What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines? (lemm.ee)

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Hey, so I believe in a higher power but I'm not on board with any particular religion. Anyone else think it's cool to just fly solo as a good human, no religion attached?

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[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

My thoughts are that your question is not so much about belief as about tribe. Since you seem to care about your group identity, why not support a sports team instead? It creates fewer problems than religion.

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Vancouver Cancuks begs to differ. Still less problems than religion though.

Honestly anything in community or with people. Concerts, hobbies, helping, travelling. You don’t need religion to find and connect with tribe and humanity.

[-] Zippit@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I thought that too. But when my atheist friend lost her child, the only thing I could talk about was 'energy never gets destroyed and shit', just to keep her away from organised religion. Because her local priest already has made an appointment to speak to her and her partner.

Sometimes it is really about giving them comfort that their loved ones will be alive as long as they remember them. That's what I told her but I still feel shitty about it, because I hope there's something more for the innocents, but I don't think so.

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