How’s it like being raised without religion

I was raised with religion and didn’t have a great experience and so don’t want to do the same if I have children. Does anyone who was raised without any faith have a good and successful upbringing, life etc. ?

I personally think it's a good thing to let a child find their own way in life when it comes to religious beliefs. That way, they won't be annoyed that you might've forced a way of life on them, and religion is quite a significant thing to force on a child in my opinion. My parents aren't religious, and the only time I ever learnt about religion was in school, and for a time, I did think there might be a God. I realised later it was only because I was an impressionable young child and concluded I was an atheist once my mum passed away from cancer when I was 13. Simply because there was no reason for 'God' to cause that. If they want to find solace in God, they will on their own. But don't force it on them as it's not your life to control. I have a problem with religion being taught in schools anyway, especially to young children...

Agree. Plus you could always tell your child that we done know if there’s a God but that it’s their choice to believe and also in Heaven. That way those questions are sort of answered and there’s no hell either.

Does anyone who was raised without any faith have a good and successful upbringing, life etc. ?

I was raised with religion and didn’t have a great experience and so don’t want to do the same if I have children. Does anyone who was raised without any faith have a good and successful upbringing, life etc. ?

I was raised with religion and didn’t have a great experience and so don’t want to do the same if I have children. Does anyone who was raised without any faith have a good and successful upbringing, life etc. ?

Hi, I'm a muslim and i was raised one. I just want to say that religion definitely helps me out on a daily basis as a teenager. my parents never enforced strict rules on me or forced me to do islamic activities that i would find boring as a child but taught me from a more spiritual aspect and knowing that Allah (God) is there for me got me through some tough times in school and etc. It also always helped me to have more of a clear view of who i want to be and gave me morals. The way my parents did things made me choose to follow rules in islam myself and develop my own opinions. They have also always focused on how being a good human and having good intentions will always work out for you regardless of what anyone else says and does.

I know that your question is different to what i wrote above but I just wanted to say that regardless of my personal beliefs I would say that Im sure they are people who have had a good upbringing without any faith and that depends on their parents way of raising them. There are also many examples of people who I have seen kids with ultra strict parents who ended up growing far from their religion and never truly had any faith as it was wrongly enforced on them as children. So its more about the parents in terms of the upbringing.

However, at the same time faith does have a way of grounding you and giving you a purpose of life so in that way it can be very beneficial with kids and young people to have a moral example to follow. Tbh it also depends on what you believe? if u dont mind me asking what are your personal beliefs now? It would ofc be hard to raise your children with a religion you dont actually believe in yourself.

Thanks for your response. I was once a practising Muslim at one but have since lapsed and am wavering on agnosticism. My parents were quite religious but also quite relaxed and didn’t impose the religion on me and so I think that brought me closer to it. But sometimes I did grow up seeing Allah as somewhat punishing in a way but and did sometimes question why he allowed good things to happen to bad Muslims/non-believers. So religious thinking wasn’t always healthy regarding that. But for the most part I really really enjoyed being Muslim and it brought me a lot of peace. What really changed everything for me though was when my Dad decided to take me on Umrah at a crucial stage in my education. I felt excited to go and thoroughly enjoyed my time there and made the most of it but ended up losing my sense of self. This greatly impacted my performance in my exams and for the last few years I have been lost and my grades have been ruined. My friends are almost graduated and I still have a lot of catch up to do. I don’t understand why Allah did this to me, I went to such a good school as well. In the last few years I have been through psychological hell. This is why I just can’t believe in him anymore and not sure if I want my future children too either if I have any…