What are the factors that affect the choice of religion?

Question

i need this fo my thesis.. Thankz!

I would really appreciate your help especially the points of view of the Filipinos.. Hek!

Answer 1

Your parents, Your Environment, Family, What part of the world you come from. There are no divine influences what so ever. it's all a matter of where you are born and what your parents teach you. If you are born to a Muslim family in the middle east...chances are good that you are going to be muslim.

Answer 2

Largely, I think, it's the religion you were raised in.

for those people who leave that religion, there are probably as many factors as there are converts.

For some, the religion that they were raised in doesn't answer questions they have, or the answers are at odds with how the individual sees the world. For some, the religion that they are raised in doesn't fit the individuals experience of sacredness. For some, the religion they were raised in doesn't "digest" well as spiritual food, so to speak. For some, the religion that they were raised in doesn't give them enough structure (I'm guessing). for some, the religion that they were raised in doesn't reconcile well enough with the individuals intellectual understanding of the universe.

For some, sadly (I know this to be true), the religion that they were raised in doesn't confirm or support their dislike of some other groups of people, or doesn't preach their innate superiority, which they need confirmation of and support for.

In my case, the religion I was raised in did not fit my sense of the sacred.

Answer 3

Okay, for me I went from denomination to denomination until I found one that beleived the bible 100 per cent. I stayed there until they began to stray from scriptures and I was being attacked for my beleifs not only by denominational people, but within the brotherhood of Christ.

It was then that all the errors of the bible jumped out at me and I saw they hyprocy of scripture, so I left Christianity and became pagan. I chose Wicca because it is a peaceful religion that does not require members to convert people. all spiritual paths lead to diety. I also came to beleive that religion is just humankinds feeble attempt to explain that which cannot be explained.

Beleiving that the bible was the direct word of God it was very upsetting to find that what we take as the word of God came about by the counsil of Nicea 336 A.D. These men were uninspired, but they made the decisions of which books to include and what doctrine is correct and what doctrine is heracy.

These men edited the bible and picked and chose only what scripture backed up their pre existing beleif.

I found it very hard to keep fighting denominational people over what the bible said when it has so much error in it and is an invention of man. If there is one God who is above all and if the bible is his word, then the churches I was affilated with would not have allowed false teachings to creep in and it is hard to fight false teachings when your own brothers begin to fight against you also.

So those are the factors of me being Wiccan.

Answer 4

I'm sure there are many factors and the factors are different for each individuals. The following are common ones I can think of:

--upbringing
--reason/logic
--emotion/feelings; i.e. what "feels" right or good
--positive and experiences with particular religions
--the Holy Spirit
--need for belonging
--liking a given group of people

I'm sure there are more, but that's what I can come up with on such short notice :)

Answer 5

I am a believer in logic and science.

In the bible, there are so many things against science

In the Quran, there is none. I think that really decided me. N as I read more of Quran, I started realizing that Islam is the only reliegion which gives me full freedom. Better than democracy or anything else.

That decided me.

Answer 6

Parents, Grandparents and Great-Grandparents for the most part in 99% of cases.

The particular sect of a religion can be a matter of choice for a small percentage, but actual religion, no, you will either follow the religion of your parents or become a non-believer in the vast vast majority of cases.

Answer 7

1. A God that reaches out to mankind like Jesus Christ or other gods that requires mankind seeking them;
2. A God that promises eternal life or gods that make no such promise;
3. A God that lives inside of you as His temple or gods that are kept as idols in temples;
4. A God that promises never to leave or forsake you or gods that make no such promise;
5. A God that forgives your sins and gives you His righteousness or gods that make you earn the favor to be near them;
6. A God who claims to have made heaven and earth and everything in them or gods who make no such claim;
7. A God that communicates with you or gods that are dumb;
8. A God that is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent or gods that are not;
9. A God of grace that gives you the free gift of salvation and abundant life or gods that make you earn their blessings;
10. A God who proves himself as God by raising from the dead or gods who do no such thing;
11. A God who promises to give you a new body to live forever or gods who make no such promise.

Answer 8

Judaism worships a God who is the Father of all humanity, whose attributes of kindness, mercy, compassion, and justice are to serve as examples for all our actions.

Judaism teaches that every person is created in God's image and therefore is of supreme value.

Judaism asserts that people are to be co-workers with God in preserving and improving the earth. We are to be stewards of the world's resources and to see that God's bounties are used for the benefit of all. Nothing that has value can be wasted or destroyed unnecessarily.

Judaism stresses that we are to love other people as ourselves, to be kind to strangers, "for we were strangers in the land of Egypt," and show compassion to the homeless, the poor, the orphan, the widow, even for enemies, and for all of God's creatures.

Judaism places great emphasis on reducing hunger. A Jew who helps to feed a hungry person is considered, in effect, to have fed God.

Judaism mandates that we seek and pursue peace. Great is peace, for it is one of God's names, all God's blessings are contained in it, it must be sought in times of war, and it will be the first blessing brought by the Messiah.

Judaism exhorts us to pursue justice, to work for a society where each person has the ability to obtain, through creative labor, the means to lead a dignified life for himself and his family.

Judaism stresses involvement, nonconformity, resistance to oppression and injustice, and a constant struggle against idolatry.
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Answer 9

What the parents believe is passed down to the child.

Answer 10

Church your family attended bfore you were born, peer groups in youth church, proximity of a church to your house, race, many things can be a factor.