Grawrawr!

[that_september]

I HATE ALLIE'S LAPTOP.

I have this loooooong entry typed out and then her dad calls me for dinner, and AGH. For some reason it turned off the computer, and my stuff did NOT get saved.

*facepalm*

Toooooo freaking lazy to type everything back out again.

Basically, I finished my re-read of Deathly Hallows today, which made me all sad and fangirly and in

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[theplotsucks]

ah, religion. That's a rather complicated subject for me. I was raised mormon, my entire family several generations back is pretty much all devout mormons. I don't think I ever really took it seriously - I mean, I went to (and still do) go to church because if I don't, my parents will get angry at me. But, I DO believe in a God, I just don't think he gives a damn about us. Sort of like when a little kid makes something out of play dough, and completely forgets about it a few minutes later to move onto something else. I guess that's the way I look at things, if that makes sense. I guess if God did care about us, the worst thing that could happen to us would be a common cold or a paper cut or getting in an argument with the next door neighbor, instead of major diseases, cancer, world wars..that sort of thing. idk. I'm not very good at explaining this. I also believe that our consciousness is a kind of energy, for lack of a better term, so since energy cannot be truly destroyed, I believe that we're reborn in some way, not

[siriuslyjames]

I used to be really religious. But lately I've been having my doubts and I hate this feeling like I'm being separated from God. But then, I haven't really been putting too much effort into trying to find my religion again.

I definitely believe in God, but it's religion that keeps me doubting. I was raised Christian, and I want to believe that Jesus saved me, but there are just so many other things to think about. I don't know.

[betty_crunker]

I have kind of odd feelings about religion. I consider myself to be an atheist...but if there was solid evidence of a god, I wouldn't be an atheist anymore. I wouldn't say I was "raised atheist"; it's more like I wasn't raised anything. My dad does not believe in God, but my mother sort of believes there's something out there. Anyway, you could say that part of me agrees with Marx that religion is the opiate of the masses, but not totally. I believe that religion can just as easily be a force for good in the world as it can be for bad, but that it's probably done more harm than good. Looking back in history, most of our conflict in the world centers around religion: the crusades, the constant instability (what an understatement) in the Middle East, problems in England and Ireland, to name a few. Of course, religion helps people. Churches are often a force of good for their congregations and communities. If someone wants to seek solace and comfort in religion, I have no problem with that. I don't pass judgment about peoples'

[darkenedsakura]

Haha, the fact that I'm the only atheist right now...hey, I wouldn't mind going for Haruhiism, though. 8D

It's this really human need, having to have something beyond us to believe in. You either have things like a cause, or a mindset, or a god. Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing, but it's just how things are. Though I'm wholly against most organized religion - it does tend to be the opiate of the masses. And all of those holy texts and what they condone...okay, I'm not going to get started. I just question too much to ever fit into religion, and I don't care enough about believing in some sort of entity whom I'll probably never encounter (or perhaps even respect, all things considered) to care about whether a god does exist.

Good thing you never tried to discuss this when you were here, though - maybe...oh, two or three of our table would've tried to grind you into the dirt, if they decided to go on their extremist 'hey, I am -so- open-minded - liberally' road. I dunno, that girl tends to lose me, as you already know.

[apathyandgenius]

Ah, religion. My views on religion are rather complicated, I suppose. I can best be described as Universalist Christian. I still believe in some of the Christianity I was raised into, but I also believe that all faiths are paths to the same God and that what we believe happens when we die is what happens. I believe in reincarnation, but I also believe in Heaven and a type of Hell. I believe in a God who created the Earth and souls and everything, etc. and that God is in all things and of all things and also omniscient. So... yeah. Hence the title Universalist.