What happened for you to believe in a God?

Question

Did you have an experience, was it how your parents brought you up, are you afraid of the risk of not believing, does it just make more sense to you regardless of whether He exists or not, or do you usually follow what the majority does? Seriously, be honest. I don't know you, and if I do, I already know how you feel.

Answer 1

I'm unsure about my beliefs now, but I was a believer purely out of fear. My parents raised me christian and when I was really little, they made me watch a movie about the rapture. I believed even more solidly because I didn't want god to get mad and take my family away from me. Now that I'm older and seen all the other failed predictions about the end of the world, I don't have that fear anymore. And for various reasons, I now question the existence of god.

Answer 2

I always knew something was there. Never quite sure what though, neither of my parents were religious so i had no formal training. When I was a teenager I would go and sit in catholic churches and pray not sure what I was doing and to afraid to ask. I always felt peace and love when I handed over things. I looked for a long time a different religious groups. I never want to commit I was afraid that perhaps I would lose some of "my control". Finally in my thirties I decided to join the catholic church and received alot of flack from people. And watching Pope John Paul's funeral reaffirmed I made the right decision. I'm not rich I'm not poor. But I'm out of a hopeless marriage and am raising my two beautiful gifts as catholics( when they are older,18, they can chose) and I have never been happier since I handed my life to God and understand that life is about love.,
Peace to you on this on going journey and yes sometimes we all get side tracked but God is always there, that is the beauty of it. Remember that it is all a gift.

Answer 3

I think it is all of the above. I've had really emotional experiences where I felt like I was so connected to a higher power, and there are some things that have happened that I truly believe HAD TO have been orchestrated by God himself. I was also raised to be at church EVERY Sunday humanly possible, but so were many people I know, so I'm not sure exactly how much that had to do with it. I used to be scared that if I didn't believe and he DID exist, He'd unleash His wrath on me, but now I believe out of FAITH and not fear; when you educate yourself on the teachings of your religion, you find that that is the way to believe. The "majority rules" thing, however, doesn't apply, because majority of the people I know claims to be believers (Christians), which to them means walking around with a cross pendant instead of walking in faith. This is just my experience, anyway.

Answer 4

I don't anymore, I did a onetime until

I found out that our money was just a bank note, that nothing on earth had a value not counting ourselves
That Money and God had many similarities, they were both created out of nothing and both have a mysterious effect on people and if a drug, because people need both especially today more than ever, one they need living expense and the other is pray that they can pay for the living expenses, now look at the whole picture, rich and poor even the in between, not cut God out of the picture, looks bad but still livable, now take money out of the picture, will God buy them life, it gets even worse
just be happy if you can survive with the basic but strive for the best, until we find a cure

Answer 5

30 years of speed and alcohol brought me to my knees.

All I know is that somehow I surrendered. I gave up completely.
I knew I was at an all-time low. The next step down was death or the insane asylum. I had nowhere to go.
I got into Alcoholics Anonymous and worked the steps in their book. I did one thing that I never thought I would do. I literally said with words, "God, if you exist, please take this addiction away from me".
I was raised by an athiest father, whom I admired for his utter dismay for the notion of a god.

16 years have passed and I have not had a drink or a drug since. I have not had the urge, either. It is just gone.

I am not a religious person. I do not believe in the story of Jesus.
I'm agnostic, at best.

How did my addiction just vanish from me, and why am I so darned happy?!?!

Answer 6

Although I went to a very religious school,I never used to be religious until,I woke up one morning realized that the world was beautiful and bounty full .
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I then realized that the christian God was an impostor, who lived in peoples minds only..and that Baal the Sun was all powerful and real ,

just as real and powerful as our Mother Earth Gaia,who in partnership with the Sun ,makes all life possible,and supplies all of life with all of the needs ,Both of them extremely visible ,every day

i was eleven then, now after 50 years(30 of them working with the Environment) i am more certain than ever..

Answer 7

Originally I believed in God because that is how I was raised and I was scared to think anything else. Now, though, I believe in God because I have seen the wonderful miracles He has worked in my life. I been brought through so many "financial storms" and saved from so many bad decisions. God has been good and saved me from my mistakes. That is why I believe there is a God.

Answer 8

I was 30 years old. Heavy drinker, party-girl.
A good friend was visiting and we started talking about God.
After he left. I noticed he left a bible on my table. I didn't even know he had it with him.
I picked it up the next morning and read for 4 hours straight. It seemed like 10 minutes.
ministering angels were there in my room...Since then I have known Him in my life.
That was 1992. I have made good decisions and really bad ones. I have back-slidden and drank again. He still loves me and I still know Him.
Today, I do not drink (5 months now) but who knows about tomorrow except that He will be here and He knows me and loves me. That is Truth and very very good.
thanks for asking this question :)

Answer 9

I was raised Catholic, but I do not agree with EVERYTHING they tell us to or have done in the past. Like I think women should be allowed to be priests. Anyway, sometimes, I always question my faith, because when I do, I end up understanding it better. I found my faith from the ones I love, and just from seeing how beautiful, complex, and mysterious this universe is. How can you see all that, and believe no one created it?

Answer 10

ive always belived in God but never had a close relationship with him i never excepted jesus as my personal saviour.but about 4yrs ago i experianced somthing horrible in my personal life that changed my life completely. I met someone where my husband works he took us to church and i was born again.and know i serve god to the fullest