Have you converted to a new religion?

Question

Why did you go from the religion you grew up to the one you chose as your own?

Answer 1

well i was both catholic and protestant christian i also studied islam and the qu'ran anyway i'm agnostic because there are some things i don't like about religion anyway i'm looking into different religions i consider myself to be a thinker and i've always been told this as well so i guess i like philosophical religions such as buddhism and taoism and there's a couple of other religions i'm looking into as well

Answer 2

Yes. From Methodist to Mormon. By far the best decision of my life.
I realized, after some research that there were doctrinal points that the Methodist church taught that I didn't agree with. Thus began my search to find either a church that believed what I did, or that was as close as possible. To my delight and surprise I found one that taught as I believed - specifically that since God is an unchanging God, that means that His church should be one that had prophets, apostles, priests, teachers, etc and not just one guy at the pulpit and a council made up of people you never heard or saw. I also differed in belief concerning the Trinity. I always believed that there was God (meaning the Father) who has a body (after all how could He give us bodies if He didn't have one Himself), there was Christ (who obviously has a body), and then there was the Holy Ghost (who by his very name didn't have a body). There were other differences between my belief and the teachings of the Methodist church, but those were the biggies at the time.
All in all, I have nothing bad to say about the Methodist church. It gave me a great start. I guess if people can have "starter houses", and "starter marriages" then for me at least, Methodist was a great "starter religion".

Answer 3

I grew up as a Christian. I started having doubts about God around 7 or 8, because a neighbor told me that I was going to hell simply because I celebrated Halloween. Well, to me that was stupid and that was my first doubt about God. Then as I grew up, my doubts became so big that I declared myself an Atheist. I was in my teens at this point. Then I found Wicca. I was a Wiccan for four years until this year. I am now a neo-classic Gnostic and loving every second! So in a way, I came back to Christianity, but I believe in things that will make Christians gasp in fear and also way back in the day I would have been put to death.

Answer 4

I converted from Christianity to Ásatrú.

Because I find the god of the bible to be immoral, sadistic, cruel, hateful, vengeful, egotistic, and just plain evil. I did not like who I was becoming when I believed and worshiped him. I used to be a very fundie Christian studying the bible night and day, you could say I studied myself right out of Christianity. Reading the bible is the best way to loose your religion.

I never liked the idea of bowing down and groveling. Why would an all-powerful being need to be praised and worshiped? I actually went though and studied a few different religions before I found one that really fit. I have since found a better faith for me, it's called Asatru. My gods don't need me to praise and worship them or bow down, they are my kin and friends. I like being a polytheist. That is, I believe in a number of deities, including Goddesses as well as Gods. I do not accept the idea of "original sin", the notion that we are tainted from birth and intrinsically bad, as does Christianity. Thus, I do not need "saving".

Because Ásatrú gives me a fulfillment in life that no other religion ever could do. Being connected to the Gods who are as close to you as blood-kin, following a Lore that teaches you to be strong and independent, honoring your ancestors and the heroes of before, that is Ásatrú for me.

It gives me strength in daily life, it gives me hope that there are actually Gods that care, and that stand with you if times are hard.
Ásatrú is one of the only religions that doesn't clash with the modern day scientific view on the world, it views the world as it is, a natural place, with many Gods.

I like being Ásatrú because it rewards people who are academically-inclined. Really and pervasively, not just in theory. I like being Ásatrú because its ethos match mine. I can be a reasonably good example of an Ásatrúar ; I would never be anything but a marginal, footnoted, trouble making member of any other religion. I like hanging around with people who think that an oath is an oath, for example.

I like being Asatru because it validates my inclination to bonk irritating people on the head with a Big (Rhetorical) Hammer. I am blunt; in Asatru, blunt is a good thing. "Frith" and "cooperation" are much more resonant values for me than "niceness" or "harmony".

I like Asatru because it is not a One Way kind of religion. I can disagree strongly with other Ásatrúars about all sorts of things and we can still be in the same religion together just fine. And I don't have to worry about sorting out all the people outside of Asatru, either.

Answer 5

I learned at about 12 years of age that I could not accept my parents' Christianity. It took about 15 or so years till I finally converted to Judaism. Christian attitudes and their belief that Jesus is G-d were two of the key elements. There is no G-d but G-d.

Answer 6

Because science makes alot more sense than a supreme being that decided to build a planet and experiment with different forms of life.
I listened to the preachers, then listened to the scientists, and made up my mind because they had more proof than the preachers did!

Answer 7

I am grow up from Muslim country so I go to muslim school until 13 years old. I change to Christians before I am full of hate with other religion except Islam but Christians are different, they are full of love, full of kindness, full of forgiveness. It change everything so I learn to be Christians and get baptize on age 16. At that time I am the only Christians in my family but now my brother are also become Christians.

Full of Hate, Full of violence, Full of Sex, Full of Discrimination are not True Religion of GOD.

Answer 8

well currently i m jewish but i hav been studying islam 4 about 3 yrs n im really thinking about converting to it. its actually a really awesome religion. its so peaceful and its answering all the questions i hav. i <3 islam!!!

Answer 9

Well, honestly, because I was hurting, and I was scared. (plain enough for you?) yep, I was an evolutionist born and raised. But probably when I was 17 my folks turned to Christianity. I of course didn't follow, and my parents believe I had to make the choice, not them. 3 years later my parents, and my little brother all died in a fire at our house. I had no one left except myself. I was hurting, I was lonely, and I longed to be comforted. Some friends of the family finally took me in (christian friends of the family) and after almost a year with them they started talking to me about God. IT was the farthest thing from me to believe in something I couldn't see. But I wanted something, anything, to tell me that in the end life wasn't as bad as it looked. years have passed, and now, without God in my life, I know I would have died. Suicide looked like a good end to a bad story, and I felt like it was my only way out. But there was another exit, and it was through the blood shed on the cross by Jesus Christ. I know that someday I will see my family again, but that is not why I love my LORD. I love my Lord because he loved me when no one else would. Even people from my own group of evolutionists would not take pity on me. They were spiteful, I was spiteful. Evolutionism is easy enough to believe in, but hard to prove. And I soon found that out. God is the one TRUE GOD of the world. And I owe him my life. My blood penitly was paid by my God, and by my family. Don't you think that is reason enough to change?

Answer 10

My father's side are Church of Christ
My mothers side are Presbyterians

I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses because I studied the bible, and found their teachings to come from God's word, and not from Plato.

Plato taught the soul is immortal, Jesus taught it can be destroyed.

Jesus taught that immortality was a reward for faith.

Plato taught everyone is immortal.

Jesus taught to worship his Father.

Plato taught that God is a trinity.