2006-07-30 02:28:04 · 22 answers · asked by Cocky 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope, been a Baptist all my life.
Although I do like going to other denominations services, it's always fun to worship in a new way.
Oh, and to the previous answer about Jesus .... that's wrong on both counts, Jesus died a Jew, and He's not allegorical, He actually existed. Umm, everyone knows this, the question was not whether He existed, it was whether He is the son of God.
2006-07-30 02:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was raised in a secular home and was drawn to God after witnessing the birth of my son and the miracle that a newborn baby demonstrates to EVERY parent.
I thought I was a Christian. I went to my bestfriend's church (Disciples of Christ) and sought comfort through the things that I had "absorbed" during my childhood and teen-aged years.
It turns out I THOUGHT I was "supposed" to be a Christian because that's what I was exposed to all my life ,i.e.; mainstream media, cable television and the people of my community. But, I was only a Christian because I was "A PRODUCT OF MY ENVIRONMENT". I accepted all the paradigms that were being slung around my neck like a horse collar. I accepted all these things on "BLIND FAITH". I didn't ask questions. I didn't EVEN WONDER "WHY?". I didn't research. I didn't study. I didn't learn.
Now that I've moved (500 miles) away from where I was born and the influences. I have taken the time and STUDIED. I've researched and LEARNED the origins of these PARADIGMS and I have found them HOLLOW and WITHOUT GRAVITAS.
I have found that the four main canonical "gospels" WERE NOT written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I have found that the origins of the Christian faith are so muddied that they're no more than a game of "telephone/operator".
This has driven me away from the christian faith and has forced me to travel farther back into history to find the REAL source of spirituality and faith. I have found JUDAISM.
This religion is the foundation of what people today call christianity. Giving it all the gravitas that I desire in my search for divinity. I feel that if A MAJORITY of the christians read,learned and understood the things that I have found through my research and quest for divinity, that they in fact would come to much the same conclusions that I have. That they have only ACCEPTED the things that they've been surrounded with and only been "A PRODUCT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT" as well..
Please take time (as I have) to search your soul and research the paradigms that you have accepted all your life to better understand and APPRECIATE the religious choices that you have made in your life in your search for divinity.
shalom aleichem,
Rob
2006-07-30 03:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by Furibundus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born and baptized a Christian, but at age 20 converted to Islam. I have never been happier or more respected. People say things like "maam" and "excuse me", even holding doors, unilked when I was an uncovered Christian woman. I have more success. As a Christian I could only get a job in fast food. Then I converted and started doing as Islam says. I am now in college with a job in marketing, married to my husband of 5 years, have a baby boy 5 months old and a little girl 2 1/2. My husband and I own a house and now 5 cars. Speaking of which, as soon as he wakes up from his nap we're heading out on a road trip to his friend's house two hours away. He just bought me my birthday present (apple Ipod 60 GB) and I'm going to be watching movies on that.
I feel closer to God. I feel more confidant of myself, more sure of myself. I know my rights and my duties. I have so much respect for and from people. I have a family. I know if something should happen there will always be somebody there on my side, people included. I just can't express how much my life has changed for the better.
2006-07-30 02:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not I. When the JWs, Mormons and Evangelists came proselyting I found out that I didn't even know my own faith, much less the 'truth' they spoke of.
Before leaving my Church, I decided I would learn everything I could about it. If it was indeed in error, I would leave and find the True Religion.
I studied for more than five years and learned the Truth. This is why I am still a Roman Catholic and will be one until God calls my name.
H
2006-07-30 02:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know my parents werent any denomination.
Church was merely a means of getting the kids out of the house for awhile,and many times I had gotten home from Church and my father had went to "The Show",Mom's code for the porno theater.
I know that both my grandmothers and at least one of their sisters were also religious.
My step grandfather actually had a brother in the clergy.
I was a pentecostal for awhile,I am felling MUCH better now though...but alas have gone the way of my Sire's it seems.
It isnt that I dont believe...I just really hate the "Brand Names".
Well that is my imput,I dont even know if it applies to the question...but venting here is better than McDonalds.............
2006-07-31 11:26:33 · answer #5 · answered by kdcato0561 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raised Christian, then did some research and was Atheist and then after some experiences am Pagan but still believe totally in the teachings of Science.
2006-07-30 05:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody is "born into" a religion only raised in one.
2006-07-30 03:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born Methodist, raised heathen, saved as a Baptist, live as a Christian in a Calvary Chapel.
2006-07-30 02:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Catholic to Jehovah's Witness to Atheist and until new info comes along to prove something else I'm staying in this group
2006-07-30 02:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Not born into religion and still not religious.
2006-07-30 02:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋