Are you still the religion you were born, or have you changed?

Question

I was born Roman Catholic. I was baptised, has communion and then confirmation (about three years ago when I was around twelve).

And now I don't belong to any religion. However, I did survey today on a website about the different religions, and apparently I agree most with the Neo-pagan, New Age, Buddhist and Unitarian Universalism morals, ethics and views.

Guess what was last on my list and my least compatible religion?

Roman Catholic.

So what are you experiences? Are you still the religion you were born, or have you changed? Or have you tried several different religions before you found the one you're in currently?

Thanks for answering.

Answer 1

I grew up a Baptist. When I was about 15 I stopped going to church then picked it back up for a year or so. I find that having to somewhere to praise God just isn't for me. I don't consider myself any religion to tell you the truth. I believe in God that's all that matters to me. He here's my prayers and loves me even if I don't go to a church. And yea I did look into a few others but still found nothing that spoke to me.

Answer 2

I'm still with the same religion. Sometimes the grass looks greener. I have a co-worker who went through the Christian to New born to Buddhist to currently Jewish cycle. The person read up and attended classes and was more comfortable with 620 steps versus just the 10.

It's not like I didn't take classes regarding the other religions. I did and a lot of them have their merits. I doubted myself alot and found out that I was just missing the big picture with the religion I was born with. It took several years and I am really comfortable with it. I am not your upper echelon Christian type, but I do get buy with what I accept as mine within the religion I was born with. It's not easy to be Christian because it is an adult religion.

Good luck...

P.S. Confirmation should be moved back a bit until people are ready to be adults in their religion.

Answer 3

I too was born into the Roman Catholic religion,I was baptised had communion, but now I don't belong to that religion anymore, because I found out through studying the Bible that most of the beliefs of the Roman Catholic religion are not Biblical, and with the help of the Bible I found out what the truth is.

Answer 4

I was born and raised Christian, when to a Christian school most of my life. At the age of 16, I began to question my religion and at age 17 an event occurred that shattered my life into pieces. I lost all hope of everything and everyone in my life, it was a huge wake up call to me. I was able to realize what was real and what wasn't, who was there and who was not. God wasn't there. A year went by where I tried to pick up my life again. I stumbled upon Taoism along the way, and that is the religion I currently confide in. Although some argue its not a 'true' religion, more of a philosophy, but who's to say? I enjoy the values and teachings offered to me, I enjoy its point of view. I am very happy with the change I made.

Answer 5

Good question. I was born by Christian parents, but later found out that I was deluded in my beliefs! My forays into other parts didn't yield real conviction.
The focal point of Christian theology, the unjust doctrine of vicarious sacrifice, is based on the fable of the fall of man. Think of it: A man and a woman – nobody knows where or when – are, at the instance of a wily serpent, supposed to have tasted the fruit of a tree. The enslaved religious mind, with its crouching imagination, pounces upon this flimsy, fanciful tale with the appetite of a carrion crow, and exalts it to the dignity of an excuse for the eternal damnation of the whole world! Dazzling, isn’t it? Throughout the last 400 years, during which the growth of science had gradually shown men how to acquire knowledge of the ways of nature and mastery over natural forces, the clergy have fought a losing battle against science, in astronomy and geology; in anatomy, physiology and biology; in psychology and sociology. Ousted from one position, they have taken up another. After being worsted in astronomy, they did their best to prevent the rise of geology; they fought against Darwin in biology, and at the present time they fight against scientific theories of psychology and education. At each stage, they try to make the public forget their earlier obscurantism, in order that their present obscurantism may not be recognized for what it is.
Now I see religion as a crutch which some of us do not need. Thus I do not subscribe to religion or faith. Science is my religion; reason is my faith!

Answer 6

My parents are christian or perhaps as i changed into borne i changed into baptised a christian. even if my parents are from the united kingdom, i changed into surely borne in Northern India and lived there till my early 1920s - my parents the position docs who worked in hospitals for the length of India for the impoverished. They worked in an section in Northern India the position Tibetan Refugees had settled from the chinese oppression so maximum of my existence changed into spent in this ecosystem from an early age I followed buddhism very certainly, residing among the subculture it turned right into a organic act For me i do not truly comprehend any diverse and that i'd not opt for to stay with the different faith both from what I surely have percieved, even if i'm tolerant of others beliefs, all religions carry an similar concepts and must be respected. it truly is an excellent direction of the concepts, in case you keep on with the practise of the buddha you are able to't get it incorrect, there is not any deity worship each little thing the buddha taught changed into in accordance inclusive of his personal observations on how issues surely are. when I surely have finished college in London, i am going to go decrease back to India. it truly is domicile for me.

Answer 7

born a roman catholic. raised a roman catholic.

realised i could not stay with the church (could not accept the mystery of the immaculate conception).

looked round at some other confessions. decided that only islam even had the coherence to be worth disbelieving in. (pentecostalism, methodism, the baptist confession are all fluff if you have come from a real religion).

became a strong agnostic, and by now am probably atheist.

Answer 8

I wasn't born a religion. Noone's born a religion. We are simply force fed religion as we grow up. I was force fed the Southern Baptist religion. I now despise everything having to do with church. I grew up under the thumb of a vicious preacher. I hate him to this day. He did teach me something very important though. Religion is evil. Religion is used to control others. Religion is unnecessary. I am a true believer in "God". But humanity will never get close to "God" as long as we try to put him/her in a box.

Answer 9

Was born into a "sort of" Christian (Protestant) family in a casual sort of way.

Parents got a bit more intentional when I was in grade school. They felt I should have some sort of Sunday School experience, so we attended a Disciples of Christ and they led the youth group.

By age 14 or 15, parents considered me old enough to think for myself in religious matters.

In my teens I attended many types of Christian services with friends, ranging from Pentacostal to Catholic to African American Gospel Baptist (my favorite!)

Attended a Unitarian church at age 16 and knew I had found my religious home. (It is now Unitarian Universalist because of a merger between the 2 denominations.) Was married in a UU ceremony at age 19.

Now in my mid 50s and continue to find spiritual growth and intellectual challenge as a Unitarian Universalist.

I actually identify as a Spiritual Atheist Humanist Unitarian Universalist with Pagan sympathies and aspirations toward Buddhism. =)

Enjoy your journey!
-Z

Answer 10

I think I was baptised into C. of E . but went to a Methodist church as a young person (because it was next door) and now I have found that Brands don't make much difference as long as they stick to basics, and don't try to rip you off. Like many so called 'true believers' try.