Interesting, thing is that both my kids believe in God and all of that. I again have no issue. In fact, I took my daughter to church the other day. While she did her thing, I did the shopping and picked her up after. The Minister asked if I was interested in joining her and I said, "Not in the slightest mate, I am an Atheist. She seems to like it though". He looked a touch confused
For anyone who cares, it is a VERY progressive church (Social activism, Gays allowed in the church and in the clergy, etc).. As far as churches go it is really ahead of the curve and quite accepting. Personally, I think that this is a GREAT move for them. They are almost keeping up with Australian society that is quickly outgrowing the need for Christian churches. In Australia, i would reckon that 15% are religious, but non-Christian, 15% are Practicing Christians, and 20% are sort of Christians (that is believe in something spiritual and God-ish and yeah maybe Jesus was around....)but NOT practicing
I was not raised with any religious influence. I had no idea what people did in church, who around us was religious or what religious beliefs were.
I turned out alright...
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