Do you believe in your religion because it is all you know?

Question

Seriously, how many of you are your religion because you were raised to believe it? There are so many out there. Have you explored others and came back to the one that you were raised to be?

I ask because I feel that my religion as a child was forced upon me and what else is there to know when you are a child?

Rapsson I think that is crap. I was forced to go to church, even when I was old enough to stay home by myself. I was forced to sit through sermons, I was forced to read, learn and recite.

Answer 1

I have looked at other religions besides christianity. I was brought up to be a christian but did not readily accept christianity as my religion. I consider myself agnostic. I have a belief in God or a higher power. I find it difficult to align myself with an institution that, in the past, has sanctioned the murder of innocents in the name of a holy war. Also, I find it difficult to understand how an institution, as rich as the Catholic church, can allow millions of children to die from starvation and disease in 3rd world countries.
My church is not built from cold stones but is warm in my heart.

Answer 2

No I do not believe in my religion because it's all I know! Most people of Faith are educated people. I have Masters Degree. I have studied every belief and science concept there is, however, that does not change the fact I believe in God. I do not dismiss all Science concepts- only the ones that go against my faith-really I guess only one or two. No matter what proof there may be for anything, I still believe God created it or allowed it to happen. Raised in Church- sinner for 15 years- been back in church 5 years. Why? Grace of God!!!!

Answer 3

As a child I went to a Methodist church and I loved it very much. After we moved I found another Methodist church. But after the minister preached from the pulpit to pass a sewer bond so we could have a bigger tax base and get more people in the church I was disillusioned. After attending a financial meeting at this same church and finding out they were not funding missionaries I quit. That was in 1968.
In 1980 my husband and I were asked to attend the baptism of a friends daughter. That was in the Episcopal Church we attended that church until the 2003 national convention.

We now attend the Reformed Episcopal Church because it teaches the Bible as the "Word of GOD"

Answer 4

Leaving your religion and then going back is not the only way to ''explore'' other religions. I've been perfectly able to explore all the religions and believes that I like, while still practicing that which I believe is true. And no I don't follow my religion ''beacuse it's all i know'', infact I didn't really know much about it nor was I ''raised to believe it'', it was when I started to learn more about it that I really believed in it. so yea. No.

Answer 5

I looked at other religions, but eventually chose Christianity.

I find it ridiculous that people so often say as CHILDREN they were FORCED to believe this way or that. That's absurd, no one 'forces' you to believe anything, you do or you don't. And, if you are a dependant (ie a CHILD) and your parents are Christians who attend church what do you EXPECT them to do with you on a Sunday morning? Find a sitter??

Answer 6

No I've explored religious history and rejected the lies that went with the formal religion I was raised on. I'll never return after studying the topic in depth .

Answer 7

Religion, even the word, makes my skin crawl and my hair stand on end. The war is on between so called good and so called evil and everyone's taking sides. This can only lead to one thing. One thing that they all want- the end of the world. Well, the way I see it, if you want peace, stay out of the battle. If you want war, take sides and get bloody. All I can say, is religion's not my idea of positive thinking. It's mass hypnosis and it's dangerous.

Answer 8

Raised a xian and am an atheist, so glad to be rid of all nonsenses of religions. Have examined many but too many common themes and the conclusions leave nothing to my imagination. All poorly made sequels to the greek mythology, so no originality!

Answer 9

I was raised without religion at all. I think my mom may have gone to church and taken me twice in my whole life.

I was so interested in Physical Anthropology that by the time I was 12 I could cogently discuss it with Professors of Physical Anthropology.

So, no, it was not 'all I know.'

"But when God, Who separated me from the womb' revealed Jesus Christ to me, I laid down child things and vain imaginations, and strive to become in the image of His Son.

Answer 10

No, I prayed for the true religion. After finding it there was no where else to go. Even though it is not a popular belief, you feel special, because you feel that you know a secret.