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I read somewhere that we where born into a Religion. Without our choice.I was born a Christan in the Church of England,and my parents Baptized me with me having a say in it, If i was born in Israel, I would probably Jewish, or in Iran I would probably be a Muslim. Why does the religion we where born into think that its always the right religion and its right on everything.Now why do religions always criticize each over so much when we could easily have been born into that religion and not been able to do anything about it , until when we were an adult, when we than be change religions of our own choosing, but how many do that.I am happy with my own religion even that I did not have a choice.
I, too, have pondered this issue for a long time. It is certainly true that very many people (probably the vast majority) grow up into the faith of the area within which they are born. And I don't think it is sufficient just to assume that they are living a lie until they finally realise their "error" and turn to Christianity.It is clear from the Bible that the Judaic and Christian God is a God of progressive revelation, whose current phase is the spread of the gospel through the gentile world by missionary work of the disciples and churches. But while this process is continuing, there are millions of people who have still never heard of Christianity, do not have a bible in their own language, and actually die before even having the option of turning to Christianity.These people will have either had no faith or a local faith. There are only two options concerning the fate of these souls: either God made them to perish, or God has an alternative for them. Herein lies a paradox for many Christians: on one hand, the bible says that God wants everyone to be saved (and would therefore provide everyone with the possibility), whilst on the other hand, the bible says that salvation is only through Jesus Christ.If one presumes Christianity to be the only right faith then one further difficulty arises: If a non-Christian turns to Christianity through his own choice then he could be considered has having "worked" to achieve his salvation, which is non-biblical. But if his conversion is the work of God, why does God ignore all those millions that never hear of him? Let's face it, we don't like to think about this, but there are literally thousands and thousands of people whose lives are so wretched that they spend their entire waking hours trying to find a few grass blades or bugs or rats to eat in order to simply stay alive - do we really think they are capable to considering the relative merits of the various world religions?It is easy to be one of the rich Christians - for whom life is a luxury and whose major catastrophes include a temporary electricity cut or a car that won't start - to judge and condemn others that worship a different faith, but we should remember that God made it this way and therefore there IS a purpose and there IS a solution. And maybe part of the purpose and solution is to reveal how we, the mighty Christians, controlling 80% of the world's wealth and resources actually respond to it. It is not a pretty sight and no one really wants ever to talk about it - but it is there.