Growing Up Religion

My religion is very important to me; I would not be the person I am today if I didn’t have God to turn to. My parents were raised in different religious cultures. My mom was raised Jewish and my dad was raised Calvary Holiness Baptist. When I was a little girl, we attended the Fitzgerald Synagogue and the Calvary Holiness Baptist church. We would go to Synagogue for the Jewish holidays. We would participate in many of the Jewish rituals such as the lighting of the candles on the menorah for Hanukkah, reading the book of prayers from the back to the front, and saying the blessing over the bread. When I would spend the night with my Nana she would take me to New Corinth Holiness Baptist Church. When I was about 4 years old, our family started attending First Baptist Church in Tifton. A few years later, while I was attending vacation bible school at First Baptist Church, I asked Jesus to come

Imagine a boy being born into a heavily religious family, growing up in an environment where his religion, family, and friends look down on homosexuals. The boy goes to school, only to find one of his fellow classmates being picked on simply because the way he dressed was “gay”, or that the way he acted was “gay.” The boy joins the crowd too, as he also thinks that his overall appearance simply made him “gay”. This young boy swore to himself that he would never be attracted to other boys, and that he would go to every lengths to make sure of it. Then one day, it had happened. After waking up from a good night of sleep, he realized that the impossible became a reality; he had gained an unconscious infatuation towards other boys. He could not explain why he is suddenly feeling this way. The boy had learned that he had been homosexual all along. Knowing that if he ever came out to the world, he would struggle to find love, he would find his society to be unbearable, and he would live in fear that his life would be at risk as a homosexual. Homosexuals around the world face similar problems to this boy; they all live in a dangerous environment that belittles homosexual society. If they ever decide to come out, they are immediately punished simply because of something they have no control over. As a result, it is crucial that we improve life for gays. We can accomplish this by promoting gay marriage, removing homosexual stigma, and expressing compassion for gay people. By doing

This deductive essay explores the relationship between and the practices involving psychology and religion in order to uphold the ethics code. There is a sensitivity level that must be exhibited by psychology professionals that practice traditional psychology in order to make clients feel comfortable and secure in the treatment setting. In addition, this essay explains the use of religion in non-traditional psychology and the professional manner according to the ethics code in which using non-traditional approaches involving religion should be used.

I grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Eureka, where I still live today. If you ever look at me and wonder where that scar on my forehead came from, well it happened when I was roughly 12 months old when I fell out of a moving car. My parents raised me as a Methodist at the Eureka United Methodist Church. During my years attending Geggie Elementary School, every Sunday my parents would force me to get out of bed and go to Church with them. During church, all the children would go to Sunday school while the parents were listening to the sermon. In Sunday school, we had a teacher, sometimes my mom, who would give out fun church related activities. However, I did not enjoy doing that mostly because it involved getting out of bed early and since I did not like the subject matter either, but at that age, children do not fully grasp the importance of attending church and

Another challenge concerning the Millennials is that a lot of these young adults are growing up without attending church. The Barna group calls them the unchurched segment and report that this segment has increased in the last 10 years, from 44% to 52% (5 Reasons). This is a problem because it decreases the chances for new members to join the church. The majority of people that follows a specific religion learned about that religion in early childhood. Students of human behavior believe that “The most significant borrowing occurs in early childhood. Family is thus an important factor…” (Wuthnow 106). If the number of the unchurched segment continues to grow at this pace, in the next few decades, this will continue to be a major concern for church leaders across the Americas. It is a lot harder to try to reach those people that have never attended church or don’t come from a religious background than try to reach those that belong to a church or have been brought up in the faith.

Being raised in a Christian home, I attended church quasi-regularly up until the age of six. Church participation after the age of six became inconsistent, due to conflict in the church that required the

Moving to the United states was a very hard transition for my family not only economically but also on our believes. It was hard to find a church where we felt comfortable and for a while we didn’t go to church at all. Moreover, after a few years we settled down and my mom had become very interested in Christianity. There was a beautiful Christian church with wonderful people where we used to go for a

I was raised in a Christian home and attended church quasi-regularly up until the age of six. Church participation after the age of six became inconsistent, due to conflict in the

In recent days I had the opportunity to go back to North Carolina for a few short days. There, with a heavy heart from a loss in the family, I had nothing else to look towards. I’ve always heard of individuals finding peace, faith, blessings, and love of Christ from attending church. I’ve never been a person who put their faith into a higher power. As I was growing up my parents never wanted to force me into any religion without me knowing everything about it and choosing which route to take on my own. As the years treaded on, I never bothered myself to learn about the many different religions and what each stands for. So I used this opportunity as mine to attend church for the very first time. I attended the Roman Catholic services held

I grew up in the church. My father was a deacon and my mother was a Sunday school teacher. I never remember a time that church was not the center of my life. I experienced great hurt in my young life and nobody knew pain I endured. I would not realize until much later in my life the affect that one event would have on me. My teenage years were turbulent. These years were a time that was marked by poor choices and rebellion. I developed two lives. One I projected in the church and the other outside the church. I never really gave the fact that I was living a double life much thought.

Growing up, I attended church every Sunday. My mother and father would wake us (my two brothers and I) up at approximately 8:00am to get us ready for both morning service and Sunday school. As the years went on, the older we grew and there came a time when morning service was non-existent. Around the age of 16 is when I stopped attending church every Sunday because of the rigorous schedule I endured. It’s not that I don’t believe in God, because without him I would not be where I am today. He is the reason for my success, my hardships, and my life in general. Believing and installing my trust in him has gotten me to the point in my life where I want to be.

When I was growing up, religion was around me but I didn’t really pay too much mind to it. I would go to church rarely, a couple of times with my grandma and sometimes with my dad. My mom didn’t care about

Religion plays an important role in my life. I identify as catholic, but there are some thing that me and my family don’t follow. We don't go to church often and when we do it's only for important events. This is because we’ve had bad experiences with

I've been attending church for as long as I can remember. The earliest time I remember going to church was when I was in pre-school, and I attended the same church until high school. Sundays were routine, we attended church, went out to eat after with other members of the church, and then went home to watch either football or baseball (sports being my second religion). Skipping church was never an option, nor did I really want to miss it. I had good friends at church, and was genuinely interested in the bible and the stories we read.

To begin with, religion is one aspect of my life that I could not be happy without. My brothers and I have formed this conviction in the Lord from being taught the right way. My father is the minister at Sims Hill Christian Church and he has always taken us to every church service held as long as we were able. It has always been a priority in the Jones’ household to read the Bible and to present ourselves in the correct manner. Without God, the pursuit of happiness