had Hindu friends, and watched Hindu television... would you still be a Christian? Please give some thought to this.
2006-10-26 02:19:24 · 11 answers · asked by Eureka! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Great question!! The answer is no...now alot of Christians will tell you something dumb like, Jesus would have found me...but thats insane..and it means they have no real grasp on reality. The truth of it is, is yes...people can convert to different religions as time goes on...but that can be with any religion...I know christians who are buddihst now...and Muslims who are Christian...and Christians who are mormon...but the fact is...you are alot more likely to , A. Believe what you were taught when you were younger
and B. Believe what you are surrounded by....If you spent your life growing up in Jerusalem next to a ton of Jews...I highly doubt you would become a Hindu...and vice versa....
2006-10-26 02:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No. You would be a Hindu. Your society shapes you into what you are. Later in life you might hear the word of God and decide to switch but you would always have a Hindu background.
2006-10-26 09:24:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure. But to say yes would commit the logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Ravi Zacharias is a well known Christian speaker (e.g. Harvard's Veritas Forum) and he was raised Hindu in India.
2006-10-26 09:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have know people who have. Dr. Zacharias was raised a Hindu in India and converted to Christianity, for example. There are others.
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Ravi Zacharias ... was born in India in 1946 and immigrated to Canada with his family twenty years later. While pursuing a career in business management, his interest in theology grew; subsequently, he pursued this study during his undergraduate education. He received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. Well-versed in the disciplines of comparative religions, cults, and philosophy, he held the chair of Evangelism and Contemporary Thought at Alliance Theological Seminary for three and a half years. Mr. Zacharias has been honored by the conferring of a Doctor of Divinity degree both from Houghton College, NY, and from Tyndale College and Seminary, Toronto, and a Doctor of Laws degree from Asbury College in Kentucky. He is presently a Visiting Professor at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University in Oxford, England.
2006-10-26 09:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under those circumstances, I probably wouldn't know enough about Christianity to make a decision about it. I'd be a Hindu.
2006-10-26 09:23:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just because you are surrounded by Hindu people does mean that you covert right away. I think that I would be fasacinated by their faith, and began to ask ask many question as I can
2006-10-26 09:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by danicolegirl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spot on. If you were kept hanging upside down in a wardrobe and was frequently beaten across the face with a fish from birth, you would think that was normal too
2006-10-26 09:31:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would've started out hindus, but thens some nice missionaries would have found me and saved me.
2006-10-26 09:32:21 · answer #8 · answered by craazzy_lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA HA HA HA HA! Of course they wouldn't be. We are all products of our environment. I love Hindus.
2006-10-26 09:21:18 · answer #9 · answered by a sock 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I suppose if I didn't know any better. But I think somehow all of us have a chance to meet the one true God in this life.
2006-10-26 09:24:50 · answer #10 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋