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Oct 2019
3:20pm, 28 Oct 2019
5,524 posts
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Northern Exile
My mum and stepfather are both very religious and actively involved with their church (the one I was christened in). She's 80 in a few days.
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Oct 2019
3:27pm, 28 Oct 2019
11,175 posts
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Garfield
Hubby's father was very religious...and well travelled - went around the world twice on ships. Lived and worked in Australia and New Zealand, along with Canada. When he went somewhere to live, the first thing he would find was the local church!
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Oct 2019
3:47pm, 28 Oct 2019
9,082 posts
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geordiegirl
my mum is still very involved in the church at 75, she does the flowers, is in mothers institute, helps at messy church (early evening session for kids) she gives me the guilt trip every now an again.
I remember at sunday school I was about 7/8 and we were talking about Adam & Eve and all the rest of it. I piped up that the bible was wrong, my reasoning that there was no dinosaurs and we knew dinosaurs existed as we had fossils.... I don't think I was very welcome after that.
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Oct 2019
3:47pm, 28 Oct 2019
9,978 posts
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Markymarkmark
Being religious, and choosing to go to church, and having a faith, aren't all quite
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Oct 2019
3:48pm, 28 Oct 2019
9,979 posts
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Markymarkmark
Grr.....
Being religious, and choosing to go to church, and having a faith, aren't all quite the same thing of course 
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Oct 2019
3:50pm, 28 Oct 2019
32,939 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Ooh, gg, you're Dr Ellie Arraway from Contact, too smart to go to Sunday school! G
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Oct 2019
3:50pm, 28 Oct 2019
9,980 posts
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Markymarkmark
In my case, I kept going at 14 when the alternative was more Sundays spent dinghy racing in the cold, wet Solent!
And that, as the saying goes, has made all the difference.
Good to hear of others who have persisted throughout the years, though.
There's probably another forum for this conversation!
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Oct 2019
3:51pm, 28 Oct 2019
43,665 posts
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Velociraptor
I was brought up a churchgoer, and remained so until my late thirties, when my first marriage broke down and I decided that the division of assets should include my XH "getting" the local church (he was on the PCC and more active than I was). I could have found another church since I wasn't fussed about denomination, but never got round to it.
Two of my children went to a C of E primary school.
I still think God has some of the best music.
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Oct 2019
4:15pm, 28 Oct 2019
83 posts
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Runningfoxx
I was a regular churchgoer in my teens, until I joined the RAF. I didn't go again until I was 55, just after I'd started running. I'd entered the Pennine Marathon thinking it would be a doddle, but had done very little training.
A week before the marathon i got a bit nervous and found myself back in Church hoping, or praying, for a little divine help. The following Sunday, the nerves had gone and I completed the hilly marathon in 3:30 to win the M55 category. Someone up there must have heard me! I became a regular Church goer again and continued running and racing well into my 80's.
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Oct 2019
4:52pm, 28 Oct 2019
25,886 posts
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HellsBells
I have no problems with faith, though I'm not sure I still have mine, but I have huge problems with religion. One of the reasons I no longer attend any of the established churches
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