I have a request.. (Jesus Christ, ritual, Latter-Day Saints, reject, Creator)

[Shadow Wolf]

I follow a path of Nocturnalism. It is essentially the same thing as those who would followo a path that is "light" based, only mine revolves around darkness. The other side of the coin so to speak.
Hecate, Anubis, Volor, Cerunnos, and an un-named warrior, are my patrons.

[ayani]

hey- the basis of my faith is simply prayer and rememberance. i seek to draw closer in inspiration and faithfulness to a revealed Prayer, which i recite at fixed times during the day. i strive to be compassionate, selfless, joyful, and prayerful, though i usually fall short. i believe in One God, in the inspiration of the messages He has sent through word and text (via prophets), and in the equality of all peoples.

[mostly harmless]

Thanks everyone!!

We're going to go over everything we've got so far, Keep 'em coming!

[Runlikethewind]

Hello!
I am a memeber of the Roman Catholic Church and I am in the proccess of becoming a Benedictine monk. A simple explanation of the Catholic faith is that we believe in one God who has 3 faces or 3 persons, the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe that God created humans to love him and serve him in this world and to be happy with him when we die and Go to heaven and eventually get our bodies back. Benedictine monks live there life seeking God through prayer and work. Loving God and serving him in this world takes dedication, prayer, obedience, humility and many other virtues or good habits. If we try real hard to seek God then he promised that He would bring us to heaven which is very good. I could write a lot more but I think that this might work for a start.

Good luck and God Bless!

[Feathers in Hair]

This is a great thread, MH! I'm learning more about everyone's take on their religion!

[Gentoo]

In Eclectic Wicca, there's a lot that falls under that title. I borrow from all sorts of different traditions (akin to Christian denominations), I'm borrowing mostly from Seax-Wica with bits and pieces from Garderian. I personally follow the Wiccan Rede, which can be summed up in it's last two lines: " 'An in it harm none, do as ye will." Which means that as long as no one is hurt, including yourself, then you can do what you like.

I also believe in the Three-Fold Law which says that any energy (prayer, thoughts, actions) will come back to you three times over. So if you do something good, you'll be rewarded three times over; but it also works the other way around, if you do something bad, then you will be punished three times worse than what you originally did.

And then there are the 13 Virtues of Witches:

1. Tolerance
2. Charity
3. Humility
4. Devotion
5. Patience
6. Kindliness
7. Forbearance
8. Sincerity
9. Courage
10. Precision
11. Efficiency
12. Discrimination/Discernment
13. Wisdom

If there are any questions, I'll gladly try to answer them

[eudaimonia]

Hi, my philosophical path is called Eudaimonism (pronounced yoo-DYE-meh-nizm).

We don't believe in gods, the supernatural, or any afterlife. However, we believe in the sacredness of the individual and her happiness on earth. We believe that life can be meaningful, and we love to see people learn, and grow, and bring out the best within themselves. Life is like an epic adventure story in which one should strive to be a hero.


eudaimonia,

Mark

[James the Persian]

I am an Orthodox Christian. The best summary of our faith is the Nicene Creed (without the filioque - the statement added in the west that the Holy Spirit proceeds from Father and Son, which we believe to be heretical).

In many respects we are similar to the Roman Catholics although we split with them in 1054 and they have since added teachings which we do not agree with. We do not actually agree with the idea that new teachings even can be added to the faith.

We have no earthly head at all (so nothing equivalent to the Pope), being comprised of a communion of local, autocephalous (independant) churches each with their own Patriarch or equivalent and Holy Synod. These churches include te Russian Orthodox curch, the Greek Orthodox church, mine (the Romanian church) etc.

Two things that are distrinctive about Orthodoxy as compared to western Christianity is our use of icons and our insistance on viewing salvation as theosis. This means that it is a process of becoming like God through his grace. In our view Christ's death was not a sacrifice in our place for our sins but rather was a self-sacrifice so that He could rise again and in doing so defeat death. Who Christ is remains much more important for us than any particular thing that He did, which is why Christology was so central to the Ecumenical Councils and remains so for us today.

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

James

P.S.
Following the link in my signature will go through to a very good article if anyone is further interested in some differences between east and west, though I doubt it is suitable for your daughter, mostly harmless. Sorry.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by BFD_Zayl

I tried but i realise that condensing my faith makes it seem...well...bland...and that my post is a bit hard to follow.

Not at all. I find what you do very interesting. You did a good explanation too! You know that I always have lots of questions to ask you.