i'm mildy annoyed with my self for knowing about all of these "unusual" family backgrounds except for jackie chan's.
kitty purry shouldn't be on the list because religious conservatives families are the norm in america. shit, i and a lot of the kids i knew growing up grew up under the same circumstances.
"religious conservative families are the norm in America." Nah. I don't think you understand what religious conservative means.
They don't form the majority at all and are not the norm. It's very rare to find a family that goes to church on Sundays and Wednesday nights, that has severe restrictions on TV watching, music consumption, language, clothing, etc.
These kinds of religious groups represent less than 20% of the population in the US, not even close to being a majority or the norm.
I mean black people are less than 20% of the population in a lot of places. There are definitely communities where extreme conservatism is normalized and that is not uncommon. Also even 1 in 10 people raised with that kind of restrictive lifestyle doesn't lead to a super functional society if you didn't notice.
i understand what a religious conservative is because i was raised as one (no secular entertainment, church three to five times a week, enforced respect for authority, strict disciplinary rules around language, attire, etc.) and they only vary by the degree of acceptable hypocrisy stemming from the church.
keep in mind that not all of the religious conservative in this country identify as such.
katy was raised in a mainstream religious environment considering that her father leads a church. no one in america would think it's extreme or abnormal for the child of a pastor or preacher to have her experience growing up.
With that attitude I can see why you have such a hard time accepting the fact that some religions are very extreme and many are mainstream. Katy's experience was extreme and not mainstream in the least. Most religions do not ban TV, music, etc. The ones that do are extreme.
Preacher's kids do not all experience things she experienced. I think you might need to get out more.
No they are not the norm. The majority of people don't even go to church once a week in the US, never mind multiple times a week. Most religions don't ban certain kinds of tv shows or music, etc(eh they might occasionally have something to say about one but it's usually just in a general kind of way "there is too much violence" or whatever). Religion actually plays a very small role, if any, in most Americans lives. It's just the ones for whom it does, tend to be loud.
About 25 percent of American's don't follow any religion. That's a quarter of the population. Maybe the extreme religions take up another quarter, but they are by no means the norm or the majority.
idk the fact that america has long been self-identified somewhat as a christian nation must mean something.
my upbringing was very similar as well except that there were no holidays or birthdays whatsoever. that may not be "the norm" but it sure as hell is prevalent
I think the Puritans in 1620 may have something to do with that, but it's 2018.
No one said it was unheard of, just that it's not mainstream. It's not the norm, no matter how you were raised or how other people posting here were raised.
Catholics make up about 20 percent of the US. They don't fall into this extreme category. I think you're talking about evangelicals and they are not the majority of the Christian religion. You're also ignoring Unitarians and other mainstream religions that are somewhat liberal.
my friend grew up in this sort of household (she bought harry potter books with her pocket money and her mum threw them away, Church twice on a Sunday, then Wednesday and Friday nights and their family ran sunday school too so she had to teach in that, legs and arms always covered, gave 10% of her pocket money to tithe, etc.). Luckily their family learned enough about the behind the scenes goings-on in their church to finally leave and the come to the same one as me now. it's a bit more relaxed and her parents have chilled out big time. Doesn't erase a lot of the hang-ups overnight though. She still gets nervous about showing any skin and worries that if she doesn't go to every meeting church holds throughout the week they'll contact her and ask her why.
kitty purry shouldn't be on the list because religious conservatives families are the norm in america. shit, i and a lot of the kids i knew growing up grew up under the same circumstances.
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They don't form the majority at all and are not the norm. It's very rare to find a family that goes to church on Sundays and Wednesday nights, that has severe restrictions on TV watching, music consumption, language, clothing, etc.
These kinds of religious groups represent less than 20% of the population in the US, not even close to being a majority or the norm.
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keep in mind that not all of the religious conservative in this country identify as such.
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Yes, they exist, yes, there are a lot of them, but they're still a minority, not the norm, no matter how they identify.
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katy was raised in a mainstream religious environment considering that her father leads a church. no one in america would think it's extreme or abnormal for the child of a pastor or preacher to have her experience growing up.
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Preacher's kids do not all experience things she experienced. I think you might need to get out more.
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my upbringing was very similar as well except that there were no holidays or birthdays whatsoever. that may not be "the norm" but it sure as hell is prevalent
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No one said it was unheard of, just that it's not mainstream. It's not the norm, no matter how you were raised or how other people posting here were raised.
Catholics make up about 20 percent of the US. They don't fall into this extreme category. I think you're talking about evangelicals and they are not the majority of the Christian religion. You're also ignoring Unitarians and other mainstream religions that are somewhat liberal.
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