Baptized Catholic, family converted to strict Christianity after that then early adulthood I considered myself agnostic.
Now I’d say agnostic Christian but that’s contradictory. Maybe spiritual? Idk
I don’t go to church and do things like that as why I say that.
I don’t like force what I believe in on other people. Common sense says that is not my place and also rude. I don’t wish to convert people. I’m not on a mission to ‘shove it down throats’
It’s the little things that show me God is looking out for me. I’ve got my own set of things im dealing with as everyone else does too.
But finding my vape (I lose it a lot) and then getting an urge to make my bed and suddenly finding it ?
That’s a miracle. Little things like that. Needing extra and then being bored decided to go through my old purses and found 100 dollars?
Those things are HUGE to me. Relieve so much stress. And they seldom happen. I’m thankful for a lot.
I’m grateful for those moments.
I think you’re correct. However, when religion is proven over thousands of years to be a great tool to manipulate the masses, it attracts the worst of humanity who utilize it for personal gain at the expense of everyone else. I don’t care what god people choose to believe in, as long as that has 0 effect on me. But because Christianity is so pervasive in the US it affects many aspects of my daily life just by virtue of living in this country. It affects politics which affects medical, financial, and education sectors.
This is a huge problem and organized religion should really be getting more involved because some Christian politicians are giving the religion a bad reputation. Christianity has been declining slowly but steadily for many years now, and I welcome the day it becomes a minority because it apparently isn’t going to help solve these problems, so better to be rid of it.