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Did your parents expose you to religion?
My parents seemed to wait a long time. One day when I was well into my teenage years they took me to a Catholic mass and I was very confused by rituals that they assumed that I knew already. I never went up to eat the crackers and drink the wine. We don't communicate all that much but I assumed that they worried that I wouldn't be capable of comprehending my peers without a context so they tried to expose me a little too late.
Did anyone else have this experience? I met a few people that witnessed their parents' crisis of faith and the skipping among several churches but nothing as apathetic as my parent's attempt to expose me to faith.
I was taught critical thinking skills as well which is why it seemed strange that so late in life they decided that I needed exposure to religion.
Well, I do remember a time when I was about 7 when my mom (who was raised Protestant) took my family (father, brother, and me) to a church for about six weeks. I wish I was close enough with my parents to discuss this but I know that it would only bring up memories of their parents that I wouldn't be able to relate to.
Quite frankly, I'm a little happy that I'm able to relate to them on the same spiritual unknown level. We all don't know what to make of life itself and I think we all connect on that level. Me, my parents, and my brother all reunite once a year to drink and celebrate our misunderstanding of the purpose of life. I think that that is something special and I cherish it even if we have to pretend that we are booking flights to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
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- K. PlesnerLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Fortunately not. They taught me critical thinking skills, which is a lot more useful.
Source(s): . - *Ceci*Lv 58 years ago
My mom started to take me to church when I was about 10. I went to church until I was about fourteen (I didn't want to get up early and go, haha). I was never very devout about it though. I was more curious - to see the inner workings of the religion. I do think that going to church made it easier for me to understand some of the more abstract concepts of other religions though. I'm a senior in high school and we recently had a comparative religions unit in english. I was a bit surprised that a lot of my classmates were miffed by some of the ideas proposed by the religions we studied. My family is Christian, though I am not. My younger sisters are, though. I definitely think that age of exposure plays a role in what a person believes in.
My cousin, who is my age, had an experience similar to yours, but he makes it a point to be annoyingly knowledgeable about everything, so he did pretty well about understanding rituals and things. His parents aren't religious, but they thought it would be better if he was -- that he'd be happier. Christianity didn't catch on for him (he's actually agnostic), but it seemed to do the trick for his younger siblings...
- ?Lv 58 years ago
Born and raised by an all Roman Catholic family. They exposed me to Christ when I was only a few months old. I have been raised a Catholic all my life. I am currently still a Roman Catholic.
- choko_canyonLv 78 years ago
No, they exposed me to clarity of thought, critical thinking, reason and rationality.
