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Talking about refinding my Beliefs
12 months ago
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Yes its gonna get religious. for clarification/tl;dr. I'm agnostic.
I grew up as a baptist Christian. Haven't followed it for years. Recently I realized I didn't believe in much of anything except agnosticism at a basic level.
But, after letting myself slide into the idea of Hedonism, I've found my faith again. But not in any Christian, Jewish, or other such god.
I have to thank Pope Francis for one of his most 'heretical' comments. (Anyone calling it heretical is a moron and I stand by that. ((for clarification, many people i've seen go as far as saying the pope should be excommunicated/pray for them to refind their way/etc when this is arguably one of the most humble and sincere popes we've seen in decades))) https://fxtwitter.com/CatholicSat/s.....qfJcg&s=19 this one.
If god is real, any god. Then there is no 'wrong' way to reach him. Jesus Christ is not the only way to salvation. Etc.
I also find that things such as 'sin' or 'heresy' is just words used to control the masses at this point. If it is not used to assure one's control over others, then it is used in such extremes that it crosses over into such territory anyway. (Something something a lot of the Catholics on twitter.) but that's besides the point.
Hedonism has set me free. A dear friend helped me understand that the usual view of hedonism is not the sole way of it. It is simply the belief that happiness is the ultimate pursuit (paraphrased.)
I don't wish to gain my happiness at the expense of others. But hedonism has opened my mind to the fact that, without happiness, life is boring. Any truly caring, benevolent god would not ask us to deny ourselves mutualistic worldly pleasures to gain access to a happy afterlife. Thus.
I believe if there is one god, and all paths lead to him/her/etc. That they are benevolent. And they understand concepts such as context.
Science can't explain the pre-big bang. And I have chosen to fully embrace agonisticism. I know i may be wrong, but I choose to believe there is a truly benevolent entity out there. Not just Christian, Jewish, etc. But the sole being.
"Ember what about polytheistic religions" those are the same by this logic. They simply split God into piecemeal parts that allows them to understand it better or shape their beliefs. There is no wrong there.
I don't wish to restrain myself anymore over nothing. There is no good point to it. Hedonism has set me free from concepts such as sin.
I know what is right and wrong, I do not need some human-written scripture to tell me. (Which is to say i think the Holy Books are in error. They were written by mankind. We make mistakes. We have BIAS. Etc.)
Yeah yeah heresy whatever. Miss me with it. I've found my truth on the matter. I won't lose it again.
I'm not also saying anyone else should abandon their religion if they have. That's not my choice to make for you, nor would I want to. Find your own happiness, that's what I want you to do.
It will make life so much more fulfilling.
I grew up as a baptist Christian. Haven't followed it for years. Recently I realized I didn't believe in much of anything except agnosticism at a basic level.
But, after letting myself slide into the idea of Hedonism, I've found my faith again. But not in any Christian, Jewish, or other such god.
I have to thank Pope Francis for one of his most 'heretical' comments. (Anyone calling it heretical is a moron and I stand by that. ((for clarification, many people i've seen go as far as saying the pope should be excommunicated/pray for them to refind their way/etc when this is arguably one of the most humble and sincere popes we've seen in decades))) https://fxtwitter.com/CatholicSat/s.....qfJcg&s=19 this one.
If god is real, any god. Then there is no 'wrong' way to reach him. Jesus Christ is not the only way to salvation. Etc.
I also find that things such as 'sin' or 'heresy' is just words used to control the masses at this point. If it is not used to assure one's control over others, then it is used in such extremes that it crosses over into such territory anyway. (Something something a lot of the Catholics on twitter.) but that's besides the point.
Hedonism has set me free. A dear friend helped me understand that the usual view of hedonism is not the sole way of it. It is simply the belief that happiness is the ultimate pursuit (paraphrased.)
I don't wish to gain my happiness at the expense of others. But hedonism has opened my mind to the fact that, without happiness, life is boring. Any truly caring, benevolent god would not ask us to deny ourselves mutualistic worldly pleasures to gain access to a happy afterlife. Thus.
I believe if there is one god, and all paths lead to him/her/etc. That they are benevolent. And they understand concepts such as context.
Science can't explain the pre-big bang. And I have chosen to fully embrace agonisticism. I know i may be wrong, but I choose to believe there is a truly benevolent entity out there. Not just Christian, Jewish, etc. But the sole being.
"Ember what about polytheistic religions" those are the same by this logic. They simply split God into piecemeal parts that allows them to understand it better or shape their beliefs. There is no wrong there.
I don't wish to restrain myself anymore over nothing. There is no good point to it. Hedonism has set me free from concepts such as sin.
I know what is right and wrong, I do not need some human-written scripture to tell me. (Which is to say i think the Holy Books are in error. They were written by mankind. We make mistakes. We have BIAS. Etc.)
Yeah yeah heresy whatever. Miss me with it. I've found my truth on the matter. I won't lose it again.
I'm not also saying anyone else should abandon their religion if they have. That's not my choice to make for you, nor would I want to. Find your own happiness, that's what I want you to do.
It will make life so much more fulfilling.
It's more that every religion is just another way to see him
But i've seen a lot of them saying things like the POPE should be excommunicated, amongf other things.
Which uh, yeah that's insanitty.