Anyone non-religious here? Please be nice!

[deb1]

I was absent for a few days and when I returned, I couldn't find the thread!! I had to do a search and was afraid that it got closed down. Shew. I am so glad that this thread still exists.

thanks moderators.

Have any of you ever had discussions with people over world events and discovered that the impasse that you reached was solely because of religion? I think that gay marriage or evolution being taught in schools often fits that bill for me.

I have friends whose main issue with gay marriage is religion, and the same thing is true of evolution being taught in school. They want their particular religion's view of the universe's beginnings taught without any regard for science or even other faiths. A Hindu would probably not want his child taught that other creation stories were scientific, for example.

For any new comers, what made you decide to become nonreligious?

 

[WriterofWords]

I got this in my email today, it's not bad.

http://www.tolerance.org/activity/respecting-nonreligious-people?newsletter=TT051110

 

[deb1]

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I read that and the fact sheet. That was interesting.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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What 'ministry' are you ordained in? Your statement about harming no one leads me to a few, but I'm not for certain as you say you don't have a diety. What you say makes sense, and I am just curious

Actually most of the folks, from the church I'm ordained in, do believe in a "God" but they are open to all beliefs. It is the Universal Life Church and most of their beliefs line up very well with mine. My friends keep telling me that I need to start my own church since my beliefs don't match up with any known church but folks would just call it a cult. The Universal Life Church works for me right now. Otherwise my church would just have to be the educational system with a spiritual slant. Open to all new knowledge as long as it doesn't harm anyone, creates positive growth and continues to feed that part of us that connects us to each other and helps us feel whole.

 

[Wolfwoman]

Interesting, thank you

 

[SunnyDawn]

You're welcome.

 

[Moabite]

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[OccamsTazer]

Studying various creation myths would be great, just not in a science class.

I agree with the rest.

 

[Moabite]

Studying various creation myths would be great, just not in a science class.

LOL.... I'm picturing a science teacher trying to correlate the geological layers as mud on a turtle turtles back. Wouldn't that negate the underlying truth in that beautiful myth?

P.S. SunnyDawn, My garden is like my own heaven on Earth, and my chickens are like angels. "What isn't growing, is composting" and that goes for more then just gardening.​

 

[deb1]

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Yes, all the different creation stories should be taught, not just the story belonging to the main religion in this country. I bet that kids in a social studies class would enjoy learning what different cultures taught.