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As someone who is non religious, What made you become religious?
What made you decide to believe in a religion? (Any religions welcome to answer)
Of course there are no right or wrong answers as everyone has their own beliefs.
Thanks for all your answers, reading through them it was a nice insight into the mind of a Believer.
14 Answers
- ?Lv 72 years agoFavourite answer
A hope for a better future!
The Bible outlines a wonderful hope of everlasting life in paradise on earth.
No growing old, no sickness and no more death. Building your own home and planting and growing your own food. Having no fear that someone will take it away because the earth would be filled with peace loving people. All this under the rule of God's kingdom (Government).
(Psalm 37:10, 11) Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, And they will not be there. 11 But the meek will possess the earth, And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
(Psalm 37:29) The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it.
(Revelation 21:4) And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
(Micah 4:4) They will sit, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, And no one will make them afraid, For the mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken.
(Isaiah 65:21, 22) They will build houses and live in them, And they will plant vineyards and eat their fruitage. 22 They will not build for someone else to inhabit, Nor will they plant for others to eat. For the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, And the work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full.
- 2 years ago
MY mind made me see God as true and Jesus as Lord and Saviour but my will had to accept. It is never just the mind. That is the biggest mistake made on here.
belief is something other than the result of a logical process; it is precisely not ‘a conclusion from premises’. ‘For directly you have a conviction that you ought to believe, reason has done its part, and what is wanted for faith is, not proof, but will.’”
- Anonymous2 years ago
Aside from personal experience...
The proof is in the creation.
Science is proving it. There is complexity where we used to believe was simplicity.
Scientific dating methods are inaccurate and will likely soon seem primitive.
Even Einstein gave credit to "intelligent design."
Romans 1:19-20 (NRSV)
19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse;
- 2 years ago
It made me believe in religion atheism, in atheism there is nothing good, everything is out of sense, in religion there is so much life with the word of God!
- Anonymous2 years ago
Vulnerability for most.
- KoLv 52 years ago
I can't call myself to be religious. All I need is peace. In searching for peace, I found that peace is not only the answer to all my questions, including God, it's also the answer to this world.
- nineteenthlyLv 72 years ago
The fact that there is no naturalistic explanation for consciousness. But that's no longer the reason. Nowadays it's the fact that improbable relevant events follow prayer, in other words, that prayers are answered.
- GA41Lv 72 years ago
1). It believe creation testify's to the existence of a creator. We can be certain He exists.
2). Reading the Scriptures and the associated letters of eye witnesses who died defending their testimony presented compelling evidence for the Resurrection of Christ. Also, reading apologetic books such as "evidence That Demands a Verdict", and "The Case For Christ" also presented a compelling case.--Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(Romans 10:17)
3). I also believe the miracle of the Stigmata manifested in Padre Pio. Padre Pio bore the wounds of Christ in modern times. This miracle points to Christ and was validated by much documentation and secular doctors.
- Chi girlLv 72 years ago
As someone who is non religious? I've always been religious.
Source(s): Greek Orthodox Christian - ?Lv 72 years ago
Becoming aware and alert to God's Spirit, was huge! Not religious but Spirited towards all that is pleasing to God.