None. I was raised Lutheran and it never really was important to me, just something I was forced to do. I sorta liked the singing and community aspects, but by high school I was done with it. I try not to be a reddit atheist though, I honestly respect anyone whose religion brings them to similar moral conclusions as my own. There is plenty in the christian bible to get you there, helping the poor and the sick, giving up material wealth and living in common, but in america the vast majority of christians do not follow the teachings of jesus in any meaningful way, so I’m not too broken up about no longer being christian, and even the highly progressive churches have often been pretty culty in my and my friends’ experience.
I see no compelling argument for believing any particular religion.
I’ll pick out the good parts of philosophy if you have any but I’ll leave the dogma and rituals.
Hindu, I believe in it because it actually makes sense. I know there is a lot of nonsense in Hinduism like it’s there in every religion. Because religions are ultimately jsut tools to power. But i like Hinduism for some of the core beliefs. Some of the important things I like to believe.
- Change is the only constant in the universe, nothing else stays conatsnt.
- God is a construct that is unknowable by definition, it’s larger than the largest thing, and it’s smaller than the smallest thing. It’s infinitly big and infinitesimally small at the same time.
- The morals of how to live life is not something that is defined by God, and God doesn’t care one way or the other if someone follows any.
That being said I understand this is not traditional Hinduism. But I find this to the core with anyone that is willing to discuss Hinduism at length will reach at.
I’m an atheist. I find all the religious arguments deeply nonsensical.
