Religious Conversion
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I really have great family.
I have known other people who convert to either another religion or atheism and have had a much harder time with their family members...it's very sad.
Quoting Anonymous:
I'm glad that most of them were supportive or at least not intolerant. :) It seems like, when one person has the courage to demonstrate who they really are (be it with religion, lack of, or anything else, really), others are inspired to do the same. Authenticity FTW! :)
Quoting Mackenzie40:I was raised protestant and am now an atheist ( for years ) . Most of my family was okay with this change and some have since come out as atheists as well.
Quoting Itzy0ll0tl:I was catholic, and know I think I am religion free...
I LOVE GOD... but the humans who preach in his name should do a better job, at living by what they preach, thanby collecting the people's money and raping little kids...
and I droped out of the religion because of pedophilia :(
Quoting Mackenzie40:I really have great family.
I have known other people who convert to either another religion or atheism and have had a much harder time with their family members...it's very sad.
Quoting Anonymous:
I'm glad that most of them were supportive or at least not intolerant. :) It seems like, when one person has the courage to demonstrate who they really are (be it with religion, lack of, or anything else, really), others are inspired to do the same. Authenticity FTW! :)
Quoting Mackenzie40:I was raised protestant and am now an atheist ( for years ) . Most of my family was okay with this change and some have since come out as atheists as well.
Quoting Anonymous:Thanks and yes it is harder when family and friends do not agree or are not comfortable with the changes. Also when they dont understand or know about the thing that we now follow. DH and I made sure they recieved the right information about it and made sure they knew that we were not sacrificing children or animals and that they also knew we were not going to isolate ourselves or our children from them. The more they know the less issues we had.
Quoting Anonymous:
I think that's great! :) A lot of times, I think conversion is difficult on people primarily because of intolerance from family and friends. So glad to hear that yours were very supportive. :)
Quoting Anonymous:None. Actually neither of mine or my husbands family nor our friends have had any aversion to our choice. In fact they are very supportive. I think it is because we still value our family and our time with our family. We come first and everyone else is second. They respect that.
PS: I wanted to add that DH and I were both raised Mormon.
Quoting Anonymous:
I'm glad you've found what resonates with you. :) Have you faced any adversity since converting, among family or friends?
Quoting Anonymous:I was born and raised Mormon. I am now a practicing Laveyan Satanist.
I was Christian. Now I am spiritually eclectic. I think God is too big for just one religion. :)
My sister never asked him to convert and was completely surprise when he said he wanted to. They had been married for 7 or 8 years already when he told her he was converting.
Quoting poshkat:
What did he have to do to convert? My mother begged me to have dh convert when we got married and I said no. I refused to have him convert because I didn't see the need
Quoting Anonymous:
I haven't changed religions but my brother in law did. He was Catholic and converted to Judaism, which is what we are.
Quoting Anonymous:
Interesting! I've heard that it's a difficult process to convert to Judaism, but I admit I know nothing about it. Was it a long process for him?
Quoting Anonymous:
I haven't changed religions but my brother in law did. He was Catholic and converted to Judaism, which is what we are.
That's the ugliest name everrrr!!!