If you had been born and raised in another country, and of another faith, would you believe as you do now?
2006-07-17 08:59:43 · 13 answers · asked by Alexander Shannon 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm positive I would not believe as I believe now. Environment has a huge impact on the beliefs/values that a person develops.
2006-07-17 09:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by mandyisthekoolest 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I think I would because I was not born and raised with the faith I have now. I am Christian and my parents are not.
2006-07-17 18:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by pennypincher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because, all faiths are based on the cultures & teachings of that nationality. That is why as a Methodist [Christian] I get very angry at other Chritians who say their way is the only way!!! There may be only one way for them, but, it's not the only way, no matter what they may think & feel, or have been taught. Christ is the only way for Christians who read the Bible, other religions have their own books, no less holy. So, please, just spread the word to those who are searching !!!!!!!!! leave those that have their own faith alone.
CHRISTIANS should be more concerned with their own souls by the way they have shown themselves to be so far.....................
2006-07-17 16:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by amom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, maybe not. I've never practiced the religion of my parents or community. So where and how I was raised had no bearing on my religious beliefs. I've followed my heart and my deities for 40 years. Admittedly, that is unusual though. Perhaps if the new religion was closer to what I believed in or it was illegal to believe in anything other than what my community practiced. I honestly don't know.
2006-07-17 16:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. But I hope whatever faith I'd been born and raised in, I'd be a troublemaking, heretical dissenter.
2006-07-17 16:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If i were introduced to the truth. I came to the truth by the validity of it and the accuracy of it. It was my own decision and not one made by parents or friends. I tested what I heard for myself with the Bible and found others to be false and the one I believe in now to be truth.
2006-07-17 16:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would depend. if i was in a country that was very strict about religion, then i probably would believe theirs. if i was raised to be allowed my own decisions, then i would have probably come to the same conclusion that i am at today.
2006-07-17 16:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by Whatever_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only as God wished mate. I am very independent of any schools of thought and "brain Washing." While my family did socialize me to an extent, I have to look into things on my own.
So, yup.
2006-07-17 16:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by ZIAGACITY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, that's why I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for the family I was born into!
2006-07-17 16:06:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 points!
2006-07-17 16:03:52 · answer #10 · answered by lolitakali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋