It's one thing when you are a child and brought up to believe in a certain religion. But, as you grow older, don't you think that people should at least think about what they have been taught and decide for themselves what they do or do not believe. Just because you are born into a religion, is that reason enough to stay in that religion for the rest of your lives?
2006-11-18 00:37:48 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is one of the problem with religion and the believers. First, most religions made sacrilegious to ask questions about the practices and tenets of their religion. You are told,'you will go to hell or to some horrible place like that'. In most cases, the leaders do not just know, so they put fear factors to restrain their adherents. Secondly, majority of people are contented to allow people to do their thinking for them, they are too lazy to ask or seek out answer for themselves. However, do not be deceived, the only truth is the truth and individual discover for himself by a laborious search, any other is conjectural and speculative. This is the reason that there are so many interpretation to the teaching of some world religion. Seeking and knowing God is a do it yourself project, maybe with a bit (less than 0.1%) assistance.
2006-11-18 01:15:57 · answer #1 · answered by Papa Jacko!! 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've been a Muslim for 2 years now and trust me i had a million and one questions i wanted answered before i reverted to Islam. I came into it with my eyes wide open. I think you are right just because you are raised in a certain faith does not mean when you are older that you should not question it, that you should not explore other faiths with an open mind. Its your duty to seek the truth. Saying i was raised that way is not a good enough answer.
2006-11-18 08:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you, but you are forgetting one thing. This is the reason why religion preaches so much fire and brimstone, they hope to instill fear in their followers. By the time someone reached adulthood, they are too afraid to question their religion even if they wanted to.
It all comes down to what is right for the individual, and how can you figure out what is right if you are too afraid to think any other way?
2006-11-18 08:51:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that the people who never question their beliefs are the least likely to take it all on faith. Instead, they're the ones who come here insisting that they have evidence or even proof of their religious beliefs.
Genuine religious faith requires you to first admit that there is no evidence for your beliefs (if there were evidence, why would you need faith?). That's the hard part of faith, and as you can easily see here on Y!A, relatively few believers achieve it. That is BECAUSE they never question their beliefs.
Religious certainty is the biggest obstacle to religious faith.
2006-11-18 09:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
most likely it's just plain laziness and following what your parents taught you....I don't think any organized religion really follows and teaches what is in the bible, so I opted out of my catholic upbringing years ago.......notice I did not capitalize catholic.......what for? I am not an atheist but cannot understand how there can be so many sects and versions of the ten commandments, etc., etc...so the whole thing is worthless to me....just love one another and try to do what's right and that's it!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-18 08:44:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Correct. But a great many people these days are afraid. Fear on a global level (from war, terror, hunger, natural disasters, etc) creates a climate where intolerance seems like a virtue. The ancient survival of the species kicks in and people get more self-protective. Therefore, they turn to simple minded religious convictions that seem to offer them security and safety.
2006-11-18 08:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by Isis 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have grown older, left the Church in my 20's, and came back.
I have questioned by beliefs. And after the questions? I STILL believe. I decided for myself. Faith is a huge part of it, but all I can say is either you get it, or you don't. I honestly hope you will. Blessings, Sir.
2006-11-18 08:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by <><><> 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think people are looking for security. If you start questioning then things could start falling apart, like dominoes falling. Fundamentalists put a wall around their religion not because they really believe, but because they DONT really believe and have to protect themselves from facts. I know this from experience because I started thinking and realized I didn't believe any of it. If there was a god why on earth would he ask people to believe things that are so easily disproved?
2006-11-18 08:46:14 · answer #8 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I did not stay in the religion of my childhood. I left Christianity for Judaism.
I think most people just accept because ''it is the accepted thing to do''. And, people want to be accepted.
2006-11-18 10:44:46 · answer #9 · answered by Shossi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your complaint isn't just limited to religious belief, it transcends the human mind, existing in ALL human belief, including science, politics, etc.
The tragic fact is that people will believe something just because the people around them believe it.
Mankind is dominated by this herd mentality. Tragic, isn't it?
-Aztec276
2006-11-18 08:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋