I mean there are a lot of people who belong to a certain faith because it was a hand me down. Their parents believe in it so they believe in it. I was just curious. Do you really believe in it or were you told to believe in it. And please no immature answers!
2007-03-21 04:28:52 · 22 answers · asked by Becky 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
thats a really good question to ask people. Im a christian....suprise suprise. but i was not " a hand me down christian" my dad is kinda bhuddist and my mom is godly, but not really a conservative type christian. i believe in God because i know he's there. i wish i had an explanation that everyone could understand but i am crazy about God. he's the most important thing in the world to me and i want it to always be like that.
2007-03-21 04:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jenna M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Im Moslem. Its because i was born into this religion. A year ago i began to loose faith in all the religions, trying to find the real one, from a neutral point of view. Im still a Moslem.
Its because of many reasons. See, the Moslem book, the Quor'an was written a long time a go but has never been changed, not even a sentence, not even a word sine it exists. The sound of the Moslem priest is scientifically proven to be very helpful in curing diseases and so does the well in Mecca. Also, there is a sentence in the book Quor'an that says that all air is directed to the center of Islam (Mecca) and all airports in the world are being directed by the air direction. Now- all airports are directed to Mecca... There are hundreds of other things proven by science that Islam is the ONE religion...
2007-03-21 11:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by dude from bosnia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was brought up as a "Christian," but we really never went to church much or anything. I remember that at a VERY young age, my mom told me that "we believe in Jesus and...." etc. and I remember being a bit mystified by the idea of being told what I believe. In retrospect, I suppose she could have been referring to just herself and my dad, but in the context of why we celebrate Christmas, I considered myself in the "we believe" thing. Lateron, I asked my parent to begin going to church more often, but I had expected a much more spiritual experience. What I found was something that was basically school on Sunday.
I chose a Christian college, not so much because it was Christian but because it was somewhere I'd never been before and it was a bit of an adventure for me. My interest in Christianity had waned at that point, but then I had two experiences. One was watching Communion, which did seem to have the spiritual quality I yearned for, and the other was that I fell in love with a minister. I tried really hard to accept Jesus.
My parents had become very active at church at this point and it was very important to them that I be confirmed. I had big problems with the concept: virgin birth, rising from the dead, but I was on an airplane on my way home for break and I decided I "could" accpet the idea. I wasn't convinced, mind you, but I figured I could accept it.
After a few years, I began to feel that I had lied to God in saying that I believed in things that I didn't. I fell away from the church and have not looked back.
What I believe now (I say now because new ideas act on my beliefs, so I could believe something entirely different next week) is this:
I believe that "God" is the sum consciousness of all consciousness. I believe that God is a part of us, and we are a part of God. I believe that God is a natural phenomenon, not "supernatural." I believe that we are all parts of God, and that God speaks to each of us - or not - individually, and that what is right for some is not necessarily right for others. I believe that the soul is made of the same thing that God is, and when we die, it's like pouring a glass of water back into the ocean.
Why do I believe this stuff? Because it best reconciles what I know to be true - science, etc. - and what I feel to be true - the existance of a God and my own connection to such an entity.
I would like to add that, since opening my eyes to such a vast idea of God, I am to see the spiritual every day. Christianity did not afford that to me. I also practice a bit of witchcraft, which I believe is also rooted in the physical. The physical and the spiritual are not mutually exclusive to my way of thinking.
2007-03-21 11:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please, this is not an immature answer (just read before deciding which direction the thumb will point). I am from a VERY rare religion called Nassim420ism. I am a Nassimite. What that basically means in layman´s terms (pardon the misspelling, please) is that I was raised something, I have rebelled in the past, & I saw other religions around me, and I do not want ANYBODY to put theirs onto me, as I would NEVER put mine on to anybody elses. Meaning, I believe God exists (from the beautiful and miraculous things I have seen in life), I believe Jesus, Abraham, Muhammad, Moses, Bob Marley...etc..were very important people in their time (whether or not they were prophets or just recorded names), it all came from one region of the world (which happens to have the most conflict now). So basically, I believe that there is God (that which I don´t have any other name for, Allah just means God...nothing less, nothing more), that he is loving (more or less) and that the world is kind of like Hell (all the crappy stuff going on) and that one day, we will ALL meet our maker, and I will keep it so as my track record will not include any major sins (like breaking the laws of Man, the Shariahs, and the 10 commandments...etc..). So as long as I am a nice guy, nice to others, kind, sweet, a good husband, not violent, not a drunk..etc...I think God and I have the possibility of being good friends. Enough said, that is what a Nassim420ite is. Love and Respect.
2007-03-21 11:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by nassim420 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm an animist. As to why? Why was I born male? Why are my eyes brown? They just are, this is how I was made.
I don't mean to be obtuse, it's just that I've never felt the need to give it that much thought. I relate to the world around me as I do for the same reason I look at pretty girls. Because that's how I am. Because, for me, it's natural to do that. My faith is a natural extension of my existence. I am not in the world, I am of it. And it of me.
'We' (the Universe and I) are one, and the same.
I have my purpose, and so do the trees, the fish in the streams, the stones on the beach. And like them, I do not seek a greater answer, I am here for a purpose, as are they, and I do the best I can to fulfil my purpose
Which is, unglamourously, being Me.
2007-03-21 11:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by busted.mike 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont have a religion either which is looked down upon in my culture. My parents are mad and want me to choose something, just anything to believe in. I dont feel like I have to believe in a deity because I live a fairly ethical life and I feel that most religious people are very hypocritical. Just because a person has a religious affiliation does not mean they are a good person.
2007-03-21 11:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was not raised to be religious. I share one religion with two of my 40+ first cousins (My grandmothers had litters of children) and we do not share demoninations.
I am Wiccan and a Classical polytheist reconstructionist (BCR/HR/RR,) with differing and non competing cultus and civicus. I believe it because the evidence I have experienced supports no other faith choice for me. It is also my experience that those uneducated in those faiths lack the capacity to understand the simultaneous nonsyncretic practice of two or more religions-even though their ancestors did just that.
If religions were generally hand-me-downs, you and I would probably share a civic religion.
2007-03-21 11:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a born again Christian. I was raised "Christian", but it really didn't define me. You know, I was a Sunday Christian. Went to church, prayed, sang hymns...and rushed home to do my own thing. Didn't think about God again until the next Sunday. Then I had an encounter with God, an experience that led me to really seek Him. And He changed me from the inside. Now, I don't have a day that I don't feel Him with me. There isn't a decision I make or a thing I do that isn't governed by the thought "What does God think about this." I try to live according to what He teaches me through His word, the Bible. Do I always get it right? No. Do I always go to Him for forgiveness? Yes. And He forgives me and I learn from it. He changed my life and who I am today. I know Him and I love Him and am grateful to Him for all He's done in my life.
2007-03-21 11:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by beano™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My religion: The Baha'i Faith
Why I believe in it: It makes sense to me rationally and it feels right in my heart. I truly believe that the Baha'i Faith is the Revelation of God for this day and age and I love Baha'u'llah. It just explains reality and the world in a way that really makes sense and fulfills the prophecies of all the religions of the past.
For more information: http://bahai.org/
2007-03-21 11:35:08 · answer #9 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (The Mormons)
I was raised in the church. Yet, I was allowed to attend other churches as I pleased. I have always felt that this was the True Church.
But, I took the same challenge that we offer to everyone, that is to pray to Heavenly Father and ask if these things are true.
Scriptural References - James 1:5-6 and Proverbs 3:5-6.
2007-03-21 11:41:06 · answer #10 · answered by Michael H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋