Changing Faiths?

Finding an Iskcon centre in Newcastle amazed me. I didn’t expect it in such a small city situated in north of Britain. I met two of the residents there and I was awed by their humility. These residents were British who were born and brought up in the catholic culture.

There are many who take up Islam, Christianity and other religions. It makes me wonder what is it that lures them to it. Leaving everything that one is used to, and embracing a completely different religion doesn’t seem all that easy.

What is that drives people into changing their religion and their way of life? Perhaps their insatiable search for the right path, the path to the secrets of this world, the path to the one and only absolute force. And I guess they find their queries answered in a particular faith and so probably accept it. Hmmm….

For me, it still seems very courageous of anyone to change everything about themselves and accept a completely diverse world.