who choose your religion for YOU, yoru parents? does that make it right?

Question

religion is an organized way of worshiping someone or something, do you agree? that being the case shouldn't your religion be pleasing to God? why? because he is the one who gives everlasting life. Not ALL RELIGIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO HIM
(Matthew 7:21-23) 21 “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23 And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness.

Answer 1

My mother is agnostic. I converted to Catholicism at age 32 after much study.

Answer 2

Are babies born religious?

Babies are not born with a religion. They acquire it from their parents and society. There are no Christian babies or Moslem babies! To believe in anything one does what everyone must do: reason and decide if his reasoning could stand the test of logic and the evidence of the senses. If it doesn't, one is accepting somebody else's thoughts without proof, just because one likes them, or makes us feel better. When a child falls and hurts himself, we want to make him feel better, and say anything and promise anything that will help him feel good again, that's what faith and religion is all about.

One can only arrive at the truth with reason. We have no other tool. To say that something is true because I like it, or because someone told us, or because it is written in some ancient “holy” book, or because millions of people believe in it, or because we hear voices inside us, all these are logical fallacies and very bad reasoning.

There is no faith higher than the truth.

Answer 3

i choose my religion by myself as a Christian and i couldn't find a reason that another religion is acceptable to God. if you're a Christian but you don't do the will of Father in HEAVEN,i think you're the same as the people who are not a christian. (matthew 7:21-23) :p

Answer 4

I selected my religion at age 25. 39 yrs. ago I believe many have the correct path to heaven. I think it is a copout to not believe in a God.

Answer 5

I was raised Christian by Christian parents, but when I was old enough to question, combined with life situations at the time, I forged off on my own spiritual path.

Answer 6

Both my parents are Christian, however, I chose to be Pagan.
I don't think anyone should follow a religion that they don't believe in. In my opinion, it will do you no good in the end.

Answer 7

Two scenarios:
1) religion is a man made organization used to explain the unexplainable through faith, etc, to make one feel like they have a higher connection to something or someone.
2) religion is created by some higher being that requires lowly humans to worship and serve him/her/it for their pleasure.

Either way - sickening.

Answer 8

Here's my answer to a recent similar question. I got best answer on this one. Come Lord Jesus!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqBt7mx1pCScHfcbq0mib73ty6IX?qid=20070628202010AADAQR2&show=7#profile-info-sA8t70Lpaa

Answer 9

I did, but not all on my own.
"No one can come to me (Jesus)
unless it is the will of the Father."
We (mankind) all hold an account for ourselves, before Him.
So, what is right; is to make sure of the teachings.
Regardless of whom, is teaching u these things.
Make sure of what is fine.

Answer 10

my parents forced me to be baptized
forced me to go to church

not so long ago i secretly abandoned my religion that i grew up in
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
will i have that religion again