9 or 10. Raised LDS, still practicing, never really taken a "break" - I'm pretty liberal politically, which is sometimes at odds with how other LDS people view the world. *They* might rate me a 6 or 7, but the things I disagree with I think God agrees with me about, LOL. But I def. believe the core gospel, do all the stuff, feel safe here. Hmm... this was a good idea for a thread. :)

Childhood 5 . I was born and baptized, confirmed Byzantine Catholic, raised in a Roman Catholic but also spent time at the neighborhood Lutheran Church and Youth activities.

After moving from my home catholic church to another, I finally decided the roman catholic ways were not nurturing to me. So I found feeding my spirituality was found in the childhood Evangelical Lutheran were I have been a member for about 10 years.

So now I consider myself an 8 -- with room to grow to my potential.:)