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What is your religion?
fernly:
I was raised in the Presbyterian church and lost my faith when I too couldn't reconcile what happened in the world, nearby or far away, with those tragedies being the result of God's will. Was agnostic/atheist for years, and now...
Humanist in regards to morality.
I clicked pagan because that seems to be the closest. When I'm hiking in the hills or mountains that's when I feel what apparently I was supposed to feel going to church growing up, and never did - peace and joy, connectedness, being in the presence of something greater than myself.
Shuggy:
I have a lot of time for the Quakers, and if I were a christian, that's the only kind I could be. Very thoughtful people. I like "Walk cheerfully in the world, seeking that of God in every one." The "Inner Light" is the same thing. (And my grandmother used to quote "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you" and conclude that the kingdom of Hell is too: ie we are rewarded and punished for our deeds by what they do to our selves.)
But in the US, a branch of the Quakers has gone back to conservative christianity, the branch with churches, ordained ministers and set liturgy. That's the branch Nixon belonged to. The branch with meeting houses, every member a minister and silent Meetings for Worship until someone is moved to speak, is the branch I think of as Quaker.
Ray:
Catholic by splash only. My favourite religious lesson at school was when Ian McCray stood to read from the bible and read 'blahsomethingblah...go forth, and he came fifth and won a tea pot'. Never having heard this before I PML so hard I was banned from religion for a month and Ian and I became friends while attending detention over this period. It was then I realised that Religion really does bring people together. Now, however I have my own spirituality and it does not involve punishing people for diversity, and it is not based in fear.
FuzzyChanny:
I'm Catholic, but my faith is stronger than my religion. I often find myself angry with my church because they can be a bunch of hypocrites (an example is one time my catechism teacher gave us a lesson in which she said "Do not judge other people..." and five lines later said "...But all other religions are wrong, Catholic is the only way").
I try to follow what I believe to be God's teachings through Catholicism but the thing that most often sticks with me is "Do not judge other people".
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on April 23, 2006, 12:10:10 am ---I have a lot of time for the Quakers, and if I were a christian, that's the only kind I could be. Very thoughtful people. I like "Walk cheerfully in the world, seeking that of God in every one." The "Inner Light" is the same thing. (And my grandmother used to quote "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you" and conclude that the kingdom of Hell is too: ie we are rewarded and punished for our deeds by what they do to our selves.)
But in the US, a branch of the Quakers has gone back to conservative christianity, the branch with churches, ordained ministers and set liturgy. That's the branch Nixon belonged to. The branch with meeting houses, every member a minister and silent Meetings for Worship until someone is moved to speak, is the branch I think of as Quaker.
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The Quakers are also very big on the Peace Testimony and social justice.
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