Theists: did you accept the first God you learned about as real, or did you shop around?

Question

Let's face it, mankind has worshiped all manner of gods over the ages. When you learned of the god you now serve, did you make an effort to compare religions and gods, or did you accept god on a first come, first serve basis?

tohsimas135: thank you for illustrating my point.

starjumper: I doubt you dug very deep. For instance, it is trivial to disprove the Noah's Ark story.

Answer 1

interesting question, but you see, there are only four Gods, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and the God of Hell.

There are many ways of worshiping them. Many different churches. I have been to more then i care to count.

that's three to one odds there. and there are two thirds heavens angles to one third hells angles. once again, out numbering the dark side.

where would you feel safer :)

Answer 2

If something came from nothing. Can that happen? There is a reason why every culture acknowledges at least a supernatural or higher power even if it is pagan. We are hard wired that way. Christians affirm that God created everything that exists and that He is the only uncaused cause even though there are disagreements about the age of the earth and man. We might look at the book of Genesis through different eyes but agree that God is the Author of all things. There are many former evolutionists and physicists that have converted to the Christian faith or at least a Theist position because of all the inconsistencies in evolutionism, naturalism and atheism. The atheist basically solves all the problems with the time factor. This was a process that happened over millions sometimes billions of years. Does anyone really comprehend that kind of time? Has anyone ever seen macroevolution take place. No. Well it is a process that happens over millions of years. Come on, alligators have been begetting alligators long enough for us to know that an alligator will not bring forth a rooster some day. The atheist likes to think that science is on their side or has usurped the need for faith or the reality of God. Science supports the Bible and is not in oppostion to it. The Bible refers to the earth as a sphere and nowhere says the earth is flat. Archaeology has affirmed the existence of many ancient cities that are recorded in the Bible which were thought to be non existent before many modern archaelogical finds (the walls of Jericho and the Hittite civilization to name of few). God has given a clear witness of Himself through His creation and the Scriptures. Man really was created in the image of God but we have marred His good creation with our sin. Our sin nature and our imperfection proves that the fall really happened as it says in Genesis 3. There is no proof that we are primordial slime evolved to a higher order which gives us no purpose, meaning or value. A true atheist believes that since we came from nothing and going to nothing all that exists in between is nothing so why don't we all just commit suicide. If you have a flawed premise, we draw false conclusions. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. By faith we understand tht the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are invisible (Hebrews 11:3).

Answer 3

I did accept Christianity on a face value at an early age. When got my early higher education I took allot of classes on theology of cultures and did do some research about other religions. As with many college students I even experimented with other religions. I did come to find that My belief in the Christian faith grew stronger because of it. It is hard to believe in anything that is not tangible but sometimes you have to take the leap of faith and believe. The same goes for not only religion but sciences as well, many theories that are accepted today are still but theories and require a faith in that theory to believe it. the same goes fro religion. You read the books and then make your own choice on where you go from there.

Answer 4

When I first found out about Christianity, I was lured into finding out about Islam.

I found that the Bible passage found in Matthew 6:33 rang true in my life:
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you"

When I followed this advice, I began to be blessed in every area of my life. Not that it was the blessing of money, trust me that's not the case.
I have had problems with money, health, and family, but I clearly identify every blessing that I receive.

I could never..........EVER recommend any other religion.
First, because the Bible tells me so, and
Second, why would I? God has been so good to me.

Answer 5

Raised a Catholic... I became agnostic and a mystic for about about ten years (shopped around). My search came full circle, with my giving Christianity the same objectivity and exploration as I had given the others. God then touched my heart, and proved Himself as real. Now I'm a Spirit filled, "born again", Bible believing Christian who has found, loves and serves the living God. I am complete, with no desire to go anywhere or to believe anything else.

Answer 6

We are born into religious faith. We have no choice for many years. Later I cam to the conclusion that God has many names and can be found in all religions. In my prayers I try to speak directly to God. I think and believe that religion is born in the heart of every human and should be heard via the tong and seen by actions.

Answer 7

I was raised as a Catholic but; I was sort of asked to leave, because I asked too many questions. I moved around from church to church ALWAYS with the same result. I asked too many questions.

I discovered Wicca (or should I say it discoverd me?). Goddess and God WANTED my questions. They STILL want my questions. I KNEW I had found what I had been looking for and have been a Wiccan ever since. that began in 1971. I still ask questions and Goddess and God still want MORE of them. I LOVE it.

Brightest Blessings,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 8

I've never had another. God wasn't handed to me by some people telling me about God. God was just always with me. Period. I'm not sure who others are communing with, but God has just always been by my side. I sought to learn more about God on my own. In books and people. If it made my heart feel at peace I knew that it was right, if it left a bad aftertaste...I pitched it.

Blessed Be

Answer 9

During my 1st psychedelic trip. I do not serve or worship god, I am a part of god. God is in everyone and everything. All is one, and the self is only illusion. I dont see how ne one can be completely spiritually blind or follow a book blindly. i think there is a force that u cannot physically account for, and true meaning is beyond human comprehension

Answer 10

I was raised Lutheran. I became an Atheist. I did the salvation prayer at a Baptist Church, just in case I was wrong. I then sought God through different religions at my own convience, and then I found God at a Pentecostal Church after I received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.