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I'm really enjoying this thread and how most people can share without being mean.
Well, I was born Catholic, and was raised that way til I was 9. Then bounced from church to church til I was 13/14. Those churches were non-denominational, charismatic, etc. Also visited Baptist churches. At the first church after being catholic I was "born again" I never felt it tho and felt confused and left out when everyone else "spoke in tongues"....so I just faked it [besides their premise was that the holy spirit came upon the apostles which enabled them to speak foreign tongues----it's since been studied by linguists showing that these christians practicing glossolalia are NOT speaking a language...mostly saying repetitions]
Church was a place for me to belong since I was a geek at school. I was at the point of attending services 3 times a week plus youth night. But then I just left...I wasn't getting anything out of it.
Now, I consider myself agnostic. I think there is something there...god, goddess, singular or plural. who am I to say what it is? I believe that Jesus existed and that he did perform miracles...but that doesn't make him son of a god(although it is possible). I believe the bible was written by men....i've been told (by a Prof) that Genesis alone was written by at least 3 authors (shown through research--and by more than one person)
I believe in evolution - we are not descended from apes, but we have a common ancestor. Really now, look at the tremendous similarities between us and chimps. I also think this does not have to conflict with the Creation theory either since The Bible does not state how long a day is to God ; a day to god could be 100 yrs to humans.
I believe that the afterlife is whatever we think it is (kind of like that Robin Williams film "what dreams may come')
I also believe in reincarnation.
I believe in a lot of stuff....In one course I took(myth in literature) my Prof believed that ppl today are just looking for something to believe since the Industrial and scientific revolutions took religion as it was known away from many. That's why recently there has been a resurrgence of traditional religions as well as New Age spirituality and other outlets for ppl. Its human nature to want to know where we belong and how we, as a people, came here
any way, that's my opinion. BTW i didn't capitilize many words just cuz I'm lazy, not from disrespect.
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