Why does no one ever study their religion?

Question

It seems to me that no one really know much about their own religion. Only what they hear their precher say. Why does no one actually study it?

Answer 1

No one? Do you know any Jews? Study, learning, and wisdom are all very much a part of Judaism.
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Answer 2

Well, when you have faith in a God you can't see, then why not have faith in the pastor, who graduated from biblecollege.com.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Sometimes I can't take others words for it and have to research things for myself. I'm surprised Christians still celebrate certain holidays in the manor which they do. Is that from lack of research, or just old habits die hard, and people enjoy culture, and traditions more than factual info?
Just because you ask a detailed questions about one minute part of a phase of a religion, and numerous believers of that religion can't answer it at that particular moment, doesn't' mean that people don't study their religion.

Answer 3

You assume facts that are not in evidence.

Many people study their religion ... and very selectively at that.

The only Christian religion with complete, authentic theology, matched by complete and accurate history is Catholicism.

All the rest are based on various theories of confused men.

I know this is true because I have taken the time to study and correlate them all.

Answer 4

Firstly, one of every four years in Sunday School is dedicated to Church History (the other three years go through our Scriptures).

Secondly, all high school students are encouraged to attend Seminary - a class which studies one volume of Scripture per year. Likewise all students ttendinga Church-owned college is required to take a religion course every semester. For non-Church-owned colleges, Institute classes are offered.

Thirdly, members of my sect are strongly encouraged to study the Scriptures 30 minutes per day.

It is fair to say that most LdS are very familiar with LdS doctrine.

Answer 5

I was non-religious and decided to look in to religion. I studied all of the major religions of the world for over a YEAR before I decided on Christianity (and I didn't have a preacher because I didn't go to church).

Your question is very inaccurate.

Answer 6

Whoops...I spent too much money on the different variants of the Bible (KJV, NIV, NASB), the inter-linears and the book shelves full of study guides, not to mention the two complete sets of commentaries.

Since I can't say I study, I should just take the easy way out and listen to the preacher fill my head with his thoughts, and slap myself anytime I begin to wonder for myself?

Thanks for telling me what I was doing wrong.

Answer 7

Lots of people study their religion. This is obvious if you look at certain websites. For example, you could try catholic.com, wdtprs.com or jimmyakin.org. All these websites delve deeply into the Catholic faith and get a lot of hits and a lot of comments.

Answer 8

People usually aren't more comfortable within their religions by knowing more about the history of them. Christianity is a good example.

If you want to learn about the subject without having to sort through a lot of anonymous answers by strangers, about whom you know nothing, including whether they know anything, there's a way to learn.

The reading list below can act as a source for you. Most of the titles can be found in your local library. If they don't have them they can borrow them from another library.


Religion:
What-happened-to-Jesus-1st-1000-years
http://www.amazon.com/What-happened-to-Jesus-1st-1000-years/lm/S77VVY1QJ0DU/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/002-3352010-2594421