Did you ever Think of Changing or Did Change your religion!!?

It never entered my mind. I was asked to change my religion more than once in the past and I thought what for? I am happy with my religion and with God. What for? when I already have God in my life. Religion is a man's search for God, and if one finds it in another religion, then fine.

I'm taking a step back from religious activities now. I haven't converted into anything else, but I need to take a break from the whole religion thing. I was baptized catholic and there were times in my life when I viewed it as the best way to live. Then I met my husband and he is far from religious, yet a loving, generous and reliable person. I haven't met anyone who said anything bad about him for the whole 6 yrs of our marriage. He makes me see that someone doesn't have to be religious or belong to any religion, to be a good person.

i used to be religious, then i went agnostic and then i became an atheist. i guess i needed proof. i think most people change religions because of their search for truth, and i think thats a good thing cuz the more you search, the more you change and finally you will find the truth.

I've changed my religions many times and may do so again. Many people have their religion forced on them at childhood. They are indoctrinated into believing the same things as their parents, by their parents at a point in their lives when they are the most suggestable. They are often not given a choice to make up their own minds and form their own beliefs. They have always remembered things a certain way from their earliest memories, because it just *is*. This was not the case in my family. To give you a little background, I come from an inter-faith marrige. But there were no less than four religions I was exposed to from childhood due to cultural reasons and extended family members such as Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents. I was encouraged to explore all those religions and others if I chose to do so; which I did. I spent the years from when I was 12 to 20-something learning about different religions, faiths, and beliefs. What I found from researching and participating in so many different religions is also one of my favorite sayings in regards to religions, "They are all right, and they are all wrong." (I can feel my star rating dropping as I type this...free speech, gotta love it.) Every religion I've ever been exposed to has things that I like about it, and things that I don't. Some things make sense, some things don't. Since religions are run by man, they are prone to error and our own fallacies. Another point to support my initial suppisition above is that many of these religions are from thousands of years ago. Things that they spoke then, are taken out of context now. We were never meant to be their audience, there were specific issues from those times that have long been addressed and forgotten in the annals of history. I may yet switch religions again, because I am learning and growing. I have not yet found what I am looking for. My knowlege expands as do my wisdom and beliefs. I do not want them immutable, a thing of steel that cannot bend when confronted with fact, or something else that is more logical or makes more sense to me personally. As it stands now, I *choose* not to officially belong to *any* religion, (although many of them are dear to me) because to do so would be denying myself. If I do not agree with a religion's belief I cannot claim to be a believer and just exclude that parts that I don't like or agree with. I would be forced to give lip service and pretend to be something that I am not and believe things that I don't. As it stands now, I take things from each of the religions that I agree with and believe in and make them my own. The rest, those other things that I cannot agree with or believe in, I discard. One day I may come across a religion that holds the same beliefs as I do. If that day comes I will probably join it. However, I suspect that will never happen because it would require me to start a religion of my own and I really have no interest in doing that.

I grew up a Protestant, and when I was 23 I quit the Church entirely.It seemed to me that Organised Religion Told me how to Think and what to Believe. I am capable of thinking and I needed to believe my own beliefs. So I Studied Spiritualism for many years, and its the only religion I believe in or need. I'm very happy with My beliefs, and I don't need a Priest or Pastor in my Life.

Hello I am a Muslim , and Here is My Opinion . Being a Muslim Means you will never Think in changing your religion , Do you Know why ? Here is a verse of the Quran Explain This Point; [2.285] The apostle believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers; they all believe in Allah and His angels and His books and His apostles; We make no difference between any of His apostles; and they say: We hear and obey, our Lord! Thy forgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the eventual course. as You see , Being a Muslim mean that you Believe in - God - His angels - His books - His apostles - make no difference between any of His apostles I think that is Very sufficient , as It means that you can't Be a Muslim Till you Respect and believe other religions .

No, I haven't thought of it, really. However, I have studied other religious formally and informally. That is to say, I've studied other religious by taking formal classes as well as reading books on my own. Peoples' ways of faith have always interested me. And I will mostly likely continue to study them for years to come. I don't think any one religion out there is perfect because although divinely inspired, they are run by human beings. As such, I don't think any one religion holds perfection. . .including mine: Roman Catholic. I must admit I have a love/hate relationship with certain elements of the formal structure of my church, but I love the grassroots element: her people. In the end, I have found that most formal religious have the same basic tenents: belief in God (whatever we may call Him/Her); live life on this earth by doing good for others; die and go to heaven (or whatever we may call our eternity). Sure, there are different prophets, different titles for God, different rituals, initations, etc. . .but it's basically that: Belief in God; Do Good; Go Home. No, I haven't changed my religion and have no inclination to do so. But I will continue to study the faith belief of others.

I have always been thoughtful and mindful of the spiritual aspect of my relationship with God. I have not changed in how I view my faith. What I have changed is how I relate to religion as an organized system. I am no longer denominationally driven. I came to a point in my life that I realized the tactics used, and the principles being taught were those of fear and intimidation to keep the flock under control and the pockets of the "church" filled with gold. I began to search for the answers and understanding for myself. I decided that God gave me a brain, and I had to learn to use it and begin to think on my own, outside of the religion based box. Through this I have found a much deeper and profound walk. I will not begin to say that I understand everything, because in reality I know very little, but the grasp I do have is much better then when I was sitting in the church pew every week and being filled with nonsense.

I have never changed my religion, but there was a point in my life when I seriously considered it. Ultimately my reasoning was that so many people around me hated me for my beliefs, and I constantly felt as if no one understood me. So a part of me thought "It's just religion, other people change religions, can't I do so too?" The answer was that I couldn't. My relationship with my Gods is so personal that to betray them felt like betraying my closest friends. I simply couldn't do it. No matter how much I studied other religions, or spent time with people of other religions, or even tried to feel the presence of another deity, I just couldn't get over the feeling that I was off my true path. I know many people who found the path they consider their true path later in life, and changed from the religions they learned when they were young to be on that path. In a way I admire those people, because they had to make a hard decision. I was both lucky in that I had contact with the path that was right for me early on, and unlucky that the intolerance of others nearly drove me from that path. These days it still seems like all the time people are trying to convert me, online and offline. I've gotten to where I accept that most of the time these people are just trying to save me from some horrible fate their religion teaches will fall upon unbelievers, but I am never anymore tempted to stray. Ultimately my own love for my Gods would simply not allow that.

I never tought about it. I don't follow it strictly, nor go to curch, but I always called myself a roman catholic. I don't know why, I just like the Roman Catholic Church as an institution. I find it impressive, even on it's darkest moments. Power is something I admire much.

idk if they change

Till today, i have not thought like that. I'm satisfied with my religion. Every religion permits to do good and preaches good. If we are good at heart and true to ourselves, that's enough, we can turn everything around to our taste and seek happiness in our own religion. We should all first learn that we belong to the religion of HUMANITY.