Without

Ranty rant rant rant... mmm rant

Sometimes I wished I were religious. Just to have something to believe in.

I tried it once, when I was younger. Christianity just doesnt seem to work for me, I am far too cynical. My parents always told me to believe in whatever I want. I am glad that I had that freedom in my life. But I still search for something, a higher power maybe.

My pop tole once that God didnt exist. He went to war a catholic and came back an athiest. I don't blame him.

Religion is a scary thing, it always has been. Throughout history people have been persecuted for their beliefs. I guess that's why I find it so difficult to sign up for that kind of thing. I could never die for something that I have never seen, never felt.

Someone told me that I was a sad excuse for a person if I couldn't believe in God. But you gotta admit it does sound a little farfetched.

My father believes in nature, my sisters believe in god, my mother is faithless, and they all hate everyone who isnt a Christian. Go figure.

I am twenty years old, and without a faith. I don't feel empty, or sad. But I am without.

Reviews

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

The age old... battle..I have fought on both sides..have you ever read conversations with God? I learned a lot from that book.. the most immportant thing was that I did not believe in God as God had been defined for me and it was ok to question that ,
I do believe in God , but not one who resides separate from ourselves and controls all things.

[Ross Saunders]

Religion is one of those things that people take in without really thinking about what it really means. People put too much into the belief rather than the ideas, I guess. I call myself an absurdist in regards purely because I find the whole thing to be so ridiculous. Some Jehovah's Witnesses came to our house once and were telling me about how God wants us to question these things. So, questioning it is healthy and apparently encouraged by the Bible.
I don't know if that helps or not, but it's few thoughts.

[Kiynteyh]

It's interesting to read about your view on faith. I call myself a Christian because I believe in God and in Christ but I do not consider myself to be Baptist/Catholic/Pentecostal/ect., but when I say that to my parents, they tell me I am not a Christian and that I do not have a religion because I refuse to put myself into some sort of category. It makes no sense to me. >.<

I love being able to gain insight to the perspective of someone with a different belief than my own. Much appreciation for this piece, and best of luck finding something to believe, if that is your goal. :)

[Jonathan Ballam]

I like to think that we ourselves are responsible for the choices we make. It's tough to initially believe a world without a God. If you do I've found you get a helluva lot more done since you're not worrying about the next evil thought entering your head, or sin you're about to commit.

To put it simply there are no religions, only conditions society places on us one way or the other. If you do happen to find people following one religion for example, then that just means enough people are running in the same direction to make it more probable.

Having only yourself to believe in is amazing. You have liberated your own conscioussness from the common man and it's something you should be proud of. Anyway, this is one of those topics that'll keep me typing til I die.

So thanks anyway for the rant, was great to read ;)

[Lola Nation]

ah, but you're not without at all -- there are millions of those without - which somehow makes you a collective as well! You will find more, keep writing and they will come. :)

[Bran the Broken]

-relate-

[Glenn Davis]

Religion, too complex. Faith is a hard thing to have. It requires believing without experiencing. Quite a big leap from an all powerful entity for us to jump over. Many do though. I find myself believing in something quite often but it could just be my need to comfort my misunderstanding of the complexity of life, nature, and all those big questions that deserve more than being cast into a pile of freak coincidences. People with blind faith scare me though. It just doesn't seem rational that seemingly normal people can believe some of the things they do. I am not trying to knock anyones belief, but I am certainly scared of very religious people.

[deeps]

Religion isn't something to be pushed upon to someone either
If forced upon someone it will make them turn away, i know this for a fact.
I used to be atheist.
I do beleive people can believe in what they want, you can't make someone
believe in something that they don't.
You are you, you have the right yousrself to decide!
Only you know what you are comfortable with.