My dad doesn't like religion much, but I grew up very close to the Baptist tradition. God isn't this distant thing. God is right here with you all the time. He's your buddy, and you can talk about everything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.
My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system.
I grew up in a somewhat religious family. My dad's family isn't religious at all, but my mom's side of the family is, so I was exposed to church a bit.
Religion was quite a thing in our house - we were Baptists. Some Sundays I went to church three times. If there was a talk on missionary work in the afternoon, I could be there all bloody day. But religion took its first big knock after Dad died.
I'm not really into religion, OK. I saw a lot of things I did not like when I got into organized religion. I think a lot of people abuse it, I think a lot of people use it, I think a lot of people make it what they want. And me, my faith and my relationship with God is very personal. And it's not anybody's damn business how we talk.
My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.
My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing.
My father was very outwardly religious.
At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God.
My dad's Jewish and my mum is Christian, so I grew up with no religion. Just whatever religion I wanted.