None! I think religious groups are just giant cults. Its a bunch of stories passed along by Chinese whispers. Horrible what religion has caused over the years and continues to do. So much judgement and hate and using fear to control. I do think less of people who go to church and waste so much of their lives devoting themselves to something thats no more true than santa. These people who discount actual science and think the world was created by mythical creatures/beings. So many vastly different religions around the world, they cant all be right! Just live yiur best life and be nice to others. Don't waste time and energy on things that dont exist.

"A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints", and all that. I hear a lot of anger directed towards religious people who are 'hypocritical' because they do the wrong thing. By being religious they are not claiming to be perfect. In fact, the opposite.

I was raised in a Christian family and still go to the church I was baptised in. I can honestly say that my faith is what keeps me going at times. I don't push it on to anyone and I know it doesn't make me any better than the next person. It's just a part of me.

We have many gods (all our gods are gender neutral) in our house and we interact with them daily. Dear god of airconditioning thank you for the cool breeze. Oh god of the fridge show me what I can eat for lunch. Oh god of the walk in what the hell am I going to wear? And so on and so forth.

Born into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. I had many doubts growing up but my family made sure I didn't act on it because then they would have to shun me. I finally found my way out because I think its all bullshit. Not just this religion, but every religion that exists. I am now an atheist. And I find that my life is so much better. It's not complicated and I don't get scared everytime the sky turns dark, in case Armageddon is coming. I don't have this weight on my shoulders thinking what if I do in life isn't good enough anyways. Took 'god' out of the way and I can breathe again.

I don't consider it a religion but I am Pagan. I've been nature bound since a young child. I believe that the energy of the universe is in everything and if you listen and pay attention you can hear and feel it. The mother earth is the divine as it provides all living things the nourishment they need to survive. As humans we are destroying our home, a part of my practice is to garden, pick up trash, be kind and help in any way i can. I follow the seasons and try my best to celebrate the holidays in the right season ( ie "easter" which is the spring celebration of birth and fertility) in Australia we celebrate it in autumn which makes no sense we should be celebrating "Halloween" which is the harvest, thining of the veil) obviously i still stick to the "dates" so our children dont feel left out.
https://www.facebook.com/the.butterfly.effect.808/videos/1078987962202909/ heres a video that explains the dates and stories behind "religion "

Humanist here. Not really a religion, more of a philosophy. People are shocked when I tell them I don't believe in God because I'm a nice person who is kind and shows compassion. Ha ha. If I had to choose a religion it would be Islam.

I am a practicing Muslim. Why? Because it is the only right way to Allah. I feel we need to educate Australians on the right way to live.

I'm a Catholic.
I don't practise the religion; I don't go to church, I use contraception etc...
But I do love God, I pray and I am a good person.
I thank God for the many joys in my life but I also, wrongfully, blame him for the many downs in my life.

I believe in God. I started going to a uniting church when I was a kid but my parents stomped going. My mum said she was sick of all the bitcheness at the church. It was like keeping up with the Jones. My husband said the same thing about or small town local church, everyone wants to know your business and all talk behind your back. So I don't go to church now but I believe in God and I teach what little knowledge I have to my kids.
The only impact it has had is learning churches don't have the nicest people, and you can still love God without going to church.

I think religion is great if it gives people peace that they can't find otherwise, if you've lost someone and need to believe they have gone somewhere better or you have an addiction and need to believe a God love you through, the way that Hindu people give offerings all day long and believe it protects their family.
All religion stems from humans going through very dark times and needing faith to carry on, something greater to believe in to survive.
I am atheist but grew up in a Christian family and attended church as a child.

I was raised catholic and hated going to church. Sit down, stand up, kneel down, stand up. So boring. And I hated the taste of the communion wafer that we had to eat because it was body of Christ. Yeah right. Load of bullshit. Also hated that my mum always had money to give to the church but no money to spend on us kids. We couldn’t go out Sundays incase we weren’t home in time for evening mass. My childhood revolves around the church. As soon as I moved out of home I stopped going. I believe you should just be nice and kind and you don’t have to go to church to become that way. I’ve invited my mum for dinners or outings but she refuses because there’s a church thing on. She chose church over family and I will never do that.

I was raised Catholic and am still very much Catholic. I did stray for a bit during my early adult years, but it was a very turbulent and unhappy time in my life. When I returned to my Catholic faith I found joy and purpose in my life again.
My now husband wasn't religious when we met but he had chosen to become Catholic now too and were are raising our children Catholic also. Modeling our family life on Catholic morals and values has made us a very happy family and our kids the kind of children we are proud of, always loving, kind and compassionate to everyone. (Not saying that you cant have great kids without religion, but for us personally, religion has helped us in teaching our kids the values and morals we want them to carry through life)

Thanks for all your answers!

No religion. It should be obvious why though 😂

Oppositely to others here, I was raised in a faithless house. Well, my dad is agnostic, my mum and all her side of the family are very anti church. They would ridicule and belittle anyone who showed an interest in religion.
As a result, one of my cousins has married into a cult (Children of God), and I've married a devout catholic. Personally, I prefer not to assign myself a set church/group. My faith is entirely my own.

OP - looks like the reply’s to your post so far may be the opposite to what you were seeking!
13 years of Catholic school has lead to me being an atheist. My decision to “not believe” was strengthened at the age 17/18 by dating a son of a happy-clappy pastor whose family were such hypocrites - they said things in church & then contradicted themselves in their everyday behind closed doors living away from the parishioners. I saw & experienced many hypocrisies in both Catholicism & Pentecostal faiths.
I cant fathom in anyway how natural disasters, cancer/disease, hardship etc etc are God’s way and pave the way to his kingdom.
I certainly acknowledge the Christian values and 10 commandments, and I definitely live a life much aligned to those, after all they are basic morals and principles, but I do not need any indoctrination to ensure I abide by such a life.
My children are baptised by my husbands wishes, but they don’t attend church. We have open conversations with them when they want to talk about religion, and when they are older and have the ability to have an informed opinion I will support them should they chose to ‘join’ a religion.

I come from a non religious family and my parents sent us to a Christian camp every big school holidays so they could have kid free time while we got brain washed. From aged 10 to 12 I read the Bible over and over again, I prayed multiple times a day, I remember being so scared for family and friends who were going to hell because they swore or didn't believe in God. Everytime I did something wrong I would immediately find somewhere to pray for forgiveness and hope that was enough to keep me out of hell. Along comes teenage years and boys, alcohol, drugs and I just stopped asking for forgiveness and reading the Bible. I was going to hell anyway. That has turned me off religion as an adult. I think it's fine if it compliments your life and gives you something higher to look up to but most religions are quite strict and almost threatening. One wrong move and you're going to hell, all your non believing family is going to hell unless you share the word of God with them.