Prominent fundamentalists who produce secular children

[Brian63]

Curious---

Who might be the most prominent fundamentalist evangelical Christian in the world (modern times) to raise a child who went on to reject those very same religious dogmas, publicly? The latter came out as an atheist/agnostic, or gay, for instance. Anything that greatly went against the views of the parent.

Billy Graham produced Franklin Graham. Kent Hovind produced Eric Hovind. Jerry Falwell produced Jerry Falwell, Jr. Each parent is fairly well ideologically aligned with their own children. The examples I am asking about now are the antithesis of that---where the child completely went in a 180 ideologically different direction from their parent(s).

Note that this is asking of prominent figures especially in the hardcore rightwing Christian culture. They are well-known, famous, influential, and powerful among that group. Yet they had 1 or more children who largely rejected it.

I cannot think of any prominent evangelicals who fit into that category. Any people come to your mind?

 

[Bronzeage]

PKS(Preacher's Kid Syndrome) is fairly common in any religion that allows clergy to marry. The difference with prominent fundamentalists is, with prominence comes great wealth. It's difficult to tell if their children stay in line because they have inherited the faith, or just inherited.

It is fairly obvious that Jerry Jr was not the puritan that his father was.

 

[James Brown]

Fred Phelps ==> Nate Phelps.

 

[Brian63]

Oooh, good one James.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Jamie DeWolf is pretty outspoken critic of his great-grandfather, L. Ron Hubbard. Not sure if scientology is in your purview, here.

 

[ideologyhunter]

There's an Adam and Eve in the Bible (I think their last name was something like Barrett or Kavanaugh or something.) Anyway, they were beyond fundamentalist. They were convinced that they had actual conversations with God. Borderline schizophrenic. Two kids that I know of, boys who majored in agriculture. One was devout and pretty much a wuss. The other one went bad and killed his brother. But according to family tradition, God actually helped the bad one escape punishment, make a successful getaway, and settle down with a wife from parts unknown. I am not able to derive a moral from all this, but I'd like to see it covered on Homicide Hunter.

 

[Lion IRC]

Wasn't Rick Warren's son an atheist?

 

[ideologyhunter]

If so, it was to counterbalance Madalyn Murray O'Hair's oldest kid -- he set her school prayer suit in motion but years later turned born again.