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DissidentRage wrote

Not at all. I'm neither religious nor spiritual.

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not_AFX_lol wrote

Tack spirituality on to the list of things that I don't have time to seriously think about.

I don't know if there's some higher power, and I don't have the knowledge base to make a decision, and it doesn't really affect me either way, so under the rug it goes I suppose.

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Jessica wrote

I think it's important for community and to let go of our need to understand everything. I have respect for the belief that something happens in the afterlife, though I recognize that it can be used to justify despicable behavior.

Essentially it is important to look into whether people are being authentic about it.

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GaldraChevaliere wrote

I try to be honorable and true to the Gods where I can be. I believe pretty strongly, but a refreshing aspect of non-abrahamic religion has been the understanding that they just don't always care, or have time to care. It begins to feel less paternal, and more like a partnership or a pact; I do what I can with the expectation of help later when I've fulfilled my own duties. The Gods aren't omniscient or omnipotent, and the only divine plan is survival.

Honor and duty have a place to me in helping me guide my actions less selfishly, holding myself to higher standards to better take care of my chosen family even when a lot of the time it feels like it'd be easier just making a clean break from everything and being a hermit.

The Gods' flaunting and subversion of gender roles, their own mortal-like conflicts over sex and love and social transgressions, the role of magic as an explicitly feminine but not /female/ thing and the domain of queer folk, women and those on the margins of society, these things have all helped me indescribably in finding myself and being a better person. Call it childish all you like if faith isn't your thing, but it helped me grow up.

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It couldn't be less important; I figure I'll see what's up when I die, or I won't. Until then, I have more important things to focus on.

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jaidedctrl wrote (edited )

I'm not a religious person-- though I have been reading about Ōmoto lately, and have started practicing some of its tenants. I don't believe in it, but it's the faith I most prefer. I think it's kind of fun and nice how faith can ascribe life with some cosmic, overarching narrative, even if it isn't real.

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leftous wrote (edited )

Spirituality is essential for freeing and escaping your self. Being trapped by your identity, your past, and others ideas and expectations of you is a very toxic way to live.

I would say my spirituality has a direct influence on my politics as well. Wanting to free the individual and the collective from themselves and the monsters we create.

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Random_Revolutionary wrote

Religion is useless. Spirituality may be useful for children to build theire character and help them cope with the notion of death, but once people are mature enought, they'd better turn to cooler things such as ethics.

I host spirituality talks and praying sessions with groups of children and adolescent, using curated texts from the bible to start the discussion. We also do cooler stuff such as games and observations of nature.

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Random_Revolutionary wrote

I dont believe in spirituality and it doesn't bring me anything. I still am able to make a healthy space for other people to spiritually grow.

Yeah I kinda find ethics boring too tbh

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