Born into it....or convert?

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Are you of the faith today that your family was?

I mean generally. Still Christian, or Muslim, or Jew or Hindu or ....

And maybe you've strayed but returned to the fold.

Or have you lost faith, gained faith (born to secular folk) or converted to another belief?

Me? I've been gathering and am definitely an amalgam....not of the faith of my ancestors.
 
I guess you could say I grew up Christian. My mom wasn't a church goer, but she read her Bible and taught us what she knew. I started reading it myself when I was about 8 or so, but I had a strong belief in God even before that.

I started participating in some Hindu traditions after marrying, but I never really felt the need to convert or anything. According to my wife's family, I'm a Hindu devote of Christ. Don't know about that, but I do have a private Mandir on my property built by yours truly with a photo of Jesus in it.o_O
 
Christian born and raised with some dreamtime thrown in for good measure. Not much church for me either. Just Sunday Bible at the dinner table.
 
I guess I still fall under the Christian category of my childhood.
 
A Cup Of Tea said:
That statement is so pregnant, care to conceive?
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I enjoy learning and discussing other faiths but still don't feel like I've gotten anything resolved internally. I go to Catholic Church once a year with my parents for the holidays.

Otherwise, I interact and may attend a service or gathering as the opportunity appears but I always feel as if there's more to learn and be exposed to.
 
StevePame said:
I enjoy learning and discussing other faiths but still don't feel like I've gotten anything resolved internally. I go to Catholic Church once a year with my parents for the holidays.

Otherwise, I interact and may attend a service or gathering as the opportunity appears but I always feel as if there's more to learn and be exposed to.
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A good friend who frequents our Mandir from time to time once told me that he is Catholic, because that is what is expected of him, but he comes to our Mandir to pray, because in that small building he feels closer to God.
 
I started questioning in elemenaltary.school, became.disenchanted due to.the answers or.lack thereof... Gave that up in middle school....got into christian youth group in highschool for a while...cause girlz. After leaving home was drawn to return but didn't encounter a church or sermon that resonated... And accumulated books from many faiths and the pseudo spiritual new agey stuff... Eventually found "New Thought" and Unity in specific in my late 30s... Discovered I had been pretty much new thought all along with a bent toward Buddhism. (Which I had explored some along the way)
 
Namaste Jesus said:
A good friend who frequents our Mandir from time to time once told me that he is Catholic, because that is what is expected of him, but he comes to our Mandir to pray, because in that small building he feels closer to God.
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I can remember when I were a lad, me dad taking my younger brother and I out to the fields. The barley had just started to spring up. Acre after acre of young barley sprouts. As far as the eye could see. Choking back the tears my father said, "Boys, you can get no closer to God than this."
 
I'm a combination of my parents' religion (Jewish) and an amalgamation of different pagan traditions (a "Jewitch".) Mom was raised Orthodox and dad was raised secular, so they compromised by raising my siblings and me Conservative with Orthodox leanings (I think that I'm the only one in the family who still has some ties to any religion other than worshipping money/"things", but that's just my humble opinion.)

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Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine said:
(I think that I'm the only one in the family who still has some ties to any religion other than worshipping money/"things", but that's just my humble opinion.)
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For many of us capitalism and consumption is almost religion... Living in the states we are bathed in it.

Currently in DC they are talking about commercializing/leasing subway station names... Imagine telling someone they need to take Pepsi to coke and then transfer to Marlboro...

While the number of religious keeps growing, they aren't keeping up with population.
 
(Number) of religions are incidental when we consider the 7000 +/- languages in TODAYS world. What does that say to us about misinterpretation. Sorry! I have no clue what this has to do with the OP. It just hit me. Okay! Just one more shooter...promise:D
 
StevePame said:
I enjoy learning and discussing other faiths but still don't feel like I've gotten anything resolved internally. I go to Catholic Church once a year with my parents for the holidays.

Otherwise, I interact and may attend a service or gathering as the opportunity appears but I always feel as if there's more to learn and be exposed to.
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Your right! Read the Old Testament there's more content in one chapter of King solomons words than in the whole New Testament.
 
wil said:
Are you of the faith today that your family was?
I mean generally. Still Christian, or Muslim, or Jew or Hindu or ....
And maybe you've strayed but returned to the fold.
Or have you lost faith, gained faith (born to secular folk) or converted to another belief?
Me? I've been gathering and am definitely an amalgam....not of the faith of my ancestors.
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Interesting... I was raised as a Baptist and explored Hinduism and Buddhism .. eventually became a Baha'i back in 1965. In 1973 I married a lady who was also Baha'i and we've raised our children as Baha'is. My brother-in-law became a Baha'i and he also married a Baha'i lady and had one child who is also Baha'i. I found out after I married my wife that we both had ancestors in the Unitas Fratrum of the Brethren Faith in Switzerland that later migrated to the US.
 
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