If I'd been born in Isreal I would be jewish, in Iran I'd have been muslim and in India-mabe hindu....

Question

So isn't religion more about geography than faith?

Answer 1

But God chooses to save people out of all those places. Since the whole world is under the judgement of God , geography will be of no help in escaping that judgement.

Answer 2

religion is more about belief than anything.

There are many Indians who aren't hindus - we also have muslims, christians, sikhs, buddhists, jains, parsis and a few jews.....

Apart from this, there are always people who convert.

So if you're not born in a place which has a state religion, you can profess, practice and propagate a religion of your choice even if you may be born in another....its at least this way in India...and I'm sure it is this way in other democracies which don't have a state religion.

So I reiterate that religion is more about belief than geography ...yes the likelihood is there that you won't change the religion if u r satisfied with it...and because of ur family influence...in which case religion should be heriditary rather than influenced by geography...but again, if you grow up and chose to convert....its ur choice based on what u believe,...

Answer 3

Well, many people are born in Israel who are not Jewish, in Iran who are not Muslim, so you can't state that as a fact even despite majorities.

In a sense though you are right. Religion was a practice created to adapt some sort of order to primitive societies that had little concept of how to function otherwise. These societies evolved independently, without the means of global communication or transportation, and so to this day there certainly remains a certain amount of geological aspect to it.

Answer 4

Sorry you are incorrect!!!

Geography has nothing to do with your Faith!

If you were born in Israel, Iran or India, you would inherit their culture.... you would be culturally known as having a middle-eastern or Asian background.

You could be a Muslim living in Italy or a Jew in Saudi Arabia or even A Hindu living in Algeria!!!

Answer 5

It has more to do with family. Hindu families raise hindu kids. Even within a purely Muslim country like, say, Pakistan there is enough variety in there term Muslim to create tension.

But, yeah, geography, family, both things a child didn't really choose and yet he/she will be saddled with more or less dogma based on no real evidence (oh, sure, every true believer thinks there is evidence, there's no denying that, but religions promote that, that's why they're religions and not science).

Answer 6

Well i was born in Scotland so what would you guess my religion would be? There are Christians born in Iran, there are catholics born in Palestine, there are Sikhs born in India. They are maybe not the majority but they still are born and live in these countries and are patriotic to there countries. Have you guessed mine yet? Being a Scot would you have thought i was a Muslim? Well i am. Your point only proves these religions are the majority of the country not the monopoly.

Answer 7

Not neccessarily.
It is a matter of choice.
Very few peole in Israel are practicing Jews, there are a number of other non-Muslim faiths in Iran, India is largely secular.
It is worth looking at the claims of Y'shua (Jesus), for a start.
Y'shua liberated me, He could do the same for you.

Answer 8

Only superficially. Remember, there are also many, many people who leave the faith of their culture and embrace a faith that originated in an alien culture.

Also, once you start asking serious religious questions, it's no longer a question of cultural allegiance, but of truth, which is universal.

(And by the way, there are Israeli Muslims, Christians, and Bahais, Iranian Christians and Jews, and Indian Muslims and Sikhs...)

Answer 9

If there was a god you'd think he would have made it easier to find him.
Religion is based, conveniently/fortunately on events of over 2000 years ago.
Because it cannot be proved one way or the other religious leaders get away with murder. This is because people are like sheep and do not think for themselves.

Answer 10

That's a very good observation. Religion often has more to do with the society you live in rather than what you want to believe. I know there are people in Iran and Saudi Arabia who don't agree with Islam, but were they to voice their thoughts, they'd most likely be killed.

But before you judge them, consider the fact that if someone in a devout catholic family said anything contrary to the beliefs of their peers, they'd be kicked out of their home and disowned.