Diversity of religion in your family?

[Kapalika]

I came to the realization a few weeks ago how diverse my family's beliefs are. I myself am of course Hindu / Satanist and I never really considered my family super religious but I've noticed my younger siblings (age 15 and 21) and cousins (all teenagers) have started to develop their own beliefs. This lead me to actually count out who is what.

There are agnostics / atheists, Buddhists, Episcopalians, liberal Christians, at least one Catholic, and one isn't anything specific but draws a lot on Native American spirituality, and of course me. That's just within my immediate family, grandparents and my mom's siblings' immediate families (so aunts and uncles and 1st cousins).

My dad converted to fundamentalism long after he divorced my mom and he converted my brother and both married into really conservative Christian families. Both stopped talking to us for different reasons (one's reasons more innocent than the other's). Their families operate with almost no contact with my mom's side and so I'm not sure if they even really count.

But either way I'd say my family is really diverse. What about your family? How diverse are their beliefs?

 

[SomeRandom]

Well I have Catholics, Christians of varying denominations (usually the liberal kind) Hindus of many differing varieties, Catholic Hindu blends and atheists among others.

 

[Liu]

My parents are:
- an agnostic humanist
- an apatheist
My siblings (23 and 18):
- an agnostic Christian
- and someone who makes up his own religions

Regarding my other relatives I actually don't know much about their religious attitudes. But my impression is that they are all either very liberal Christians or atheists/agnostics, the latter being more common. I'm probably the most "religious" person among them xD

 

[Jesster]

There's not much diversity in my family. As far as I know, everyone in my extended family are all conservative Christians. Only my brother and I are atheists.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I am a strong atheist, family polytheist. Very comfortable with that.

 

[Shantanu]

I came to the realization a few weeks ago how diverse my family's beliefs are. I myself am of course Hindu / Satanist and I never really considered my family super religious but I've noticed my younger siblings (age 15 and 21) and cousins (all teenagers) have started to develop their own beliefs. This lead me to actually count out who is what.

There are agnostics / atheists, Buddhists, Episcopalians, liberal Christians, at least one Catholic, and one isn't anything specific but draws a lot on Native American spirituality, and of course me. That's just within my immediate family, grandparents and my mom's siblings' immediate families (so aunts and uncles and 1st cousins).

My dad converted to fundamentalism long after he divorced my mom and he converted my brother and both married into really conservative Christian families. Both stopped talking to us for different reasons (one's reasons more innocent than the other's). Their families operate with almost no contact with my mom's side and so I'm not sure if they even really count.

But either way I'd say my family is really diverse. What about your family? How diverse are their beliefs?

I am a satya-advaitic theist, a truth accommodationist and the only one in the family who understands this faith. My wife just does her own thing without thinking about religion at all but practices dharma intensely. My daughter does seems to be an atheist. So quite diverse. It goes to show that religion is something that comes into the mind and unless one is brainwashed from early childhood people will differ in their attitudes.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

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But either way I'd say my family is really diverse. What about your family? How diverse are their beliefs?

Most of my family are Christians. Mum, dad, aunt & uncle, middle cousin are all LDS. My grandparents were all Church of Scotland before they died. I think my second cousin's family are either Catholics or atheists - I'm not sure which.

I'm the only Pagan in my family and I'm okay with that - we don't get an awful lot of contact with the rest anyway.

 

[crossfire]

I'm a Luciferian Buddhist.
My mother is New Age/Reikei
My father is liberal Christian
My brother is open minded spiritual agnostic
My son is agnostic
My ex is Native American Shaman
My in-laws are secular humanists
Stepmother is crunchy conservative Christian
Older stepsister is Jewish mystic Christian
Younger stepsister is liberal Christian
Stepbrother is Conservative Christian
Aunt is Pagan Witch
One cousin is Satanist
Cousin's wife is Buddhist
The rest of my cousins are either Pagan or Christian

 

[Kapalika]

I'm a Luciferian Buddhist.
My mother is New Age/Reikei
My father is liberal Christian
My brother is open minded spiritual agnostic
My son is agnostic
My ex is Native American Shaman
My in-laws are secular humanists
Stepmother is crunchy conservative Christian
Older stepsister is Jewish mystic Christian
Younger stepsister is liberal Christian
Stepbrother is Conservative Christian
Aunt is Pagan Witch
One cousin is Satanist
Cousin's wife is Buddhist
The rest of my cousins are either Pagan or Christian

Holy crap! Where the heck do you live?!

 

[crossfire]

Holy crap! Where the heck do you live?!

Seattle area. There is a lot of religious diversity here. I went on google maps and found the nearest religious temples in the eight directions from my house, and found a Sikh gurudawara, a Hindu cultural center, a Buddhist temple, a Catholic Church, a Baptist church, a non-demoninational Christian church, an LDS church, and a bible church as the closest in the eight directions. (N, NE, E,SE, S, SW, W, & NW) We also have many other types in the area.

 

[Altfish]

Not much diversity in my family. All atheists. In fact 99% of the people I meet do not go to church. A few confess to some sort of belief in a higher power...but with not much conviction.

 

[Kapalika]

Seattle area. There is a lot of religious diversity here. I went on google maps and found the nearest religious temples in the eight directions from my house, and found a Sikh gurudawara, a Hindu cultural center, a Buddhist temple, a Catholic Church, a Baptist church, a non-demoninational Christian church, an LDS church, and a bible church as the closest in the eight directions. (N, NE, E,SE, S, SW, W, & NW) We also have many other types in the area.

Geez sounds like I gotta move to somewhere like Seattle then lol. Most here that have any spiritual or religious feelings tend to either be Christian or some mish mash of new age stuff, with a very few others like Buddhist or neo-pagan / witches thrown in. That, or all the interesting people are hiding and I've only met a few.

 

[Flame]

Maternal grandparents are both Roman Catholic

Paternal grandpa was agnostic while my grandma practiced the traditional Lakota religion and Sun Dance.

Both parents are agnostic

Eldest sister is a reform Jew along with her family.

Middle sister is a Sikh along with her family.

Ex is an agnostic.

In laws are both Buddhists.

I'm still in seeking my own. However I'm leaning towards tantric Hinduism.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

With the exception of my siblings and me, everyone in the family is Christian, with my sister believing some crazy stuff that's on par with Scientology, and my brother I'm not too sure what he believes asides from him believing he's on almost nearly everything. Which leaves me, the only non-theist in the family, and it seems to really bother and upset my sister that I don't believe in anything (to the point she's pretty much begged me to start believing just so she isn't in Heaven without me), and my brother can get a bit indignant over it.

 

[VioletVortex]

Father: Atheist

Mother: Some kind of light deist/liberal 'christian'

Me: Pagan/Luciferian

Younger brother: Unclear

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Parents: Are members of Presbyterian church...I know they attend sometimes, but have never really discussed anything about religion with them since pre-teen years. Myself and siblings regularly attended this church until our teenage years.

Prior ancestors and current relatives on both Mom and Dad's sides range from pretty passively liberal Christian to agnostics and atheists, as far as I know.

Sister: Not sure--has been associated with UU churchs for many years, but also seems strongly attentive to Native American beliefs and practices. Her husband is Native American, and they met through a UU group for single/divorced/etc adults.

Eldest brother: Not sure; sister-in-law is from a fairly Christian family, but not really sure what denomination; nephew is similarly Christian...none of this ever comes up in conversation.

Slight less old older brother: atheist/agnostic as far as I know...it's been since childhood/early teen years that we ever discussed any of this. Sister-in-law is culturally Jewish, but does not practice as far as I know. Nephew and Niece appear to be atheists as well.

Self: solitary animistic practitioner; raised liberal Christian (Presbyterian); had a born-again experience at age 13, never have really rejected that, BUT...while having tried on liberal, born-again, Catholic, and non-denominational Christianity and found none fit the BA experience, researched the major religious traditions of the world and tried Atheism, finally settled on agnostic animistic practice, which better reflects my experiences in life.

My ex is a non-practicing Catholic. My son is an atheist, although he does acknowledge that he experiences the same kind of "spirits" as I encounter here on our property...

My wife and most of her siblings, and their mom, are spiritual but not religious, and have a hard time understanding my animism even though they recognize and practice animistically. One of her sisters is liberal Christian (same church as they were all raised in), and her brother is born-again Christian

 

[sayak83]

I came to the realization a few weeks ago how diverse my family's beliefs are. I myself am of course Hindu / Satanist and I never really considered my family super religious but I've noticed my younger siblings (age 15 and 21) and cousins (all teenagers) have started to develop their own beliefs. This lead me to actually count out who is what.

There are agnostics / atheists, Buddhists, Episcopalians, liberal Christians, at least one Catholic, and one isn't anything specific but draws a lot on Native American spirituality, and of course me. That's just within my immediate family, grandparents and my mom's siblings' immediate families (so aunts and uncles and 1st cousins).

My dad converted to fundamentalism long after he divorced my mom and he converted my brother and both married into really conservative Christian families. Both stopped talking to us for different reasons (one's reasons more innocent than the other's). Their families operate with almost no contact with my mom's side and so I'm not sure if they even really count.

But either way I'd say my family is really diverse. What about your family? How diverse are their beliefs?

Very little for me. Everyone is Hindu of some sort or the other.

 

[Jainarayan]

What about your family? How diverse are their beliefs?

To the best of my knowledge I am the only non-Christian in my very large family of Roman Catholics.

 

[SabahTheLoner]

Most of my family who live out of state are Christians. My siblings are both irreligious (although my brother said that if he wanted to join a religion, it would be either Buddhism or LaVeyan Satanism). My mom doesn't really claim any one religion but she seems to like Indian philosophies (Hinduism mostly). My dad is Christian although he doesn't have traditional Christian beliefs and owns only the Bible's he kept from his college studies, and then my grandmother is a Catholic priest. And then there's me.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

then my grandmother is a Catholic priest

???