“My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious.” StillsReligiousMy FamilySouthernBaptistsSouthern Baptist Author:Missi Pyle
“I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.” BelieveLittlesStillsI BelieveReligiousTypeHigherMy FamilyScaredI Believe InBelieve In GodSkepticalHigher PowerI Believe In GodFamily Apart Author:Ja Rule
“I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.” IdeasDifferentReligiousCompassionMy FamilyRaisedOpennessPositive Things Author:Kali Hawk
“Why did I adopt kids? I dunno. Let me look at my family: religious weirdo, gun nut, biker, boozer, dead tooth, too many cats, the guy who talks to his truck. Hmm. Maybe I adopted because genetically my balls are full of poison.” LooksKidsGuyReligiousFamilyGunCatMy FamilyLet MeBallsTeethPoisonNutsAdoptedTruckWeirdoBikersHmmReligious Family Author:Dana Gould
“I know how much respect I have for people of all different faiths, but especially for my family, who are the most important people in my life, and who are still practicing, and deeply religious.” PeopleKnowsStillsImportantDifferentReligiousKnow HowMy FamilyDifferent Faiths Author:Stephen Karam
“I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform if I wanted to be considered normal in my family of origin.” IfsWantedReligiousBreakImagineTeachingTaughtNormalMy FamilyImpactExpected Author:Wendy C. Ortiz
“Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.” BelieveImportantReligiousCallingMy Family Author:Florence Nightingale
“My mother has been to Mecca to perform her hajj; my dad hasn't. I come from a very liberal family, so even the people who are outwardly religious tend to subscribe to gender equality, the importance of open-mindedness, all that stuff. My family is generally nonprescriptive.” PeopleHas BeensMotherStuffReligiousDadMy FamilyImportanceMy DadGenderGender EqualityOpen MindednessMeccaHajj Author:Mohsin Hamid
“My great-great grandmother who came from Norway to America came for economic freedom, but importantly she also came for religious freedom. It is part of my family history, why they came to America: for the freedom to practice their own religion without the government interfering with it.” GovernmentAmericaReligiousPracticeEconomicMy FamilyGrandmotherInterfereReligious FreedomFamily HistoryEconomic FreedomNorwayGreat Grandmother Author:Steve Daines
“I was an altar boy, I took catechism classes and religion classes, and I prayed a lot as a child. My family was very religious, and I really experienced God.” ChildrenReligiousClassBoysMy FamilyAltarsCatechism Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I think that in the diaspora, and among immigrants, religion becomes a vehicle for the transmission of cultural information, and cultural codes, and this does end up re-inscribing certain things about the religion - like caste. Caste discrimination and hierarchy are still a very fundamental and violent part of Hinduism. My family was upper caste, and that was very clear. I feel like caste and religious practice are inextricable, actually.” ThinkingReligiousMy FamilyViolentDiscriminationCodeHinduismVehicleTransmission Author:Chitra Ganesh
“For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.” PeopleWayFeelsDoeImportantReligiousMy FamilyTreatsHousehold Author:Beyonce Knowles
“My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.” ReligiousMy FamilyObservantNon Religious Author:Elayne Boosler