Isn't religion just based on location?

Question

I mean if you're Arab your're Islam, if you're American your're Christian and we just believe stuff based on what people tell us.

Answer 1

I guess, not at all.

Yes, it is very true that WE start believing in what we are told of by clergy without ever taking our time to read by ourselves for a deeper understanding of the concepts.

Have not you ever heard of Arab Christians, you might not as they actually do not follow the Vatican Pope?

Answer 2

Hardly. Although that may be ther perspective of the media. They do like to lump things to gether under the assumption that we are too dumb to understand reality.

There are Christian nations in the Mid east, and Muslims and Chirstians in every nation in the mid east.

Just like there are Muslims and Hindi and everything else in America, mixed right in with the Christians.

And Paris is a fascinating study of varrying religions.

Just because political and social persecution may reduce the number that live or proclaim their religion does not mean we should disregard it as geographical. It means we should see the trend and learn to be more tolerant.

Answer 3

Lots of Americans are not Christian. Some of us bother to think for ourselves!

But your idea is somewhat correct. Yes, we all start out usually believing what our parents and others around us teach us to believe. If we grow up in a particular faith, there's a good chance we will stay that particular faith.

Unless we start to question. Like a good number of us did.

But that's based more on one's immediate family and community environment rather than on one's country.

Answer 4

before Catholicism was in America it was in India, so the answer is "no". Well we all do believe in our holy books, now whether those writers were paid journalists or just chose to write and submit their interviews and views is unknown to me, you'd have to research that. How else did you think we would know about past history? There are carvings, wall writings, scripture in different languages because those people spoke and wrote in different languages.

Answer 5

More precisely, it's based on what the religion of your parents is. That's the best predictor of a person's religion. But you are correct that in a predominantly-Christian country, you are (statistically) likely to become a Christian. However, if you are the child of Muslim parents, regardless of the nation's most popular religion, you are much more likely to become a Muslim.

Answer 6

No, there are nearly 7 million Jehovah's Witnesses in 235 lands, we print our literature in 161 languages around the world. So, no.

Answer 7

uhmm......where is it that you live that you deem it backward that your paper has a "faith section"? I have lived in 47 of the 50 US of A states, and all major newspapers have a "religious" section. It is among the first pieces of the newspaper that I read, it gives me an understanding of the community, as do the advertisements and "community news". You can also learn a great deal from the local phone book. I am a Christian wherever I go. You find what you seek. Be careful in what it is that you seek..............

Answer 8

In terms of culture, the old world is the true home of christianity, not the new world (america).

Get yours facts right man.

Answer 9

No. Did you know that there are Christians everywhere, and Jews, and Muslims, and Hindu's and Pagans...etc... We need to accept the fact that it is a diverse world.

Answer 10

Umm, aren't there Muslims here in the US, and aren't there Christians in Arab countries? I think so!!!