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Conversion to a different religion

What do you think about it?
Would you convert?
Would you convert for your partner if he/she insisted?

Nov 14th, 2014 01:52 AM

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why wud u

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Shakyamunison
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I did convert from Christianity to Buddhism.

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I did convert from Christianity to Buddhism.

Is it necessary to quit being christian to become a buddhist?

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Is it necessary to quit being christian to become a buddhist?

No, not at all. I quit being a Christian when I was in my twenties. I found Buddhism in my forties. I spent twenty years in the wilderness before God brought me to Buddhism.

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No, not at all. I quit being a Christian when I was in my twenties. I found Buddhism in my forties. I spent twenty years in the wilderness before God brought me to Buddhism.

That makes sense.

Did you still feel that becoming a buddhist was a conversion from your former religion?

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That makes sense.

Did you still feel that becoming a buddhist was a conversion from your former religion?

In a way, it was. But I like to use the lost in the wilderness analogy because when I found Buddhism, it was like finding the promised land.

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I did convert from Christianity to Buddhism.

me from Catholicism to Christianity...

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me from Catholicism to Christianity...

Catholicism is Christianity. roll eyes (sarcastic)

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What do you think about it?
I think its fine, depending on the reasons behind it. By that i mean, i've known people who did it to piss their parents off. Their business, but, i dont think much of that.

Would you convert?
Would and have.

Would you convert for your partner if he/she insisted?
No.

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forgot to answer the 1st post... here goes...

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What do you think about it?

freedom of religion...

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Would you convert?

yes... already did...

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Would you convert for your partner if he/she insisted?

nope, personal choice as it should be...

Nov 14th, 2014 07:56 AM

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I would "convert" for my wife in as much as I would superficially convert to appease her family, belief is belief, it doesn't change because it's asked to... Like sexual preference, gay men marry women all the time to be accepted by family/society

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Not the most apt analogy, but not going to harp on that; i see what you mean.

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I would "convert" for my wife in as much as I would superficially convert to appease her family, belief is belief, it doesn't change because it's asked to... Like sexual preference, gay men marry women all the time to be accepted by family/society

once i thought i would do this for a woman. we thought we might get married and she would get disowned if i didn't. thinking back on it now i am pretty sure that wouldn't have worked anyway. i guess maybe i'm just not dedicated enough to keep up a ruse for that long but to me it seems that would almost certainly fall through eventually.

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It's easy for me to answer like that purely because I don't follow any religion... I imagine that if I did my answer may be very different

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️Thank you all!
For self conversion it's understandable. The person makes their own choice.
But with forced conversion...Here is the problem. This peer pressure. Families going Romeo-Juliet style, no you won't be together because you are of different religions. And then you either "appease" or stand your ground and go away un/defeated. What about free will? What about tolerance? Why does someone's disrespectful judgement has to impact lives? We are not apes, we are human beings, we have to be civilized.

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I would "convert" for my wife in as much as I would superficially convert to appease her family, belief is belief, it doesn't change because it's asked to...

lying to self and everyone around you?

Nov 14th, 2014 05:05 PM

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lying to self and everyone around you?

Yes, actually. I'm pretty ok about that in this context, purely because I don't have belief in any organised religion.

So as I have no "church" to betray I am free to make choices that can make other's lives easier.

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