TamaraNevanose
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My Maternal Grandparents (to whom I was very close) had no religion but were kind nonjudgmental people. My Paternal Grandmother was a lapsed Catholic with 11 kids but, after her husband died in WWII, divorced herself from the faith.
My parents felt very strongly about social integration and were genuinely very committed to our learning about multiple faiths. We were never pressured to join any.
In the 70s (we lived in a very small town) we were somewhat frowned upon because we had black people, gay people and some very rock and roll people at our house (my mum was a social worker and political activist and my dad worked in the music business). Every week, a different group would have a go about our 'harbouring' another group. It was silly.
I am still an atheist but, also, a liberal humanitarian.
When people have such big chips on their shoulders, is it because of the way they've been raised? In the same way that I think my love of people was (luckily - I think) instilled in me?
My parents felt very strongly about social integration and were genuinely very committed to our learning about multiple faiths. We were never pressured to join any.
In the 70s (we lived in a very small town) we were somewhat frowned upon because we had black people, gay people and some very rock and roll people at our house (my mum was a social worker and political activist and my dad worked in the music business). Every week, a different group would have a go about our 'harbouring' another group. It was silly.
I am still an atheist but, also, a liberal humanitarian.
When people have such big chips on their shoulders, is it because of the way they've been raised? In the same way that I think my love of people was (luckily - I think) instilled in me?