Quick though, maybe I could get some personal thoughts on this one.
You were raised religious:
+ attended church weekly
+ attended sunday school
+ went through age-specific rights of passage
+ studies/devoted your life to your religion
...
Do you think that you life would have been any different if you were not raised in this way?
Would you have found your religion in another way?
Now, on the other hand...
Do you feel you were served an injustice by your parents by being forced to practice their religion?
Do you regret any of the time that you spent in your religious activities?
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I, myself, was a long time practicing person of the Jewish faith. I grew up in a conservative Jewish home and participated in my Bar-Mitzvah.
To make a long story short, I had disappointed my father by my lack of desire to participate weekly, and after I had moved on to college I had cut that out of my life altogether.
Overall, I had a problem with my religious upbringing because I felt that it was all politics; rarely was anyone there to become enlightened, it was more of a meeting place/fashion show/networking session for the parents.
Your thoughts on the subject??
-SF