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[Meta] What are your beliefs? (self.bad_religion)

galaxyrockerSpiritual Eastern Master of Euphoria が 投稿

Hey everyone. Seeing as we now have 3.5k subs, I thought it'd be a good time to do a Meta in which everyone can detail their beliefs. What do you guys think? Care to share? Perhaps we can even spark some discussion on why and all that. More understanding is always better.

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[–]Veho0hateful bigot 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I am a Roman Catholic.

[–]Conny_and_TheoXwedodah-loving Buddhian 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Straddle the fence between agnosticism and Buddhism, though probably more towards the former (raised in a devout Buddhist household). I prefer to stay where I am. If I had to choose between hard atheism and theism, though, I'd go with the latter, no question. I suppose I could also consider myself one of those spiritual but not religious people, but I'm not really that spiritual.

[–]like4rilstraight outta coptic orthodoxy 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Agnostic, but ex-christian (specifically, Roman Catholic and then non-denominational Protestant before leaving the faith). I don't find current theistic arguments very convincing, but I'm also epistemologically open (shit, I almost decided to believe in reincarnation a couple of weeks ago, which is a stretch for me). Were I more settled in a (for lack of a better term) naturalistic worldview, I'd feel more comfortable identifying as atheist, but here we are

[–]TaylorS1986The bible is false because of the triforce. 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Raised Lutheran, fell away from Christianity and became an Atheist in my teens and early 20s and now am a Mahayana Buddhist with also some influences from German Idealist philosophy.

I was the stereotypical rAtheist until my stepdad died in 2009 and I had an existential crisis because of it. Ran into the book *When Things Fall Apart" by the Buddhist nun Pema Chodron and the rest was history.

[–]like4rilstraight outta coptic orthodoxy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Was it difficult to transition into Buddhism's metaphysical system (i.e. karma, rebirth, etc)? I've come very close to accepting these elements in the recent past, but they just seem so out there. I see a reasonable argument to support their existence, but it seems too strange from my perspective to accept it.

Also, how has your life been affected by your practice?

[–]Quouar 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I recently became a Baha'i, but I also studied religion academically (BA Religious Studies). My focus academically is Islam rather than Baha'i, but before all that, I was a militant atheist.

[–]galaxyrockerSpiritual Eastern Master of Euphoria[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's awesome. Care to elaborate how you came to Baha'i?