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incognitopolls · 1 month

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rickmctumbleface · 2 years

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This right here.

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 6 months

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BANKSY

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It felt right. There was no pain, but a real clarity. The long process of seeing the flaws in my belief structure and carefully tiptoeing around the frayed edges as parts of it were torn out, piece by piece—that was all over. The angels, watching from my shoulders; the mental tension about having sex without marriage, and drinking alcohol, and not observing any religious obligations—they were gone. The ever-present prospect of hell fire lifted, and my horizon seemed broader. God, Satan, angels: these were all figments of human imagination. From now on I could step firmly on the ground that was under my feet and navigate based on my own reason and self-respect. My moral compass was within myself, not in the pages of a sacred book.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali · Infidel (2007)

#Banksy #Ayaan Hirsi Ali #Infidel #clarity #quotes #religious beliefs #moral compass

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transbutchbluess · 7 months

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i’m in this strange phase where i’m trying to explore my spirituality and to understand what divinity means to me and it’s just. hard. complex.

i was raised in an atheist family but now i know, deep down, that i am not an atheist. but atheism is still inscribed in my brain, the shame of worshipping, the shame of honoring the divine, as if it should be hidden, as if i was being irrational.

i have been practicing, or trying to practice, hellenic polytheism for a little while now. i keep going through phases of faith then of doubt. something isn’t quite right yet.

i love religions— all of them interest me. i just decided i wanted to read the Old Testament, so i’m reading the Genesis now. and i’ve been doing research on Judaism, out of curiosity. it fascinates me— but especially the rules. the constant connection to the divine, even in mundanity. the concept of every action having a purpose, of doing things a specific way and knowing why, of finding God everywhere and honoring God all the time. i see a lot of people being scared of religious obligations, of organized religion, and i understand how it can be dangerous at times, but i yearn for the order, for the meaning.

i want organized worship and i want to find God every day. i want to do everything with the intention of connecting to the divine. and yet i don’t know what the divine is, what God(s) is (are), and i still believe monotheism isn’t for me, something about it bothers me— but maybe it’s just christianity ? i don’t know anything anymore. i know polytheism interests me too and i know my autistic special interest is ancient greek religion and ancient cultures, but it’s hard to draw the line between what interests me due to my autism/simply because i find it amazing to learn about, and what interests me because it feels right and aligns with the way i perceive things.

so i keep doubting, i doubt and wonder and question and find myself irrational whenever i think of a God, or of multiple gods/Theoi. i know i believe in something. but there is this atheistic guilt, atheistic shame ?

i’m so lost.

and everyone i know is either an atheist or a usually-not-very-observant catholic. so exactly what i already know not to be for me.

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luvchristxx · 4 months

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It’s “respect all religions and beliefs” until it’s Christianity.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. (John 15:18)

Repent 🛐✝️

#catholic #christian veiling #feminine #girly #jesusisgod #jesuslovesyou #modesty #religion #veiling #bible #christ is king #christian girl #christian faith #christianity #christian #respect #religious beliefs #holy bible #bible verse

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atheostic · 1 year

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I love how Christians talk about early Christians like they were a monolith

Here's just a handful of early Christian denomination beliefs:

Adamites: Would hold services naked and were not monogamous.

Arianites: Believed that Jesus & God were two separate people, that Jesus was the son of God, and that Jesus didn't always exist.

Bardaisanites: Thought the sun, moon, and planets were living beings, to whom, under God, the government of this world was largely entrusted; and though Man was free, he was strongly influenced for good or for evil by the constellations.

Carpocratians: They believed in reincarnation and were encouraged to experience everything there is in life (sinful and moral alike) so that they wouldn't have to reincarnate to experience what they had missed out on. They believed that going against Jewish biblical law was a serious responsibility because said laws came from evil angels who created the world. They also were of the belief that Jesus wasn't a deity, but rather an enlightened role model people should strive to be like (kinda like the Buddha). (According to Irenaeus of Lyons)

Colarbasians: Believed the whole of truth and religion to be contained in the Greek alphabet; and that it was for this reason that Jesus was called the Alpha and Omega.

Marcionites: Believed the god Yahweh (the Jewish, Christian, & now Muslim god) was an evil, tyrannical deity, & that the god featured in the Hebrew Scriptures was not the Father of Jesus Christ. They forbade marriage and urged celibacy, since bringing more children into the world meant bringing more people into captivity to the evil Yahweh.

Montanists: Allowed women prominent positions in the sect, such as bishops, presbyters, and deacons.

Simonians: Believed that the Holy Spirit was feminine and reincarnated as different women, most notably Helen of Troy.

Valentinianists: Considered the god of the Old Testament as the imperfect creator of the material world. One needed to recognize the Father, the depth of all being, as the true source of divine power in order to achieve gnosis (knowledge). Gnosis, not faith, was the key to salvation.

#christianity #early christians #christian beliefs #religious beliefs #lol #christians #early christianity was WILD #christian denominations #abrahamic religions #religion #did you know #little known fact

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volunteerismandanarchy · 2 months

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“Marx’s socialism may or may not be true scientifically. Yet when people believe in Marxism dogmatically, it becomes a religious belief.“

— Bertrand Russell, Russell on Religion: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell (1999), Part II, Religion and Philosophy, 6. The Essence and Effect of Religion(1921), p. 73

#Bertrand Russell #Socialism #Marx #Dogmatisim #Religious Beliefs

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oh-my-damn · 6 months

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Watching a documentary with real footage of what happened in the concentration camps during world war II and then turning on current news is just so massively baffling.

I will sit here and watch how these innocent people got slaughtered and brutalized, knowing that they were victims of ethnic cleansing and genocide in 1945 and how they were saved by what would become the United Nations and ultimately the state of Israel, providing them with a base and home to be in..

Only to turn on the news and be slapped in the face with the reality of Israel, as a government, doing the exact same thing, only differently to disguise it, to Palestinians. The people who welcomed them into their country when they needed it most.

Even in the documentary I just watched about the Holocaust, they spoke about how Palestine was the only hope for the remaining jewish population within Europe after World War II; how Palestine was the actual only country truly opening their doors for them to come settle there.

And now I'm watching this on the news. This atrocity.

Another genocide.

With the roots in the exact same things that we so fiercely battled in the 1940's.

Ethnic cleansing.

Ethnic cleansing is never okay. You're not excused just because your race went through something that terrible – you should actually be the first people to stop it and speak up about it, because you literally went through it???

I don't believe in religion. I am not a religious person. I believe that religion is the basis of all the conflicts that happen in the world because of the fact that it is so differentiating, depending on what you believe in.

But I still believe in the right to be religious. I still believe in the right to believe in religion.

I just wish religious people could adapt that same mindset. I know a lot of religious people do; I have seen jewish people all over the world, proudly chanting that this is not what they stand for or believe in.

But yet religion is at the root of so many people suffering, just as it is the root of so many people finding hope.

It feels like a never ending battle – like a discussion we could have until the end of time.

Because there are good people everywhere. There were good people in Germany in 1945. There are good people in Palestine. And there are good people in Israel.

And yet the world is being torn apart because of some book written before even any of our ancestors lived.

I condemn the idea that we slaughter our fellow humans because of books written before we could even tell time or had truly spent time looking at the sky.

And yet here we are. Fighting wars because of those books.

Yet. Again.

#free palestine #palestine #israel #genocide #world war 2 #holocaust #religion #ban religion #religious beliefs

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unluckyknight-21 · 3 months

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i've decided that the Good Place is real.

I finally know the answer to the question that has been asked since the dawn of man or at least since Greek philosophers have been making people think about stuff. ("Plato", f**king nerd).

The question in question is: "What happens when we die?".

The answer is: It's on Netflix in the form of a series called: "The Good Place".

For those who don't know, 'The Good Place' is a hit American comedy-fantasy series created by Michael Schur, It aired between 2018 to 2020 on NBC.

(⚠️SPOILER WARING⚠️: For those who haven't watched 'The Good Place')

The show revolves around 4 humans who've died and went onto the "Good Place" or so they think, they soon find out that they're actually in the "Bad Place" and they've actually been partnered together by a demon in a perfectly designed experimental 'hell' so that they can torture and make each other miserable for eternity.

But to the surprise of everyone in the Bad Place, the 4 humans actually helped each other be better than they ever were on earth, the demon in charge of them would try to wipe their memories and restart the experiment but the 4 humans would always find each other, become better by helping each other and outsmart the demons.

It became such an inconvenience that the main demon eventually gives up and teams up with the humans to try and get them into the real Good Place but then we find out that there is something wrong with the system of how people are judged when they die.

THAT'S where my religious girlfriend (God bless her or whoever is up there) got kind of sketchy about the show because her religious worldview couldn't accept that "Heaven" was flawed.

And I can understand that because most religious people, no matter what religion, would find it hard to believe that there is something wrong with the afterlife, the very thing that they've been told their entire lives they will go to after they die.

First of, the afterlife is the most mysterious thing that humans believe in because no one knows where or what it is, even Shakespeare made a whole speech thing about it because being a white guy during the 1500's he had the privilege of thinking about death while others were too busy being either poor or slaves and I have a feeling that they didn't enjoy it.

And secondly, Being humans, we couldn't handle not understanding something, so we created different versions of the afterlife using religions, but every religion had the same rules: Follow a certain way of life and be good so that when you die, you will be granted eternal happiness.

And that was the flaw in 'The Good Place', the protagonists in the show discovered that the rules to get into heaven were too broad, life on earth became too complicated because when you try to do good, you are setting off a chain of events that causes misery for others without even knowing it and that makes it impossible to earn enough "afterlife good points".

And so what do our protagonists do? They fix the afterlife, they make it so that no matter how you live your life on earth, when you die, you will get into a specifically designed hell that will test you until you become the best version of you and, only then, will you get into the 'Good Place'.

And it doesn't stop there, after you've had your eternity of fun, pleasurable bliss and you finally feel at peace, you actually have the choice to leave paradise and become one with the universe.

That to me is the definition of a perfect afterlife and is the reason why I've decided that the Good Place's version of the afterlife is what will actually happen when I die.

Now you might be thinking: "Wow, that is denial on a whole new level, I can't believe this guy is not just handsome but is he is also so scared of not knowing what happens when we die that he chooses to believe that the made up heaven of some tv show is the real heaven AND he's also handsome".

Well, I say to you, thank you, I am handsome but also, just like what my college professor told the dean why he has liking all the bikini pictures of my female classmate on Instagram: "Let me explain".

You have to remember one thing: All versions of heaven are made up.

That's the point I've been trying to make since the start, humans couldn't handle not knowing what happens when we die so we created religions, created rules into getting to heaven.

AND to a horrible extent, some of us created cults so that people will give them money to tell them that they're getting into heaven and that is simply despicable.

I'm not pointing fingers at any religion, although, when I mentioned money-grabbing cults what was the first one you thought of? And why was it 'Scientology'?

And if you're filipino, just like me, you know which one I am thinking of.

That is my problem with religion, they instill fear and guilt to their followers to keep them subservient and they wage war to anyone who thinks otherwise, but enough about christianity.

Meanwhile, in the "rules" of the Good Place, you simply need to do one thing to get into heaven: Be Good.

Be good to yourself, be good to others and put out good into the world. No subscription or body count needed.

I'm not saying that other religions scriptures/bibles/teachings tell their followers otherwise, I truly believe that they are no bad religions, just bad people. True good people, use their religion to impart good onto others and I believe that even without they're religion they will still be good. Good people are just that.

And then comes along this little comedy show, tells me that I need only to be good to get into heaven? Umm...yes please!

But if you think: "Then that means you're just being good because you want to get into heaven!", then what do you think religious people are doing? They're told to be good to get into heaven and if they don't? Eternal damnation. I don't know about you but that will definitely motivate me to be good.

But keep in mind that I don't really believe that the heaven in 'The Good Place' is real. Of course it isn't! it's just some comedy show that a white guy made, another Shakespeare situation if I ever saw one.

But I CHOOSE to believe it, just like any other religious person chose to believe their religion, because we're all scared of not knowing what will happen when we die so we cling to a belief that makes us feel safe.

Religion can be beautiful, I love seeing people become passionate about being good, I love when they dance and sing in choirs about how you should love others and spread happiness. God knows, I want to join in with Whoopi Goldberg and the other nuns in Sister Act when they were singing their hearts out, THAT is what heaven is all about.

But religion is flawed due to human error, divinity was defined by a humans a few thousand years ago and we've been suffering from it ever since. You want to tell me that God is perfect? Homer wrote in the Odyssey that Zeus turns into a swan to have sex with women. That's not perfect, that's means Homer had a furry kink.

The Good Place, isn't perfect either, especially in season 4 when some episodes definitely felt like they were just trying to run out the clock but it's message is, to not focus on what happens when we die.

My personal view on the afterlife is to not think about it too much. We spend so much of our lives trying to mold our life and our choices to align with the views of our designated religion or belief so that we get to be rewarded in the next life, when what we need to do is focus on the here and now.

To live your life on earth, the way you want it BUT also remember not to hurt others and even to put out some good out there in the world. Sounds unfair? It is.

But no matter how evil the world is, it's up to us to make it a little bit better for others and hope, just HOPE, that others will do the same thing.

And you might be saying: "Well, that's not how the world works" and the sad thing is you're right (Wow, bummer much?).

People will be bad, they will be selfish and they will choose to feel pleasure rather than suffer so that others would be happy, some greater than others, but yes, everyone will do that.

...I genuinely don't know what to write next.

I can't tell you things will be better when you do good because all of human history is against me, we try to do good, we wage wars, people die, the one's in charge learn a lesson, impose that others should be good, everyone forgets and then the cycle repeats.

"But what about technology, no more slaves and Captain Marvel movies?"

No, there's still slavery, human trafficking, sexual harassment, global warming and bad marvel movies. There will always be evil.

But there will also be good.

The cycle repeats not because people are always bad people but because there are always good people. And what 'The Good Place' also teaches us is that YOU can always be one of the good ones, as long as you try.

So why don't you get your phone (that was made by a child in some Chinese sweatshop), subscribe to Netflix (a streaming service owned by a billionaire) and watch the Good Place (a pretty forking good show) now.

#the good place #religion #the bad place #chidi anagonye #eleanor shellstrop #jason mendoza #tahani al jamil #religious beliefs #heaven and hell #theology #the meaning of life #michael schur #afterlife #the afterlife

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sageelevine · 4 months

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Heyyy so it's late, I'm tired and all that shit. I suddenly got the urge to become pagan but honestly I don't know any pagans and it's hard for me to believe anything, especially without really knowing anything about it. But then again paganism is such a cool concept. But also I'm lazy so do you have to do loads of rituals to be pagan? Can anyone help me believe? Anyone have discord and have the energy to explain it to me? Preferably in an European time zone. That's all thankss

#idk how to tag this #idk what im doing #first post #this is weird #paganism #help #discord chat #religious beliefs #i guess #not sure #what else do i tag

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lordadmiralfarsight · 4 months

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I hate to be positioned even vaguely near the “let’s end all religion” guy so know I’m asking this out of general curiosity abd as respectfully as I can but, like, what makes religious practices and beliefs inherently more valuable then non religious ones? Is it their age? There are tons of beliefs older then any known religion that we have abandoned and ridiculed constantly like the belief the earth is flat,

Nothing makes religious beliefs more valuable than non-religious ones, in my opinion. But in turn, nothing makes religious belief LESS valuable than non-religious ones. And just to pre-empt any possible misunderstanding : that doesn't make religious belief equal to or superior to scientific facts. But nonetheless, religious beliefs can play a big role in the lives of some people, and that is something to respect, just as non-religious beliefs that play a big role in the lives of people are also something to respect. It doesn't mean they are untouchable, of course, but if we're going to criticize beliefs, religious or not, we should do it on their content, not on their nature or age or presentation.

Apologies if this is ramble-y, I am a teacher crawling closer to the winter holyday, and I am bone tired.

#religious beliefs #you can respect them #same with non religious beliefs #if you criticize them do it on the content #and do it in a way that isn't insulting to the people holding those beliefs #in short #speak your opinion in a non-assholish way #I am rambling #I am tired #I yearn for my bed #my pillow is singing like a siren #yet I can not answer yet #I must work on #fuck my life

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 2 years

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“Religious Freedom

What you believe is not the problem.

What you think I should believe is the problem.”

#secularism #religious beliefs #religious freedom #freedom of religion #freedom from religion #religion #religion is a mental illness

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cosmicvenusnebula · 4 days

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Beliefs Christians/modern religion has influenced:

(send me stuff to add to this list if I miss anything....which I prob will)

Religion influenced: If you mess up anything in witchcraft you will get hurt by external forces. Truth: This belief exists to scare witches into not practicing witchcraft. The truth is, if you mess up anything in witchcraft, it just means your human. Witchcraft doesn't have any rules or regulations. Even the belief of the 3x law, or the belief that if a spell backfires it will come your way, is influenced by the religious belief that you will be punished if you sin. It only happens if you believe it happens. (you can believe whatever witchcraft laws you want in your practice, but don't scare other witches with it)

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Religion influenced: People who are sexual before marriage must have something wrong with them. Especially people under 18. Truth: Humans are sexual by nature, especially kids who are figuring out their body. Especially young kids and infants.

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Religion influenced: People who are gay (lgbtq) must have something wrong with them. Being gay (lgbtq) is wrong! Truth: Before modern religion was invented, being queer was very normalized, and queer sex was very normalized. Even gods people worshipped were queer. I'm not saying homophobia didn't exist back then, but it was much more accepted then it is today.

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Religion influenced: Witchcraft is a sin Truth: Worshipping a god you cannot see is witchcraft.....literally everything is witchcraft. E v e r y t h i n g.

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#witchcraft #witches #witchtok #witchblr #paganism #pagan gods #christianity #catholic #jewish #judaism #religious trauma #religious beliefs #wicca #wiccan

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ravenousnightwind · 1 year

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What is the meaning of these things we call to each year? What's the deepest reason for the existence of such an event? People claim it's about family and friends, but is that where it ends? Or is it something more embedded deep within our psyche that calls us out?

As a pagan, well, a norse pagan who sees the cycle of the year, from spring, summer, autumn, and winter, I can tell you my reason or feeling is not about family and friends. It's about honoring the forces that make this phenomenon happen. Even if it isn't active or known by others. However, there is a sense that I bring to such things.

Faith and tradition don't matter, nor who the person is. In my view, the holidays, while points of natural interest and reverence, are also times in which we welcome differences and diversity. Whether you're Christian or pagan, atheist, etc, it does not matter who you worship or what you do for these times. Whether you believe or not makes no difference to me. What matters is that we see the world for what it is and accept we are all different. Putting aside quarrels and arguments for the sake of understanding.

Though for those whose families do not accept you, I am certain such times come down hard on you. Especially if you're forced into a social circle you know you don't belong. Regardless of what your situation is, live true to yourself. As the cycle goes on, don't give in to despair and hate. Just try to be who you are and survive though it's not always so easy.

May the gods show you the way forward, may Frigg be the voice of reason. May Loki fuck the ways of those who oppose who you are, and may Odin show you how to be clever to live and see the wisdom in fools. May the sun shine upon you, may the moon light your way in the dark.

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bpdcrybaby213 · 9 months

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My religious beliefs in one song lyric:

"I never hated a one true god, but the god of the people I hated."

#marilyn manson #lyrics quotes #song lyrics #lyrics #religion #religious beliefs #personal beliefs

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wildfeather5002 · 23 days

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The correct way to prevent an argument from turning into toxicity:

“Hey, I strongly believe that your opinions / beliefs regarding x are genuinely harmful and problematic, so I respectably won't be interacting with you anymore. I think it's best for us to go our separate ways now to avoid this escalating into drama and toxicity. Goodbye!”

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This is my little 'protocol' that I will follow every time I get into a heated debate / argument with someone on the internet. I posted this publicly in case some of you would find this helpful as well.

#random things #politics #fandom #religion #religious beliefs #leftist #right wing politics #leftist politics #online drama

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