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.

[Snowflake]

I do.

Growing up in a non-religious household, I went to church but I never remember seeing my parents attend. It was, surprisingly, somehting that was never really discussed. I do not buy into a lot of organized religion because so much of it seems to be thou shalt not and this is totally wrong and much (western) religion to me seems to be whoever is intepreting ancient text such as the bible, fits into their own filter. Too much dogma for me.

I did harbor a serious search for a personal path and found a path to follow and that it works for me. I believe in prayer and know from my own experience that they are often answered. But I find faith and beliefs of a spiritual nature to be so very personal, I rarely talk about them.

But, I do believe in God, a power that runs the universe and that I'm in school and optimistically think I'm barely ekking by with a D grade

[Alex]

No, because there is no reason to do so.