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Post by geode on Apr 13, 2017 20:17:38 GMT
This was a question I used to ask myself when I was actively a devout Mormon. Would I have converted to this faith if I had not been born into a Mormon family? On my mother's side being members of this church only went back to my great grandparents, but my paternal great, great, great grandparents converted in England within the first decade of its existence. I had pioneers that came to Utah in the mid-19th Century except for my maternal grandmother that left Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century. Several generations that led to my parting company with the faith. Questioning is frowned upon by leaders for it may lead down the road to apostasy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 20:20:34 GMT
Depends.
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Post by thefleetsin on Apr 13, 2017 20:23:33 GMT
This was a question I used to ask myself when I was actively a devout Mormon. Would I have converted to this faith if I had not been born into a Mormon family? On my mother's side being members of this church only went back to my great grandparents, but my paternal great, great, great grandparents converted in England within the first decade of its existence. I had pioneers that came to Utah in the mid-19th Century except for my maternal grandmother that left Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century. Several generations that led to my parting company with the faith. Questioning is frowned upon by leaders for it may lead down the road to apostasy. with what i know now? never.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Apr 13, 2017 20:25:09 GMT
Wow. That is, like, SO PROFOUND.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Apr 13, 2017 20:26:51 GMT
This was a question I used to ask myself when I was actively a devout Mormon. Would I have converted to this faith if I had not been born into a Mormon family? On my mother's side being members of this church only went back to my great grandparents, but my paternal great, great, great grandparents converted in England within the first decade of its existence. I had pioneers that came to Utah in the mid-19th Century except for my maternal grandmother that left Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century. Several generations that led to my parting company with the faith. Questioning is frowned upon by leaders for it may lead down the road to apostasy. with what i know now? never. ^^^^^^^ this ^^^^^^^
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 20:49:08 GMT
Wow. That is, like, SO PROFOUND. It's the truth. A lot of people's beliefs are shaped by people other than their parents. If those other people were still involved, then most of those people would probably answer in the affirmative.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 13, 2017 20:54:13 GMT
It depends on how selfish I was raised and how I was indoctrinated.
I wasn't raised in the beliefs I am now, but the way I was raised allowed me the opportunity to be convinced that God exists.
If my parents were atheists, it's possible I would be one too or at least indifferent because I wouldn't necessarily develop an interest in religion in the fist place.
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Post by Aj_June on Apr 14, 2017 14:09:46 GMT
This was a question I used to ask myself when I was actively a devout Mormon. Would I have converted to this faith if I had not been born into a Mormon family? On my mother's side being members of this church only went back to my great grandparents, but my paternal great, great, great grandparents converted in England within the first decade of its existence. I had pioneers that came to Utah in the mid-19th Century except for my maternal grandmother that left Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century. Several generations that led to my parting company with the faith. Questioning is frowned upon by leaders for it may lead down the road to apostasy. I think I am usually a passive person and don't like to get attached to any religious stance or political stance so I don't think I would have chosen a religion if I were not born in it. I was born in a Hindu family and yet I never prayed or went to temple or believed in anything.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 14:36:49 GMT
I would say that I've always been more inquisitive than my parents. Our belief systems are similar, but they aren't really the same. While they provided a base for me believing in God in the first place, I would probably be a functional atheist today if it weren't for the other thinkers out there who actually encouraged me to dig deeper and figure out what I actually believe. And if I had still come across their insights, I would probably end up believing anyway.
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Post by general313 on Apr 14, 2017 14:59:03 GMT
I was born in a religion and managed to get myself out of it, so my answer to the OP question is: most likely not.
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Post by Sulla on Apr 14, 2017 16:21:04 GMT
I tend to think I wouldn't've joined a religion because I only maintained a belief while in a religious environment. With no previous exposure to it I might've considered it in my late teens, but I would've eventually come to disbelieve it.
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Post by phludowin on Apr 14, 2017 16:47:18 GMT
This was a question I used to ask myself when I was actively a devout Mormon. Would I have converted to this faith if I had not been born into a Mormon family? On my mother's side being members of this church only went back to my great grandparents, but my paternal great, great, great grandparents converted in England within the first decade of its existence. I had pioneers that came to Utah in the mid-19th Century except for my maternal grandmother that left Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century. Several generations that led to my parting company with the faith. Questioning is frowned upon by leaders for it may lead down the road to apostasy. Well... I wasn't born within atheism, and yet I chose it. But atheism is not a religion. In Germany, there are quite a few converts to Islam, who are very vocal about it. I guess that in a pluralistic society, the possibility to choose your religion is greater than in a non-pluralistic society.
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Post by THawk on Apr 15, 2017 22:20:57 GMT
Yes.
While I did grow up in a society and with parents that had a very general religious nature, I left that behind for a few years of searching - but it was my own independent thinking that led me back to the faith, even if in a very different form.
At the same time, I realize why for those who have had it crammed down their throats, they would never want to return.
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Post by althea on Apr 15, 2017 22:25:13 GMT
My religious beliefs differ from those I was born into, so I'd have to say yes...although I have often wondered if I'd have any religious beliefs at all if I hadn't been raised in a religious family.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Apr 16, 2017 12:32:48 GMT
Yes. While I did grow up in a society and with parents that had a very general religious nature, I left that behind for a few years of searching - but it was my own independent thinking that led me back to the faith, even if in a very different form. At the same time, I realize why for those who have had it crammed down their throats, they would never want to return. Did they convert from atheism, though? From what I have seen, most people who convert to a religion do themselves have a background in another religion.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 16, 2017 12:55:36 GMT
My religious beliefs differ from those I was born into, so I'd have to say yes...although I have often wondered if I'd have any religious beliefs at all if I hadn't been raised in a religious family. Again, it makes sense that a person exposed to religion would be more open minded than ones who have not been. Plenty of religious people have decided to become agnostic and atheists too, but the difference would be level of interest in religion in general, not that all religion is so similar as to be interchangeable. Sometimes I see that as some kind of fake argument made. If I had atheists or religiously apathetic parents and was only exposed to the things that interested my parents, it would likely take an invitation from a religion to even acknowledge them or read & research the the Bible by myself. If my parents were theophobiacs, I have no doubt that would have an impact on me as well since all they would talk about is the Crusades & kiddy diddling priests...& imaginary shrimp bans. That last one would get me because I love shrimp.
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Post by camimac on Apr 16, 2017 15:49:23 GMT
If I was not born into Christianity. I like to believe that I would have chosen to become a Christian.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 16, 2017 16:40:03 GMT
Most people here probably wouldn't, there's a rule called the "5-14 range" (or something like that) where if you don't get indoctrined into religion from 5 to 14 years old, it becomes extremely difficult to convert someone after that (it's why Scientology is mostly a small, non-mainstream cult)
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Post by cybajedi on Apr 16, 2017 17:20:45 GMT
Fairly certain I was destined to be a Jedi from day one
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 17:30:32 GMT
Well my folks didn't raise me to be an atheist - rather, they just completely ignored religion. I didn't really know or think much about it till I was in my early teens, and when I started to learn about it the whole thing just seemed kind of silly.
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