and if you atheist/switched faiths, why did you do it and what faith did you choose?

im in a curious mood today :>

  • Libra00@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Because I feel like the Buddha had some pretty good ideas. Like I get that suffering comes from desire, I can vibe with the cycle of rebirth and renewal, etc. I just… I never got to the point where I was like ‘This is the one for me.’ Maybe because I didn’t investigate it all that deeply back when I was investigating lots of other religions around the world, I was always pulled away by other ideas in Hinduism or Gnostic Christianity, or Sufism.

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      9 hours ago

      I just… I never got to the point where I was like ‘This is the one for me.’

      I get this a lot! :) I think it has to be more than just reading but physically experiencing it. Meditation and university classes did it for me.

      I was always pulled away by other ideas in Hinduism or Gnostic Christianity, or Sufism.

      What about those ideas draws you?