raised atheist.

My parents discovered god when I was about 13. Prior to that we were not particularly religious. The next thing you know I'm studying to be a Pentecostal minister. My parents must have "called me to the ministry." Lots of study, guilt, grief, and many years later I discovered that gods are imaginary.

Raised primarily Catholic. But before that my Mom kind of tried out several denominations before settling on Catholic. So I kinda had a sense that a lot of it was.... optional?

I was raised I. Religion. I'm embarrassed I use to believe in that shit oh well.

I was raised a Christian with a fundamentalist tilt (anti-evolution, anti-homsexual, no ordination of women, etc.) but finally de-conveted in my 50's. The baggage was very weighty, but once it was thrown overboard, I was finally liberated. As a result of being brought up in such a faith, and memorizing large portions of the Bible, I now see the Bible for the sham that it is, and am likely biased in my views. Namely, that the Bible is a worthless piece of trash, and religion has, on the whole, been a net negative.

Raised a cultural Jew by a mum who was booted out of her Orthodox family for marrying her goy boy. No love lost on her part, hence secular little me! My sons are the same - raised with a lean towards Jewish cultural identity, but none of the other rubbish.

i was neither raised an atheist nor left a religion. i was raised as a secular jew and realized at age 15 there were no gods. i didn't even think about not being a jew anymore; i'm still a jew. it's not actually a dealbreaker lol.

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