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I have this thing against organized religion in general now. It's groups of people pushing their believes on the world, cause they are right, and everyone else is wrong. I like to take bits and pieces from what I know from my religious background, and from other religions and do what feels right to me. Now, some people do need organized religion, they do need strong rules and guidelines to make it through life, to get day to day. At this moment, I'm not sure what I believe, but I know what I've experienced, and I know what feels wrong, and what feels right. A lot of the things religion teaches are so strict, cause if you give some leeway, some people take it out of proportion.
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This is also how I feel. I've never had any real "organized religion" in my life either. I was brought up without religion but I am still able to tell right from wrong. When I was in high school my GF at the time invited me to church with her. after a few months of dating I ended up becoming part of her church. It was a lutheran(sp?) church. I enjoyed the company of everyone around but I found that I wasn't paying attention to what the pastor was really saying. Most of what he was saying were things I already knew about right and wrong. It was almost as if he would read the bible and then relate it to common day things.
Thank you for the very informative post. I believe in the basic principles of most religions.. love thy neighorbor but not thy neighbor's wife n such. But I dont feel I need to spend a few hours out of my week congregating and listening to someone preach to me to keep my belief's in check. Thats what friends are for.
anyway, thanks again.