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angelofamroot

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:confused:I am 25 years old and have many of my core beliefes established i do have some things i am still teatering on. though i know what i believe i dont know where i fit in. so here is an idea of what i believe I believe in an earth spirit. I am what i call an Eco Hippi im very green and dont believe in killing anything that will not cuase harm to me or my family.I am not a vegitarian though we do not eat anything chemical treated. I believe in rebirth in the sense that when you die your spirit is reborn into some form. I side somewhat with science on topics like evaloution, but i do believe that there are greater forces that cant be explained and i guess you can call that magic. i guess thats a sum up so what do you think ? where will i fit in ? WHAT AM I?
 
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Infinitum

Infinitum

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It depends a lot on what kind(s) of god(s) you believe in. Do you think there are "normal" theist who believes in one or many gods like Apollo or Yahweh or Odin or something like that, or are you closer to pantheism, for example? Some nature religions are closer to animism and so on. When you've sorted out the deity concepts you're usually much closer to one group or another. Neopaganism includes pretty much all of them, but it's not the only religion with an interest in nature. Some eastern paths put emphasis on it too, and probably many more I can't remember at the moment.
 
Infinitum

Infinitum

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The Belief-O-Matic quiz gives some ides of where to head next, but it doesn't even include many smaller religions. Although for me most of the questions didn't even fit my spiritual system properly, I always have to go with really weird approximations of what I'm actually thinking.
 
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angelofamroot

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i agree animism i believe that at the core of what earth is there is a mother spirit that proceded all other spirits but i believe also that everything has its own spirit snd that there is no seperation between physical and spiritual worlds it is all one in the same

i am just gathering info trying to figure out where i belong if you cant help you cant but if you have questions ask
and if you can help thank-you
 
Breathe

Breathe

Hostis humani generis
Bob Dixon said:
For the record, though, I agree. It's not wide enough in scope and it keeps saying I should be a Jain.

I disagree with most of Jainism. I believe in God, for crying out loud! How am I a Jain?
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I'm haunted by Reform Judaism, Sikhism, and UU on that test. Every single time, they're in my top three.

I agree; it's not wide enough. It should probably expand a bit more to include multiple different religions. Probably the easiest way to do it is to write out your beliefs in as much detail as you possibly can, and go on something like The Big Religion Comparison Chart: Compare World Religions - ReligionFacts and checking which ones you feel closest to -- but even then, one should be wary of it.

For example:

It says Confucianism has no God: not true. Well, maybe true for Neo-Confucianism and New Confucianism, but Religious Confucianism, based on Confucius' teachings, is specifically about Heaven as a divine being, rather than a metaphor.

It says "Chinese Religion" (Shenism) has "dualistic yin and yang" for Gods and Universe. From my knowledge of Shenism, that doesn't sound right.

It does not explain the differences of beliefs between Primitive Bön, Yungdrung Bön, and New Bön (not that I can blame them; Bön is diverse and little is known about it).
 
Tarheeler

Tarheeler

Argumentative Curmudgeon
Premium Member
Odion said:
I'm haunted by Reform Judaism, Sikhism, and UU on that test. Every single time, they're in my top three.
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Don't feel bad. I get reform Judaism and Sikhism as my top two all the time. I guess the writer felt they were close enough to Conservative Judaism.

Iagree; it's not wide enough. It should probably expand a bit more to include multiple different religions. Probably the easiest way to do it is to write out your beliefs in as much detail as you possibly can, and go on something like The Big Religion Comparison Chart: Compare World Religions - ReligionFacts and checking which ones you feel closest to -- but even then, one should be wary of it.
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This is how I eventually came to my decision. The quizes can point you in the general direction, but you're really going to have to take stock of your beliefs and study relevant belief systems in order to make a meaningful decision.
 
Breathe

Breathe

Hostis humani generis
Tarheeler said:
Don't feel bad. I get reform Judaism and Sikhism as my top two all the time. I guess the writer felt they were close enough to Conservative Judaism.
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Admittedly, it did help me to study up on Reform Judaism a bit more, so I am grateful for that. :D

This is how I eventually came to my decision. The quizes can point you in the general direction, but you're really going to have to take stock of your beliefs and study relevant belief systems in order to make a meaningful decision.
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Sounds good to me. :)
How long was it before you came to a decision to start focusing solely on Judaism?
 
Tarheeler

Tarheeler

Argumentative Curmudgeon
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Odion said:
Admittedly, it did help me to study up on Reform Judaism a bit more, so I am grateful for that. :D


Sounds good to me. :)
How long was it before you came to a decision to start focusing solely on Judaism?
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I'd say close to two years after it was all said and done. I went throught different Cristian denominations, attending services and talking to members and ministers, and then I started looking at other religions. I actually took several looks at Judaism before I realized it was what I was looking for.
 
Iti oj

Iti oj

Global warming is real and we need to act
Premium Member
Why walk some one elses path? do you man, do you.
 
1137

1137

Here until I storm off again
Premium Member
You are a human being, a living organism that lives on a rock which orbits a star in a spiral galaxy that exists in our third dimensional universe.
 
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