How does God know what culture to put you in. Why can't you choose what culture you want to be in life?
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Hmmm... let's see here....  1,....13.....27.... hmmm....  48..... okay..... Yep! That's the 63rd most stupid question I've ever heard.
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It can be very difficult to practice a religion different than a country's state religion or predominant religion. For example, as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, we could not teach Muslims because of the repercussions they could have if they joined another religion and decided to return to their home country. I knew a man from Bangladesh that wanted to find out more about our religion. We wanted to teach him but could not because he was Muslim.
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You need good people to get together, see whats wrong with the old ones and present one that respects their best parts.\n\nYou should realise that much culture is tied into religious practice.  To many, you would be asking them to forget their particular way of life and accept a global culture.
799294
Knowledge of other cultures and heritage.  Artistic differences and levels of intimacy.  You learn to grow as a person and live life a little more diverse while sharing what is important to you.
452110
it's all just some stupid ploy. why would you want to change anyway? God made you the way He did and you should stay that way. i'm sure it'll satisfy.
398510
England,my England.To be born in England is to be honoured by god himself.If god did not love England so much why did he choose to have all the best people born here ?
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Why are you judging others on what they are wearing?  God does love them, and probably doesn't like how they dress - but what is that to you?  God tells us to love unconditionaly our neighbour as ourselves, and that means looking past the outer into their inner being.  It's not up to you to become the morality police, it's your job to stand for what you believe in, and influence others by your actions, not words.
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How do I know if I'm doing what my store manager wants of me? I ask him, and then I listen to the answer. If he wants me to change something, I do. Same thing goes. If you want to know if you're in the right religion, pray sincerely, then sit down with your Bible. Compare what your religion teaches with God's word. Does it match up? Why or why not? Can you find more than one Bible verse to back up the teachings? Are you finding that some verses seem to contradict others? Does what your religion teaches make sense of a loving God? Do they use His real name (Psalms 83:18)? Why or why not? 1 Peter 3:15 says we should always be ready to make a defense to anyone who asks a reason for the hope within our hearts. Can you prove to me, from the Bible, what you believe? \n\nI am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one another. By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.” (John 13:34,35) Does your religion TRULY love EVERYONE in that religion? Are there racist problems? Can you find peace at every church that claims to be of your religion, everywhere in the world? \n\nOh, and if your pastor/preacher/minister can't answer your questions and says "it's a mystery" you might want to consider changing churches. There ARE answers, and you CAN find them. God would not ask us to worship Him, to believe in Him and not allow us to get to know him. We could hardly love and worship someone we don't know or understand, now could we?
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God has never said that you must choose a denomination to love him.And for those who have a true relationship with God there is no building on Earth that can come between them and their Lord.Whether you choose to go to church is your own choice.But God is in your heart and soul not in a building.If you know in your heart that you have done your best to be a good person then God knows.No one can tell you that.Only he can.
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You are kind of right. Our beliefs and personality are determined in where are we raised, what kind of parents we have, the political climate of our region. The culture and religion has shape the way we feel and think about social issues. This leads to action which therefore determines how our life will be like. I was raised in a pretty nothern blue state. My parens are Democrats and I grew up in a hispanic neighborhood so there was a lot of Democratic support. I also think that being Hispanic and Catholic has shaped the way I look at life which may determined how I act. So in an indirect way, our family and region determines our actions which will lead to how we control our lives.
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well it wouldn't be so bad if you wanted to join another culture. if it's what you want then go for it, but if the people say no to what you want to go into, the just ask questions, stating things like why and things. also tell them your parents don't have a certain culture and you want to be a part of something. so just have an awesome time being who you want to be in your culture and in the world.
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We've all been through different life experiences.  My experiences are different from my fellow Christians.\n\nWe have free will.  We may not be able to choose our experiences, but we can choose what we think about and how we react to those experiences.\n\nGod holds us accountable for what we can control.
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How do you know if anything is right? Most of the time you ask questions and you do research and based on what you've learned, you either choose the religion you were raised on or you choose another path. It's okay to choose for your self. Ask your self does it speak to me, am I drawn to it, and why am I drawn to it?
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The answers already given are good.  I agree that you need to know God's will and have his call.  My husband and I have served as foreign missionaries for 20 years.  With cultural and language differences, misunderstandings, ministry stresses, SOMETIMES the only thing that makes you not give up is your conviction that this is where God wants you to be and what He wants you to do.  On the other hand, knowing you are in the center of God's will and seeing how God can touch people's lives through you is GREAT!
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I'm sure that culture influences religion choice - especially so during childhood, however many people, when adults choose their religion.  I have chosen a different religion from the one I was raised in.\n\nI would say that all independently thinking adults choose their own religion.  I'm just not sure how many people that is.
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How could they have no culture? Where there are people, there is culture.\n\nJust because a culture is different from yours, doesn't make it any less valid.
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Shouldn't all churches be multi-cultural/multi-ethnic?  How is a (Christian) church supposed to spread the Word of God throughout the nations if they don't spread it to other cultures?  And how can you spread it to other cultures if you're not multi-cultural, yourself?  Heaven will be multi-ethnic.  Shouldn't we be...now?