wintersoldiercd replied to your post “ question to any religious people willing to answer: what...”
honestly it was how i was raised and i've always stuck with the faith that there's a higher power because i'm the type of person who needs someone/thing to believe in. and i don't think that my religion is the only right one, and when people try to force their religion onto others it sorta irks me
honestly same @ your last bit, when people try to force any religions i’m just like :| even if they think it’s altruistic it’s... really not. (even for the little things. like the time people tried to make me eat right-handed in a temple -- which i can do with the dexterity of a toddler at best -- ooh boy was that fun.) but yeah, thanks for your answer!
starchillcd replied to your post “ question to any religious people willing to answer: what...”
i'm pretty a liberal example, esp. coming from a southern baptist home, but it's just nice to have something to believe; it's a bit of a cultural comfort zone even when i don't agree with everything i grew up with now. because i also believe heaven is just whatever someone imagines. historically, religion has always been something to rely on for the unexplained, & still seeps within us today.
thanks for giving me your perspective! it’s kinda interesting to hear from someone in the middle. do you see it as a comfort, but not necessarily an absolute then? or am i interpreting that wrong? and when you say heaven’s what we imagine, then, do you think it doesn’t actually exist and our consciousness just returns to the earth, or that it exists/displays itself differently based on different people’s perceptions after they die?
