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Yeah, I'd say that fits in with my observations beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 19/02/2010 06:56:26 AM
Of course, I'm generally an atheist (and sometimes agnostic on really pretty days, or when I find a forgotten 10 bucks in my wallet), so I tend to have friends with the same general mindset.

But my parents and grandparents all grew up going to Mass every week, no fish on Fridays (or is it just Fridays during Lent? I feel like it's the latter, but some practice the former...), all that stuff. Then as our parents had us, they made token attempts (We went to Mass... usually, I had my First Communion, was Confirmed, etc), but as we got older, a lot of the people I know just sort of drifted away, until suddenly one day waking up, looking around and going "Huh. This is all kind of silly. Yeah, I'm not Christian any more."

I'd say the only friends of mine that have stayed a bit more to their parents stance on religion would be most of my Jewish friends. Dunno if it's because the culture and religion are so intertwined there, or if it's just that they have really overbearing mothers, but there it is.


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Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents - 19/02/2010 03:41:04 AM 1060 Views
Re: Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents - 19/02/2010 05:45:41 AM 516 Views
Heh...praying that an area doesn't become more religious. *NM* - 19/02/2010 06:25:54 AM 215 Views
the irony in seeing only Christianity as religious, yet praying to "the gods" - 19/02/2010 12:32:49 PM 605 Views
....I hope you realize that I was joking. *NM* - 19/02/2010 07:49:09 PM 213 Views
Yeah, I'd say that fits in with my observations - 19/02/2010 06:56:26 AM 500 Views
it's probably a culture thing - 19/02/2010 02:25:15 PM 469 Views
lol, it's only fish on Fridays during Lent (no meat). - 19/02/2010 05:56:34 PM 532 Views
Doh, that's what I meant - 19/02/2010 07:03:52 PM 558 Views
I find that very unsurprising. - 19/02/2010 12:48:38 PM 554 Views
Re: I find that very unsurprising. - 19/02/2010 01:52:01 PM 559 Views
Oh, good. *NM* - 19/02/2010 03:17:03 PM 202 Views
These things are often cyclical. - 19/02/2010 06:00:29 PM 483 Views
Re: These things are often cyclical. - 19/02/2010 07:55:33 PM 475 Views
There was a(t least one) large wotmania thread on it. - 01/03/2010 02:30:44 AM 517 Views
hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values - 19/02/2010 08:20:35 PM 518 Views
Re: hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values - 19/02/2010 08:44:16 PM 507 Views
horseshit - 19/02/2010 09:16:40 PM 554 Views
Agreed - 19/02/2010 09:30:39 PM 513 Views
Re: Agreed - 19/02/2010 09:38:46 PM 465 Views
Re: horseshit - 19/02/2010 09:35:48 PM 542 Views
(that last bit was supposed to be taken as ridiculous, and not an offensive statement towards you) - 19/02/2010 09:37:11 PM 533 Views
doesn't offend me, I am agnostic - 22/02/2010 06:50:41 PM 487 Views
Re: horseshit - 21/02/2010 08:11:49 PM 447 Views
Yeah, not everyone's faith has rollover points. Some people have Verizon or Sprint religions. - 21/02/2010 10:02:43 PM 496 Views
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Oh, I wasn't refering to you saying rollover points - 22/02/2010 12:01:52 AM 493 Views
I don't think a moral compass is the sole benefit of religion - 22/02/2010 07:13:08 PM 471 Views
Re: Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents - 21/02/2010 11:29:56 PM 591 Views
Organized religion is oxymoronic in many ways. - 01/03/2010 03:06:18 AM 639 Views

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