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I was raised a UU - my mom was various Protestant - Methodist, Christian Science (no, not Scientology) and my dad a culture-only Jew. Neither were happy with their religions but wanted to raise alieblue and me with religion so they found it in the phone book. If you know anything about UUism, you'll find that this is very apt. ;D
But as an adult, I haven't found a UU church that fits me or that gives me the sort of spiritualness and sense of community that I'd like so I haven't been in a couple years. Kind of a bummer because I really like the concept and feel that the beliefs line up with what I believe about the world at large - or give me the room to believe what I believe.
ha! there was a UU church up the street from where i lived and when my temple was being renovated they allowed us to use the church for our Jewish services!!
that's so the type of thing that makes me like UUism. And growing up, we learned all about Buddism and Hinduism in sunday school, took field trips to Quaker services.
Being open to the fact that just because someone has a different way of looking at religion doesn't mean he's wrong.
Post by sparklybecca on Apr 2, 2008 14:25:53 GMT -5
dcbee said:
sparklybecca said:
ha! there was a UU church up the street from where i lived and when my temple was being renovated they allowed us to use the church for our Jewish services!!
that's so the type of thing that makes me like UUism. And growing up, we learned all about Buddism and Hinduism in sunday school, took field trips to Quaker services.
Being open to the fact that just because someone has a different way of looking at religion doesn't mean he's wrong.
The Pastafarian belief of heaven stresses that it contains beer volcanoes and a stripper factory. Hell is similar, except that the beer is stale, and the strippers have VD.
I'm thinking of converting. What do I have to do to get into heaven?
Raised in an evangelical Luthern Church in Dallas (the theological hub for much of modern evangelical thought, good and bad). But I've grown more and more fond of the Episcopalian church as I've gotten older. My parents attend a charismatic episcopal church on the North Shore of Boston.
I also went to a non-denominational private Christian College prep school from K-12. My father was the headmaster there. He used to be a pastor but then felt called to the academic world in his 20s. He has previously ministered to youth and had been preaching since the age of 12 in a southern baptist church in Southern Indiana.
I attend church infrequently in Austin. I find the churches here to be a little too vague for my taste. Lots of strong worship, but not a lot of good teaching. I would consider myself a believer in Christ and the gospel, but not necessarily a follower. At the heart of my personal theology is the concept of forgiveness, free will and love that acts itself out in a way that I would vaguely describe as grace. And I fundamentally distrust people whose point of view on religion or life supercedes the way they treat people.
Ideology, law, rules...these are all things made to serve the good of people, not the other way around.
At the heart of my personal theology is the concept of forgiveness, free will and love that acts itself out in a way that I would vaguely describe as grace.
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Apr 2, 2008 15:17:42 GMT -5
No religion here. Only a steadfast belief that there is power in nature, the pursuit of balance is a positive pursuit and anything you put out comes back to you threefold.
Oh, and that Jeff Tweedy and tequila can cure all that ails ya. I kid, I kid.
Raised in an evangelical Luthern Church in Dallas (the theological hub for much of modern evangelical thought, good and bad). But I've grown more and more fond of the Episcopalian church as I've gotten older. My parents attend a charismatic episcopal church on the North Shore of Boston.
Sooo - you were raised ELCA - I was confirmed LCMS.
What is up with Lutherans leaning towards Episcopalian? Truthfully - Epicopalian is not that much different more smells and bells the Lutheran but same basic theology
a lot of people specifically like the smells and bells. My cousin, also raised UU, is now Catholic and one of the reasons is that she likes the structure of it all.
Ihonestly think that is why my mom converted - she liked the ceremony of it all.
I can understand that - it is part of the issue I had with my church and why I left - way too many changes for me. I am a tried and true Lutheran - I don't like a lot of change - inc ertain things anyway and church for me is a recharge for my batteries and gets me prepared to face the choatic week shead of me - I want my structure to stay the same
Was raised Southern Baptist, but am currently "undecided"
I think I dropped religion about 6 or 7 years ago... I will hold the door open in the future, y'know, if I get a family or something... something of a moral standard. That's how I've always looked at religion: a personally selected (in some cases, in others, thrust upon one due to family ties) set of guidelines and rules by which to dictate your life style and set morale.
Post by starrynight on Apr 2, 2008 16:51:19 GMT -5
i dunno... i think i am still pretty religious, even though i rarely go to church or mass. raised going to presby church and went to catholic school K-12. I don't take everything literally, but, yeah, I still consider myself religious. Some religions are too extreme for me though, and I think some of the people that consider themselves hardcore Christians are extrememly judgemental and unforgiving, which is kind of the complete opposite of what a christian is in my opinion. I think as long as someone is a good person, and accepts other people it doesnt really matter what they necessarily believe or don't believe in.
Post by bojangles22 on Apr 2, 2008 17:32:47 GMT -5
I used to be christian... now I'm just a tad atheist.
However, I do believe that there is SOMETHING, and just recently I've been delving heavily into many aspects of the idea of a 4th dimension. I think it's pretty cool to ponder what it's like outside our own limited perceptions.
Post by billypilgrim on Apr 2, 2008 19:30:06 GMT -5
My religion as summarized in a modified excerpt from Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time:
“ A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of Warren Haynes." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is Warren Haynes standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's Warren Hayneses all the way down!"
Now I'm not very religious. I'm a nice guy. If there is an afterlife maybe the dude at the gate will let me in b/c I'm always a nice guy.
I've always wondered that if the Christians are wrong then are they all screwed? In the way most religions believe, the non believers are screwed. So by my logic somebody out there has to be "wrong" with their religion. Oh no! This same logic could apply to any religious group.
Mainstream religion has and will always be a way to control people. The government has no control, but a government leader who claims God tells him to do what he does will control a lot of people.
I've studied many different religions lately. Right now I'm taking a class on pre-modern Islam. VERY Interesting.
Post by steveternal on Apr 2, 2008 20:25:20 GMT -5
I'm a practicing Eastern Orthodox Christian. It's not Catholic, it's not Protestant, it's its own thing and has been for two millennia. You won't find another form of Christianity so infused with mysticism and spiritual emphasis. I have nothing whatsoever against other forms of Christianity, but I love the Orthodox Church, I really do.
Post by rpgreligion on Apr 2, 2008 20:42:32 GMT -5
I've always bounced between agnosticism and atheism, although I suppose I consider myself agnostic now...with my lack of understanding of the unknown, I can't really flat out deny the possibility.
My mom is a Baptist, and my dad is an atheist. Fortunately, they've never really pushed me into a certain belief. My mom doesn't like my beliefs (or lack thereof I suppose) but I was always given the option of making my own choices when it came to religion, so I was never baptized or anything when I was too young to really think for myself, and I'm grateful for that.
Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Apr 2, 2008 23:51:06 GMT -5
I was raised pentacostal. Christian faith, holly rollers, speaking in tongue, pay your tithes, and LOTS of singing and dancing.
NOW... I do not believe in the existence of God (Christian) but I do not deny the possibility of a god.
Personally, I believe in the power of man kind. We are our own gods, honestly it's all we can be. It is just unfortunate that it affects others as well.
"I don't believe in Jesus, I just believe in me. " -John Lennon
I was raised Catholic (11 brothers and sisters) and drifted away during my teens. Studied just about every religion looking for the "right" one, taking classes in Hinduism, Buddhiusm Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Taoism, Confusiousism...
I was basically agnostic in my 20's, and Buddhist (without all the mythology and ritual) in my 30's.
Around age 40 I got back to actually reading the Bible and other Christain historical texts and became a devout Christain. I have no denomination and attend church irregularly usually going Methodist, Catholic or Lutheran. My beliefs are probably closest to the Society of Friends (Quakers.)
