What is your faith/religion?

[tabbsthebat@pawb.social]

Romuva is lithuanian paganism :3.. kind of obscure everywhere outside the country

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

That’s kind of you to say but there are certainly plenty of problematic Buddhist groups, like any social group.

What about you?

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

Could you explain further

[Guest]

Me? Id say I'm currently agnostic, used to be Muslim, problem is, I'm still living in the Muslim country, so I just kinda act like I'm Muslim to avoid getting into trouble for my beliefs.

I don't want to get too deep into it, I can write a whole essay about the religious attitude in my country and how I feel about it, but I won't

[iamthetot@sh.itjust.works]

I was raised Christian, went to church every Sunday and believed as a kid. Then I stopped believing in all my imaginary friends. Being slightly cheeky, but also I genuinely just grew out of it as I learned more about... Everything, really.

[Guest]

Damn I thought there would be more religious people, it is all exchristians in here

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

It’s more of a philosophical god than a being with consciousness. Simplified, everything in existence is god, but individual things are not god on their own. He clarified later that god is “the sum of the natural and physical laws of the universe and certainly not an individual entity or creator.” Seeing god as more of the framework of existence itself is a very compelling way for me to perceive the connection of all things without a bearded man in the sky.

[protist@mander.xyz]

Atheist. Religion is an explanation of the world that's made the fuck up. I think people make shit up to explain reality because accepting uncertainty is difficult, but that doesn't make it ok. The world around you exists, just like it is. There is no special place you get to go if you follow the right set of rules .

[carbonatedpastasauce@lemmy.world]

My mom let me figure it out for myself. I wanted to go to mass with grandma so she let me.

I quickly figured out the nonsensical nature of what I was seeing. When I found out I had to do a bunch of extra shit before I could get in line for Jeezits, I lost all remaining interest.

Been an atheist since. Probably was around age 12.

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

i think it comes with the territory; the kinds of users that lemmy attracts--and doesn't.

[masterflamingo@lemm.ee]

I was raised in an atheist/agnostic household. nobody ever came out and said we were atheist or agnostic, but no one went to religious services Weekly or on holidays. There was never talk of prayer or worship or god.

Both my parents came from different religious backgrounds. One parent is Jewish. The other is Christian, though I would argue that their parents were atheist/agnostic as well.

We celebrated the holidays that involved presents so Christmas, Hanukkah and Easter. I didn’t really learn any of their religious symbolism behind these holidays until I was much older and it wasn’t through my parents. Part of it was cultural, osmosis, and part of it was curiosity about these religions when I figured out what they were.

We lived in a pretty big Jewish community or so it wasn’t uncommon to get invited over for Passover dinner at someone’s house.

I went to Synagogue with Jewish friends and church with Christian friends. My friend’s mother holiday taught classes at their synagogue so I do remember going and learning about Judaism and the holidays there but I didn’t last very long. I didn’t really enjoy it, I must remember not wanting to go back in after our little recess/break and watching fiddler on the roof.

When I was curious about Christianity and wanted to know why my friends went to Sunday school or church on the weekends, my mother took me to a Unitarian church. We didn’t attend for very long and I don’t remember being particularly interested or involved in any of the activities they were doing for the kids.

Now I would say, I am firmly an atheist.

[tabbsthebat@pawb.social]

The bit of the internet based in european languages tends to skew more atheist in general from my experience

[wuphysics87@lemmy.ml]

Agnostic atheist. Agnostic from the standpoint that the the existence of god is no more knowable than the number of angels who can sit on the tip of a needle. Atheist from the standpoint that theism ain't it

[supervisor194@lemmy.world]

I've not read Spinoza, but this idea has for most of my life seemed fairly self-evident. Something clearly seems to exist, I'm not the biggest most important thing in the something, though I am a part of it. Do I believe in God? Not per se - but I do believe there is something incomprehensibly larger than I am, and that in and of itself deserves a little respect and contemplation.

My religious parents didn't see it that way of course.

[otacon239@lemmy.world]

Taoism is a practice that doesn’t rely on or reject a higher power. I fall into agnosticism. I certainly don’t have any hard evidence that there is a higher power, but at the same time, with how insanely complex, terrifying, beautiful, loving, and hurtful the world can feel, I can’t help but feel that there’s something beyond what’s in front of us at play. It may not be a theist’s idea of God, but something else entirely.

[gerudo@lemm.ee]

Add me to this.

[0x01@lemmy.ml]

Nihilist, insofar that even if there is a god (about as likely as me actually being a secret agent for moon people) why would it matter? While nihilism is not a religious belief I think it fits the prompt.

I made a poop the other day, I'm its creator, I don't care about it, I don't control its destiny beyond the flush.

I'm an optimistic nihilist, nothing matters and that's kinda neato. Existence happens, how fascinating is that? It's absolutely meaningless just like everything in the universe, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the ride.

[ultranaut@lemmy.world]

Raised "Christian" in the evangelical/born again/southern baptist milieu. Strip mall churches and unaccredited schools with unqualified teachers and Bob Jones text books. Became atheist as soon as I was able to think rationally. The thing that did it for me was the hypocrisy, which became too obvious to ignore.

[rabber@lemmy.ca]

Pantheist. Mother nature itself is the God

[Guest]

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endless defiance, i didn't know i could be free until i heard the archenemy singing to me