Religion

**Barack Dalai Lama** · 12-20-2008, 09:34 PM

Semi-long essay filled with how superior I am to the religious because the religious believe in fairytales and I'M NOT A KID ANYMORE GODDAMN IT MOTHER.

**Woofness** · 12-21-2008, 09:10 AM

I was brought up in a fairly open minded Roman Catholic family, made first communion, confession and was confirmed. I began to have doubts about the religion from the age of about 10 with my first realisation that it could not be true. I stopped attending Church a few years ago as it seemed more of a family obligation than a expression of personal belief. My parents have always encouraged open mindedness and have never attempted to force their beliefs on me. Recently after continued disillusionment in the institution of the Church, my whole family has stopped regular attendance.

My own beliefs are I think heavily influenced by the strong moral sense that was encouraged during my childhood which seems to be one of the only constants with my changing opinions on religion. I have considered, in some depth, a great number of different angles on religion and atheism. However except for a few short periods in my early teens, I have never come to the conclusion that there can be no God/s/higher-being/power etc.

My open-mindedness concerning religion has often resulted in apathy, after the realisation that neither I, nor anyone else, can have a definite answer to all of life's mysteries I have had a tendency to put religion to one side. However I have always thought that my beliefs throughout life will grow and change, and so remain largely open minded towards different ideas, yet critically and logically analyse any that I am presented with.

**Kal El** · 12-21-2008, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Kozzle

While that is true, rituals are separate from what your belief ultimately is, the 2 religions simply demand different things of you to show your faith (we have the 10 commandments while they have the 5 pillars of islam), in the end they believe in pretty much the same things except have different rituals to show their faith in those beliefs.

Originally Posted by coqauvin

Kozzle, please don't invite discussion about aspects of religion. Just ask to expand on something you don't understand or are curious about - if we start talking about the differences between this religion and that, the thread will be derailed instantly.

**gwahir** · 12-21-2008, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Barack Dalai Lama

Semi-long essay filled with how superior I am to the religious because the religious believe in fairytales and I'M NOT A KID ANYMORE GODDAMN IT MOTHER.

well nobody said anything about superiority but you seem to have it in spades brother