Why do we never relly see "born-agains" or converts to a religion outside the surrounding culture?

[pr0t0ur9231]

Westerners never suddenly have revelations of Ganesh, and middle easterners never become born-again Zoroastrians.Do you think religion is only a culturally bound meme, sometimes even down to a local community?"special"-Ed, thanks for being absolutely unproductive.....just like prayer.Truth, that's my point. Without someone infusing it into another culture, there is no inspration from another god. That makes it a social disease, not a spiritual truth.words, it certainly was. It was completely unconstructive of it."special"-ed, you have to read the whole question. Without some missionary or other form of brainwashing, there is never a spiritual revelation from another god.Just ask the Native Americans about xtian love.

[EdwardJ5385]

You need to get out more often. Thanks for asking a question without doing an iota of research. I have to wonder how a person can ask a question like this in light of the many faiths who have millions of adherents in countless countries. But I guess logic or attempting to be fair minded is irrelevant.

[truthtalker0186]

Thats what the missionaries are for!!! And thousands have been born again in other countries because of it!

[Faithisntblind]

I've been to many born again churches, full of people from different parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, I live in Australia by the way.

[wordsforthebirds8055]

Interesting question, but that's no reason to be arrogant and snotty like you were to Ed.

[hrld_sleeper]

That is almost like asking why apples come from apple trees. An individual is what it's surrounding environment is cultivated to produce. I mean no offense. Religion is a meme, but not necessarily culture bound. I know of a few christians who have become buddhists, etc. Yet, those conversions were not because of a revelation or mystical experience. The change was more like taking a different path. To those that have mystical experiences, if they only have a certain religious background, they will try to explain this experience in those terms.