30 Days of Truth: Day 19
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Day 19 > What are your views on religion?
Ho hum. This kind of goes right up there with my last post on gay marriage. I feel like these things have been talked about to death, but I suppose I never really touched on my opinions about religion here before… mostly because I don’t like to cause waves, and these topics usually bring out the ugly in people.
When I was younger, I was brought up Christian. My mother took my brother and I to church every Sunday, where I have vivid memories of sitting in itchy clothes on uncomfortable benches, quietly complaining to my mother that I was hungry and bored while listening to the echoing of the sermon going on throughout the building. She had us both in CCD classes every week until I was in fifth grade. At that point she gave us the choice: We could continue to go or not, it was completely up to us.
Needless to say, as kids, we were more than happy to give up the extra learning activities.
I never really followed religion much. I’ve read the children’s versions of the bible. I have a general idea of the whole thing. But to be honest, I think I follow more of a free-spirit than someone in common religion. There was a point in my life where I likened myself more to the Wiccan religion than anything. But now, I don’t really like to categorize myself as anything.
Honestly, because it seems like the moment you put a label on what you believe in, you’re judged - no matter how open minded people claim they are. Atheism, Christianity, Buddhism , Wiccan… It doesn’t really matter what you call it. As soon as you call it something, people look at you a certain way.
And so, I tell you I’m open-minded. I don’t fully deny or accept one religion as being true and right. I’m sure there is some greater power out there. Whether it’s God or something else, I have no idea. I’m not entirely sure if I believe in the traditional idea of Heaven or Hell. I believe that there is such a thing in reincarnation, and I think that something does happen to us once we die. What that is, I couldn’t tell you.
Remind me to let you know when the time comes, ok?