Have you ever been converted to another religion???

In regards to your friend I do think that she is old enough to belong to whatever church she wants to and feels comfortable in, as originally it was not her decision to chose her religion but her parents, and like myself my parents chose my religion for me but I changed it later on in my life and have been happy that I did so. Whether she is single or not has nothing to do with religion.

Personaly in my life I have changed my religion twice. The first change i wont go into but it wasnt so much of a change but just a rejection of how I was raised. The second change was to Islam. My family really didnt understand at first. Of course they had the knee jerk reaction thinking that I was going to let some man controll my life and beat me. They didnt feel that this religion made any sense for me because I have always been very strong willed. Once they became more edjucated on the matter though, they now understand. Now going from roman catholic to born again, that is going to be a more tricky one to deal with with her parents. In the roman catholic religion there is a lot of heavy guilt overtones where as in a more contemporary christan setting its more forgiveness based. Whenever she does decide to tell her family they will probobly be very upset at first and tell her that she is leaving behing all of the values that they have taught her. But after they see that she is happier living this way they may understand better. I mean shes still christian, so there really wont be that much of a problem, its just technicalities.

i was brought up as a methodist christian from my Fathers family and a wiccan witch from my mother's tradition. Luckily my family was relaxed about religion and eventually i chose to follow a wiccan/pagan path . I feel it is important that we all find the path that is right for us. I also feel that it is important that this should be done with as little outside influence as is possible in this modern world of mass and instant communication. For me, it is not important to tell others about your religion or even your choices, what most certainly is important is the choice is made sincerely and with knowledge. Not knowledge given from a priest, vicar, immam or learned person, but knowledge of how you feel blessed be do as you will but hurt no one

Maybe the family is not 'big' on religions. Maybe she felt like changing her religion wouldnt matter to her family. I would never do such a thing without informing my parents because it would be a great disrespect to them if I would decide on such a big thing without asking for their opinion.

she really is old enough to make decisions which she believes is best for her. unfortunately, it would be better is she, at least, inform her parents and siblings about her transfer. me, i was born as a Roman Catholic and i will stick with it forever. i have found where my happiness is.

I am Roman Catholic, I personally would not think of changing my religion. Having said that I know quite a few people who have transferred to be "born again Christians". Speaking about your friend, I am assuming that she is confident about her decision to change her religion, so I see no point in her hiding it from her family. In fact, I think that she should inform them herself, rather than wait for them to hear about it from someone else. That would hurt them and it would look like she was ashamed to be a born again Christian. I am not sure how her single status has anything to do with it?

I do belive that it is her decision but she should atleast tell her family about it, they have the right to know about it, even if it´s not there decision to make.

i'm a born muslim.... but till the age of 18 i didnt practice islam properly.... i think no one belongs to any religion unless or otherwise they really fear god and follow the principles in that religion.... in that case i think i was converted to islam again at the age of 18.... my life is peaceful now.... thanx to Allah, the most gracious and most merciful.....

i think she should tell her parents about that.

Its her own wish.. There is nothin wrong in it.. But even though she could have informed her family..

Yes... I was once invited by a friend to a small party in some house which turned out to be a house of praise of a religous group plainly called as christians. The next thing I know was we were being recruited and after which came a baptismal where I was bathe in a small tub. It was pure peer pressure and I was ashamed of not having able to stand up for my grown religion. Im a catholic since birth and intend to die as one.

im open in any kind of religion but never been converted since i was born. though i attend in diffent sectoral christian religion, im still practicing the teachings of catholicism

religion is a very personal aspect of ones beliefs. i was thrust into many religions while I was young as my mom was trying to find the 'right' one. She settled on Roman Catholic, but now I am more of a gnostic "seeker of truth". Its her decision if she want to tell her parents. If you tell, she may get upset.

I feel that the issue is much more complex than "informing" the parents. Though I have not had the exprience of conversion from one religion to other, my mother had converted from Hinduism to Christianity (protestant) and I know what goes into such sort of experiences. Though she was over 21 when she got converted, her decision was not welcome and she was ostracized from her house. Its way back in 1979, things are much different but the same sort of dynamics go into this sort of issue. Those things hurt and personally, I feel that it doesn't matter whether your friend informs her family or not. When the time is ripe they will get to know about your friend's religious affiliation. Thank you.

what was that?i coulden't understand that..

yah, i converted to christianity from islam when i was younger. i didnt really know anything about islam growing up, so i'd always been taught christian ways. however, now i know more about many religions. i dont really consider myself to be religious at all. if someone asks me my religion, i say that im christian but that's basically because i believe in God and that Jesus is the Son of God. aside from that, i like to live my life the way i want to, not the way some religion or church tells me to live it. i also believe in many things from islam, so i guess i dont really know what i am.

People convert to different religions all of the time. Anyway people shouldn't use a forum like this to make a decision such as which religion they want to follow but then again that's my personal opinion. The best thing you or anybody can do is to research all of the different religions and then decide what suits you the best.

What matters most is one's personal relationship with God and not really the denomination.She can transfer from church to church and yet is not in good terms with God. Your church or religion cannot take one to heaven What can take one to heaven is a good life in Chrit Jesus.Simple. I am a catholic and i know that i am going to see God. I have every assurance of my salvation. I am bornagain.

we should allways try to keep our tradition alive whether its good or bad

No i havent and i have my religion that i like and want tp stay the same!