My mother is an Irish Catholic, my father is an Atheist, my brothers are Catholic, Protestant and Neo-Pagan. I have no particular faith, more of a serious of personal beliefs. I consider myself a highly spiritual person, and consider myself close to God, or whatever happens to be up there. But my Roman Catholic boyfriend says I am lost. He says that my personal philosophy of 'What will be will be' leaves me with no way to deal with grief and makes me feel helpless. He has also said before that while he respects my beliefs he does not value them or think there is anything to what I am saying. Please understand, what he says, he does not say rudely or disrespectfully. He expressed his opinion and I accepted that he is entitled to think whatever he wants and that he can't change how he feels. There were no bad feelings between us regarding faith. But, in regards to some of the things he has said or implied, I wonder. Am I lost because I have no religion or faith? Am I lost because I was raised to believe that no one faith was better than another, and as a result cannot fully commit to one religion? I don't feel lost, but am I?
CyraEm, you're not lost at all! It seems to me that your agnostic and if you consider yourself close to God, that is faith. Religion- 1.a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. I don't feel "Lost" at all with just a relatively elementary view of God. This is the basic story of how I became satisfied with myself and religion: I was once a Christian who had tons of faith. I cried multiple times as a child for multiple religious reasons! Later as I learned the basics of science and philosophy, which totally contradicted the bible, so I switched to Atheism! I've always questioned "faith", it is very primative plus somebody has to be wrong about their "faith/religion". Even as a Athiest your putting your faith somewhere, Science! (Science doesn't have evidence yet to everything, although alot of laws of the world have been calculated and finely tested by others.) Thus I would lead to questioning my beliefs again. I still agree that science has shown us Homosapiens the basic laws of this world. But I believe Science will never show us how all the mass in the Universe got created, there couldn't be an explanation how it got there! So I concluded there must be a god that defined ths laws of this Universe. Other than that I have no idea what God is. I want to always be open about that, I feel that is the best way to live my life. Not to believe some religion that has been contradicts science, or assume we can find the last piece of the puzzle. (Where the mass came from.) ^That is alot about me, but I hope that will help you on your journey of feeling better about your beliefs. Being "close" and open about god, and not joining a typical religious group, is the best thing you can do. You shouldn't feel lost at all, you're definately fit in into the sane category of people! You'll get more comfortable with your beliefs as time goes on, although when some people get close to death they TEND to get really religious because they hope for an afterlife. Take care, Flyingdeadcrows. P.S. Just thought this was funny, I'm from Sammamish, WA which is Seattle(ish). Oh and I'm not 22, I lie about my age, and use a different username than I normally do for security and privacy purposes! XD Oh and your BF seems a tad ignorant.
Lost to your boyfriend maybe. The time of god is gone. If the prophetic is desired, best to look to the godless. Too much spirit, ---it can only be a fate in atheists. The other positions could accept it in faith, but there is no reason for them to.
