true_notes
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Wed Sep-07-05 07:05 AM
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Is "Religion Hopping" Healthy? |
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I'm asking because I have been doing it as of late, trying to find something comfortable. My problem is that I find glaring similarities in all religions and I think overall it is an unbashed attempt to control the minds of many. The most sensible religion I have come across is either spritualism and Buddhism. They teach sanctity in the human soul, rather than to a airborne invisible dude.
Enough of my ramblings. Is this healthy for the mind, or should I reappraise myself and find out 1/if I even believe in a god 2/Can I live without religion ?
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jonnyblitz
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Wed Sep-07-05 07:15 AM
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1. if you have to shop around for a religion |
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i think that tells you something right there. I haven't believed in God since they told me the truth about santa claus as a child. i couldn't see the difference..I figured they lied about both since the stories seemed to serve the same purpose.
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Sep-07-05 07:18 AM
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2. our "minister" religion hopped. |
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Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 07:18 AM by kick-ass-bob
Baptist to Church of Christ to agnostic to atheist to a whole wrangle of different teachings, into what he is today.
Which I cannot classify.
:D
It just means you haven't found what you are comfortable with.
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Heidi
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Wed Sep-07-05 07:20 AM
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3. Not preachin' here . . . |
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Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 07:23 AM by Heidi
I believe in a higher power, but I think that higher power has the ability to speak to each person in the language each person's heart and mind understands. Nothing wrong with listening to a lot of languages before happening upon the one you understand, or embracing all the snippets of language that make you a fuller human being.
I'm a mixed bag, and have settled on trying to my life as an expression of Buddhism's Four Immeasureables: love, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
:hi:
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