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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: m00nshine]
    #14487237 - 05/20/11 10:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I was raised with no particular religion really. My parents aren't religious but my Grandparents on one side are, so I was baptized and I went to church very rarely when I stayed the night at their house as a kid. I never believed any of what they said any I really didn't like going because it was a waste of a morning where I could be watching cartoons and stuff like that.

Now I am Agnostic who leans towards Atheism. I would also consider myself fairly spiritual as well though.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: Sophistic Radiance]
    #14487276 - 05/20/11 10:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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aNeway2sayHooray said:
I think a world without spirituality isnt one I would want to be in.  A world without religion sounds great though.




IMO spirituality will usually always lead to formation of religion, by at least some of the spiritual people.


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I think it's just a human thing.

Do you honestly think we can reach the point where we solely focus on morality and ethics and not use or form religious doctrine? And not let it (religion, spirituality, whatever) rule some facets of society?

It would require a great evolution in thinking, and human genetic manipulation (LOL).

As long as there are people, the religious BS is going to spring up :shrug:




I do think that we can reach the point where humanity solely focuses on morality and ethics, but also that it's going to take a very heavy degree of manipulation to get us there.




Manipulation? By governments, maybe? Even if you outlawed organized religion, people would still gather to worship, etc. It happens in China :shrug:

I guess I'm just a misanthrope, I don't think we can reach that state as we are now.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: m00nshine]
    #14487288 - 05/20/11 10:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

There is no Religion higher than TRUTH

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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: m00nshine]
    #14487289 - 05/20/11 10:52 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Manipulation by people who know what's up. They are not organized, they just know what's up.

So has it always been.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: m00nshine]
    #14487329 - 05/20/11 11:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Yes I agree. Spirituality will always lead to religion. Religion is a tool of control and people searching for spirituality can tend to be influenced easily and this weakness plays right into the hands of people inclined to take advantage of it.

Creating laws to govern these morals and ethics will also create an easy way for people to exploit control and power. People use law just like they use religion. Just exploiting morality instead of spirituality.

I think a society solely focused on morality and ethics wouldnt work even if that point was achieved. A balance is necessary and this is the idea of a Matriarchal society.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: sunset_mission]
    #14487331 - 05/20/11 11:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

None really. There are a lot of different religions within my family, but I wasn't brought up exclusively in any of them. I've been everywhere from pentecostal revivals, synagogues and black churches in the city, to a buddhist temple that was a few miles up the street from my house. My grandmother was a baptist, my grandfather a mason and a kabbalist, and my father saw himself as a deist. My mother, step father, and other siblings were Roman Catholic, and later became Greek Orthodox. I, couldn't care less about any of it.

I love the fish fry's that Masons and Catholics have, the Jewish parties, and pure ridiculousness of the Pentecostals. It's all a pretty good time as long as you don't start measuring their beliefs against your own.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: Greenvalley]
    #14487332 - 05/20/11 11:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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There is no Religion higher than TRUTH





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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14487373 - 05/20/11 11:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

What is truth?




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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14487376 - 05/20/11 11:10 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

this thread is going downhill fast


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #14487379 - 05/20/11 11:11 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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What is truth?








Whatever feels right, for that moment.


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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: owls]
    #14487388 - 05/20/11 11:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)



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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14487454 - 05/20/11 11:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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blewmeanie said:
What is truth?








Whatever feels right, for that moment.



Philosophy as a living teacher can tell you that.

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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: Greenvalley]
    #14487463 - 05/20/11 11:32 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

That's great homey.




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Re: What religion were you brought up in growing up? What are you now? [Re: blewmeanie]
    #14497079 - 05/23/11 12:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Grew up jedi, became sith nbd

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