How has your religion changed you?

[IsmailaGodHasHeard]

How has your religion changed you? I will go first. I used to be an angry fearful person but when I became a Christian, that changed. I found hope in Jesus. Okay. Next person please. How has your religion changed you?

 

[Madhuri]

I think that my religion has made me a thoughtful person. I think it has nourished aspects of my personality that include being loving and empathetic and it has helped to make me an open-minded and inclusive person.

 

[TheKnight]

The changes in me that I could chalk up to religion are honestly not that fantastic. Not because I don't change, but because I don't really attribute my changes to my religious ideals. In all honesty though, it's certainly made me a more sober person, whereas before I was more angry. I have become a more accepting person where before I was intolerant and close-minded. I have become more compassionate and selfless whereas before I was selfish and conceited.

A lot of that had to do with the fact that I changed religions.

It's not that these things cannot be changed by others with other views, or even that these changes were all due to my religion. However, for certain the changes were motivated, in large part, to my religious ideals, which greatly affect my perception of reality.

The greatest change has been the change from feeling and behaving in a limited way, to feeling a sense of complete and total freedom. Not burden, not limits, not rules and regulations to control me, but absolute and total freedom. A base in something far greater than I. That's probably the biggest thing I get from my religion.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I changed my religion.

 

[chinu]

How has your religion changed you?

I don't know how religion has changed me or not, but chinu like's what this person has written.

Not a believer inside the mosque, am I, nor a pagan disciple of false rites
Not the pure amongst the impure, neither Moses, nor the Pharaoh,
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To me, I am not known.
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Not in the holy Vedas, am I, nor in opium, neither in wine,
Not in the drunkard`s intoxicated craze, niether awake, nor in a sleeping daze,
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To me, I am not known.
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In happiness nor in sorrow, am I, neither clean, nor a filthy mire,
Not from water, nor from earth, neither fire, nor from air, is my birth,
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To me, I am not known.
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Not an Arab, nor Lahori, neither Hindi, nor Nagauri
Hindu, Turk, nor Peshawari, nor do I live in Nadaun,
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To me, I am not known.
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Secrets of religion, I have not known, from Adam and Eve, I am not born
I am not the name I assume, not in stillness, nor on the move,
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To me, I am not known.
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I am the first, I am the last, none other, have I ever known
I am the wisest of them all, Bulleh! do I stand alone?
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To me, I am not known.
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By: Hazrat baba bulle Shah.


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Chinu

 

[BruceDLimber]

The Baha'i Faith has given me a clear picture of my purpose in life and the best ways to go about fulfilling it, as well as introducing me to a wonderful bunch of people from all over the world and--the icing on the cake!--giving me multiple opportunities to sing in several different Baha'i chorales!

Best,

Bruce

 

[fenrisx]

How has your religion changed you? I will go first. I used to be an angry fearful person but when I became a Christian, that changed. I found hope in Jesus. Okay. Next person please. How has your religion changed you?

I learned to check my temper and to question things throughout the day I might not have prior, the check myself and try to be considerate and more patient..

 

[Gaura Priya]

Wow, people seem to be angry these days!

My religion teaches me to be tolerant of other people's views, even if they don't practice the same religion as I do, and shows that morality, ethics and a spiritual outlook in life outweighs the necessity of religious historicity.

My religion teaches me that God loves people of all kinds, whether or not they follow scriptural injunctions, and that even the most sinful person, who still loves God, still has a chance in eir next life.

But then again, there wasn't a time when I wasn't religious.

 

[Zuboko]

I went from being a scared little boy trapped in a mans body, as result of the mental and emotional abuse I suffered growing up, to someone who can now relate to those in the depths of despair. I went from someone living in fear and trapped by sadness to, someone who can find peace, joy, hope and comfort in the darkest of times. Now I am continuing my journey in finding out how to help those who are trapped where God let me journey into, so that I can help them find the way out of their misery, just as God helped me find the way out of mine.

 

[Tonymai]

From no God to God conscious is a growing experience.

 

[Renji]

I was born Catholic. I don't know how it makes me change but, when facing tough times, I just reflect on thing taught by my Church and I feel okay. Like it is something that draws me near to think about things...

 

[Dena]

I can't always determine where my religion changed me or where I was already changing and that opened me up to Judaism. I think both went hand in hand. I can say I think very different now then I did say 10 years ago or even 5 years ago. I view life differently, people differently. For example I don't concern myself with a life after this, for myself or for others. I just live here and now. There are other things that brought about change too.

 

[Onkara]

I can't always determine where my religion changed me or where I was already changing and that opened me up to Judaism. I think both went hand in hand. I can say I think very different now then I did say 10 years ago or even 5 years ago. I view life differently, people differently. For example I don't concern myself with a life after this, for myself or for others. I just live here and now. There are other things that brought about change too.

How does Judaism help you to live here and now, without over-concern about others? I am not sure?

 

[Dena]

How does Judaism help you to live here and now, without over-concern about others? I am not sure?

Judaism doesn't tend to focus on the afterlife. I am not concerned about where I go when I die and I'm not concerned about where anyone else goes when they die. Make sense?

 

[Onkara]

Judaism doesn't tend to focus on the afterlife. I am not concerned about where I go when I die and I'm not concerned about where anyone else goes when they die. Make sense?

I had not considered the afterlife, but now you put that in contrast it makes sense. Thank you