Thank you for sharing your story. I'm in my mid-20s currently and around my late teens and early 20s I considered myself Atheist or Agnostic too. But in recent years, around 2016-17, I've found myself more into the Christian side again. Only becoming stronger in recent years.
Has your mom converted to Christianity, or does she just enjoy Christian festivities and rituals e.g. going to sing to Christmas Carols at the local Church?
If you like to hear the story of my coach, here it is. I'm Dutch by the way. So, my coach has been in the Dutch army from the early 80s to the late 90s. He even became part of the local Special Forces (Corps Commando) and helped evacuate Dutch Embassy personnel during the Libanon conflict of the late 80s as an example. During his stay in Israel later in the 90s as part of a security detail, he became infatuated with the local Jewish people, culture, religion and way of life. So, born a Catholic, he eventually converted himself to Judaism in the 00s. He also became a master practitioner of Krav Maga and the ancient Isreali teachings of self-defense. Maybe "Haganah" says something to you.
Has your mom converted to Christianity, or does she just enjoy Christian festivities and rituals e.g. going to sing to Christmas Carols at the local Church?
Thanks for sharing! As to your question:
Formally, no, she hasn't converted or been baptized or anything, so technically, and by many peoples' standards and considerations, she's still Jewish. But if you were to ask her, she'd tell you she's Catholic and converted (not in any kind of sneaky/deceptive way, though, and she'd also tell you she wasn't baptized/didn't formally convert in any way) — goes to church, prays, celebrates all Christian holidays, etc. The rituals and holidays and stuff was more how she was when I was growing up — not a very religious household, but we celebrated Christmas, Easter, etc, but not so much w/ any Jewish holidays (we'd go to my grandparents or aunt/uncles for Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, etc, so we celebrated in a sense. But no menorahs or anything in our house), whereas now she's actually religious
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm in my mid-20s currently and around my late teens and early 20s I considered myself Atheist or Agnostic too. But in recent years, around 2016-17, I've found myself more into the Christian side again. Only becoming stronger in recent years.
Has your mom converted to Christianity, or does she just enjoy Christian festivities and rituals e.g. going to sing to Christmas Carols at the local Church?
If you like to hear the story of my coach, here it is. I'm Dutch by the way. So, my coach has been in the Dutch army from the early 80s to the late 90s. He even became part of the local Special Forces (Corps Commando) and helped evacuate Dutch Embassy personnel during the Libanon conflict of the late 80s as an example. During his stay in Israel later in the 90s as part of a security detail, he became infatuated with the local Jewish people, culture, religion and way of life. So, born a Catholic, he eventually converted himself to Judaism in the 00s. He also became a master practitioner of Krav Maga and the ancient Isreali teachings of self-defense. Maybe "Haganah" says something to you.
Thanks for sharing! As to your question:
Formally, no, she hasn't converted or been baptized or anything, so technically, and by many peoples' standards and considerations, she's still Jewish. But if you were to ask her, she'd tell you she's Catholic and converted (not in any kind of sneaky/deceptive way, though, and she'd also tell you she wasn't baptized/didn't formally convert in any way) — goes to church, prays, celebrates all Christian holidays, etc. The rituals and holidays and stuff was more how she was when I was growing up — not a very religious household, but we celebrated Christmas, Easter, etc, but not so much w/ any Jewish holidays (we'd go to my grandparents or aunt/uncles for Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, etc, so we celebrated in a sense. But no menorahs or anything in our house), whereas now she's actually religious