2007-12-06 18:58:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Believers will say because it's forbidden. You can only have one religion and that one is the right one.
Atheists will say it's because believers are naive.
I was born and raised a catholic, atheist by choice, so I don't fit into that stereotype. I've seen both sides and I made my own decision.
2007-12-06 19:09:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Do you have a favorite dish? Think about it. Do you?
Well, how can you have a favorite dish, if you haven't tried all other dishes out there? How can you prefer one person's cooking to everyone else's, if you haven't tried everyone else's cooking?
I did study other religions before becoming a Christian. I was a skeptic for the first twenty-five years of my life. I studied Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Wicca, paganism, LaVeyan Satanism, various forms of mythology, the Book of Mormon, read Watchtower magazines, studied evolution...
And finally became a Christian a year ago. I didn't go into it blindly. I'm not the only one.
2007-12-06 19:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive exposed myself to many different philosophies and religion. i use to be a communist and a staunch atheist.i was also very angry at the world. i took some courses on evolution and believed in it strongly. i became very depressed though. i kept thinking theres got to be more than this. thats when i started studying religion. i looked into every faith except for christianity. i felt that christianity was to much in line with the establishment. but because the other religions just didnt make much sense to me, i started looking into christianity. i studied early church history and started reading the bible and it actually made sense to me, not only spiritually but logically. after studying it for a short time, i felt convicted and accepted jesus as my lord and savior. i now have a peace that i never had before.
2007-12-06 19:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by clickyclockhill 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I understand what you're saying that faith must last through experience. What if you go back after temptation, questioning, consideration of other views, experience, other's contesting, etc.? If a belief lasts through all that, well, it's like Noah's Arc through the flood. It is a new and old purpose, a resurrection of sorts, a state of passion. That's a good thing.
2007-12-06 19:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one makes sense and is legitimate, why keep looking? Does a person test drive EVERY make of car before buying one? When a person finds one they like, can afford, etc. they usually stop looking. Religion could well fit the same sort of pattern.
2007-12-06 19:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you think of born again Christians, you may be believing a fallacy. Most of them have been on both sides, and make an intelligent choice to follow Christ, in spite of the difficulties.
2007-12-06 19:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Does that mean you're going to sleep with ALL men before choosing one to marry and to be faithful to? My, my!
I am a Christian, always have been, and always will be.
Get over it. Do me the courtesy of respecting my belief without attacking it.
2007-12-06 21:40:51 · answer #7 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about belief in God, most religions don't advertise worshiping the god of some other religion. Most all religions say that there way is the "WAY"
2007-12-06 19:04:15 · answer #8 · answered by Dud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess some people are too set in their ways to change.
2007-12-06 20:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by LADY WITH AN ATTITUDE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you experience something would you believe?
2007-12-06 19:05:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋