represent your religion?

Question

What religion are you, and are you a practicing member of that religion or just that religion because your family is?

I'm a practicing Catholic

Answer 1

I'm Roman Catholic. I was raised in a devoutly religious Italian Catholic family. I've studied many different religions, and have close friends in many different religions, but have chosen to remain a Catholic.

Answer 2

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and am an active member. I was baptized just over a year ago and before that I was raised as a Methodist, although it had been years since I attended. My husband was raised LDS however we are all "converts".

Answer 3

I am a Christian, leaning towards Reformed Theology (take a look at Calvin's work). I am definitely active as a Christian, but never as active as I should be.

I am impressed at how civil things are on this question.
Maybe some people should not be so ready to strike, using the word "religion" as a point to try to disagree and try to appear more theologically sound, though.

Answer 4

I am a practicing Catholic I was born to it but believe in it out of my own free will, too.

Answer 5

I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I am a very actively practicing member (but was once disfellowshipped - during which time I researched other religions and followed my own path). My parents are Witnesses and two of my four siblings are Witnesses. My spouse is. My mother in law is not but all my other in-laws are. I am very close to my mother in law and my non-Witness siblings as I am with everyone else in the family.

Answer 6

Born and raised Episcopalian. I'm keenly interested in religion, and have been to many, many different kinds of religious services, both Christian and non-Christian. However, in all that exploration, I haven't seen anything yet that would be sufficient to make me leave the Episcopal Church, in which I find great meaning, beauty and spiritual strength.

Answer 7

Episcopalian here. I was raised without much religious influence in early childhood, although it was understood that we were Protestant (despite some Jewish family roots). Later, I was taken to Episcopal services and really liked it, and came to consider myself an Episcopalian. Later, I was adopted by extremely strict Fundamentalist Christians, who forced me to change my religion. When I came of age, I quietly began attending Episcopal services again, and then, after many years, finally made a formal conversion and got confirmed, and have been happy with my choice ever since.

Answer 8

I'm christian.

A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as the Christ. Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God, who lived a life befitting that of the creator of the universe, free of sin and full of love, who at the end of his earthly life was crucified, and then on the third day, rose from the dead, and later ascended into heaven. These beliefs are held by the vast majority of Christian denominations.

Christians believe that Jesus offers the only path to salvation, and that it is only possible because of him. Paul of Tarsus' Epistle to the Ephesians, a key work in early development of Christian doctrine, states, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Christians believe humans cannot earn salvation, but must accept it as a gift from God. Good works, however, are a result of living according to the Word of God.

Christians identify themselves as monotheistic, believing that there is one God. However, most sects incorporate God as a perichoresis of three persons: Father (the Source, the Eternal Majesty); the Son (the eternal Logos or Word, incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth); and the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete or advocate). Today, it is estimated that there are around 2.1 billion Christians in the world making up 33% of the world population, with the largest Christian denomination being Roman Catholicism.

REPRESENT!

Answer 9

I am a Jew--a convert from Christianity. I am active in my religion-more on the level of the history of my people and their relationship to G-d and the world.. I am not terribly active in going to services often.

Answer 10

I am a Christian. I was raised in the Baptist church. I kind of wandered a bit when I got older and went out on my own. However, it didn't take long to realize that that was where I belonged. I am a Christian,not just because my parents are, but because that is what I have chosen.