If you would've told me 2 years ago I would be a Mormon convert I probably would have laughed at you. Really. Prior to investigating The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I didn't care about practicing a religion at all really. The concept of religion is what interested me, not salvation. Sometimes I question why salvation and life after death wasn't something I thought of, or cared about most of my life to this point. Being brought up in the south everything revolves around protestantism, and mainly the Baptist religion. The main factor in these churches (especially in Alabama) is accepting Jesus Christ in your heart and being saved through that (which I had already done at that time of my life). Another thing that might have led to not questioning my salvation was the lack of Christianity and prayer in public school. When you spend most of your time at school, you spend most of your time thinking about school related things (which most of the time isn't religious).
Which leads me to think that most of your religious influence isn't based on what you truly believe, but who you are around and what is "normal" in the society to live in.
When we come to this earth, we are born into a families who make a great impact in leading the course of our life. Who we become, what we do, where we live, and the society and culture we are around. When born into culture, comes religion.
Which leads me to think that most of your religious influence isn't based on what you truly believe, but who you are around and what is "normal" in the society to live in.
When we come to this earth, we are born into a families who make a great impact in leading the course of our life. Who we become, what we do, where we live, and the society and culture we are around. When born into culture, comes religion.
Our family and our religion a lot of the time become connected. We want to please our parents and family since we love them very much. Even when we grow older, get married, and have children of our own, the bonds of generations of family still exist. This makes it very difficult for people to change. To be a pioneer in there family, and to embark on a journey that is unknown. When going against what the rest of your family believes, it may cause problems in relationships, and many hardships. I have recently heard the phrase "live the adventure" and when I think adventure I think the unknown. Embarking on something that isn't seen. The times we take the greatest risks in life are the times we are most rewarded. Do something new. Do something right.
Be a poineer.
