I was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and was taught to believe that it was the one true faith and one had to be a catholic in order to be saved. Does your religion teach you the same thing? Do you believe it.? I don't care what religion you are, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, I want to understand the hold religion has on its members.
2006-12-09 06:41:25 · 19 answers · asked by Sicilian Godmother 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was raised an independent fundamental baptist, and all i can say, is yes, I have grown beyond that. I can not judge anyone else's religion or experience, nearly relate mine.
I was taught, growing up, that not only did you have to be an independent fundamental baptist to be "saved," you had to refute all other religions as false teaching.
Now, I only claim my own personal faith. Through many hard experiences and baffling moments in the church I was raised in, I realized that faith has to be an individual choice. If it is not, it becomes a dogma.
Religious restrictions and religious teachings as we grow CAN help us keep a fundamental basis of right and wrong as we grow, but we must be allowed to grow. Above that, we must personally choose to grow and accept beliefs as faith.
Faith is what gives us our belief. We just have to believe in our faith.
2006-12-09 07:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by pharoahmoan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Baptist and was taught that only people who had a "born again" experience with Jesus would be saved. This didn't JUST mean Baptists, but it did mean only "born again" people, so most Catholics, Mormons, Methodists etc. were "out".
p.s. I've been an atheist for a long time now. The "hold" that religion has on it's members has fasinated me for a long time. There is a book on the best seller list currently that answered a lot of these questions - The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Can't recommend it enough.
2006-12-09 14:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lets make some processing here, put all the important information about your religion on one side, say the right side, and put that "my religion is the only true one and it will save me" in the other side. Think: is all things in the right side true mentally and logically, and is there evidences for the correctness of these things (scientific, some events, something I see these days, something I feel every day, etc.), are there any contradictions, and if there is contradictions, are their explanations convincing?
After doing that and more, you will reveal to the result: if the right side is all true then I should believe in the other side, which is "my religion is the only true one and it will save me", otherwise you should carefully review what you believe in!!!!
I am a Muslim and I believe that. (I know you don't care about this, but I mentioned it so I will be equal with you, you mentioned your religion!)
2006-12-09 14:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by Truth Seeker 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I'm an atheist now, but I was raised Lutheran for 20 years and I was more or less taught the same thing. It wasn't outright said, but the way my family and others in the congregation I used to belong to acted, yeah, if you weren't Lutheran(or Christian at least), you were pretty much damned to hell.
It's what I was raised, but considering I'm an atheist now, heh, obviously, I don't believe it in the least. Wouldn't matter what religion it is, I don't believe only "one" is right and everyone else is going to burn for all eternity. I'm not saying everyone's wrong, I'm not that sort of atheist, but I definitely don't believe any single one religion is right.
2006-12-10 13:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I was raised non-religious, then began my path into Wicca. I was never really 'taught' anything, in that aspect, but I believe that there is no 'true and only religion', because by singling one religion out and saying it's the only one, you're saying all others are wrong. Which is false. All religions are right. People really to understand that not every person in the world is ever going to completely agree with them spiritually. That would be ridiculous. So anyway...no. I believe that no religion is 'wrong', and none is 'right'. Of course, if people didn't think their religion was true, they wouldn't be following it. Blessed Be and I hope I helped.
2006-12-09 14:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Rachel the Atheist 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, I was raised a Christian and my parents taught me that it was the only right way. When I was about 11, I asked "What if we're wrong? After all, other religions say they're right too." I got yelled at for even thinking that, so I didn't ask again. I don't believe there is any 100% true path, what is important is whatever feels right to the individual.
2006-12-09 14:50:30 · answer #6 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was raised as Orthodox Christian and yes I was taught that Christianity was the only true religion and should not believe in others. Pretty ignorant, ha?
2006-12-09 14:46:53 · answer #7 · answered by they're savages 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. I was raised to beleive in God, but I was never really taught about Him. Eventually, I turned away from God, thinking He wasnt real or didnt care. But a few months ago, a friend of mine gave me proof and told me storys of Jesus working through peoples lives.
Now, I've completely given my life to God, and I know He's the truth. I love Jesus and know that one day, I'll be in Heaven with Him.
Any more questions feel free to email me.
~God Bless~
2006-12-09 14:53:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They all believe that. The Baptists believe in spontaneous salvation, but you have to kneel at the pulpit of a Baptist preacher and do the special incantation.
2006-12-09 14:44:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think all religion says this somewhere along the line.
I mean, all Christianity says this, Roman Catholics included, when Jesus said "I am the light, the truth, and the way, no one gets to the father but through me," (or a version of that)
Islam basically says kill anyone who isn't part of their religion, so that's pretty obvious
Don't know anything about Hinduism.
2006-12-09 14:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by Captain Moe 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋