If you have ever had a major change in your spiritual or religious beliefs, what lead up to it?

Question

I know similar questions have been asked but they are usually directed to one group. This question is open to all.

Answer 1

NDE / Near Death Experience 1990..... Religions are humanity trying to explain the unexplainable.

Death is not an end... is like going HOME after being gone so long you forgot you left, but God forgets no one. :)

You can IMAGINE you are "lost"... and you are still FOUND because God is never not with us all. All = One

Elaborate Xbox game...

Answer 2

I went from thinking I was supposed to be maintain a certain belief structure that was culturally accepted, to knowing that I have benefitted immensely from redefining what's true by way of an open line of communication with the divine, which allows me to be unusually impartial considering I am a person of conviction for all intents and purposes.

As for precursors, it just became apparent that I was being pointed at everyday aspects of life and finding inherent significance. Symbolism that had been a part of my environment for years in some cases started to take on a whole new meaning. I consider it a matter of personal revelation, I think there's only one source for that kind of thing, but no shortage of ways as to how it can be achieved. In my opinion, matters of spirituality should not lead to the conclusion that the powers that be are merely passive observers, and there's always more to learn from that reality.

Answer 3

Over time one of the not really major changes as a Christian was the knowledge that evolution is a true theory but in in micoevolution. And that is taught in the Bible in Genesis where God makes one original species and others are generated after their kind.

I liken this awareness to the way Galileo first discovered how the earth revolved around the sun through telescopes. He was a believer but acknowledged how God worked and that it was not according to man's teachings or his thinking. The church was afraid from a human vantage point and hence the Insquisition against his science. As Christians we should not be afraid of science since God created it. The works of God are based on truth.

So it is with the evolution theory. We do not throw out all of it. We acknowledge how God created to be adaptable for all the different geographical places on this earth. And we still acknowledge God is the creator. Thanks for the question.

Answer 4

I've had quite a few major changes in my views. The first being when I was introduced to Christianity as a child. The second being when other family and friends told me the religion was wrong, and I began to explore the other options for myself. The most recent came not too long ago, when I stepped back and tried to look at all of this from a completely different perspective.

Answer 5

I grew up in a religious household. I went to religion classes weekly. It never made sense. I never believed in God, but I kept trying to see and explain the world in those terms because that was what I had been taught and thought I was wrong to believe otherwise. In HS, my brother died. I continued to try to explain this in terms of God. The only thought I had was "God hates me." Eventually, I let it go and stopped trying to explain it through God and just accepted it in my own terms. I also met other people who didn't believe in God and realized it was okay not to believe. So I let it go. That was a very freeing moment. Now I can explore my real spirituality and don't have to keep up the pretense of God.

Answer 6

Glad you asked! Although raised Christian, I "interpreted" the Bible to rationalize my own behavior and decisions. God had been speaking to me, but I had "free will," of course, and would not listen.

Almost 5 years ago, God "whacked" me upside the head with some real pain. (Think of Jonah.) Believe me, the past four years have been a journey to listen for God's "still, small voice" and to follow His will. Yep, I have become one of those people I used to ridicule.

Now I read the Word for what it is, pray a lot, and make every attempt to follow Him. It is really difficult to go against the "world's" view, but my new life has brought me a "peace that passes all understanding."

God bless.

Answer 7

Last year i had a change in my religious belief now only thing in which i believe is god n jesus can save me n he gave me new life

Answer 8

I used to consider myself a liberal open minded Christian who also believed in reincarnation.

I attended an Assembly of god church and I saw that no way would I ever want to be associated in any way with hate filled fanatics and bigots like that.

Answer 9

I used to think one only had to believe in Jesus to be saved. You could do whatever you want and still go to heaven. Then I read that "Demons also believe and tremble". EEEK that turned me around. Also had a father die and had a prayer that was prayed as a kid answered 30 years later-that got my sorry butt back to church.
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Answer 10

I researched relgion and came up with something tottaly diffrent .