I was born and raised in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family. Became a theistic Satanist in the 1980s - more specifically a Luciferian. It even got me a conscription exemption. Still one to this day.

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    So my parents were Catholic and Atheist respectively. I have great respect for religious beliefs but am an atheist myself.

    My town is very multi-cultural and due to the work I do, every year I am privileged to be invited to Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Jewish cultural events.

    I can happily say that the main thing that always strikes me is the friendliness of ordinary people from all faiths and walks of life.

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    Christian, Presbyterian. I was raised an IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) which nearly soured my opinion of organized religion altogether.

    Long story short, I actually read the Gospels and came to the conclusion that the version of Christianity I grew up in was essentially the opposite of what Jesus taught.

    My religious beliefs are important to me and shape a lot of my thinking. But, I also understand a lot of the anger and distrust that gets directed at the church because I’ve been there and it’s unfortunately well deserved.

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    I’m an atheist. I was agnostic and still technically am, I guess, but I transitioned to the annoying as fuck in your face atheism after watching chucklefucks like Westboro Baptist Church and Evangelicals being asshats. Oh, also, grew up in Boston during the altar boy rape scandals.

    Personally, I think that God may or may not exist and it’s crucial to live your life now as you want to (and that isn’t a license to be an asshat - be kind to others just 'cause). Socially I think that religion is a poison that causes more suffering than it heals.

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    Due to the non-conforming way I have thought about it, it’s complicated (enough that people have asked for a train of thought chart for it), but primary to me and spirituality is the Mune Shinri, reading which for the first time taught/assured me the world isn’t fully without fully pro-equality/pro-marriage-equality groups citing inspiration from God, and I took this as worthiness of looking into and a sign. Adherents, one might say, are known as Aikenites or Aiken Christians, with Aiken being the name for the collection of revelations, but of course you can’t expect churches catered to it to pop up in one’s local area, so when in doubt, I attend the friendly nearby Mormon church (yes, it’s acceptable and even normal to show up and be welcomed at another’s church) for divine connection, with “Aiken” and “Mormonism” said to be “incredibly compatible” and with Mormonism technically being in my ethnic life blood due to being racially a Pacific Islander (yeah, fun fact, people jokingly call the Pacific the second Utah), and even though you might not find me using the term “Mormon” or “LDS member” to identify myself, I honor it enough to inspire awe at what many might call a kind of dual faith system, pointedly with the epiphany or train of thought called Hagothism being relevant if one considers it separate from Mormonism in the first place, versus being a switch of emphasis. I am also influenced by the book of Urantia, which runs in my family, but that’s as far as it’s made to do.

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    There’s a lot of atheists in this thread.

    The question was: what’s your religion?

    Atheism is as much of a religion as ‘off’ is a radio station.

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      I guess lots of people is just answering “don’t have one”

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    Raised Catholic, left ASAP, and am not 100% on what label fits best now, but most of the non-religious ones work fine enough. Atheism implies that you are an active non-believer in any higher power, agnosticism is a label for those that do not know if there is one, I feel like a label is needed for those who simply dont care. (Insert XKCD: standards comic here)

    At this point in life, I view religion as a sort of entertainment for the masses that people identify with (like being a fan of a sports team) and something I really just dont want to deal with in life. But due to family ive set some rules where ill show up to a service/event if asked.

    • It is a wedding.
    • It is a funeral.
    • Someones grandparents are involved.
    • I am bribed (will accept food).
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    Raised Scandinavian protestant which basically means you don’t go to church unless someone died or got married.

    Left the Church to avoid the membership fee.

    Answering this question is about 1/3rd of my effort I’ve put into religion 2024.

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      None of the large churches in Scandinavia (Church of Denmark, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Church of Finland) are Protestant, they are Lutheran.

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    I’m a pagan.

    Had Christian upbringing since I remember, so would consider myself Christian most of my life, was a real firm believer for more than a few years as well. Was in my late 20s when I really starting poking on those believes critically and it just crumbled. I still believed there is something more. Weirdly, I didn’t really deny the possible existence of Christian god - I just refused him.

    I was in this weird limbo for years - not an antheist, not Christian, not really religious but believing there is something more on spiritual level but didn’t do anything with it because I couldn’t identify it. Kinda afraid of Hell, but also didn’t want to suck it up and return to Christianity just out of fear (realized I had quite enough of it as a kid).

    Then I randomly read something on modern paganism and something just clicked for me. Looked into it more and it just felt right.