2007-02-24 20:24:45 · 11 answers · asked by thomas 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This isn't some ballot running hobknob...
There are tokens lying everywhere... you pick them up, you spend them...
2007-02-24 20:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At age of 18, I was a Jewish agnostic.
I asked God if he was real, and if so, would he prove it to me by himself.. lest I be deceived into joining a cult... and I asked him to show me if Jesus was real, too.. I figured, if there were REALLY a God, then he'd be able to prove himself to me... and if not, then I'd go my merry way and not bother with the whole "God" thing anymore.
Over course of a summer, God answered my initial prayer PRECISELY. No help from humans, yet so many things, so many proofs, so many answers.. everything I challenged, everything I argued.. every question I posed... throughout the summer, God answered and met me at every point.
I know beyond the shadow of all doubt that He is real, that Jesus Christ is real and is the son of God, and the Savior..
I don't do the "religion" thing. I have a relationship. I guess God chose it.
2007-02-25 04:39:29 · answer #2 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't choose a "religion", I chose a new lifestyle on my own with someone who loved me before I was even born.
Not all "believers" are honest. You can see that when they just say they believe in God, but they aren't even loyal to him. Being a believer isn't about being part of a social fan club, it's about a divine government and your willingness to accept it's life supporting laws. Seperated from God, we gruadually cease existing both physically and spiritually because he is life itself.Notice I said ceasing to exist and not eternal torment.
Believing he exists isn't the same thing as having a relationship with him.
2007-02-25 04:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cyber 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I guess my religion was selected by what people viewed me as.
I would have said "Christian" because I prefer to believe in Jesus Christ, from there it becomes very confusing. I went to Catholic school but I'm not Catholic. I found out that I'm probably not even Christian because I never been baptized from a very confusing priest at my school, even though it is said that you can be arbitrarily baptized by grace at any random moment. So I think my religion is currently selected by those who want to accept me as their example of their faith. Even though I maintain my belief in one God by whatever name.
2007-02-25 04:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by Neko411 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did. I was a practicing Wicca for 6 1/2 years and felt God pulling me back to Him. So I was born again November 2001.
2007-02-25 04:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by Julia B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately my parents. It has taken me well over 35 years to realize that I can think for myself, regardless of how I was influence by my parents religion in my childhood and early adult years. Not only that, but its okay if my beliefs differ from theirs, and what I was taught. I wasn't mature enough to realize this then.
2007-02-25 04:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was baptized Catholic as a baby, but I chose to become serious about it on my own about five years ago. I'm 42 now.
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2007-02-25 04:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus chose me (John 15:16)
Before that, I was not happy, I was aimless, and proud.
BTW, I have never seen either of my parents in a church unless it was a funeral.
2007-02-25 04:29:13 · answer #8 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
kinda stuck on stuck again aint ya? U already asked this question which qualifies as repeated postings..
2007-02-25 04:30:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did
I have Free Will of Choice and I use it
2007-02-25 04:27:48 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋