Question to atheists who were raised in Christian homes?

chookrooter · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:05 am Post subject:

Hypocrite? Dad? Absolutely

But I also think my rabidly Irish-catholic father was completely sincere in his beliefs , but would have been an arsehole no matter what the believed.

My mum is strong catholic. She is a kind,accepting person, and always has been.

As an adult I came to realise hypocrisy is part of the human condition. It is also my perception that children often judge their parents harshly and unjustly..

I've met few people who seem to be professional hypocrites,apart from the odd politician and other members of the criminal classes.

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baddogma · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

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GalacticBusDriver · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:01 am Post subject:

My dad wasn't much of a Christian until mom got cancer. Now he's a die-hard, born-again, kool-aid drinking type. Fortunately, he's not one to push it on me or my kids.

Mom was devout as long as I can remember. In fact, her last spoken words were "Lord, please heal me or take me now." She died just a few days later without regaining consciousness. Funny part is, she had two Christian kids and one un-believer kid. Guess who was her favorite! It pisses my brothers off to no extent that I was the favorite even though they went to church with her and I blew it off. Twisted Evil

I never believed mom was a phony in her beliefs (Seventh Day Adventist), though I could never really understand the whole concept of the sky-daddy. She was utterly devout to the end.

I did the belief out of fear thing for a while while I was young, then mouthed the words for a while but eventually gave it up as a bad job. Surprisingly, mom and I were even closer after I "lost my faith" than before. Maybe it's because she thought she needed to be as close a possible now since I wouldn't be going to heaven
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ApostateLois · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

Well, when I was really young, we didn't go to church much. I remember going to Sunday School and doing little arts-and-crafts projects--I think I still have some of them in my baby book. Laughing

--but it wasn't really a big deal until I was 13 and we moved out of the city to be closer to our relatives several years after my dad died. My relatives are super-religious and we (my mom and I; my older brother had joined the Navy) got caught up in it and went to church all the time. I don't look at it as being phony, just a case of being misled and gullible at the time. As for being imperfect, well, who isn't? Parents do the best they can and it isn't always perfect or even right, but you can't fault them for that (unless they're truly abusive, drunk, etc.).
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Gilligan · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

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