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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Saying that you were raised Presby but now you're a Buddhist is a non-sequitur. It's like going on the thread about Girl Scouts and saying "I used to be in Girl Scouts, but now I'm on the swim team".
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No, it isn't a non sequitur.
First, your views of Buddhism have nothing to do with me -- you can think whatever you want about it being a "life-philosophy" (whatever the hell that means), but that doesn't mean that I agree or that your opinion is relevant to me.
Second, even if Buddhism is a "life-philosophy" rather than a religion (a statement with which I disagree), I see no logical reason why it wouldn't be relevant to state that a person used to be X religion and now practices Y "life philosophy" (again, whatever the hell that means).
The original poster here asked people to discuss their "faith of choice." Whatever anyone describes as his or her "faith of choice" is his or her faith of choice. Frankly, I find your statements offensive -- I don't give a rat's ass what you think, but the fact that you would even consider trying to impose your rather limited views of a belief system on me is appalling. I mean, let me get this straight -- you're pretty much saying that what I've identified as my "faith of choice" is not a real religion. Again, I don't give a rat's ass, but saying something like that to anybody is offensive, period.