I am the same.
My friend is changing and her parents are upset. It is a drastic change from Christian to Hindu. I think it's a phase since she is unhappy now.
2006-10-11 18:39:05 · 28 answers · asked by E LIB o NATOR 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What in the world turned so many of you atheist?
Will you EVER give religion another shot?
2006-10-11 19:02:39 · update #1
The affiliation to a religion is automatically chosen by our parents, at a age we can't express and we don't know to what religion our beliefs corresponds most. As we get all that clear, we do want to be a part of something we believe in. At the same time, this is a serious choice, it should be a choice made with conviction, that is, with all one's heart.
2006-10-11 19:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by Gospel of Thomas 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm now pagan and proud of it. You should be supportive of your friend and stand by her. Listen to her reasons of why she is unhappy and why she is changing. People do change, I'm pagan following a Norse Trad. I personally will never go back to Christianity but your friend might or she might not. Perhaps this religion is more like her own point of view, or she has found something in it that she is lacking in the worship of the christian god. Since you seem to think this was a rash decision because if it weren't you wouldn't be upset about it. Encourage her to look into other religions and study them as well as Christianity. Encourage her to go to classes with her parents at the local Hindu temple so they won't worry so much.
Edit: I became a pagan because I find Christianity to be a hateful religion when practiced. It encourages blind faith and fanticisim in practice. However it was meant to be a religion of peace and kindness and in many cases it is. It's just many of us fell on the wrong side of it, mostly for being different.
2006-10-11 18:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
My family is half Christian and half agnostic. I have never in my life believed in god, I've always been an atheist, but I was partly raised as a Christian and pushed into religion without wanting anything to do with it.
2006-10-11 19:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by undir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised by a Catholic mother, and a Southern Baptist father, I am now a member of a Presbyterian Church, Basically I've been taught Christianity ALL my life...
2006-10-11 18:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ladeebug71 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was brought up in a quasi-christian home, no-one in the family beleives in anything apart from my mother which somehow became more prominent when I told her I was gay; slightly co-incidental! I think its a phase she is going through other than dealing with the issue.
2006-10-11 18:46:54 · answer #5 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was Roman Catholic Christian for almost 33 years.
I renounced Christianity in 2002 after my Roman Catholic grandparents were murdered by my Roman Catholic mother and her Roman Catholic siblings.
I converted to Islam in 2004. Never regretted my decision.
2006-10-11 18:51:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a Baptist religion and still adhere to the doctrines of such, but I am no longer in a religion at all. I am now a Christian. That means I am a follower of Christ, the only begotten son of God, by whom all mankind shall bow and must confess his name as the only name by which mankind can be saved and enter heaven. I can understand her parents being upset, she's not just changing religions, she's denying the only Christ that gives us salvation, and is Truth. I hope your notion that it is a passing phase is true, for scripture tells us it is better to not have tasted of the Truth, than to have tasted and rejected. May God bless you as her friend and give you wisdom to support and encourage her as the Lord would lead you and not as mankind would lead you.
2006-10-11 18:46:32 · answer #7 · answered by dph_40 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. I was raised to follow strict Christian beliefs (I wouldn't call them Christian parents because they claimed to be Christian but they were anything but) but I never believed in any of it. I don't follow that now either.
2006-10-11 20:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised Baptist and walked away from christianity at 15. For awhile I practiced Wicca but am now an Agnostic and very happy.
2006-10-11 19:39:13 · answer #9 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was raised Christian and I am still a Christian. Most people I have seen change religions do it for their fiance/husband/wife. That's wrong. Of course your friend is unhappy, she knows the truth and is now choosing a lie.
2006-10-11 18:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋