Personal Narrative: My Parent's Differences

Most people adopt the traits and views of their parents, but when those views do not align, what happens to the children? What happens when a father is a hardcore Bears fan, but the mother is a diehard Packers fan? For me this divide pushed me away from football. I was the athletic child in the family so naturally my parents strove to gain my allegiance to their respective team. Without being able to choose a team without offending one parent, I never had a team to cheer on, eventually causing me to be ambivalent towards the sport that many Americans spend their Sundays enjoying. This arbitrary divide in my life mirrors another, more important divide born form my parent’s differences. My mother is Roman Catholic, but my father is agnostic. Contrary to my reaction towards football, my …show more content…
At this point in my life all I am not sure what I want to do or be, nor do I know what I want to study, so naturally, a topic as complex as religion is beyond what I am positive about. What I do know is that I believe that there is a God, and one that is similar to that which is described in Abrahamic faiths, but I do not believe in any of the institutions of faith I have experienced. Many have wonderful aspects; however, my hesitancy to blindly believe and inaccuracies in doctrine have all prevented me from true belief. The closest semblance to my current situation seems to be Deism, the belief of many philosophers and the founding fathers. I hope that one day I will fully understand what it is that I believe and emerge myself in an honest belief, but until then I will continue to merely think about my beliefs and learn more about religion. Although I having two agnostic parents would probably have mitigated my situation, as would two Catholic parents, I am glad that my parents have introduced me to two sides of belief because I believe that when I understand what I think, I will have no doubts about