What's your religion?

[Kitsuna]

I understand. Sometimes on a river and feeling one with the river and nature I do have transcendent feelings. I'll take that as a gift . . . no deity required.

Even as theist, I can relate this feeling. Never has been in the exact context, but being out hiking in the woods and taking a moment to take everything in can trigger that connection for me.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Even as theist, I can relate this feeling. Never has been in the exact context, but being out hiking in the woods and taking a moment to take everything in can trigger that connection for me.

To me that is understandable. The most profound moments like that has when I needed to concentrate because my safety is at risk. Like, paddling Big Mallard on the Main Salmon, a classic Class IV, in my canoe. I strap myself in the boat and shove off and as I pass the first holes my adrenaline kicks in and it is as if time slows down and I am in pure reflex, doing moves I've practiced many times before. Nearly unthinking and an observer in my own body. Then I'm through and time starts again..

 

[lunarious]

To me that is understandable. The most profound moments like that has when I needed to concentrate because my safety is at risk. Like, paddling Big Mallard on the Main Salmon, a classic Class IV, in my canoe. I strap myself in the boat and shove off and as I pass the first holes my adrenaline kicks in and it is as if time slows down and I am in pure reflex, doing moves I've practiced many times before. Nearly unthinking and an observer in my own body. Then I'm through and time starts again..

I approve.

I have Karate as background in this relation.

Sensei asked us in the "first lesson" why do we seek Karate? Some answered fitness, som answered self-defence, some answered other things - I answered Spiritual reasons (why I seek Karate). Another time another Sensei trained our reflexes to attack (being impation and judgmental) so I got my alibi. I quit seeking Karate.

As I'm primarily also Muslim and believe i should not hit people, especially in Islam boxing is forbidden as they "hit people in the head". So Kyokusinkan is maybe allowed, because they allow hits everywhere but not the head. Right? I've not been fortunate to feel Kyokushinkai on my body. I'm a bit anxion about it now also

But whereas a Dojo is (strictly speaking) not God's house, i see the benefit to excersice.

 

[JasonLeeScott]

I'm Roman Catholic!

 

[Rachie]

I'm Roman Catholic!

Welcome to the forums. I have not seen a post from you before.

 

[JasonLeeScott]

Welcome to the forums. I have not seen a post from you before.

Thank you!

 

[Good boy]

I'm Orthodox Jewish

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Getting more into Spinoza as i see more of his stuff Still agnostic, however seeking thoughts converging physics religion.

 

[NB79]

Getting more into Spinoza as i see more of his stuff Still agnostic, however seeking thoughts converging physics religion.

If you would like material about science and religion, you could search for Hugh Ross. He is scientist i believe, and christian. Also i believe he is aspie too.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I looking for more stuff on Spinoza. have always been agnostic. Stroke made me rethink things a bit out of body experience which I can explain via physics was interesting what really intrique me is the messages I recieved afterwards, No real interest in religion, beyond this.

 

[RemyZee]

Gone back to reading the early Christian female mystics, and the desert fathers and mothers who went out seeking God, lived contemplative lifestyles, lived simply, spent their time praying fasting studying. Julian of Norwich especially, described the world as an acorn that is tiny but loved; said "all will be well and all will be well and every kind of thing shall be well."

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Just realized my older brother had an real deep interest in philosophy, yet never once did he ever mention Spinoza to me. He was an atheist, curious.

 

[Something05]

I consider myself mostly irreligious. I don’t really think about religion. That’s all I’ll say.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I consider myself mostly irreligious. I don’t really think about religion. That’s all I’ll say.

After my stroke putting my head in ground no longer worked. Truth matters lost my brother few months previous, really scared my siblings. Plus I like real life or in this case real death puzzles.

 

[NB79]

After my stroke putting my head in ground no longer worked. Truth matters lost my brother few months previous, really scared my siblings. Plus I like real life or in this case real death puzzles.

The puzzle is God exists, God has done things in my favour, some claim christians when they talk about God and his miracles/experiences, is because their standards for proof are low, or hallucinating, or drugs, or mental illness, is nothing about that, christians can be strict in requiring solid things to base their reality on too. I believed in God before, but didn't know he could be close to people, i was ignoring that, thinking he was a judge far away in the sky, that he couldn't interact with people, one day i went to church, and he interacted with me in an awesome way. Things kept happening.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Still determining what entity sent me the various messages during and after stroke, It knew I liked physics, gave me key that opened route that surprised me See physics thread. "Information is what you seek was the message".

 

[blitzkrieg]

I identify as Christian and have Christian beliefs, but since I don't go to church, most Christians probably wouldn't consider me to be particularly Christian.

But atheists would see me as religious because... I believe in the Christian God.