Have you chosen your religion yourself ?

Question

I am a muslim guy,
and I think most of the people on the earth didn't chose their religion.
Their parents had choosen it for them.
Am I right ?

A comment to SShhorty2:

I think no, I didn't.
But I know that I have to be fully responsible of my decisions.

So, I am investigating right now since am a Mind-Guided guy.

Answer 1

i see what you mean but do your best to find it yourself yhis is your life so try
noone can impose anythong to you

Answer 2

Both my parents are Athiests.
I was raised in a home with love, understanding and respect. I was taught good morals and values and have grown up to be a very independant and loving individual. I have my own mind and opinions and neither of my parents have ever put them down!

I was taught about different religions in School but showed no interest in any of them, and still don't. This is not because of my parents, this is because I choose not to follow something that makes no sense and hasn't been proven.

My mother-in-law is a Christian. She attends church regularly on Sundays and prays when she feels she needs some support. She has never preached to me about her religion and I have never put her down for believing and having faith. Her faith has helped her through some very difficult times and if she has found comfort in that then I welcome it....... for her!
We got both my children christened because I felt it was good for my mother-in-law and was a way of welcoming the children into the family. I had no specific religious reason for doing this.
My children are now raised with the same morals and values I was taught as a child and they too are growing into caring free thinking people.

As far as I am concerned, my "religion" if you like, is based upon my family as a whole. I feel no need to worship a being I have never seen!

I hope this answers your question.?

Answer 3

Whether someone follows their parents' religion or not, it's a choice. You *choose* to follow their religion or you *choose* to follow another (or no religion at all).

I was raised by a Muslim father and a Catholic mother. Neither religion was taught nor stressed in my home, but my father was adament that we were all Muslim. When I was a teenager, I chose for myself whom I'd follow...that's Jesus. And I've been following him ever since.

But I do think that most people identify with the religion of their parents, even if they don't practice it. There are (I'm sure) millions of nominal Christians, Jews, and Muslims (and other religions) in the USA. It'd be interesting to find out the statistics on this.

Peace to you all.

Answer 4

I was born in a country where majority of people are Ortodox Christians, including my parents. Their religion is, however, just something they "perform" - like going to church every now and then, going to the cemetary to pay their recpect to our dead relatives, and similar things that "show" to other people that they are good, goodfearing people... They way of life on the other hand, had very little to do with God, and since my early chilhood I was aware that they can not teach me anything because their own understanding and faith are only superficial.
This may be very hard for anyone to belive, but I was a 3 years old and already had the knowledge and and a deep feeling (I remember my early chilhood very clearly, which is also hard to belive...) of a Person that is ALWAYS with me, and that had nothing to do with my parents. As I grew up, that feeling inside me never changed, it became stronger and I realised that people call that Person - God. I wanted to know more about Him (I have never had doubts of His existence) and I stareted asking questions, reading both religious and philosophical scriptures... Religion I was born in was more like a tradition we cling to,a form that only a few people I know had filled with substance. I wanted more, I wanted answers that can satisfy my inteligence, while my inner beeing already knew the Truth.
The concept of a revencius God who sends us to Hell to suffer for eternity for our sins just isn't something that my soul and mind can accept. Being made from mud, someones rib or so, also was not good enough for me... Being created from a matter, chemicals that in one point decided to "become alive", monkeys transforming into humans - oh, come on...
I did however find answers that corealete with that inner feeling I always had, and I found out many things about that wonderful Person. I found out why He is with me in all times, why I enjoy talking or writing about Him, why I am so strong and sane in the hardes moments of my life...
And, there you have your answer - I did chose my religion, I found it in my soul: God is absolute, and has absolute number of names, but how ever I may call Him, He is there for me.

Answer 5

My parents are Christians, I was too, when I was kid. Then on age of 15 I become Buddhist. But I think you are right - most of the people don't choose their religion, they follow the one their parents do follow.

Answer 6

If you are a Muslim, you would know that

- First your family orient you for certain norms and religion.
- Second, when you mature, you ought to verify for yourself as "I am born like this and God please blame my family not me" is not an excuse on Judgment day and in Quran we see Abraham stared to question his family religion
- Why do they believe in these stone?
And his father and society answer was simply "This is how we found our grandfather doing"

Answer 7

Wrong I was raised Baptist but when I was 14 I chose to become a Roman Catholic. No matter what you are raised it is ultimately up to you to choose what road you will walk.

Answer 8

exactly. I'm a christian and my parents choose the religion for me too. there's not much of people who choose their religion by themselves. if we all have the right to choose it by ourselves, the most of us will definitely be atheists because honestly,this whole thing with religions,the things we believe into sound very unreal. but we still believe because we are raised and told to believe. at least we have something to rely on.:-)

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

I chose my own religious path. My parents raised me as a Christian, but I eventually found my own religious views. I live in a country where that is allowed.

Answer 11

I chose mine myself. I was not raised in a Christian home far from it actually. What about u r u Muslim cause of your beliefs or your families?