Did you choose your religion?

Question

To what extent is your religion your choice? And if you believe it is your choice, could you choose to be another religion for a day? or an hour? Not just practicing in the way they do, but truly believing with your heart like you do with your religion.

EDIT: This is not a question of "should" but is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, I had a choice to choose my religion and I chose Christianity.

Answer 2

I have been going to church for only a few weeks and the more I hear the more appealing it sounds. You know, the world may not end with the return of Jesus Christ but I'm more and more convinced that it's possible. I was raised to be a kind honest person, and honestly I'm close to choosing that I'd like to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that my soul will be safe after I die. If I decide to become Christian it will be of my own free will with only God pushing, hoping that I will accept His son as my savior.

I think that anyone who converted to one faith can convert back, after all the biggest barrier between the different religions is that people don't take the time to stand back and take an objective look at what their fellow man believes in. I think I've gotten off base a bit though. But do I think someone, a christian for examle, could become a muslim and fully embrace the teaching of Islam of one day? It depends on how open minded the person is, I couldn't I'm to lazy to get up and do all the praying they do.

Answer 3

your religion is ultimately your own choice. people may have certain religious upbringings but in the end, each individual needs to make that choice for him/herself.

on the other hand, there is something called "election" which means that God chose you before you chose God. He chose you to be a part of His kingdon. These two come together in the way that God has chosen his people but then gives them a choice to either accept or reject Him. I don't know as much as I should about the principle of election but that is the general idea.

as for choosing to be another religion for a day, i do not think it is possible to decide for one day that you are going to wholeheartedly believe in a different religion that goes against your religion. if you are able to do so, then that means that you do not truly believe in your religion.

hmmm, i hope that makes sense.

Answer 4

Is it possible to choose your own religion? Of course.

I was baptized as a child and was later encouraged to go through the communion process in church. Now that I'm an adult, I chose not to subscribe to any particular religion. That's not to say that I'm not a spiritual person and refuse to acknowledge the fact that God "may" exist, but I think that religion in general is a sham, especially these days. After all, why would God give us free will, just to impose a book of rules and regulations to follow?

I've also taken part in rituals of other religions than the one I grew up in because I wanted to see what they were like. I don't think there's anything wrong with exploring different religions as an adult and then making up your mind as to what path you want to follow.

Answer 5

i was born for a Hindu parents. So i followed Hinduism. It was not my choice and it was by birth automatically. In the early stages i was more focused on my religion, at a latter stage i tried to learn bible and quran which were some of my freinds religion. but never changed my religion, just learnt what it teaches, but as time passed by the teaching in my religion looked far more better and flexible, in fact made me to go further deep into it. i haven't explored the core of my religion yet and have never practised my religion to the core, so i would say i have not thought about an alternative.

Answer 6

I chose my religion.

My mother was Catholic, but I grew up in a small town and she made me go to a Lutheran Church when I was a small child. I had a lot of questions the staff couldn't answer, and I began researching other religions when I was about 10. I stopped going to that church when I was 12, and continued studying religions. I would still go to church with different family members (Catholic and Protestant) because it was required, but I never accepted Christianity. I started dating my husband when I was 17, so I went to church, Bible study, and youth group with him to spend time with him, even though I had been Agnostic since I learned the term when I was in my early teens. After I got married, my husband wanted to join the Methodist church in town, so I went through the classes and joined with him to support him. (I don’t agree with a lot of Christian theology, but it was important to him, and I don't think it really matters how one worships God. The effort and intent is what matters.) I went to a Wiccan bonfire a year or two ago, which was a lot of fun and showed me that ceremony could be fun and enlightening! When my husband decided that Christianity wasn't for him, we officially began to classify ourselves as eclectic Pagans. It took me over 50% of my life to arrive at a term I could use for myself, but I am always learning and studying!

Religion is a choice; however, most people just accept what their parents accepted like sheeple without any research on their own. It's sad because religion is lovely and wonderful and should be studied! All religions should be studied to develop tolerance and appreciation for diversity as well!

I could see myself as a Buddhist, or other type of non-Abrahamic religion, but that is not the path that I have chosen. Perhaps I'll be reincarnated to be a Buddhist next time around!

Answer 7

Almost EVERYONE is the religion they were born into. Not everyone practices it, but most don't switch. That's why its so worthless to try and put one religion down or praise another. Good people of different religions have more in common than the majority of people within a religion. Being a spiritually connected person knows no bouderies; religious or anything else man-made.

Answer 8

I did choose on whom I believe.
I was raised in a Church of God
Saved and repented in a Nazarene Church
Went to a Baptist church for 4 or 5 years and was Baptized there.
I wanted more than what I found there.
For years I did not go to church, I cursed God to see if he was real, because I was taught that if I cursed him I would die.
I wanted to die at that point.
I was outside looking up at the sky when I did that, and I had already said I was atheist, and that I did not believe in God anymore.
With that I went into the house and said, see I knew you was not there.
Then I felt fear ran all through me, I really got scared then,
I thought he was coming after me, so I closed the door really hard to try to shut him out.
That's when I knew that God was real
That's what happens when you walk away from God and go and do your own thing. He has a way of finding you.
So I did nothing then.
One night a really bad tornado raged all night, lightening so bad I had to go to the basement and curl up in a corner and take my daughter with me. I was afraid there too
So I went to bed and said God if you want to take me, then take me.
No I would not change even for a minute.
God has been to good to me!
I had already tried suicide 3 times, and that didn't work
Satan told me if I drank enough my insides would rot out and I would die, so I was trying that too.
I went to sleep and slept like a baby all night.
the girls in my office told me how bad the night was and I smiled and thought, God did that.
So I repented by my bed for three night's in a row, to see if he would forgive me.
The last night I felt his presence in a way I had not known before
After that he told me to leave that place, and go home, several states away.
I chose an Independent church that believed the way that I did
And was later filled with the Baptism of The Holy Ghost and spake in tongues.
A few months later God called me into the ministry
It has been a glorious trip!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Yes i did chose my religion. To be honest i have not tried another faith because i never needed to. I think it is just about enough of my life i have lived without guidence and wisdom (not to say i am wise but that there is a wiser one than me, the Holy Spirit).After I have seen what he has doen not only in other people's lives but also in mine i don't think i could stop believing in God for another second.

Answer 10

Yes, it is my choice and No I could not even for a moment take up another religion because mine is the Truth and I will not waver or stray from My Yahweh God, Most Holy Creator. Amen.