What's your religion?

[Levitator]

If the competition is only inside of me, then I've won. I don't kill, don't rape, don't start wars, don't steal, don't destroy things like a heathen, etc. etc. Game over. I did it on my own. I have long done so with ease, too. I required no fearmongering or harsh discipline and still don't. I also don't require your praise, worship, money, sacrifice or love. I require no reward at all, and I'm smart enough to know that due to free will, if I did ask for it....you'd decline.

I don't share faith for me, I do it for God. It's very seldom rewarding to suggest to others what is good for them; and I say it at the risk of wearing out both Socrates and Jesus. If you are happy where you are, that is where you are right now. When you require things that the world can't or won't provide, then I hope you will contemplate to appeal outside that world.

 

[Dagan]

Well, the world I live on is Earth. I'm at its every physical requirement, and I handle such things daily. As a society, it's exactly what we all do. I would love to exist elsewhere and/or have supernatural powers, but that isn't happening.

I haven't said this here before, but I feel like most religions and more of the zealous, religious types come across as ableist / ableism in many cases (not saying you are this way - I'm talking the extremes). There's a lot of oppressive conditioning to make believers think that they have to have grace or beg for strength or pray for salvation of any kind....and just the same, making believers into people who thank their god for every single good thing ever achieved or accomplished....like no one were ever capable of such things without some divine intervention. I mean, just the whole requirement of making people feel having to be fixed, needing spiritual guidance and then just the way some will treat everyone that isn't them (because those others don't have their supposedly great gifts, abilities or god given lives). It does often result into making them think they need to try and "save" others, but they haven't learned to best way of things, and so it's going to repeat and just get worse. I don't like anything about this.

 

[Levitator]

Well, the world I live on is Earth. I'm at its every physical requirement, and I handle such things daily. As a society, it's exactly what we all do. I would love to exist elsewhere and/or have supernatural powers, but that isn't happening.

I haven't said this here before, but I feel like most religions and more of the zealous, religious types come across as ableist / ableism in many cases (not saying you are this way - I'm talking the extremes). There's a lot of oppressive conditioning to make believers think that they have to have grace or beg for strength or pray for salvation of any kind....and just the same, making believers into people who thank their god for every single good thing ever achieved or accomplished....like no one were ever capable of such things without some divine intervention. I mean, just the whole requirement of making people feel having to be fixed, needing spiritual guidance and then just the way some will treat everyone that isn't them (because those others don't have their supposedly great gifts, abilities or god given lives). It does often result into making them think they need to try and "save" others, but they haven't learned to best way of things, and so it's going to repeat and just get worse. I don't like anything about this.

Jesus said that he could do nothing unless it was of the father, so he didn't even really think of himself as being powerful. He described it more like borrowing power, or participating in it, or even just narrating it. That's also basically how Moses was throughout Exodus.

I think earth is a pit of suffering, and if God is inviting me to put a foot in the door of someplace better, then I will put my pinkie toe in first, if that's all I can manage, and then work on the rest from there. It's a journey, it's not black and white, and it's not something that happens overnight. You live with one foot in both worlds, and work to keep going with persistence.

 

[Rachie]

I’m a Christian. Growing up I went to Catholic schools but identified as just Christian. We prayed at night as a family but we didn’t go to church as a family. Of course there was mass in school. I was baptised in primary school.

The subject of religion interested me in school, but I really sought my faith out at 16 by myself. I went to a spirit filled church at 17 with my mum in the quest of a miracle pretty much. It didn’t happen. I was though told that I would be given one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and I served using it in the church briefly. They told me it was done as things would be at times quite difficult for me. I have walked with it since, it's been over 30 years. There has been some difficult times for me with my conditions, but God has upheld his word to me and I don’t think that I would have got this far without it,

Today I am non denominational. I think for me that means I can worship in any church that aligns itself with what I believe. I have found a church that really works for me now at this point of my life. I attend an Anglican service and like getting the Sacraments and it is a short service. I have had some health conditions improve after taking the Sacraments.

I am dipping in and out of an interesting book called God’s Wildflowers, 141 Saints with disabilities. The disabilities they endured ranged from physical to mental health. These people were quite exceptional but is good to read people serving their life like that and their destinations despite their conditions. I have found it quite helpful at times.

 

[NoKipAr on the run]

I believe there is a balance between religion and science.

if they can find Centaurs preserved in honey then there must be a god.

 

[Tom]

Well, the world I live on is Earth. I'm at its every physical requirement, and I handle such things daily. As a society, it's exactly what we all do. I would love to exist elsewhere and/or have supernatural powers, but that isn't happening.

I haven't said this here before, but I feel like most religions and more of the zealous, religious types come across as ableist / ableism in many cases (not saying you are this way - I'm talking the extremes). There's a lot of oppressive conditioning to make believers think that they have to have grace or beg for strength or pray for salvation of any kind....and just the same, making believers into people who thank their god for every single good thing ever achieved or accomplished....like no one were ever capable of such things without some divine intervention. I mean, just the whole requirement of making people feel having to be fixed, needing spiritual guidance and then just the way some will treat everyone that isn't them (because those others don't have their supposedly great gifts, abilities or god given lives). It does often result into making them think they need to try and "save" others, but they haven't learned to best way of things, and so it's going to repeat and just get worse. I don't like anything about this.

"This forum area is for anyone who wants to discuss religion.
This forum is not for debating religion, preaching to others or
talking down to others based on their religious beliefs.
Hello and welcome to the Religion Forum"

The above is quoted from moderatator post just a few posts back and hopefully not inappropriately repeated. The topic is 'What is your religion?'. Not 'Why I don't believe, or what I don't like about religion or problems with people who follow a religion' etc, etc.

 

[Dagan]

<---- The look on my face, as I wait for everyone else to be made example of, as well.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

Honest??
I always thought I was Christian
But sometimes I think just being a spiritual being would have suited me better because I often find Christian views too rigid and obedience too hard.
I do not think I am not enough in the eyes of God or not worthy of His love or goodness.
I will always think I am enough and worthy.
I kind of think i am worthy of goodness every single day whether I receive it or not. If I do not yes it does hurt but life is challenging and it is ok to suffer at times too
It has been really challenging because Christian views have been a bit harsh for me.
I think in being spiritual you can experience life the way you need without feeling barriers or limitations.
If you are rebellious and make mistakes you do
And you have no one to judge or lock you out of heaven.
Just yourself to pick yourself up each day or crawl under the sheets and cry alone
And know life goes on.

 

[jsilver256]

I believe there is a balance between religion and science.

if they can find Centaurs preserved in honey then there must be a god.

But "Centaurs preserved in honey" presumes that religion is the "exception" and science is the "norm," doesn't it?

If God made the universe, then everything in the universe comes from God.

If God did not make the universe, then nothing in the universe comes from God.

In short, if God exists, then there is no distinction between God and science because science then turns into a study of God's methodology. Point being, observing extreme anomalies that have no natural explanation such as "centaurs preserved in honey" isn't a logical element of either theism or atheism. There is no "balance." Either science reflects God or God doesn't exist.

I know that religious people will and do reject anything that does not fit within a neat box of theology, just like non-theists will reject any anything that does not fit within their neat box of deterministic cause and effect. We are all impacted by selection bias in that way.

 

[TBRS1]

I'm a changeling.

My whole "religion" is about trying to figure out:

1. How I got here
2. Why I'm here
3. What to do while here
4. Where home really is
(5. Which plants and rocks are friendly. I set this one in parens because it's more of a hobby)

 

[Cryptid]