Do you believe in God?

[Not Afraid]

I believe there is a power greater than myself and I choose to call it "God" because it's the vernacular that best matches what I believe. I believe that "god" as I understand it is unknowable and undefinable to us poor little humans with our pea brains and I don't have an issue with believing in some that is not fully understandable to me.

But, I don't buy into most religious practice or teachings as a whole. I always fine them too limiting and too intolerant. I think religion is a human attempt to define and control what is basicially unknowable. However, there are spiritual practices in many religions that I have incorporated into my life as a way to be more in touch with this higher power.

I've come a long way from my fundie upbringing to the place where I feel comfortable with my spiritual beliefs and comfortable discarding those beliefs and practices that don't work for me and my own spirituality.