If you'd been born in a place where the majority religion differs from your present faith, would you believe differently than you do now?
Be honest.
2007-04-25 13:47:30 · 38 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. As soon as I discovered science, I rapidly began discarding all the supernatural beliefs people had taught me. Maybe if I'd had somehow been prevented from reading...................
No. I'd recognize ludicrous no matter what.
2007-04-25 19:42:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. I think that family and social customs are a large part of our reasons for our beliefs. But there's more to it than that. Things like spiritual intervention and ancestral guidance. I can't account for where some of my belief system came from and neither can my parents. It was just there. My beliefs were different from my parents' since I was a very young child and they accepted it because that's the way I am. Perhaps if I had been born into a more restrictive culture there would have been more pressure for me to believe a certain way, but I don't know.....
2007-04-25 15:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Childen are hard-wired to believe what their elders tell them. This is adaptive behavior. If the elders tell them to stay out of the river because of the crocodiles, and they obey, they will live long and prosper.
So when they are indoctrinated into a religion as children, those beliefs tend to become dogmatic. Most of us cling to the religion we were raised in. Like some of the previous answers, I did not. I lost faith in Catholicism at the age of 8 and have been an atheist all my life.
2007-04-25 14:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had been born in the middle east - chances are I'd be Muslim. If in the far east - Chances are Buddhist, Taoist, Hindi or any other of a myriad of eastern religions.
Most of the world is defined by their belief system. It's only in the western world (for the most part) that choice is available.
blessings :)
2007-04-25 13:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure, I grew up in a predominantly Catholic environment and witnessed first hand the hypcrisy and small minded brain washing , and intolerance of all others and then became atheist later in life.
I think I might not have been as motivated to research theology and beginnings of religion and might have had more of a theist view had I been brought up in a religiously diverse and tolerant environment. my strong rejection of intolerance and inhumanity in the name of God came from a Catholic upbringing.
2007-04-27 07:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by suqbus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born in the bible belt, I'm now Wiccan. I went where I am now because of beliefs I was born with. I'm not sure if that would have been different anywhere else.
2007-04-25 14:15:25 · answer #6 · answered by whillow95 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born in the US and I'm a Unitarian. So yeah, not exactly the majority.
I never felt the urge to 'join the crowd' though :)
2007-04-25 16:53:05 · answer #7 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was and I am. I came to God very late after a long time wandering and looking. I was hard headed and didn't know what I wanted. I was not raised with any religion.
2007-04-25 13:53:43 · answer #8 · answered by Sylvia G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I converted to Catholicism at age 32 in a nation (I was born here) that has about twice as many Protestants as Catholics.
2007-04-25 13:52:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an English Pastafarian. Not as showy as the Church of England but the services are a damned sight more funny!
2007-04-25 13:58:22 · answer #10 · answered by david b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was raised a Baptist, chose Wicca and now consider myself agnostic. I was a Wiccan in the Bible Belt in the late 80's and not in the broom closet.... that takes guts.
2007-04-25 13:51:39 · answer #11 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋