A message from Anonymous

Have a day as beauteous as you :)

Why thank you! I hope you have an awesome night/day/whatever it is where you live too! 

A message from Anonymous

What made you question (and ultimately walk away from) religion? What all lead up to that point? [No, I'm not here to try and 'save your soul,' I'm just at a crossroad here and I just wanted your perspective, if you don't mind sharing.]

I haven’t really left religion to be honest and I think about it a lot on my stances so I’d rather say I’m more agnostic about it really. I don’t feel comfortable since I like the idea of an “afterlife” but at the same time I need to be rational since the religious dogma is really hypocritical.  

I think listening to other people and their perspectives helped a lot. I didn’t go to church until I was 6-7 but I only went because the other kids couldn’t be mean to me since I was bullied in elementary school. I also was more into the idea of an after life, and thought “god” wasn’t perfect because from reading and hearing stories he sounded like a deity that was as contradictory as humans even though he was praised as perfect. After life seemed a bit more appealing, you know being with people I cared about and watching sailor moon all the time was a nice idea at the time. 

Some people do really do great things and I get proud of them for doing it, but I never fit into the christian/religious environment really well. I just found it to be really two faced a lot, and very cult like which creeped me out as a kid. 

One thing that sort of made me kinda rage quit at times was that people would be hypocritical about gay marriage, because it’s in the old testament but wouldn’t follow through on any other stuff from the old testament. From my knowledge the old testament isn’t something people should follow anymore since that Jesus fellow died for your sins, so why hold up something that isn’t legitimate anymore into law? Or why select a few things you don’t agree with and use god as an excuse to make it illegal? Same with abortions when people said “you shouldn’t give up something because the choices you’ve regretted” or some bullshit. 

I’m still unsure though. I am just really put off by any religious text, many people who follow the religion, and people who try to and use the books as “fact” for laws (global warming, gay marriage, abortion, other civil rights).

So yeah. There’s probably a lot more and what not. I’d recommend just searching around, listening to other opinions and sort of formulate your own conclusions. Maybe your current religion isn’t for you, you might be like me and totally unsure, or just decide “nah no thanks” to it all. 

Hope this is helpful? Sorry if it seems a bit scattered. I appreciate that you aren’t trying to ‘save my soul’ though ahaha. I certainly appreciate it. Hope you have an awesome day/night :D