The Official What Do YOU Believe?

Trixie--Years back after searching out several different religions, I came to the same place you are in a sense. I could agree with parts of each religion and each seemed to be founded on the same principles at their core, they just seemed to be stated differently. I too believe in old souls, and hope that this life isn't It, I hope if there is a heaven that it is whatever we create it to be after we pass on, lol I suppose kind of like Burger Kings "Have it your way" type of heaven. But all of these questions I had and the answers I could find lead me to know that I am Agnostic, comfortably on the fence

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I believe in a higher power, but not organized religion.
I do not try to name my god but trust that "they' are there. (I used they as not sure if my god has a gender and do not want to use a incorrect term.)
I believe this higher power is not any particular sect,religion,creed,color,race,political affiliation etc. they just are and omnipresent.
I believe as long as I do what I feel is right I will be in favor of my god.
I believe my god is all powerful.
I believe my god is beyond human comprehension in many ways.

I do find wisdom in the bible as well as other religious teachings/books though again religion on a organized level/basis no, whatever the religion.

like others have stated I believe that religion in that form is a tool used as population control. again any religion.

I spent the first four decades of my life in a serious religion. Worked long hours to save myself and others. But eventually didn’t understand why that was even necessary, or whether I wanted the results of being saved.

You are supposed to want to avoid hell and go to heaven after being saved. What exactly will I be doing there? What will be my living conditions? If I don’t know anything about it, why make the effort to get something I may not want?

My mom was recently trying to reclaim my soul so I’d go to her version of heaven. I told her I thought she shouldn’t like living in a mobile home. It isn’t good enough. She should want to be saved from her lowly status and have a mansion on the hill.

My point was that we each know at which status level we're comfortable, and what we like and what we don’t, and as long as we aren’t hurting others, it should be okay to pursue our interests. If I like living a "lower classed" life digging in the dirt to grow some food, that should be the reward I get in an afterlife regardless of whether I’m saved.

Shouldn’t matter who’s beliefs are right or wrong, but rather what people want. Getting a reward you don’t want is hell.