Yeah, I'd say that fits in with my observations
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 19/02/2010 06:56:26 AM
Of course, I'm generally an atheist (and sometimes agnostic on really pretty days, or when I find a forgotten 10 bucks in my wallet), so I tend to have friends with the same general mindset.
But my parents and grandparents all grew up going to Mass every week, no fish on Fridays (or is it just Fridays during Lent? I feel like it's the latter, but some practice the former...), all that stuff. Then as our parents had us, they made token attempts (We went to Mass... usually, I had my First Communion, was Confirmed, etc), but as we got older, a lot of the people I know just sort of drifted away, until suddenly one day waking up, looking around and going "Huh. This is all kind of silly. Yeah, I'm not Christian any more."
I'd say the only friends of mine that have stayed a bit more to their parents stance on religion would be most of my Jewish friends. Dunno if it's because the culture and religion are so intertwined there, or if it's just that they have really overbearing mothers, but there it is.
But my parents and grandparents all grew up going to Mass every week, no fish on Fridays (or is it just Fridays during Lent? I feel like it's the latter, but some practice the former...), all that stuff. Then as our parents had us, they made token attempts (We went to Mass... usually, I had my First Communion, was Confirmed, etc), but as we got older, a lot of the people I know just sort of drifted away, until suddenly one day waking up, looking around and going "Huh. This is all kind of silly. Yeah, I'm not Christian any more."
I'd say the only friends of mine that have stayed a bit more to their parents stance on religion would be most of my Jewish friends. Dunno if it's because the culture and religion are so intertwined there, or if it's just that they have really overbearing mothers, but there it is.
I amuse myself.
Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents
19/02/2010 03:41:04 AM
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19/02/2010 05:45:41 AM
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Heh...praying that an area doesn't become more religious. *NM*
19/02/2010 06:25:54 AM
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the irony in seeing only Christianity as religious, yet praying to "the gods"
19/02/2010 12:32:49 PM
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Yeah, I'd say that fits in with my observations
19/02/2010 06:56:26 AM
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Study: Parents think kids music is crap. Also, sun to rise in east for a change.
19/02/2010 02:39:45 PM
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Re: Study: Parents think kids music is crap. Also, sun to rise in east for a change.
19/02/2010 07:52:47 PM
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These things are often cyclical.
19/02/2010 06:00:29 PM
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hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values
19/02/2010 08:20:35 PM
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Re: hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values
19/02/2010 08:44:16 PM
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horseshit
19/02/2010 09:16:40 PM
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Re: horseshit
19/02/2010 09:35:48 PM
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(that last bit was supposed to be taken as ridiculous, and not an offensive statement towards you)
19/02/2010 09:37:11 PM
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Re: horseshit
21/02/2010 08:11:49 PM
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Yeah, not everyone's faith has rollover points. Some people have Verizon or Sprint religions.
21/02/2010 10:02:43 PM
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I don't think a moral compass is the sole benefit of religion
22/02/2010 07:13:08 PM
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Re: I don't think a moral compass is the sole benefit of religion
22/02/2010 07:29:22 PM
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This is a radically different view of Christianity than "rollover points. "
01/03/2010 02:42:49 AM
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