Why did you choose your Belief???

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I know that there are many different people on this forum, with different beliefs. Most are Catholic, some are Mormon, others are JWs,. There are a some non-denoms on here and even some from the Islam faith… I understand that we all have varying beliefs on certain things, and we have beliefs that are very close to some of the other beliefs.

I would like to ask a question for all of you then. You believe that what you believe is right. Why do you believe that?

I have asked some questions on this forum about each belief and what are some of the beliefs. I have been wanting to understand why everyone has different beliefs. Why do Catholics believe so and so and what is there doctrine, and so on with the other beliefs. SO here is the question. Why do you believe what you do?
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Please keep in mind that this is not for debate. This is not for people from different beliefs to say what that what someone believes is wrong. I would like for many to post here, and explain. not your beliefs, such as doctrine and all that, but why you believe it? Why did you personally choose your belief over the others?
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I had to. It was the truth. I didn’t want to, but there is was and that was that–Catholicism that is. I wanted to be a quiet Episcopalian and go through life celebrating church seasons and cozy English architecture, but God wouldn’t have it. I had asked for the truth, and I had meant it, so God made me face it. So, I came into the Catholic Church practically kicking and screaming, but I came.
 
Glad you’re here, Della!

I don’t feel as if I “chose a belief”. That seems too relativistic to me.

What I feel I DID choose was saying “Yes” to God, to His Truth, to His One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I chose to say “yes” to a person, my Lord and God. HE was the one who set up His Church, His Word, His Son. . . , His world.
 
I didn’t choose my faith. God gave it to me. 😃

But seriously, it was the faith I was raised in. I fell away while in college, then came back to the Church after law school, and decided I would learn all that I could about the Catholic Church, to decide if it is a faith that I could assent to with my whole heart and mind. Long story short - it is. I have studied, questioned, and prayed for guidance, and I am convinced that the fullness of truth resides in the Catholic Church.
 
I came back to the Catholic Church after deciding to follow Christ no matter where He led me. I fell away from the Catholic Church of my youth to do what I wanted.

I attended different non-denominational Churches and didn’t like the contradiction between being based off the Bible which should lead you to all truth and that being interpreted differently by different denominations. So either some are partly right and there is a truth or there is no full truth and truth doesn’t really matter.

I ended up coming home to the Catholic Church about Feb of this year, and find once you trust Christ and let go of your bias it is much easier to follow Him.

In Christ
Scylla
 
It was the faith I was raised in. I was a Catholic since birth. I was raised by the Jesuits and the Salesians but never really got a grasp of what Catholicism was until my faith was challenged. I knew if I was to stay Catholic I would have to know why I am Catholic. I had to read the history of the Church and have an open mind, just in case I find that it wasn’t the Church of Jesus, that I might have to leave. The more I read the more I fell in love with the Church. Basically, it boiled down to the fact that it is the only Church that I could trace back to Jesus.

Of course all these was by the Grace of God. Nothing of my own effort. I guess I was just being led by the hand of God all along.
 
I do not feel that I chose my belief in the Catholic Church.

I spent a long time searching and when I found the Truth is was more as if my belief had chosen me rather than I chosing it.

It was/is the right thing.
 
I did not choose a belief.

I chose the Truth and the True Church.

PF
 
I was born and raised Catholic, fell away and realised I couldnt go it alone. Came back and life has never been better. Jesus came down from Heaven and died for us, thats good enough for me! 👍
 
I chose to believe what I do because it is the truth, IMHO.
Others have tried to show me that their way, saying it is the right way, but the ideas presented do not seem to add up to being the “right way or only way”
 
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I did not choose a belief.

I chose the Truth and the True Church.

PF
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Great answer! but for me I have a feeling that something has chosen me too.

But then I think that has to do with my vocational discernment.

Growing up I had always had a certain feeling that I could not really explain… That was until I found the Catholic Church, then I knew what that feeling, that longing, that I had deep inside. I knew what it was and am following it.
 
Thank you so much to those that have taken the time to post here. I would still like for many more to post there answers here as a way for others to understand them and there choices…The answers that have been given so far are much appreciated and I look forward to many more.
 
I was born into a Catholic family. Still, I ended up separated from the Catholic Church. I did not so much choose IT. IT chose me. I was called back and answered by returning.
 
I, too, was raised Catholic. I’ve always believed in God, I never fell away from the Church, but I never took it very seriously, KWIM? It took a couple of huge, life-changing events in the last year to set me back on the right path. I feel like a sponge, now, soaking everything up, going to Mass as often as I can, reading my Bible, and everything I can get my hands on about the Church.
 
I was baptized Catholic but then after moving in with my father for several years almost all my life I had to go to his church but fell in love with the Catholic Church when I attended Mass with my Nana. I could honestly say after going to one mass with my Nana I have always known where I belonged and what the true and universal church was and that was the Catholic Church. So yes even though I can not attend Mass for the time being I watch it either on tv or the internet and pray my Catholic prayers so yes the Catholic Church is where I belong
 
At the age of six I was taught about God when attending Catholic school. Immediately I was awed of what I heard and learned about God. As years went by I began to comprehend more fully of what I have been taught.

As many Catholics will admit there is this, almost constant, undercurrent of great love we Catholics experience for this Church to which we belong. We understand that this Church equals Jesus in all his full splendor of Truth.

We might not all immediately understand everything that this Church teaches, but we plod along following this Voice of Jesus Christ. My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me. Jn 10, 27.

This, sometimes imperceptible, constant mystical pull to our Jesus causes many of us to respond by meeting him in the awesome means he gave us - the sacraments, of which the Eucharist is the summit.

A good way to better understand what I am trying to say about this love Catholics experience for this Church is to read the autobiographies of the officially proclaimed heroes of this Church – the Saints.

Remember, when Catholic talk about the Church, we really mean Jesus.
 
I was born into it, raised it, left it for while, and then God threw a brick at me called children. I fell away from the Church when I was in college… wanted to do my own thing, try new things, “live”… etc, etc, ad nauseum. I have to admit that although I never actively sought out other churches, I did attend a few here and there with some friends. Nothing ever felt right. It just felt like something was missing. Even though I wasn’t a practicing Catholic, it just didn’t feel true.

Then I had my first baby. And man did I feel guilty. I told my mom that I felt such an overwhelming urge to go to Confession and she died laughing… told me “that’s the old Catholic in you, raising up.” I mean, the Holy Spirit had ahold of me all this time and was now shaking me. So the priest I went to see for Confession… it went something like this:
me… “Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it’s been 12 years since my last Confession…”
Priest: “Whoa… give me the really big ones and come to my office first thing in the morning for counseling… we’ll work through the rest.”

So… thanks to God blessing me with children, that was my wake up call to come Home. And my children require that you have a doctorates in theology because they ask the darndest questions!!! 😃
 
I chose my faith for the benefits! 🙂

It provides the structure and strength for the rest of my life. It provides me with a way to understand the divine and my place in the order of things. It provides an outlet for my need to worship. It provides an arena and format for mystery and ritual. It helps me grow in responsibility and spirituality so I can meet the challenges of my life. It provides a means for me to connect with the divine.

I’m not sure that I “chose” it, perhaps it was revealed to me, or I stumbled across it…but I certainly make choices to continue to cultivate and practice it. And I do that for the above reasons.

cheddar
 
Me? I was a free-thinker before I enrolled as the very first batch of RCIA … heheheheh… to me it doesn’t matter as long as it is Jesus! 😃

To me it is not “Why Catholicism” or “Why Angrycan” or "Why 7-Days Adventist instead of 6-days Adventists … 😃 " but rather WHY JESUS? Why not Mohammad? I did take a look at Mohammad, to tell you all the truth! Heheheh… 😃 . Sorry to say, he didn’t pass! I didn’t like how Islam calls people towards it … “O Ye who believe …” I was asking what??? I have not even believed… why call me believer! Jesus won because of His example and how He lowered Himself :“Come to me all ye who labour and are heavily burdened, I will give you rest!” , “Sinners! Come to me !!!” I was a crook and sinner … but not as bad as Apostle Paul at that … that was my turning point, if a crook who is a hundred times more crooked than me is accepted … why not me!

Jesus didn’t fail me! I looked for Him … but He was there loooong before I even looked, He waited!!!

Jesus was a natural choice!

In Him!
 
Great posts so far everyone. Your posts are helping me to better understand you and for that I thank you. Keep the posts coming!!! 😃
I have noticed that so far only Catholics have been posting here so far. I would really like to have people from other beliefs post here too. This is a great way to understand each other, so please do not be shy in posting what is in your heart
 
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