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How were you introduced to God?

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StormRider

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Since my parents immigrated from mainland China I was not raised in a religious environment. Sometimes I wished I was so I would feel like I belonged more. But anyways, here is how I was introduced to God:

I was either in the 1st grade or kindergarden and some kid came up to me and asked if he could have my cupcake from the school lunch offered at the cafeteria. Since I was the type of kid who always wanted to please others, I said "okay, you can have my cupcake". Then I started wondering, "why did he want my cupcake so badly?". I went to the wall with the cafeteria menu that was posted and saw that today's lunch they had a special "jelly bean cupcake!" I quickly regretted my decision to offer him my cupcake.

So, I went up to him and asked if it was okay for me to keep the cupcake since I didn't realize it had a jelly bean on it. He got really angry and called me an "Indian giver" and that "God would punish me". I quickly said, "if it meant this much to you, you can have the cupcake -- I was only asking". Well he refused, and I began to worry about this "God". Who was he? And how would I be punished? I was always taught to obey my elders and it worried me that I disobey this "God".

So, I went up to the pretty girl with either red or brown hair (can't remember) who had freckles and asked, "Who is God?"

And she replied, "God is the person who created everything -- he created the birds, people, the ground,...everthing!".

I said, "Oh." and walked away puzzled. A few minutes later, I came back and asked, "If God created everything, who created him?"

And she replied, "Oh, I dunno....maybe he found some old bones somewhere and put himself together." I remember laughing because I thought she was funny.

And that's how I was introduced to God. 🙂

Over the years I thought about God a lot (especially during my undergraduate years at college) but it would fill serveral more pages talking about my thoughts and experiences so I'll just end it here for now.
 
The media introduced me to religion.

BTW I hope that you're not specifically referring to Christianity only. It gets a bit annoying after a while if the only religion ever mentioned here is Christianity. No pun intended, but there are an estimated 1000 different religions on this planet. It would be not right to leave them all out IMHO.
 
I was introduced to God by a cult group in college.
It's weird so I left and join some mainstream ones.
I don't fit in any church culture since I wasn't brought up to believe in God.
 
When I was 4 yrs old I was playing with my dads tools and I got a hammer out and swung and hit my thumb and said goddamb mother****** and he said he was very sorry.
 
Forgive them Stromrider, for they know not what they are doing.

To give a more appropriate answer, my father is a Lutheran minister, so I have been fortunate to have had a relationship and understanding of God since I was born. As I have aged and matured, I have still asked questions of God and sought to understand him better, or atleast how I can make him more of a pillar in my life.

Over time my faith continues to grow. When I was a child I believed because that was basically all there was to it. But as I grew older, I saw more and more examples in my own life and in others of His true presence.

I have always been one to try to share my blessings of a good relationship with God with others. I've never been accused of forcing people learn about Him. I can't say that I understand how one does start a relationship with God, but a person must open themselves up to Him before He can come in. You have to have the faith of a child, and then over time allow your critical mind to better understand Him and His purpose for you.

I have way overexagerated this simple question, but there is so much involved after the initial "introduction".

 
My family's actually buddhist, but I consider myself a self-proclaimed Christian. I was first introduced to God when I was sent to a Chinese Baptist church to learn Chinese every Saturday morning by my parents. After I quit that school, my parents sent me to a private Catholic church, because they felt it was much safer and I would get a better education from there. Even through all that, I considered myself an agnostic. I finally became a Christian when I was going through a lot of rough times in my life and my boyfriend helped me turn to God for a lot of the things. I found comfort in that.
 
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