Attention Religious people.?

I was raised a Christian, I am now a henotheist. That means

I acknowledge the existence of many gods and many religions but am dedicated to one in particular.

I do not necessarily agree with the tenets of any other religion.

But to deny the validity of personal experiences of divinity for followers of other faiths is to open myself up to others denying mine.

I follow the gods that I have had personal experiences with.

I would hope that the only reason someone becomes the follower of *any* religion is because of personal experience - not indoctrination.

I wouldn't necessarily call it a god. There is SOMETHING out there, but I don't think it's some gigantic man floating in the sky. I think that whatever it is is too abstract to be comprehended by humans, although it could be something as simple as energy. And whether they like it or not, all religions worship the same thing, they just give it different names.

Of course, being humans, everybody will want their religion to be the best, the one, the only. Which is completely and utterly moronic...

And no I don't believe I would. I mean I believe everybody will feel a pull to a certain religion, no matter what they were raised as. It's your personal beliefs and opinions, and also your personality and such, so others can't really implant those into your head.

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*I do really like what Devo is saying too.

I believe that more than one god/ess exists. I think that if enough people believe in the deity, it can become real. And if people quit believing in the deity, it loses some, most, or all of it's power-pending on the amount or severity.

As for the whole afterlife issue, I think that you go to an area based off of the doctrine you follow. So Christians will be sent based off of their Bible, Hindus off of their texts, etc. so on and so forth.

While there are a few religions that I just can't beleive in (scientology being probably one of the very few I can't muster), I tend to be a believer in most or all. I believe there is Christian god, I just don't happen to follow him. And the same goes for almost any other religion out there.

I was raised in a very loose Christian family. I changed my religion in college. Turned into a Kemetic Pagan. Believe in both, only follow one, though.

Catholics and Muslims both worship different interpretations of the same Abrahamic God from the Jewish religion.

If I was raised to *believe* it, obvious I would *believe* it. At least for a while. I would be exposed to different religions, so I could most likely switch if I wanted to.

I believe in a God. i think there is only one God but people of other religions have mis-interpretated his messages so have came up with another God.

But in a way it's still the same God.

If you get me?

I guess i would because i would know no better.

xx

There is only one God, and no group has exclusive rights to worship Him.

*bam* *bam* *bam* *bam*

That sound you hear is me beating my head against a wall.