Lost My Religion

[Gnostic Seeker]

I feel I should announce that I've concluded there is no reason for me to believe in a personal god. I've assumed a god because of certain ideas I hold about goodness and unity, but its occurred to me there are perfectly non-supernatural explanations for why we aspire to good. I think I have to be honest and admit I have no reason for believing, but that doesn't mean I can't have a spirituality. Material Monism is a perfectly scientific ground for universal oneness. This is hard, but I feel I have to be honest. I don't know if there's a god, but I definitely don't think it'd be a personal one. I call myself a spiritual agnostic because I definitely see a unity in the material (we are stardust, etc.) and I still plan to use things like meditation for self-betterment.

 

[Iti oj]

Cool. Good for you.

 

[Quintessence]

Gods need not be supernatural nor personal (though to be entirely honest, I'm really not sure what either of those mean most of the time as they 404 my theology). And while the nebulous wishy-washy word "spiritual" personally drives me nuts, by no means should you take that as an indication to not use it if you feel the label suits you.

 

[Nada]

 

[Iti oj]

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Haha I had that thought too.

 

[Jainarayan]

Sounds like Deism to me.

 

[Nada]

Haha I had that thought too.

Great minds think alike.

 

[ShivaFan]

You are not alone in the universe. And sooner or later you are going to run into someone with a lot bigger hammer than yours.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Wow, that's a surprising turn.

 

[Iti oj]

You are not alone in the universe. And sooner or later you are going to run into someone with a lot bigger hammer than yours.

I don't need a bigger hammer just a tighter..... nvm

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Wow, that's a surprising turn.

I mean this respectfully and for the most part humorously, but is it as surprising as Satanism to Catholic?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I mean this respectfully and for the most part humorously, but is it as surprising as Satanism to Catholic?

Not if you know me.

 

[paragon]

Hip, hip, hurah!

The path is unknowable, only change is certain.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I loose my religion every time I see Gremlins and dead cats come out of my little girl's diaper.

 

[Gnostic Seeker]

Creepy dude

 

[LuisDantas]

Personally, I just don't think skepticism or atheism are much of an issue, or should ever be.

Just accept that you have them if it turns out that you do and carry on. It is actually easy.

 

[Ouroboros]

I feel I should announce that I've concluded there is no reason for me to believe in a personal god. I've assumed a god because of certain ideas I hold about goodness and unity, but its occurred to me there are perfectly non-supernatural explanations for why we aspire to good. I think I have to be honest and admit I have no reason for believing, but that doesn't mean I can't have a spirituality. Material Monism is a perfectly scientific ground for universal oneness. This is hard, but I feel I have to be honest. I don't know if there's a god, but I definitely don't think it'd be a personal one. I call myself a spiritual agnostic because I definitely see a unity in the material (we are stardust, etc.) and I still plan to use things like meditation for self-betterment.

That's awesome Gnostic! I believe you've found the same or at least similar middle ground as myself.

 

[Gnostic Seeker]

I think I've already ran into something much bigger than myself ShivaFan: life

 

[Smart_Guy]

I feel I should announce that I've concluded there is no reason for me to believe in a personal god. I've assumed a god because of certain ideas I hold about goodness and unity, but its occurred to me there are perfectly non-supernatural explanations for why we aspire to good. I think I have to be honest and admit I have no reason for believing, but that doesn't mean I can't have a spirituality. Material Monism is a perfectly scientific ground for universal oneness. This is hard, but I feel I have to be honest. I don't know if there's a god, but I definitely don't think it'd be a personal one. I call myself a spiritual agnostic because I definitely see a unity in the material (we are stardust, etc.) and I still plan to use things like meditation for self-betterment.

Hey, thank for sharing your concerns with us

As long as we don't wish to hurt others, we are fine and no one has the right to criticize our choice in religion

 

[Orbit]

I feel I should announce that I've concluded there is no reason for me to believe in a personal god. I've assumed a god because of certain ideas I hold about goodness and unity, but its occurred to me there are perfectly non-supernatural explanations for why we aspire to good. I think I have to be honest and admit I have no reason for believing, but that doesn't mean I can't have a spirituality. Material Monism is a perfectly scientific ground for universal oneness. This is hard, but I feel I have to be honest. I don't know if there's a god, but I definitely don't think it'd be a personal one. I call myself a spiritual agnostic because I definitely see a unity in the material (we are stardust, etc.) and I still plan to use things like meditation for self-betterment.

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