SORRY IF THIS POST UPSETS ANYONE, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE MYSELF OUT.
I seem to have an issue with myself..
I used to be a Christian, I went to church all the time and I believed in a god and everything, but after my ex's miscarriage that changed. For a while after that I was agnostic, but I started dipping my toes into other religions eventually. Now I find myself learning from multiple different religions and I guess that makes me omnistic. Yet my true beliefs is different, I don't really see a god. I try connecting with the universe spiritually, because I believe we all have a destiny or something with the universe. From what I learned, believing the universe has a plan for me is called Pantheism. What the fuck am I? Like one of the definitions for Pantheism is "the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God" and a (RARE) definition is "worship that admits or tolerates all gods." As I said though, I don't believe in a god, I just believe in the universe. This doesn't even jump into the philosophical aspects of things. Like the soul is distinct from the body, umm this explains it:
So when I die, my body may go back to the universe, but where do I go, where does my soul go?
"It's ok to be confused about belief/spirituality, and it's ok for your beliefs to evolve and change over your lifetime. It's a natural process. Try to avoid being stressed about it, and try to be a good person overall. If a benevolent god does exist, I imagine they would care more about your actions towards other living things."
Spirituality is a personal thing. There's no reason anyone should be offended about your personal spiritual journey. :)
I grew up Christian, but never really believed I think. Started listening to The Beatles when I was age 18/19 and that started me on the journey of exploring different beliefs. Decided I was atheist, but that seemed just as divisive as Christianity at times. Eventually decided that neither side had real evidence to prove that a god does or does not exist, so now I'm agnostic-atheist. Agnostic because I don't believe there is sufficient proof either way, and atheist because I believe it is more likely that there are no gods. Unless you count the earth, as it is a bit like a god. I want to be buried without a casket. I don't know about souls being real or not, but I believe our physical bodies are real, and that our physical bodies can serve a purpose after we die by nourishing the earth. Death creates new life by breaking down our physical bodies to feed the earth, which will help things like plants grow, which will be eaten by herbivores, who are eaten by carnivores, etc etc. I guess I could say I believe in the earth, and the constant transfer of energy and life between all living things that keeps the planet alive.
It's ok to be confused about belief/spirituality, and it's ok for your beliefs to evolve and change over your lifetime. It's a natural process. Try to avoid being stressed about it, and try to be a good person overall. If a benevolent god does exist, I imagine they would care more about your actions towards other living things.
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🦇Asha🦇
"It's ok to be confused about belief/spirituality, and it's ok for your beliefs to evolve and change over your lifetime. It's a natural process. Try to avoid being stressed about it, and try to be a good person overall. If a benevolent god does exist, I imagine they would care more about your actions towards other living things."
THIS - totally agree
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Spirituality is a personal thing. There's no reason anyone should be offended about your personal spiritual journey. :)
I grew up Christian, but never really believed I think. Started listening to The Beatles when I was age 18/19 and that started me on the journey of exploring different beliefs. Decided I was atheist, but that seemed just as divisive as Christianity at times. Eventually decided that neither side had real evidence to prove that a god does or does not exist, so now I'm agnostic-atheist. Agnostic because I don't believe there is sufficient proof either way, and atheist because I believe it is more likely that there are no gods. Unless you count the earth, as it is a bit like a god. I want to be buried without a casket. I don't know about souls being real or not, but I believe our physical bodies are real, and that our physical bodies can serve a purpose after we die by nourishing the earth. Death creates new life by breaking down our physical bodies to feed the earth, which will help things like plants grow, which will be eaten by herbivores, who are eaten by carnivores, etc etc. I guess I could say I believe in the earth, and the constant transfer of energy and life between all living things that keeps the planet alive.
It's ok to be confused about belief/spirituality, and it's ok for your beliefs to evolve and change over your lifetime. It's a natural process. Try to avoid being stressed about it, and try to be a good person overall. If a benevolent god does exist, I imagine they would care more about your actions towards other living things.
I believe that my beliefs may have come from the rare few in my family who are into witchcraft and The Universal Life Church
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