Without quoting any religious book or article which religion do you follow and why do you think its right?

Question

I want to hear your opinion not what a book says or going by anything spoon fed to you.

I myself am a Solitary Eclectic which means I practice my own beliefs alone. I am this way because not one religion seemed right to me and I found many beliefs which I considered to be too contradictory or just flat out bias. My beilf is based with an emphasis on humilty and alot of other moral values and also things taken from the different religions of the world. To me this is the right way. I'm not going more into it because I'm not trying to convert anyone because that is against my beliefs. It is for people to find their own right way to live and what to believe in.


So how about you? What do you follow and why? You can learn alot from the opinions of others.

Answer 1

agnostic

Answer 2

I wonder how many are like us (I hope you dont mind that I have used this phrase)?

I also am a Solitary Eclectic. For those of you who want to know what this means - go to "research your answer" and put in the word Eclectic and the click into Wikipedia - gives you the idea without too much research, which follows if you are interested.

I have done my best to learn and study all religions and I have never been able to stomach all the dogma. I have taken to my heart many and varied beliefs and although this may be a mish mash of thoughts, to some, I am comfortable with the way I live my life.

I believe in God because to me it is obvious that there is a purpose to life - we are here to do a job, to follow a path.

You know, when I get up in the morning, I am excited to face the day and as I love life with all of its adversities, I am always in wonder of all that is around me.

I hope I never lose this feeling and so far so good - I will be 60 this year (now you all know my age) but dont be fooled I am very good for my age. My health is good, my mind and body active and I never stop questioning and searching for answers.

I honestly believe I owe this to my beliefs and of course non beliefs and after all this time (60 years) my Eclecticism has only grown stronger.

Answer 3

I am a Christian and hardly spoon fed .I used to be a surrogate for a sexual studies group many years ago. I believed in nothing I wasn't an athiest , I just didn't think about God at all. I prayed for the first time in Viet Nam.

I didn't quite no how to do it , but with bullets all around you with not knowing where they came from, I prayed.

I was shot in the chest in Nam by friendly fire. To every ones shock, I had a major bump on my chest, but no hole.
That was my second prayer.

Years passed, I didn't think of God. Until a beautiful young woman bewitched me and while we were engaged she asked me to ask Jesus into my heart.

I was really upset by this, I didn't know what was right, but knew this was wrong. She was in a cult.

The next few years I spent time in many different denomonations. I was asked to leave one when I questioned doctrine.

I had an experience that was life changing, I read the Bible daily with my concordance for about 6 years. the more I read with prayer opened my eyes, I looked for contradictions. Every time I thought I found one with the help of my concordance and the original language, I was wrong.

I use the Bible to find my faith, not prove it.

Most have a faith given to them and try to prove it with the Bible. They all fall short. The Bible it self contradicts many religions even some Christian sects.

I sincerely hope I have explained in some small way why I am a Christian. The long version is just too long.

May God truly bless you and show you the way to him.

Answer 4

I am another solitary eclectic because: I believe that although there is only one Truth, there are an infinite number of places from which to see it. Seeing it from only one angle, one couldn't witness it's full glory. If you had never seen a person before, and were shown a picture of their ear, and a picture of their teeth, you wouldn't believe them to be part of the same thing. Move in any direction, and the truth looks different, just like anything looks different from a different angle, or distance, or with different eyes. I think that perhaps it is a measure of a person which angles they choose to view truth from, because there are some ugly and terrible aspects to truth, and since no one can see the whole truth, or even hope to know more than a tiny fraction of it, I think it is important to choose those aspects which are most beautiful and which see all life as worthwhile. Then again, that's just my angle on it. :)

Answer 5

I have always considered myself a Christian, but since I find fault with many churches, maybe I'm this Solitary Eclectic also. My belief is that all roads to seeking the truth end at the same finish line. Which means even Atheist have the means and ability to get into Heaven if there is one.

Answer 6

I believe in no particular religion, but I find wisdom in the teachings of all religious founders. I feel that religious leaders throughout the ages have changed the ideals and teachings of their founding "holy men" to conform to their own social situations mainly using their position as clergy to manipulate the wording of holy books for their own ambitions.
I believe that no man has any inherent superiority over any other that only through piety and good deeds may one be superior in the eyes of God,and that every day we open our eyes and breathe another breath is a good day and a blessing from God, I see the world as a testimony to the glory of God.I believe that god puts his faith in mankind and that we to should start putting more faith in our fellow man.
Why would God need money to build more temples when he has already created mountains with peeks higher than any temple can reach,why would an all powerful being bless me with independent thought if all I'm suppose to do is listen to is the ideals of my religion ? Those are just two of many questions I've ask my self over the years and have yet to found an answer.
Religion by any other name would be called witchcraft, question what you've been told to believe and find peace with your fellow man..

Answer 7

I am also Solitary Eclectic.... I believe in letting people live their own life the way they see fit, I chose my path and my beliefs as you do from ancient beliefs and practices. I believe in giving back to nature what we have taken as well as to others. I do not believe in heaven or hell, I believe that we all are a balance of both good and evil and WE choose which to live by. My beliefs are my own and I do not expect anyone else to agree with what I believe in.

Answer 8

I am of a pentecostal background and I follow it because of God Himself reveal himself to me. What I mean is this. There was a point in my life where I gave up on life and I was so tired of this world. Then I was listening to a message by a pastor named Creflo Dollar. He was talking about the anointing of God destroys yokes and burdens on people's lives and how to get it. I listened to the message and afterward I went to a park. At the park, I prayed and asked God to give me this anointing that destroys yokes as the man on the T.V. says. About maybe 10 minutes later, this glorious, awesome, feeling came on me. All my worries and heaviness went away just like that. I wondered how come I had never experience this before? I kept listening to this pastor for the next 10 years. Everything he talked about in the bible I was able to apply and put into action right away. Since then I have seen people healed miraculous, and I have had visitations from God.

Answer 9

100 percent of my opinions are based on the Bible, plus what additional references are needed to support the Bible.

If a man has no reference, no backup, no way to show that his opinion has some weight to it, it never carries to the point where it can help others.

If someone claims to have moral values, those values somewhere has been recorded. To know where that record is, so one can claim substantial reference, adds meat to your belief.

Look at the 'Character Counts' project that is available to help keep kids out of trouble. There is not a single attribute in the Character Counts project, that can't be found in the Bible.

What I learn from others usually helps me to give more support to the Bible.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

I definitely relate to your views; I am not religious, but I do believe in a God. And we as a humanity or supposed to be, if anything, learning from eachother, not manipulating or destroying eachother.
If there would be a thing I would "follow", it would be the Gnostic; this belief is about spirtuality, like the Natives and their respect to Earth, nothing else.
Makes me wonder who created religions, for it doesn't seem natural; it only seems to lead to wars, deaths, and anguish.