Open to all religions, how did you gain faith in your religion?

Question

This isn't just for Christians. This for people of all religions. How did you come to believe and choose your religion?

Answer 1

I began seriously studying Catholicism with the intent of proving it false, but found I couldn't. There was just too much evidence it is the One True Faith, so I converted.

Answer 2

well my religion if you can call it that since it really isn't a religion is agnosticism i'm agnostic anyway i was both a catholic and protestant christian and i left it because i couldn't take all of the ignorance and everything that went with it and i have always been sort of a skeptic when it comes to god but i'm still looking into different religions so far i like buddhism and taoism and a few others although i don't totally reject the idea of a higher power i just am not convinced that it's of a certain religion or if this higher power even cares about religion plus in a way science has sort of debunked the idea of a higher power but there's till things that don't add up

Answer 3

I have had some had minor miracles that I just can not explain. My mother and brother were having and argument on the importance of fasting, my brother saying that fasting is stupid, and right at that moment a cross, that was upright on the table, came flying of the table.

My neighbour contracted meningitis during the night and was not discovered until the next morning. The doctors told the family it was serious. Through a lot of prayer she became better. After she got out of the hospital the family went to a church that they normally do not go to, to say thanks. At the church was also a priest's wife (I am Eastern Orthodox, and her husband is not the priest at that church) She was there because she said that God told her in a dream to go there and find the people who escaped a near death experience, and tell them that the whole family must also go for confession.

A lot of people will try to explain these things as coincidence, I think it is divine intervention.

Answer 4

The quest for faith is a natural function of human intelligence and our inquiring minds. We need answers to all possible questions, and if science can't answer, then we move to faith.

Our culture is the first and most important influence. Most of us have a faith that has some similarity to that which we grew up with. As we reach adulthood, and we question the things we learned as children, we tend to develop a personal faith on the basis of new, adult questions.

Since faith is decidedly not science, we have many versions, none of which is inherently provable to anyone else. History has show that people do not understand that fact. How many wars have been fought because one faith group tried to convert another?

Answer 5

I grew up in the church I attend. I didn't go for at least ten years, and I have recently started going again. I am not sure, after about a year, that this is the religion for me. I am very confused about a lot of things and I have tons of questions. I am still searching for my faith.

Answer 6

Well I grew up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and thereby began to learn about the Bible. The older I got, the more truth I saw in it. Since Witnesses base their beliefs solely and completely on the Bible, I knew it was the truth.

We also have publications such as the Watchtower and Awake magazines that not only agree with the Bible, but also brings out points found in encyclopedias and other sources.

Go to: http://www.watchtower.org/ and do some research if you like. No pressure, but I'm sure you will find some truth in the many web pages!

Answer 7

Regardless of your religion, I believe an effective way to gain faith is through 1) a simple desire to understand/believe 2) obedience to the principle(s) in which you wish to have faith and 3) prayer.

Here are a few examples:

Alma, an ancient prophet, speaking to a group of people who were unjustly kicked out of church because they were poor, taught:
"But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words." (Alma 32:27)

Many wanted to have faith and believe, but didn't know where to start. Alma taught a 'desire to believe' is a good place to start.

In the O.T., Speaking of tithing, Malachi writes:
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing." (Malachi 3:10)

If you don't believe something, the Lord says to try it and see what happens - to go ahead and prove him.

And of course prayer is an important part of strengthening faith. There is no other phrase or command repeated more often in all of scripture than that of "Ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you." If you desire faith or knowledge or understanding, prayer will definitely help.

I think a desire to believe or have faith is where we all start and from there practicing what we believe helps us to know whether or not it is true. Jesus taught, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself - John 7:17). All the while, we should accompany our efforts with prayer.

I gained faith in my religion and in the various principles it teaches this way. I believe others can gain faith in the same manner.

I hope this helps

Answer 8

thanx for asking. I was a forced christian for 13 years and searching after that for my religion. i stumbled upon satanism and was a satanist for a couple years...followed by a buddhist for a couple years, then agnostic for a year and now wiccan. I was looking for a religion that allowed me to appreciate nature to the extent of worshipping it...not to mention worshipping goddesses appealed to me... and also i like the idea that i am in charge of my future not someone else...i found wicca and since that day i have never felt so complete in my life. I came out of the "broom closet" so to speak last year, and everyone around me accepts it and that is just wonderful! Blessed Be!

Answer 9

Well it was through a series of remarkable events that convinced me of the way I should go. I havent always been a Christian, Ive been a lot of things, Catholic, Buddhist, Wiccan, Agnostic, Atheist etc... I studied all of the religions and formed my opinions from within them, and from the outside but it was events in my life that convinced me to follow Christ.

Answer 10

Well, for one, I was brought up in this faith. Secondly, I've found that the method of prayer and service suggested by Hinduism works best for me. Third, the philosophy behind the faith has no parts that don't add up, everything just makes sense.