When did you first realize that people that followed other religions?

Question

believe that their religion is the right and true one?
And how did you feel about that?


I have seen so many on here that are from different religions and backgrounds that it has really opened my eyes to how people have faith in their own religion.

I am not trying to be ugly or rude, I really wonder if people see how other people feel

Answer 1

I've known this intellectually ever since I can remember, of course, and I was not surprised to find people on the internet that had faith in their own religion.
What did surprise, shock, and hurt me was to realize how much active animosity there is in the world toward Christians, something I truly didn't know until I got into the internet.
I suppose I should have known, since Jesus clearly did tell us that the world would hate us, and hey, He was right.
I think I might have been able to handle it better if it had been people from China, maybe, or from Africa, or Italy or Spain, or maybe from Antares III...but my first taste of acid came from one of my very own countrymen, who let me know quick and in a hurry how very much he hated me, my God, my church, my mother, her mother....my family....and all things Christian.

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I think he may have mentioned that he wasn't too fond of my dog, either.

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He was in a very bad mood that day....

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Answer 2

If different Christian denominations can be classified as different religions, I suppose I knew about religious groups other than my own very early in life.

---Although I grew up in the Baptist church, I was born three months premature in a Roman Catholic hospital; consequently, I paid several visits as a small child to the Sisters of Charity, who were interested in both my physical and spiritual growth. Various members of my extended family belonged to different faiths (Roman Catholic, Disciples of Christ, Latter-Day-Saints, Baptists, and Methodists), so I suppose this helped me realize that not everyone shared my nuclear family's beliefs.

---I also went to a Methodist kindergarten attached to a Methodist church that had theater seats. Asked the difference between Baptists and Methodists, I'm sure I would have answered that this was the major difference!

When I was six, I felt delight and envy upon hearing about a classmate's eight nights of presents during Hanukkah.

Since childhood, I have known many dedicated and caring believers from many faiths who have enriched my life because I knew them. I also appreciate the fact that my parents shared their own faith with me while allowing me to learn about the faiths of others.

Answer 3

At the age of 16, which is 11 years ago now.

I was born and raised in a very atheistic environment. I truly had never heard about gods or whatever, it just wasn't any part of my life.

At the age of 16, we got a new girl in our class, she was a Christian. At first she was made fun of, as kids do. But it was just us completely not understanding her, not even believing her at first.

Now, a little more wised up in life, I see there are many people of different faiths, who all somehow think they are right. Which makes "truth" a very cute word.

Answer 4

Devout followers of all faiths have one thing in common: It costs them something, at times a great deal. Negative or ignorant comments, ridicule, ostracism, ruptured personal relationships ... sometimes their livelihood ... sometimes their safety. At many points in history, it has cost them their lives.

I believe that my faith holds the fullness and completeness of Christianity. My "amen" to what is said at Mass means that I would, if called upon to do so, stake my life on it. But I also believe that God can accomplish His purposes through anyone, of any faith or of no faith at all, and that to believe otherwise limits the One who cannot be limited.

Answer 5

Everyone that has a spiritual belief believes that their way is the only way. That is as it should be.
If they weren't strong in your faith, it would not really be their belief would it. It would only be their concept of an idea or theory.
Everyone is free to believe what they feel is right.
I hope and pray that this freedom is never taken away.
May God, Allah, El Shaddai,Elohim,Yahweh,El-Gibhor bless you in your life choices and beliefs.

Answer 6

Well...it proabably started when I was VERY young and saw that one grandma was a Catholic and the other was a Mormon.

Even better....when I moved to a small city in Texas I realized there were these crazy people called fundies that exist in the world.

Answer 7

Whether you follow "my" religion or your own....I have no problems with that so long as you don't hurt yourself or others along the way purposefully, physically, or emotionally. Each to his own. My religion is "right" for me and your religion is "right" for you...and I have no problem with that.

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

Answer 8

...why would anyone practice a different religion thinking elsewise?

"Man, why did I get the card that said Jainism? I really like meat. I would have been one of those Mormons but nooooo, I got stuck with Jainism.

God I hate coffee..."

Answer 9

Very good question I have never decided on a religion since the existing ones are contradictory. An almighty God should not be contradictory he should be clear and make sense.

I could create a religion that is based on common sense physics and astronomy with a mix of morality and ethics that would make the bible look like playdough

Answer 10

the true religion is a mixture of 3 main religions :
-christianity
-muslim
-semithism

find similarities,and you shall find the truest of religions in this world

please forgive if I didn't write corectly