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are you spiritual? religious? tell me about your practice :3 (beehaw.org)

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I'd consider myself somewhere between spiritual and maybe kind of pagan, idk

Most of my practice revolves around plants and crystals (no I'm not going to sell you some alternative medicine bullshit, science and spirituality are separate and any mixture doesn't end well) ex catholic so I burrow small aspects from that but tend to avoid it mostly. Been looking into deities lately but haven't integrated any into my primary stuff yet.

Also been doing stuff with a tarot deck lately, that's been fun

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[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

I am leery.

Every single thing I've learned about it or experienced has strengthened that point of view.

I took comparative religion as a class at uni, it opened my eyes. I remain tolerant because most religious people I've met are not, no matter how much they preach it.

I feel like most religious teaching is for people who want to be told what to do, like a child. They want those simplistic explanations, and they want a reason to be intolerant and discriminate.

Still, I try to be tolerant.

It all seems like a cult, no matter how organized or recognized the religion is: Protestant, Catholic, or Muslim (sorry, I don't know any Jewish folks).

I came to the same conclusion as Gene Roddenberry about 4 or 5 years ago.