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[topleka]

It occurs to me that although many people consider themselves some form of Christian, the idea of "Christianity" is rather broad one these days, often contradicting in nature. There are a number of denominations that argue semantics like diet and how exactly one gets into heaven, and a lot of related religions like Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses

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[ogawaburukku]

I think nowadays it is especially hard to believe in God because science is answering a lot of our questions that could have been answered by just saying "Oh, it's the work of God", etc.

Believing is an easy thing to do, I think. A lot of people never question what they are told to believe, or they simply tell themselves "God works in mysterious ways" or "This is all part of God's plan" and it helps them keep with the program. If believing was hard to do, history wouldn't be filled with religion. Accepting the truth is probably harder. Like, parents like to believe their child is special or smart but has a ADHD which holds him back, etc. It's way easier to believe that's the problem rather than to accept that their kids might be a little slow.

Most people I know who don't believe in God never really believed in the first place. I'm one of the few I know of personally who was raised Christian (my dad's a minister) and went along with it until I hit a certain age, but my situation was a little unique...

Shinto seems to be a pretty easy religion... nobody around here I know if practices. My boyfriend's family is Buddhist, but he himself isn't really anything. But his dad takes it fairly seriously, so he sometimes goes on journeys to the temples and whatever around the country (on foot!).

I'd sooner do the donations and good deeds than try to change someone's fundamental beliefs.

I would never try to change someone's beliefs. I think it's a sad thing when I see people doing that.