Atheists' backgrounds

[JockSporran]

Please - ONLY ATHEISTS answer this one.

I'm doing a survey. I would be grateful for your participation.

Please answer the following:

1) Were your parents religious believers?
2) Did you go to church or Sunday school as a child?
3) Did you get any religion at school?

Thanks in advance.

[R1Geezer]

yes to all three. However my parents weren't pushy about it, they believed in god, rarely went to church.

I am confidant that anyone with avereage intelligence left to their own devices will deduce that all religion is bullsh1t.

The problem is that each generation is brainwashed by the /parents/religious establishment etc etc. School assembly and bible reading etc I just saw as amusing ways of getting across moraiity.

[jake-the-peg]

Yes Geezer but then aren't you confident that anyone of average intelligence left to their own devices will agree with all of your opinions?

And if not they're of less than average intelligence? :c)

If so isn't that a rather... er...religious way of thinking?

[R1Geezer]

never said that Jake, dunno why you wanna have a pop at me, I've unusually agreed with you here.

[jake-the-peg]

There was a smiley in the post Geezer!

[Aprilis]

1) Mum - Believes in God but not overtly religious. Dad - Staunch atheist.

2) Yes. Went to C of E infant/junior school so regular visits to church. Went to Sunday school a handful of times but felt very uncomfortable and hated it. Refused to go back.

3) See above. In senior school only the usual R.E. lessons.

I respect other's rights to believe what they wish though.

[naomi24]

Jock, I hope you're going to tell us the results of your survey.

[JockSporran]

Yes, naomi, but I had hoped to get at least 50 answers first. I'll give it a little longer.

[Claud.Butler]

1 Both were nominal Roman Catholics.
2. Yes. I was taken to Mass every Sunday.
3 The first teaching period of the day, every day, was 'Religious Education'.

[ll_billym]

1) Were your parents religious believers?
2) Did you go to church or Sunday school as a child?
3) Did you get any religion at school?


1) Father, no. Mother, more "spiritual" than religious, not affiliated to any specific religion but reads Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist texts, etc. Although she did have a few years with the Worldwide Church of God for some strange reason!

2) Only during the Worldwide Church of God years (ages 6-11). Didn't get any bloody Xmas presents during that time either. I stopped going before my Mum did though.

3) Not really. Just learned about "what people believe" in RE rather than having beliefs put upon me. Did have a science teacher that wasn't afraid to have a good anti-god/religion rant every now and then which I think helped me form my own views.

[chakka35]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Prayers and hymns at morning assembly and a Divinity lesson once a week.

[SpodoCommodo]

1) Yes but not actively
2) yes
3) yes

[vascop]

1)yes
2)yes
3)yes

[rojash]

1) Yes
2) Yes (and Scripture Union on Fridays)
3) If you mean "get Religious Instruction", then Yes; if you mean "get religion" in the colloquial sense, then No

[Gnawer]

So jock was there any interesting conclusions to your survey?