# Do you still have the same religion that your parents did? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167 "2009-12-22T04:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167/61 "2009-12-24T18:24:35Z")
I didn’t rebel, although we’re different denominations. My rebellion (very mild) took other forms. They’re happy I’m Catholic, I’m happy that they go to a good church. We’re all content. I do miss Anglican music, though. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167/62 "2009-12-25T16:09:22Z")
My mother was Catholic, and my father was a Baptist deacon. Since my father didn’t take an active role in my upbringing, I was raised Catholic. I went to non-demoninational Christian elementary schools and an all-boys Catholic high school. Unfortunate/fortunately, my high school was run by Jesuits, who taught me that you shouldn’t accept religion just beccause someone shoves it at you; rather, you should think for yourself and figure out what makes sense to you. Being allowed to actually contemplate my own religious beliefs was a new experience to me, and consequently, I found that Catholicism just didn’t make any sense. After wandering aimlessly for many years since then, I’ve decided that I’m sort of an agnostic/deist (a friend pointed out to me just last night that my beliefs are more deist than agnostic – I’m still absorbing that one). ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167/63 "2009-12-25T16:49:36Z")
I was raised Russian orthodox as both mom and dad are practicing. However after a long and rather convoluted trip through a lot of religious exploration, I found myself an atheist and I’m much the happier for it. ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167/64 "2009-12-26T01:07:05Z")
Do I go to an actual church for anything other than weddings and funerals? Unlike my parents, no. I averaged probably 75 times a year by the time I was 18 and got my fill. Is my belief in a higher power, my outlook on life, what I value, and what I think are right and wrong still essentially the same as that of the religion in which I grew up? You betcha. While my parents are Episcopalian, my religious views are probably more in line with the Quakers, but in the big picture that’s splitting hairs. I don’t know exactly what I believe, and I think that’s a good thing. An overly-high level of organization in religion leads to dogma and certainty and sectarianism, and that has never gone well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-the-same-religion-that-your-parents-did/522167.md?page=3)