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If you are consultant, then it is easy. We adjust with our short or long term customer or client culture. Just adjust with your family’s culture and just respect them just like u are respecting ur client or customer or vendor.
I’m a Christian and also believe in science and all people having all the rights. I had a period of doubt but I leaned into it and wasn’t afraid to question. That said, I think most organized religion is problematic. I just focus on trying to have a relationship with God 💁🏻♀️
EY 4: What it comes down to is if you believe in absolute truth or relative truth. If you talked to a devout Muslim, Christian, Jew, etc they would say that they are right and the rest are wrong. This is valid reasoning however because if you look at the fundamentals of how salvation is attained, they contradict at the core and cannot all be right. Christianity says that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone and works is a mere reflection of what is inside of you..a good tree bears good fruit and a bad tree bears bad fruit; however, every other religion in some way shape or form has a works based salvation where if you do enough good works, you can get to God and go to heaven. They are indeed mutually exclusive. And that’s not hateful for me to say that, because love without truth isn’t love.
I grew up Christian, but don't really consider myself religious now. Convinced that almost all I was taught at the church was a way of brainwashing me.
I’m sorry you feel like that- while it may feel brainwashy, those people who helped teach you and grow I’m sure had great intentions. Focus on the spirituality aspect of religion vs the organized religion. Prayer helps a lot!
I am Christian. I would caution against believing because other people do. I think it’s good to have respectful conversations with them about faith though. It’s a very important topic and I think you’ll learn and they’ll be able to learn more about their faith through those conversations. Just don’t be one of those people who thinks faith is an argument. And hopefully your family doesn’t either. It should be a loving conversation both ways. Based on your question though, it doesn’t seem like that’s a huge issue for you.
100% religious.
You want to feel it? Do the things that the bishop/pastor/preacher/imam says. Try living religious for a month. Your life will dramatically improve.
Spot on. I honestly believe what the Bible says because when I follow it, it actually works!
OP: I would highly recommend the movie, the Case for Christ and the documentary the American gospel:in Christ alone. They both look at the facts of who Jesus was and how Christianity has been distorted into it meaning ten different things to ten different people now. Changed my whole outlook
I would highly recommend the movie Religulous
I'd consider myself religious, but I haven't always been. If you'd like to belive, I think the key is to be open to it. There's a lot of unique things that religions offer that you really can't get anywhere else (religious buildings feel distinct and special compared to the outside world, religious services are one of the few times in modern life where you're completely disconnected, prayer can be a great way to vocalize and organize your inner thoughts and fears). Try to embrace the secular benefits of religion and see if it awakens anything deeper and non-secular.
One of my religion teachers once said that when reading religious stories the question isn't "is this literally true" or "did this happen", the question is "what truth does this contain"
In my opinion- At the end of the day, your Faith and your practice of it doesn’t have to match theirs. My mother is religious and my dad is an atheist. I’ve created my own blend of beliefs and spirituality through reading philosophers and other spiritualists in my faith. I’ve found it to be a good middle ground of my parents.
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I don't believe in anything and I get that same feeling as you sometimes but ... I am not going to make myself believe in something I just don't. There are other ways to connect, IMO
Faith is something you can’t force just because the people around you have it. I tried for years and it just makes you miserable. What I found is that when I stopped trying to have the exact faith that my family had, I was able to discern what I believe - not what they think I should believe. If something is drawing you to it, seek it out and see what you find. I ended up finding a much deeper faith than I was striving for all those years.
I am atheist. My family are born again, or religious for the sake of saying so. Look for more meaningful connection then religious topics.
I talk to my born again brother about kids, travel, comedy. Just not god. He used to send me religious quotes every morning. I asked him to stop. He did not. So I started texting him back google images of gay sex. He got mad and said “WTF?” I told him I wanted to get his text messages as much as he wanted to get those relies. He stopped sending me Bible quotes. Now it’s comedy videos from YouTube.
I grew up as a practicing Hindu. Went through a period of doubt and eventually became an atheist at 21. Hasn't changed my relationship with my family and friends in any way.
🙋🏽♀️ my faith is my own and part of that for me is to love others. You can do that regardless of their faith, politics, or anything else. Respect is also key and is closely related. Just because you don’t adhere to a religion currently doesn’t mean you can’t respect your family and connect in other ways.
Pretending to know things one doesn’t know is a betrayal of science, and yet it is the lifeblood of religion. You can find meaning without deluding yourself for others .
M1 you know what they all agree to though? That there is a God. History proves moses, Jesus Mohammad to have lived, all in different generations and even far apart in distance, to think they all concocted a lie is insane.
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I’m Hindu but if you put a gun to my head I’d change to any religion in a second.
My faith is in god and I happened to be born Hindu. If you asked me to change there are some ingrained beliefs I likely wouldn’t be able to change (reincarnation etc) but on the whole the organised concept of “religion” means very little to me while the concept of “God” means a lot
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You can love your family and respect their beliefs while still thinking for yourself and being true to how you want to live your life.
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I think this is pretty much the answer for me.
If you are asking, then your heart is trying to guide you. I have been religious all my life and have seen and believe the goodness that comes from it.
Yes I am Christian! Good luck OP