text: how many christians found god on their own? not told so by adults? if you believe in god and so did your parents or other adults, this does not count. my point is that most christians were told that god exists from the very beginning of their childhood.  how many of you "found god" as an adult? well even though my parents took me to church every sunday and sunday school and all that, i still found god on my own. when i was 16 i became pagan and was actively doing that for a few years until one day i got very sick, i had a rare form of strep throat where 1 in 3 people die and i remeber my family praying over me for a week while i was in and out of consciousness until i came out of it and recovered almost immediatly! that next day i was lying in bed and a warm glow surrounded me and i heard god say that he never left my side even though i left him. i went to church the next sunday and told my pastor and he said "the lord is my shepard, what more do we need? we are all sheep in his flock and if he has 100 sheep and 1 strays away, he will leave the 99 to bring that 1 back because he never loses one." and after that i knew that he really was my lord and savior :)