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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I met a man this evening at a kids’ sporting event who said, “I left religion 3 years ago.  Gave all that stuff up.” It was stated—not dismissively or antagonistically—in response to another parent mentioning that their kid (who has a mutual interest with this guy’s kid) has found an event relating to the specific interest at a church, so not totally off-topic.  Another parent asked what he meant and he said hat he had been raised LDS and just realized that it didn’t fit his views anymore.  But, he’s been married for 20+ years and has teenaged kids. If he left his church only 3 years ago, he did so with his nuclear family who had presumable well-formed thoughts on the religion.  Anyway, this  isn’t the kind of question you ask a casual acquaintance and I am not religious so therefore not really equipped to discuss matters of faith.  Have any of you left your churches since you’ve had spouses and kids?  [b]Was it a decision that you made together?[/b]  Did your kids have a voice in the discussion?

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Decisions like leaving religion (or deciding to change careers, or become vegetarian, etc) are usually arrived at individually.  Then, if there is a partner or a family involved, there is a period of adjustment when the others decide how to react.  It's not, for instance, like deciding where to vacation next year - where the interests of all involved are taken into account.  When an adult leaves religion, it's something that at first happens internally - and often slowly --- as the person resists leaving the beliefs expected by their families and society.[/quote]

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