Do you mostly hold the same religious beliefs as your parents?

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Not exactly.  My mom (who, if anyone, is the one responsible for raising me with Christian beliefs) is a self-proclaimed lapsed Catholic and my father, before he died, was an agnostic up until his heart surgery.  He was baptized Presbyterian but never really had a specific set of beliefs.

I'm sure I've spoken about this sometime before, but my family had me baptized in the UCC and we attended weekly services there when I was a baby, but mainly because of its short distance from home and the fact that my mom didn't care for the Catholic priest in our old town.  So, when my dad was alive, the three of us had each been baptized in a different sect.  What is ironic is that even if I were baptized Catholic like my mom had wanted, I probably would have ended up joining the UCC and getting re-baptized there simply because it's the church that's more in line with my beliefs.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

No for me.

My background is extremely mixed.  My dad is a life-long Hindu (originally from India), while my mom was raised Lutheran here in the Upper Midwest.  She is now very flexible religiously, and her beliefs combine aspects from many traditions.  She likes Unitarianism, and holds some beliefs from the eastern religions.

I was never really raised to belong to a certain tradition, but my personal beliefs fit in most with liberal Protestantism.  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seems to be a good fit for me, and I plan to join after getting certain church positions clarified to me by a pastor.

My mom would be fine with that.  While she no longer holds the traditional beliefs, she doesn't have a problem with liberal Christianity, and certainly not with the Lutheran denomination she was raised in.  My maternal grandmother did want me to get baptized, so I was baptized at the Episcopal church in my neighborhood during my young childhood.  I was never confirmed though, and I've hardly ever been to church.  Being Episcopalian would certainly be a possibility if it turns out that the Lutherans are just too conservative to me, but at least some ELCA congregations seem to be what I'm looking for.

I have little experience with the ELCA and ECUSA (though I have been to one of the services of both, the latter having been a joint worship with my UCC), but I don't think I would consider one more inherently conservative than the other.  If I had to choose which was the more liberal of the two, however, I'd pick the ELCA if only because there is still a decent number of conservative Anglicans in the US and all of the conservative Lutherans are in the LCMS now.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

No for me.

My background is extremely mixed.  My dad is a life-long Hindu (originally from India), while my mom was raised Lutheran here in the Upper Midwest.  She is now very flexible religiously, and her beliefs combine aspects from many traditions.  She likes Unitarianism, and holds some beliefs from the eastern religions.

I was never really raised to belong to a certain tradition, but my personal beliefs fit in most with liberal Protestantism.  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seems to be a good fit for me, and I plan to join after getting certain church positions clarified to me by a pastor.

My mom would be fine with that.  While she no longer holds the traditional beliefs, she doesn't have a problem with liberal Christianity, and certainly not with the Lutheran denomination she was raised in.  My maternal grandmother did want me to get baptized, so I was baptized at the Episcopal church in my neighborhood during my young childhood.  I was never confirmed though, and I've hardly ever been to church.  Being Episcopalian would certainly be a possibility if it turns out that the Lutherans are just too conservative to me, but at least some ELCA congregations seem to be what I'm looking for.

I have little experience with the ELCA and ECUSA (though I have been to one of the services of both, the latter having been a joint worship with my UCC), but I don't think I would consider one more inherently conservative than the other.  If I had to choose which was the more liberal of the two, however, I'd pick the ELCA if only because there is still a decent number of conservative Anglicans in the US and all of the conservative Lutherans are in the LCMS now.

How is the ELCA for liberalism?  I've never heard of them doing anything outlandish, like I hear with the Episcopalians from time to time.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "outlandish."  The ELCA ordains women, gays and lesbians, has a flexible approach to scripture, supports sex education and has a more middle-line approach to abortion than its counterparts, and its congregants are more progressive as a whole.  It's not the most liberal of the mainline Protestant sects by any means, though it's certainly more progressive than the UMC, which I've noticed is a favorite denomination among liberal Christians.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

What I think DC means is that while the ELCA has taken the liberal side of pretty much every political argument, they don't have Spong types running around denying the resurrection either. Despite its political liberalism, the ELCA hasn't theologically jumped the shark to the same extent as the more vocally liberal parts of many other mainline Protestant denominations.

I don't think Spong is a good representative for the vast, vast majority of Episcopalians.  I still think that, as a whole, the ELCA is comparably more liberal than the ECUSA.  If the ELCA and LCMS were one body, however, the opposite would likely be the case.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

In that none of us are religious, yes.

Why is it that you are non-religious yet nevertheless criticize certain denominations on their beliefs and traditions?

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

In that none of us are religious, yes.

Why is it that you are non-religious yet nevertheless criticize certain denominations on their beliefs and traditions?

I do the same. Is it a problem?

You criticize all denominations.  Snowstalker bashes Protestant denominations on the virtue of them not being Catholic even though he has no beliefs.  It's probably trolling, but I still consider it a nuisance.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about-

Best church! Also, almost anything is better then Catholicism. 

damn heathen gringos

damn protestant scum.

Heretic.

He said in one thread that this a protest to what he calls the "liberal Protestant circlejerk" something or other here.

I mean, yeah, I know he's not serious, and I'm probably taking it more personally than I should, but I find the act slightly annoying albeit much less so than his other personas.