anybody here believe in god, but not the god of any religion?

Question

Just wonder if anyone has come to a spiritual belief in a super natural being outside of mainstream religion.

Christians..christianity is a religion. Period. please look up the defintion for the word religion.

Some interesting and well thought out answers from allot of you! I like the stories from the two of you who used to be fundamentalists.

Answer 1

Absolutely!

I believe the term "God" refers to a supernatural energy field that is formed by conscioussness.

It is understanding consciousness that is my path in life. The further I search, the more real and relevant consciousness becomes in my life.

How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

P.S> I do believe in beings such as Jesus, Buddha, etc. Whether they were actual living beings, I don't know. But, what I do hold onto are the teachings that have been passed down in their names. For I understand the reasoning for those teachings within the consciousness of All. To me, that is Truth!

Answer 2

I do.

After being raised in a faithful christian family and even spending two years of my life preaching Christianity in a foreign country I began to study Anthropology in College. The Result: my eyes were opened. After studying Evolution, Natural Selection, Dating Methods, Physics, and Geology it has become clear to me that these fields are not lies. They are based on accumulated data and observed fact.

Ex. Sea Shells have been found buried deep in the ground in England miles from the ocean. After further digging, three feet below the shells, stone tools were found, meaning humans (or a close relative smart enough to make and use tools) have been there long enough to witness the sea rise and lower during ice age periods.

This was a huge shock to me. I had been taught all my life that the earth was 7,000 years old.

On the other hand, science does not seem to be able to tell me what/who started the big bang. Who made the dot? How did it get there? Who made the matter and energy that it was composed of? Why was it there in the first place? Why is there something instead of nothing?

Science has no answer for these questions, just as religion had no answer for shells in the middle of England that came after Archaic Homo Sapiens.

In the end I believe there is a Supreme Being who, through natural laws and science, is orchestrating the continual creation of this Universe.

Answer 3

Deists, theists, pantheists . . . optimistic, a lot of people have faith in a god, or gods, or god/desses, or some pervasive experience of the sacred or divine without being area of any prepared faith. i'm a heathen . . . we are approximately as a great way from prepared as that's attainable for a faith to be, lol. Ask any 3 human beings the comparable question and you gets a minimum of five diverse comments! Going out on a limb right here, and to not proselytize, yet considering you suggested the two Buddhism and local American spirituality . . . have been you conscious that *each and every* subculture had its very own interior reach, indigenous spirituality/human beings faith at one time? The issues that entice you in those 2 paths are possibly additionally chanced on interior the ideals of your very own ancestors to boot (maximum indigenous human beings customs share particular commonalities), and the flaws you probably did like with regard to the RCC have been possibly *borrowed* from them! :-) basically sayin' . . . take a glance at Joseph Campbell's "the flexibility of fantasy" for a deeper information of ways myths and historical religions expressed lots deeper truths than "and that's the place RAIN comes from!"

Answer 4

I do.
I was raised Catholic, but do not attend church b/c I do not believe what they preach are the true words of God. I believe that Man has manipulated and misconstrued the true words of God to say what they want it say and mean.
I do not believe that our God would be so judge mental and prejudice about topics such as birth control, homosexuals, drinking coffee, etc.
I do not believe in what any organized religion preaches.
The God that I believe in is omnipresent, therefore going to church to speak to and pray to him is not a requisite.
God loves all, regardless of sexual preference, color or race.
AS long as you lead a good life, treat others right, as well as yourself, cause no harm to yourself or others, care for others, you are a good and decent person.
Far too many people who claim to be 'Christian', who attend church regularly, preach what they were taught is the 'word of God', are the ones who are stealing from others, who are not living as good and decent people-yet they believe that they are saved? And that any sins they commit will be forgiven by God if they repent? That's basically a license to commit sins w/out having any repercussions.
And each religion believes in a different God with different rules? That only proves that organized religions are not portraying our true God.
I do believe there is a God-but not what organized religions portray God to be.

Answer 5

If you gave it any serious thought you would have to come to some ideas about who God is and what He is like, and before long you would have an image and then it would probably fit one of the religions. What I like about Christianity is the part where Jesus died for my sins and made it possible for me to go to heaven. The bible also states that we are made new creatures through the Holy Spirit. I know some people think we Christians are non thinkers and that is totally wrong and unfair. I wish you the best if you are on a search for God.

Answer 6

When I was 14, I came to the conclusion that God-Supreme Being,whatever you want to call it-him,etc didnt belong to one particular religion hence one particular church. I'll be 70 next year and I've never changed my mind. When the line on a form says Religion I leave it blank. I try my very best to treat other people the way I'd like to be treated and try even harder to mind my own business. (That last part is not always easy) I see a lot of harm done under the guise of organized religion,so I think I'll probably go on living my life trying not to to give myself a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach (see conscience). If it turns out there is one God, I hope he likes what I've done with my part of His world.

Answer 7

I believe in God who, in my mind, takes on the form of the God I was taught about in childhood.

However, I am no longer fundamentalist and I realize...that the same God I worship...could very well be the same God the native Americans worshipped...or Buddhists, etc...maybe we all just call him by a different name...have a different image...and have a different story about how he came to be.

But, I believe if we are good decent people...and believe in a higher power...we will all end up in the same place...many fundamentalists are going to be shocked to see so many others in heaven.

Answer 8

I believe in the christian God, just not the false god of religion. Christianity was never meant to be a herd-minded religion. Among true believers, christianity is a way of life and understanding of God. The book refers to a "person's" religion- not affiliation with any particular denomination. Christianity is not just another worn-out "ism" like so many other religionist "isms" which ARE worn-out "wasms".

Answer 9

I believe that there is someone up there controlling things. Most religions go with the fact that there is one God in control overall, and the rest defines people and information specific to its religion. People really should be reading what the holy books teach them, which in nearly all cases are, to be good people.

Answer 10

I believe in many gods, not the abrahamic version of god. But, I totally understand and respect those who believe in god, just not a god of any religion. I think that's a beautiful way to see "god".