Quote Originally Posted by twist n shout
I think its a state of mind.Your faith or beliefs comes from the heart,so who really knows?
No, not in most cases.

The only reason the majority of people belong to one organized religion or another is simple:



They were raised that way.


Think about it.

Why is someone Catholic or Protestant, Shiite or Sunni? Chances are it's because their parents follow that religion. Now, they probably feel that their religion is the right one, the true one, etc., but it's luck of the draw..what if they hadn't been born rich, white, and evangelical? Any Catholic could have just as easily been born into an Islamic family, and then they'd be praying 5 times a day instead of eating crackers and drinking wine.

Of course there are people who choose to belong to one religion or another, for reasons of their own. But those cases are rarer than the billions who were simply raised by religious parents.