Undecided, taking a stand on organized religion Options

[*islandgirl4eva*]

Hmmmm, how do I start this off? Lemme see...

I myself, was born a Catholic. I went to church, was baptized, but that's about it. The majority of my family is highly religious, but I am not, in the sense that I don't feel the need to go to church and strictly follow how I am told to live. I live my life in a way that lets me experience the most of it. It's not sinful, per say, but I'm no saint.

Anyway, I have my own ideas to what religion means to me. A lot of people that I know don't like that. They try to preach to me that I should "turn back to the Lord." I have God...they just don't see that though. I don't care though, they can judge if they want to. That's on them.

Do you have your own ideas about what religion is? Have people treated you differently because of it? What do you think of people who do have their own ideas?

[angel-roh]

Oh cool this topic was supposed to be deleted, but now it came back like it came back from our bury ground

anyways... i guess everyone always have their own opinions on religion, right? i mean i have my own opinions on religion.

I have few mormoms friend and they look at me like I have a bad religion. I'm Christian and they just like "Susan, being a Christian doesn't mean you will get closer to God. You're just pressuring yourself too much just to be like Jesus. And that's bad" .................. I was like wtf? get away with me!! hehe... but yeah believe what you believe in! you don't always have to believe someone else's belief. what ever comforts you, then believe and follow it!

[Spirited Away]

Oh cool this topic was supposed to be deleted, but now it came back like it came back from our bury ground

And why do you think it should have been deleted Miss Roh?

Anyway, many people seem to think they need religion and I can respect that so long as they don't think that I need it just because they do. For me, I've been completely religion free since two years ago when I came out of my "undecided" stage in life. Before that time, I questioned everything. I knew my choices and I knew the consequences of my choices and I'm not afraid to face them.

My conclusion was: organized religion isn't for me; however, morality and trying to be a better person than I am the day before is something I can be faithful to.

Today, logic wills me.