that for the VAST majority of religious people, they accept a religion because it's the religion they were born into? If you had been born in Iraq or Iran to Muslim parents....don't you think you would be a Muslim?
2007-08-31 05:28:47 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
tuberoot...please read the question. I said the VAST majority. I never claimed the were no exceptions to the rule.
2007-08-31 05:43:53 · update #1
I think it is definitely true for most people that, if they had been born somewhere else, they would follow the religion of that area just as readily and devoutly as they follow their current religion.
2007-08-31 05:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yeah your right. For me (I have an extremely mystical, supernatural mind) I say fate plays a thing or two in the role of finding your religion.
So perhaps a child born to Muslim parents in Iran was destined to be where they are.
2007-08-31 12:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true for almost everyone, INCLUDING Primoa who is ignoring the fact his current religion stemmed from his prior.
A few people change because they are free to change, and or have a traumatic or bad experience with their religion of birth, or they, through worldly experiences understand that most religions say the same thing.
2007-08-31 05:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that you're right...if my parents had been followers of *insert religion here* rather than baptist that's what i would have started out as.
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people are amazing...if you grew up in a family where everyone around believed that eating cornbread was the only way to prove your righteousness then that's what you would believe until you learned better. it's the same thing.
*eats buttered cornbread* yummy.
2007-08-31 05:53:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me. My parents were Christians and the only reason I am a Christian now, is because it is the only logical answer. If it wasn't I would not be a Christian now. But you are right, many people accept their religion just because they were taught it.
2007-08-31 05:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not the case with me but for most people it is also for the fact that if they change religion they'll get criticized by their family members.
2007-08-31 05:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I was born & raised a real life fundie. I was into my 30's before I began questioning things. I am truly happy that I did
2007-08-31 05:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by FallenAngel© 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you saying that there are no Christians who converted from Islam in Iraq? And there are no natural born Indian Christians? And that the Chinese are all Buddhists? And the Russians raised an entire generation of Atheists? And there are no Atheists in the USA?
If so, then I do not agree.
2007-08-31 05:37:23 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
absolutely! i always see people are taught to be so sure about the religion they were born into, they accept it without even thinking about it.
2007-08-31 05:37:52 · answer #9 · answered by krishnokoli 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes I suspect that is often true but there are always a few who go out to seek the truth and find God for themselves. being born to christian parents did not make me christian it was a choice I made later. unfortunatly muslims and catholics think you are born in their faith. muslims claim we are all born muslim. I ask you do you believe that.??
2007-08-31 05:37:37 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋