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Religion

I am of the opinion that one of the current religions must be correct, and of those, Christianity seems to be by far the most likely. I always used to think that the universe always has and always will exist more or less exactly how it is now. Sure, stars and planets may die and be born, but the universe itself will always be the same place... but since everyone seems so sure that the universe was created, and has not always existed, then my gut instinct must be wrong... and since I think the big bang theory is very unlikely, at least without some divine spark to assist it, I don't really have any choice but to fall back on Christianity.

In other words... I don't know. lol
 
Religion has an interesting spin with me.

My father was raised Catholic and my mother Lutheran, and when they got married they decided to meet half way and raise their kids Methodists.

And then we went to church until I was like five. Sunday school and everything! I don't remember all that much, though. :/

I was never really Methodist, but I knew I was some sort of Christian. My family never focused all that much on religion. I never read the bible either, so I kind of had to figure out what worked with me.

I do believe in God, because it just seems to sit right with me. Jesus? Sure. I don't doubt he was actually a person. Is he the son of God? Yeah.

But my religion doesn't really focus on things that happened. What I believe is a belief driven by what I think is out there, that corresponds to my morality and what I would like to believe is true and can make sense in the grand scheme of things, honestly. I like reincarnation for example, and hey, I think that could work. Recycled souls that carry wisdom with them. Souls worth life again.

I' m not going to explain how God does all the things he does or how he deals with situations concerning death and life, because I'm not going to pretend like I know what he does. What I do think though, is that he is more "display opportunity" kind of man. People are the ones that eventually craft their fate by their choices, and I don't think God has control over our willpower. And I don't believe religion plays all that much if you end up in eternal paradise- If I was a deity, hey, I would understand if not everyone believed in me. But then again, that's how I think it works. It's like a machine I can't reverse engineer. It's putting vegetables in a juicer. I don't know for sure what's going on in there, but I'm pretty certain that's juice coming out.

I guess you could call me spiritualist in a way since I believe in souls.

It was hard to name for me, but I don't really care. I have a relationship with the universe, be it called God or something else. A friend of mine heard a more in-depth explanation of my viewpoint and said I subscribe to Universalism, so there's that. *Shrug*

I'm a person who tries to do the right thing, and strives to be not only pleasant but generous to people. When I die, then and only then will I be able to tell you what really happens and how it works.

It's who you are and what you've done that matters. Who cares who was exactly right or horribly wrong with what's in the great beyond? A more important question is: "What have you done with your time here?"
 
I don't care about religion. I care so little that I don't even subscribe to being any sort of 'label', be it atheist/agnostic/whatever. I just don't give religion any sort of thought. That being said, I was baptized into the Church of England by my parents (which they sort of regret as of now) and went to a Catholic school for 14 years. By that logic, I'm really surprised I don't have at least some sort of feeling towards religion, but... nope. None at all.
 
I was born and raised as a Roman Catholic. I doubt that I'd switch religions, though.

I'm currently studying at an INC (I don't know if you've heard of it, but it's just a different religion) school, and my friends keep telling me to switch. I refuse to give up being a Catholic. I refuse. We're a religious family, and we're sticking to Catholicism.
 
I was baptised when I was one year old as an Orthodox Christian and with my grandmother used to go every other Sunday to the church etc but it never appealed to me neither the beliefs nor the actions. I never believed that Jesus was the son of God or that he even existed,but if he did he would be just a person. A very charismatic one, yes ,but a man nonetheless.

Now although I believe that there may be something greater than us I don't really care about it. Ithink that most religions were made up only to unite people and to make them easily controllable.Nowadays I believe religion has become more of a habit for most people ( of course there are exceptions). I don't have any problem with those who have a religion or a God and I respect all gods,religions and theirfollowers as equals but I just expect them not to try to change my mind :)
 
Until 1978, here in Spain, not being Catholic was considered a crime. When the Catholic-Fascist dictatorship we had been suffering for 40 years ended then, a wave of laicism took over the country. As a result, my mom decided not to raise me as anything and let me decide once I was old enough to think and create my own idea of the world, instead of 'programming' me with pre-set ideas since I was a kid.

As a result, nowadays I consider that the concept of a god is illogical, so I count myself as an atheist.
 
I was raised Catholic all my life and still proud to be Catholic. I was a part of a youth group when I was in high school and go to Church every Sunday. I feel like I'm the most religious person here. ._. I try to be more religious but I know it will never work out perfectly. I honestly don't see myself not being Catholic and not believing in God. I think that something great like this world didn't come out of no where; to me that's not possible.
(Not trying to start any arguments, just stating an opinion. :) )
 
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Until 1978, here in Spain, not being Catholic was considered a crime.
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Wow! That is horrible. I did not know that.

Went said:
As a result, nowadays I consider that the concept of a god is illogical, so I count myself as an atheist.
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I believe in God, even though I find the concept to be illogical. That's kind of the nature of belief and faith.
 
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If you know me you'll know I'm not a fan of Churches, Mosques, Temples and so on. Sure, have your beliefs, but do you need to make a big song and dance of it? No I didn't think so either, pray in your home, get little Buddha's and so on, you don't need to make such a massive deal about it.
I'm a Pagan, yeah, but I don't go around talking about it all the time. I don't believe we are all equal, the same, and made from the same natural force.
I wasn't raised religious.

As for good an evil, I believe we're all going to be reincarnated anyway - Ideally let's all lead good lives and be good people, but if you're not? That's your own problem and I can't see it heavily affecting you in your next life ~ Wipe the slate clean ~

Speaking about the major religion of my country, Christianity, the fact remains the Bible was wrote hundreds of years after Jesus died. Not even mentioning the fact it was wrote by men, who chose what to put in, nothing in the Bible was wrote by a woman as they were not seen as equal. While many teachings of the vast majority of religions are good, and can be applied to day it's a simple fact that we ignore a lot of the religious texts due to the fact that it's simply not necessary in this age.

I am extremely interested in learning about religions though! But yes, you can be religious just don't be all crazy about it.
 
Never really been religious, which is weird considering I now go to a Catholic School... But, I will actually say that I am envious of those that do believe in something, as then they actually have a belief in something. For instance, I admire the belief in heaven and hell by Christianity, because that would mean that this life isn't it, but I logically can't see how that would work, and that depresses me.
 
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