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What Age Did You Become Set In Your Religious/Spiritual Beliefs?
- Thread starter Jimmy
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Depends on how one wants to tell the story.
In one version of the story, it is understood that I don't practice a dogmatic or creedal religion which is fixed and unchanging. As such, it is always changing and adapting as a way of life should. It never becomes set and is ever in flow. It's about the journey, not a destination for the destination is ever changing.
In another version of the story, it is understood that circumstances flowed in such a way that more or less fated things to take the course that they did. The path was set from the very start, before I became aware of it, and there was no other possible destination than what came to be.
In yet other versions of the story, certain specific events can be identified that were pivotal in cultivating the path. Any one of those can be said to be the start of things, yet none were the start and none were the end. Did it start when I was playing in the woods? When I dived deep into the otherwords? When I found a language for who and what I was all along? When I formally joined Druid order? When I completed the Bardic Grade? The Ovate Grade? Yes, to all of these. And no.
But most of the time, I'll point to about two decades ago, when I found the language for who and what I was all along. When I realized there were others doing what I was doing, being what I was being.
In one version of the story, it is understood that I don't practice a dogmatic or creedal religion which is fixed and unchanging. As such, it is always changing and adapting as a way of life should. It never becomes set and is ever in flow. It's about the journey, not a destination for the destination is ever changing.
In another version of the story, it is understood that circumstances flowed in such a way that more or less fated things to take the course that they did. The path was set from the very start, before I became aware of it, and there was no other possible destination than what came to be.
In yet other versions of the story, certain specific events can be identified that were pivotal in cultivating the path. Any one of those can be said to be the start of things, yet none were the start and none were the end. Did it start when I was playing in the woods? When I dived deep into the otherwords? When I found a language for who and what I was all along? When I formally joined Druid order? When I completed the Bardic Grade? The Ovate Grade? Yes, to all of these. And no.
But most of the time, I'll point to about two decades ago, when I found the language for who and what I was all along. When I realized there were others doing what I was doing, being what I was being.
Jimmy
King Phenomenon
So you’re a forever seeker. I don’t think I’d like that.
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It's interesting that's how you interpreted what I wrote. I do not identify that way.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Hasn't happened yet but I think I am almost done.
At the ripe old age of 1 second,
I became a non-believer in any
& all gods.
I became a non-believer in any
& all gods.
You're asking people when their search for truth ended.
For me I realized there was something fishy about Christianity when I was 8 years old. I wasn't old enough to understand why what I observed made me suspicious, but I had a naturally curious mind that sought truth, and avoided the ideas that others pressured me to adopt.
For me I realized there was something fishy about Christianity when I was 8 years old. I wasn't old enough to understand why what I observed made me suspicious, but I had a naturally curious mind that sought truth, and avoided the ideas that others pressured me to adopt.
See what I mean? Mere mortals decide they have absolute truth and commit to some set of ideas that they learned from other mere mortals. All these mortals acting as if they are infallible gods themseves. If Yahweh existed he would be jealous, and who knows what bad would befall you. Why? Read the Bible. Believers must not believe the Bible because if they did they would be scared ****less.
Set? I'm always learning...
I'll just echo what it seems a few others have mentioned.
There is no such thing as "set".
Just as you can never step into the same river twice, you are never the same person today as yesterday.
We are constantly growing, changing and adapting our views, as we gather new insights and learn new things.
There is no such thing as "set".
Just as you can never step into the same river twice, you are never the same person today as yesterday.
We are constantly growing, changing and adapting our views, as we gather new insights and learn new things.
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Jimmy
King Phenomenon
Me too but I’m still set
Jimmy
King Phenomenon
My core will never change
Set!
Our core hardly ever does. But it is seldom tied to any labels either.
Jimmy
King Phenomenon
I agree none are true.
rocala
Well-Known Member
I was a Christian in my childhood but ditched it in my teens. Became very interested in Spiritualism in my twenties. Since middle age my two main influences have been Buddhism and Modern Druidry.
"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
William Blake
I could not agree more. Nobody knows the future. For all I know, I could read a book or have an experience tomorrow that could completely change my view point. I find it rather arrogant, or perhaps just lacking imagination, when people say they cannot change.
"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
William Blake
Never, I am open minded and have been all my life. As an open minded individual I am agnostic and am willing to listen to idea's concerning religion or secularism. I am a skeptic so you will need proof of your point, and you also need to be somewhat openminded so we can have a dialogue.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I never have had such unchanging beliefs, and I probably never will.