I have to say as a disclaimer before I write this that I've been over at a friend's house tonight and have had several glasses of wine so I might ramble a bit.
I was raised a Catholic. I went to Catholic schools until I was 18 years old and was pretty much force fed the entire Catholic religion thing and it messed up my religious views somewhat. I wish that I could be a Catholic because I want to believe in something, I really do. But organised religion has a bitter taste to me. We were forced to sit through assemblies and lectures on how evil abortion and sex are and how we were evil and going to hell for watching tv programs with gay relationships in them.
I believe in something. I believe in God I think, but I don't think God judges and condemns people for their sexual choices and opinions. I was in a relationship with my female best friend for almost 2 years and I don't believe that I'm going to hell for that, which is what I was bought up to believe. Not by my parents, they have always been supportive of whatever I choose, but by the Catholic church.
My grandmother died recently and it actually clarified a lot of aspects of my faith I think. I used to say that when you died that was it, there was nothing after death, you were just gone. I don't believe that now though, I have to have faith that there's something else otherwise what's the point? I don't know what there is to come after death but I believe there is something and I believe there is someone watching over us. And I guess that sums up my beliefs really, I don't like organised religion because the higher power I have faith in wouldn't ever judge someone on who they choose to love or any of their other choices if they aren't hurting anybody.
I take comfort in the idea that there's something greater than us, simple as that. And even if that's not the case, I don't think that matters. Just having faith is enough for me.
I'm not sure if any of this makes sense but it does to me :p
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Date: 2007-11-29 03:51 pm (UTC)I was raised a Catholic. I went to Catholic schools until I was 18 years old and was pretty much force fed the entire Catholic religion thing and it messed up my religious views somewhat. I wish that I could be a Catholic because I want to believe in something, I really do. But organised religion has a bitter taste to me. We were forced to sit through assemblies and lectures on how evil abortion and sex are and how we were evil and going to hell for watching tv programs with gay relationships in them.
I believe in something. I believe in God I think, but I don't think God judges and condemns people for their sexual choices and opinions. I was in a relationship with my female best friend for almost 2 years and I don't believe that I'm going to hell for that, which is what I was bought up to believe. Not by my parents, they have always been supportive of whatever I choose, but by the Catholic church.
My grandmother died recently and it actually clarified a lot of aspects of my faith I think. I used to say that when you died that was it, there was nothing after death, you were just gone. I don't believe that now though, I have to have faith that there's something else otherwise what's the point? I don't know what there is to come after death but I believe there is something and I believe there is someone watching over us. And I guess that sums up my beliefs really, I don't like organised religion because the higher power I have faith in wouldn't ever judge someone on who they choose to love or any of their other choices if they aren't hurting anybody.
I take comfort in the idea that there's something greater than us, simple as that. And even if that's not the case, I don't think that matters. Just having faith is enough for me.
I'm not sure if any of this makes sense but it does to me :p