2006-08-31 05:04:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that is SUCH a GREAT question. so many people are forced into a certain religion by their parents/family/peers and grow up being closed minded to all other religions. i grew up thinking that one religion was right and all the others were "wrong". until i got older and did some researching of my own. i now see that the religion forced upon me was in fact, NOT one i wish to follow. i have kids now and i dont take them to church or only tell them about ONE religion. i tell them about every culture and answer all the questions they have to the best of my klnowledge but i also let them know that everyone is different and has their own perspective of religion and that when they get old enough to understand it all, they can choose which ever path they want to follow.
2006-08-31 05:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by tulips♥77 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I didn't choose any religion at first. I decided I would go straight to the source since I didn't trust man or his view. So I started out with asking God to show me He's real. I explained that the world has taught us He isn't and if that's not true it would be up to Him to show me. So everyday I continued to pray this, starting out with an attitude of nothing was going to fool me or make a fool of me. Each day I took a few minutes to just talk to him on a normal level like I would with anyone. It wasn't prayers it was more of me asking Him to prove to me He was real and If He was I wanted to know. Small things began to happen at first. I just blew them off. Until one day something happened that changed it all. After that I believed without doubt. I had to see it with my own eyes straight from the source. I am not an easy person to fool. I was always a hater of religion and doubted whatever they said. Now I realized it has it place and like everything in life it has good and bad to it. I can say going to church is important and finding the faith you are comfortable with is important. To anwer your question: yes I looked around and before giving God a chance I even played with occult adventures. For those people that say the bible is man written, they miss the point. It doesn't matter who wrote it, it matters were the inspiration came from. He continues to communicate to us through it. Everytime I read it no matter how many years I find a new understanding and realize how many verses can have many understanings and applications to it
2006-08-31 05:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by the answers are there 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was broght up in one religion. Then I started investigating, and in the process lost the religion of my birth (no apologies, though). I've investigated at least 7 different religions firsthand, and now I've settled for none. Atheist? Not at all. I can proudly say I'm, like Thomas Paine, a Deist.
2006-08-31 05:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by Akimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up without any religion. I investigated Eastern religions in college. Later I considered becoming Protestant. After a calling from God I chose The Catholic church.
2006-08-31 05:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by Swordsman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I have studied and explored a great deal of religions before I found a religion that I identified with and whose beliefs related to my own personal experiences of the divine. I continue to study religions, out of my own curiousity and to continue to further a deeper understanding and appreciation for all the world's spiritual traditions.
2006-08-31 05:31:49 · answer #5 · answered by gabriel_zachary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I gave my life to God in 1970, I was in a little hurch. I knew that there was so many belifes, But I thought to myself, they all can't be right. So then I said to myself, I will see what the Apostles of old taught, & there is where I put my faith. Read Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfast in the Apostles Doctrine---Read also verse 43 & 44.
2006-08-31 05:20:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You always check out any church and it's doctrine. Does it teach that salvation is by grace or do you have to do something to get saved. Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. You should always study on your own to be approved of God so that people can't deceive you. 2 Timothy 2: 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2006-08-31 05:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by Ray W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I grew up with no religion, but did believe there was a God. Now that I've met the man I'm going to marry, I have converted to his religion, Catholicism.
2006-08-31 05:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by rebecca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't have a choice about religion growing up. But now after some research and searching I believe that if I had to stick to one I would choose buddha. :)
2006-08-31 05:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by Chris S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a Nazarene church well not raised cause my parents didnt go I went on my own accord. But when I was about 20 I started going to a non denomonational church. They focus more on the Bible teachings rather than man made ritual, Im very happy there.
2006-08-31 05:09:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋