Trailblazer
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You have that much power?I reversed it.
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Leaving Your Religion
- Thread starter Rival
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Science and reason caused me to scrap enough of my religion to be left with non-religious spirituality.
In my opinion.
In my opinion.
Psalm23
Well-Known Member
I don’t know if they counted themselves Pentecostal or not. It wasn’t just a church but a gathering of people who attended different churches. Many of them had been missionaries. They didn’t teach that you had to speak in tongues to be saved. I think it was considered one of the evidences but not the only way to show one had the Spirit. I was told by one of them that I didn’t have to speak in tongues if I wasn’t comfortable with it.
Really?
Personally one can have an unshakeable faith in Christ when the material remains are found.
Regards Tony
firedragon
Veteran Member
1. A clear contradiction, not contradistinction in the book Qur'an.
2. Yes. Nonsensical stories preached by some clergy.
3. Yes. I was Sunni-Shafie, then Sunni-Maliki, now I would like to believe Im just a believer.
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Sand Dancer
Currently catless
About six years ago I left Christianity after 28 years. I have tried different religions and I would like to come back to Christianity, but only the progressive, Christ-like denominations. I may or may not, we'll see.
Nothing I can think of would convince me to leave my current faith as a Druid/Pagan.
But I have left the Catholic Church/Faith for Paganism. My reasoning for leaving the church was it ran counter to some of my values, such as self-reliance. And it also came off very authoritarian and guilt based to me, and I don't work well in that type of environment.
I've switched Pagan denominations, if you can call it that. Starting out as a Satanist, than an Agnostic, then Eclectic before settling on Polytheism/Druidry and sticking with that.
Paganism is completely inclusive and non-exclusionary.
You can be Atheist, Agnostic, Polytheistic, Duotheistic, Henotheistic, etc.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Eclectic Satanist druide
I've been around the block so to speak.
But I was never all of those at once haha.
I even dabbled in Buddhism (and by dabbled I mean read a book or two).
Honestly, I cannot think of anything that would prompt me to leave Hinduism. It is a religion diverse in philosophy, scripture, deity, spirituality, and even how we approach those things. Plus, individuals can always envision and promote a new kind of Hinduism if they are dissatisfied with Hinduism as it's currently known. Jay Lakhani, for example, believed Hinduism can have new founders, and he shared with the world his vision of Hinduism as Spiritual Humanism. In my own case, if I were to become dissatisfied with orthodox Hinduism and wanted something like pagan polytheism, I would just be a kind of 'folk Hindu.'
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Sounds a lot better than Abrahamism. Then the next question I usually get is "why then are you a member of an Abrahamic religion?" Well, because I believe it is true, but that does not mean I have to like it.Paganism is completely inclusive and non-exclusionary.
You can be Atheist, Agnostic, Polytheistic, Duotheistic, Henotheistic, etc.
I left Islam for 5 years because I believed there was logical problems in Quran. I later discovered it was translation/interpretation issues as well as locks from sorcery of Iblis that prevented me from seeing the more reasonable and clearer recitation.
You have that much power?
If by power you mean the ability overcome indoctrination and to sever ties and with a religion and form a worldview that is experiential in nature rather than faith-based, then yes, I have all the power.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Having been brought up Catholic I more or less lapsed in my 30s, mainly due to my exposure to other religions during the time when I was posted to Dubai and travelled in the Middle and Far East. Firstly, I came to see it as absurd that any one religion claims to be right and that all the others must be wrong. Secondly it struck me that the similarities between them suggested that the religious impulse may be just something psychological, embedded in humanity, rather than the expression of any divine truth.
Later I married a Frenchwoman with similar ideas and upbringing. However when our son was born, we had to decide whether we would bring him up with or without religion. We came to the conclusion that without it he would not properly understand his own heritage of culture and history. We also recognised that the message of the gospels about how to live one's life had value, whether one took the stories literally or not. Having returned to attending Sunday mass, we found it a refreshing and comfortable thing to do, to take an hour away from the cares of the week, stand back, and put everything in the perspective taught by Christianity. I was also able to indulge my interest in choral singing, and we got to know the community a bit in various ways.
So now I am a sort of practising Catholic agnostic, with a number of unresolved issues and a certain affection for the church, but a vehement critic of it in some ways. I comfort myself that that has probably been true of a great many people down the centuries, with whom I feel kinship, linked by the common ritual of the Mass through the various seasons, and the Gregorian chant that been sung in churches for a thousand years. Everything I have learnt in life tells me that one is never the only one to be in a particular predicament.
.It's probably a bit like a lot of long term marriages, really.
At the age of 18 I converted to Catholicism, simply because I was marring a Catholic and it pleased his mother. Was married at 19, left soon after when during a Confession I forgot the 'act of contrition' which the priest strongly disliked, at my age I ought to have memorized it, I replied 'I don't need this' and walked out returning after Vatican II. For me now, after much study, the Catholic Church is the highest expression of Christian faith.
I was born and raised in the Southern Baptist Convention. Through study and prayer/meditation I came to accept the Catholic Church.
It would take some real earth shattering, at least personally, stuff to get me to leave. My experiences with the divine are quite powerful.
It would take some real earth shattering, at least personally, stuff to get me to leave. My experiences with the divine are quite powerful.
idea
Question Everything
I left the Mormon church -aka- church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - because that church calls child molesters as youth leaders, and then protects the molesters..
I now see so many other things wrong with the church - historical faults, racism, sexism, dishonesty- $100billion corporation that abuses the poor for gain...
I used to believe I had divine experiences too... until I learned what elevation is... what "the spirit" really is... realized omg - I have felt that sensation for lies - that sensation does NOT testify of truth, is NOT a protection, is NOT from God. Elevation heard bonding cool experiences yes - just not from God.
Once you pull the curtain back, there is no going back to how things were. Some good deluded people who still believe in the wizard, but there is no going back to that mindset.
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