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Originally Posted by Sassafrass
How does religion weigh in your personal life?
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Spirituality weighs high, religion does not. I just feel that the way that religions are, they have a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing going that is self-justifying. For example, I never felt like a "better person" for going to church. I didn't learn anything
useful to me in daily life. On the other hand, I started studying shamanism and Native American religions a couple years ago, and there were many things in those studies that did indeed help me here in the real world. I was very surprised - the difference was night and day. I would say that if I had been given a choice when young between religions, I would have gone a totally different route and never looked back...
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Originally Posted by Sassafrass
Has it helped you through hard times?
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I have prayed for other people, when they were sick, but honestly I have tried to not pray for myself. It makes me feel like I'm being selfish.
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Originally Posted by Sassafrass
Has it formed a kind of moral construct for you?
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Somewhat. Although I was raised Christian and we went to church every Sunday, my morals came more from my parents than from my religion.
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Originally Posted by Sassafrass
Are you devout, a believer, or don't believe at all?
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Because I was brought up a certain way, and I don't really "follow" that path anymore, this makes it hard to believe. If I had been set on the right path to start with, I would be a firm believer.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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