If you are a convert from any religion, why did you convert?

Answer 1

bc in the bible stated that women were to be burden with child birth and the man everlasting pain from the work, -- i did not believe that i was to be punished for something that i did not do.
You do wrong, you repent, not your family does wrong and you get in trouble.
Islam teaches you are accountable for your own sins, not anybody else. and on the day of judgment, God will only ask you, no one will come and speak on your behave.

Answer 2

I converted from Christianity to my own set of beliefs with roots in Buddhism, Paganism, Taoism, etc.

This was because I don't believe in a religion where people like Ghandi are damned for not believing.
Also because I will not be part of a religion that says women are the weaker vessel and were created for man.

Answer 3

I did not convert from another religion but did become a born again Christian where before I was alternately afraid of God or mad at God or did not believe in God. I converted because my life was a shambles and someone said He would help me and knew my pain and sure enough He does and has and will.

Answer 4

I once converted to christianity. Then during a congregation I saw the light. I saw the futility of religion. I rejected all religions.

Answer 5

I am a convert from Catholicism. My eyes were opened to the truth by an English professor at my college.

Answer 6

I was raised Christian and started reading about paganism and Wicca when I was in junior high. Wicca was not for me, but I am still pagan and an atheist.

Christianity did not make sense to me given how many other faiths there were in the world, and how many faiths were much older. I did not comprehend how *any* faith could claim to be the "one true" one. I started to feel that there were no answers to any of the questions I had, only narrow-minded people parroting answers that had been parroted to *them*. It simply was not for me.

Paganism felt real, and honest. Nobody told me what I had to do or believe; I am free to honor nature and celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year as I see fit. I do not believe in god; I honor the Mother Goddess and the Horned God as personifications of nature, not as actual spiritual entities.

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Answer 7

I was raised a Christian, believed in Jesus Christ, read the Bible and attended church every Sunday. When I was in high school, I found the Baha'i Faith. After study and prayer, I became a Baha'i. I converted because I believe it is the truth, because the prayers and the books spoke to my soul and because everything I read of history and beliefs rang true.

Answer 8

Gathered the beliefs of every religion there is on earth as a child...

But then I found THE religion that I knew couldn't be wrong. I found the meaning of life, knew the PURPOSE of life... and so I've proudly became a Muslim, and never want to believe in anything else : )

I feel so blessed, so enlightened, and so strongly standing on solid grounds.

Peace.

Answer 9

I could not accept the Jesus/G-d bit of Christianity-plus some other reasons. So, I converted to Judaism. I love where I am at.

Answer 10

I converted from Baptist to Catholic. Catholics concentrate on giving God the worship he deserves and giving fellow humans pure unconditional love just as Jesus taught. Baptists concentrated on how "not to go to hell". I learned so much about church history and God's love for us after I converted. No offense to Baptists, I'm not attacking, insulting, or badgering you, just using my own experience. I respect all religions. There is no one "right" religion, they're all right. I just prefer, like I believe everyone should, to go to the church that makes me feel more comfortable, makes me understand more, and makes me feel that I'm giving God the worship and praise that he deserves.