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notoriousbunny · 26-30, F
ABCDEF7 · M
Happy to be born as Hindu. Actually there is no religion as such Hinduism or Hindu religion or Santana Dharma. It's a way of life. The more and more I am trying to understand it, more and more I am becoming spiritual. There are not any rules or commandments here to follow. You can be an atheist and Hindu as well. It's more about seeking than believing, particularly when you want to explore it.
4meAndyou · F
Catholic. (However, if there had been a Church of England in late 1800's rural Iowa, all of my family would still be Church of England).
No, I stopped going to church at age 16, and began to attend the Unitarian church and joined liberal religious youth.
That happened during my educational process, when I discovered that the Inquisition had occurred. I was horrified by it, and rejected the religion because of it.
I lost interest in the Unitarians largely because of an Eastern European youth leader, who wanted us to sleep at the church overnight inside a sensory deprivation tank, and who wanted to organize us into a protest march at my father's place of work. After I informed my father of the planned march, (which I did not attend), that Eastern European youth leader disappeared. No one knew what happened to him or to his family. They just disappeared without a word.
I married right out of high school, and the judge would not allow an annulment two months later. After that, I had no formal religious home. I could not go back to Catholicism, because, at the time I assumed that because I had been divorced I was excommunicated.
No, I stopped going to church at age 16, and began to attend the Unitarian church and joined liberal religious youth.
That happened during my educational process, when I discovered that the Inquisition had occurred. I was horrified by it, and rejected the religion because of it.
I lost interest in the Unitarians largely because of an Eastern European youth leader, who wanted us to sleep at the church overnight inside a sensory deprivation tank, and who wanted to organize us into a protest march at my father's place of work. After I informed my father of the planned march, (which I did not attend), that Eastern European youth leader disappeared. No one knew what happened to him or to his family. They just disappeared without a word.
I married right out of high school, and the judge would not allow an annulment two months later. After that, I had no formal religious home. I could not go back to Catholicism, because, at the time I assumed that because I had been divorced I was excommunicated.
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XenonRush · M
@XenonRush I felt much more comfortable in it. It to me had more peace and hope and concern for the planet. More inclusive of differences in both people and ways of expressing your belief. No dogma. I liked its values system. It wasn't complex and contradictory like other beliefs. It had deep roots in both history and cultures I was already drawn to even though it was a modern reconstruction by Gerald Gardner. It allowed self exploration and didn't forbid free thought.
A superficial reason is I just liked the iconography and paraphernalia as well. Lol
But I've never really believed in any supernatural component. Neither in Christianity nor Wicca. It was a more secular and humanistic belief. So I dropped it even though I still love it. It very beautiful. Even Christianity can be beautiful but it definitely has a very large toxicity problem. Which is driving many people away from Christianity in general. Any belief can be toxic in the wrong hands though.
But I can keep the values of multiple beliefs without needing the supernatural parts.
A superficial reason is I just liked the iconography and paraphernalia as well. Lol
But I've never really believed in any supernatural component. Neither in Christianity nor Wicca. It was a more secular and humanistic belief. So I dropped it even though I still love it. It very beautiful. Even Christianity can be beautiful but it definitely has a very large toxicity problem. Which is driving many people away from Christianity in general. Any belief can be toxic in the wrong hands though.
But I can keep the values of multiple beliefs without needing the supernatural parts.
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
faithfulhusband · C
faithfulhusband · C
@XenonRush No
Adrift · 61-69, F
I was raised with no formal religion but there was an element of faith. I feel this gave me the option of to explore and learn about what others believe.
KuroNeko · 41-45, F
Just a bit of run of the mill shamanistic stuff. Yeah it still makes sense.
Orthodox Christian by my grandparents mainly, neither my parents nor I follow it
Nobody00 · F
Atheist. No. Orthodox Christian now
QueenandCrown · 41-45, F
Islam and yes!
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
Christmas and Easter Christian, and no I don't.
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@HannibalAteMeOut that being said going to cathedrals and stuff is something I enjoy doing if it's great architecture. I go more for the cultural aspect.
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
@basilfawlty89 yep that's good as long as you can leave whenever you like