Why do people believe in what their parents tell them to?

Question

You all know what I'm talking about...There's no need for explanation.

ahhh..... hmmm.....(religion) ahh hmmm...

Answer 1

Some do some don't.

I was raised catholic. In the third grade when they told me that all of the hypocrites I went to church with were going to heaven and all the good people who did not believe in my version of the religious popular fantasy were going to hell, I knew that either God was an idiot or they were telling me lies about God.

After careful deliberation I concluded that God was probably not an idiot.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

As a child, we are taught a lot of things we carry through life. We learned that certain foods are better for us, that treating people with kindness and respect not only makes you feel good about yourself but will probably earn you the same treatment, we learn that education empowers us, that working out can make you stronger, that washing hands can kill germs. We don't quit believing these things just because our parents taught it.

A child who grows up with hatred and prejudice, one who experiences the effects of alcoholism and abuse, will at some point have to question what they learned by example and either make a choice to live it and pass it on to their kids, or decide they want something better and change.

If you are referring to matters of faith and religion, parents who believe in a loving God and Savior would naturally want to pass that along to their kids, too.

Questioning what you believe can actually be a very positive thing. You cannot ride through life on your parents spiritual coattails. At some point it has to become yours personally. You have to understand what you believe and why. If you are a Christian, the Bible is full of godly people who questioned God and were stronger for it. The time of questioning often came after some personal tragedy, fear or failure.

I also know that there are times when we struggle with our beliefs because we want to make or have made, a life choice that is contrary to what we have been taught spiritually. We don't want to give up what we want to do or have done, so we have to throw out God. That is when you will hear excuses about how churches are full of hypocrites and religion is empty. The fact is, churches are full of people just like us, who are struggling with something in their lives and you may just be witnessing something they have failed at, and faith feels shallow when we are feeling empty and hollow.

So, if I've said something you needed to hear, then I'm glad. If you have posed a veiled religious question, I encourage you to try doing things Gods way and see if he doesn't prove that His way is the best way.

I can only speak for myself that He has proven to me that He is the only one that will not break a promise, He won't let me down, and He is always there for me. I don't always understand His ways or His answers, but I will someday, and that's good enough for me.

I have faith that gravity will continue even though I'm not 100% sure how it works, or that when I flip on a switch, I will have light, and I sure don't understand how these words that I am writing will make their way to you, but I have faith that it will work like it's supposed to. That's why I'm okay with not understanding everything about God.

I guess I figure if the athiest is right and there is no God, what have I lost by loving someone that doesn't exist, by being kind or honest, or forgiving? Nothing.

If I am right, and there is a God and Savior, then I have gained everything and I lived a life that hopefully made a positive difference for someone.

Answer 3

B/c when you are a child what other sources of information or experiences do you have? Parents and School. Naturally parents want to pass on their traditions and ideas to their offsprings and children naturally look to their parents (people who love, provide for them and protect them) for answers.
Then we grow up a little and start experiencing life for ourselves, have more resources available to us and more opportunities to learn new things. At that point its up to us to make our own choices in what we believe.
Your question implies that you are targeting a particular group or circumstance which is silly b/c no matter what your politics, religion etc are you pass those on to your kids.

Answer 4

Its like brainwashing. If you are never allowed to think about it a different way or allowed to research it and form your own opinion then you believe what is forced into your head. Just like religion, many kids whose parents are republicans end up being republicans. Same for democrats.

Answer 5

Glad that my parents are the best, they never jammed a single belief (or disbelief) down my throat, I learned how this world works by researching all by myself

Answer 6

My mother is agnostic, and I wasn't brought up to have any religious beliefs. I converted to Catholicism as an adult.

Answer 7

they dont .. children rebel against that when they start maturing and come to their own conclusions about what to believe in ....

Answer 8

"Honor thy Father and Mother"

Answer 9

When yuo are a child if you can't trust your parnets who can you trust?

Answer 10

children believe not what their parents tell them, but what their parents do.