Do any of you still culturally identify with a religion or denomination? I've heard so many people describe themselves as "culturally Catholic" or "culturally Jewish", etc. But what all does that entail?
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Yeah, I come from an Irish Catholic family as well.
Actually, many of the "Irish Protestants" see themselves as English/British, despite being born in Ireland and having family there for 300+ years. However, there are and have always been Protestants on the side of Irish Nationalism, so it's not a purely religious conflict. As much as I loathe the Catholic church, I still identify with the "Catholic side" of the struggle simply on a civil rights level.
I think there may still be a tendency to identify with the past. I was raised mainly Southern Baptist, and can still tell you all about it. We always knew where we were going to be Sunday morning and evening, and Wednesday evenings.
Hubby was raised Catholic, but never went after they stopped forcing him to. He goes for weddings or funerals, and that is all the more often he is ever inside a church. He isn't an atheist, but seems pretty darn close to it.
Seems like an oxymoron to me. It seems to come down to our failure to move away from tribal tendencies. After all, what can religious affiliations contribute that non-religious affiliations can't?
My mom is a theist (never cared for organized religion) and my dad is an atheist. My extended family is predominantly, though nominally, Christian. They are however a bunch of religious mutts; Catholics, Baptists, Southern Baptists, Episcopalians, various Evangelical/Charismatic denominations. Some practicing, some lapsed.
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