I don't know if this is a stupid question...but what would you say my religion is?

Question

Okay, well I know how people say that there is only FAITH in that somebody...but I don't even know who that somebody is. I've never gone to any type of church, but my parents are both lutheran. They've never taught me about any religion [I am 15], and I just want to know what I would be 'classified as'

-I don't believe in Jesus
-I believe that there is a higher being, but I don't necissarily believe that it's 'our creator'
-I don't believe in Hell
-I believe in karma, past lives, and life after death
-I don't think that it's bad to have sex before marriage, so in other words I don't believe in abstinence.
-I believe in the 4 different elements.

So uhh, that's pretty much the basics. What is this basically describing? As I've said before I've never studies any type of religion, and I'm just trying to find faith in something. If you could, try to provide some sort of information. Alright, well thank you so much for caring! =]

Answer 1

Why do you need faith? I take it you live in the USA? Do you just assume from all the peer pressure that you have to believe fairy tales?

You seem to believe in supernatural beings/ invisible men in the sky on some level, so why worry about labelling it specifically? You're religious. Another one lost to nonsense.

Sorry to be harsh, but it's true.

Answer 2

Your religion is quite simply Rebellion against God, and although we all individually take responsibility for our own rebellion I would say that your parents rebelled first if they haven't taught you anything about your most beautiful Lutheran heritage. I'm so sorry that you have missed out on that wonderful privilege!

If your parents are Lutheran, then why aren't they going to church & taking you with them? Right in the Small Catechism the 'Third Commandment is: "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.'

More specifically you are a Cosmic Humanist. This is the typical response as you were born in original sin, your parents didn't pass down to you the spiritual weapons you need to navigate this awful & broken sinful world. What a shame!

If you want to bypass a lot of heartache & spiritual suffering that your current worldview is going to cause you, I would definitely first check out 'The Battle for Truth' by David Noebel. He will guide you through the four main worldviews & evaluate them based on some good criteria (i.e. tell you their downfalls if there are some, etc.).

After that, I would hope that you'd have a little interest in learning about your Lutheran heritage. If not from your parents (shame on them), from a Lutheran pastor. Do you even have a Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation? You can get one for free when you ask to take a catechismal training class with a pastor. I suggest an LCMS or WELS pastor. Find one at www.lcms.org >Directories >Congregations.

BTW, I think if people are truly honest (even some atheists), anyone who has sex outside of marriage would say they ultimately regretted it. Please don't make foolish & uninformed decisions now, that you are most certainly going to regret later. You're only 15! You've got a whole life in front of you. Even so, if you do fall into it & regret it, don't ever forget that there is a God who loves you & is indeed able to forgive you. He will not however take away the temporal consequences even if you repent. Now if the best part of your eternal life will be here on this earth, then I suggest at very least taking care of your body.

But if you must learn the hard way, I would hope you would remember some of what is written here & come back to it.

Answer 3

Barbarian.

I'm pretty sure the beliefs on your list are the same as Conan the Barbarian's. And the higher being's name is 'Crom'. That's C-R-O-M.

Seriously: the road concerning one's faith is a life-long journey, and ultimately, it is YOUR choice as to the path you take. Trying to 'categorize' it might limit you from finding where you truly belong.

My recommendation: don't ask anybody to suggest to you what religion you are - they will not be answering the question you are really asking. I think that the fact you feel that there's something more to life than what we experience physically shows you've learned something very important about yourself, and you've figured this out on your own. But I would ask you to ask yourself: what do you really mean when you say you're 'just trying to find faith in something.' Really think about this. If you do, I believe you will know what you need to do next.

There is a difference between uncertainty and clarity. And you can have both at the same time.

Good luck on your journey.

Answer 4

Well you should really give it some time. I mean if you pray to your higher being about it and really seek the truth, it will come to you. Don't put your faith in people, they will only let you down mostly. I would hate to see you (being so young) have to learn that before you find your faith. I would really start by a simple prayer like "God, if you are out there please, tell me which way to go, what to do and how to get there, let it make sense to me, let it be simple, I really want to know what the truth is. Just wait then he'll bring it to your conscience. Ok?

Answer 5

I do care- and I have to say that you are seeking after truth at a young age and that is good. Interesting that your parents are lutheran but they never taught you about religion. Let me tell you something- religion is really not the issue- what is important is that you have a personal relationship with God. That begins in Christ- you must admit that you are a sinner. It is hard to do that at 15 when the world says, it is ok to have sex as a teenager, etc etc etc. However even if you have never had sex, even though you beliebei if is ok to have sex before marriage- there are many sins we commit daily, no matter how old we are, because we were born into sin. What do you believe about life after death? In the Bible it says that it is appointed once for a man to die and after that the judgment.

If you want to know what religion you have, I would call it religion of self. You want to have sex, so therefore it is ok. You wnat to live after death, but your way through Karma. Humanism is probably the right word for what you believe.

Answer 6

Sex outside of marriage is a lack of respect for another. I can explain it, if you wish to e-mail me through my profile, but I don't want this answer to be too long drawn out. But all that you mentioned supports a lack of morals, which excuse a lack of Love. By not belieiving in JESUS (perhaps wishing not to have to know HE is real), or the CREATOR, you wish to dodge accountability. Those that I meet that say they believe in multiple lives always are too lax with themselves about how they treat others, and put off repentence from bad traits to some future life. The same people also routinely have no idea what "karma" actually means, and use all these things as an irresponsible cop-out.

Every guy I know who says these things uses females in a bad way, and the few females that say this to me are untrue to themselves, and get used all the time, and age quickly.

Answer 7

hmm, well you seem to be a pagan, but here's what I have a problem with: most of what you said was 'I don't believe in . . .'
Well, I'm not blonde, I'm not tall, I don't dye my hair and my eyes aren't red. From what I said, can you clearly picture me in your mind? Nope. Just like I can't clearly picture your religion. I suggest you head over to www.religioustolerance.org (unbiased information on a multitude of religions) or www.witchvox.com (info mainly on wicca and other such pagan religions) to figure it out. And I recommend that you stay away from online quizes that tell you what your religion is. They tend not to be very accurate.

Answer 8

There are only two religions. Christianity and those in the cult of rebellion. Satanism and atheism are the same...they essentially worship themselves. Atheists claim to have no god, but their god is themselves! You can sum up everything an atheist says in the phrase "I can do what I want when I want". Anton Levay summed up Satanism with the axiom "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". Where's the difference? Other religions deny the Deity of Jesus, or they focus on worshipping the creation rather than the Creator. Everything outside of Christianity can be lumped into one category: the cult of rebellion.

Answer 9

you might want to take a look at Buddhism, all of those beliefs exist within it. There is alot of dogma, but essentially one of the beauties of Buddhism is that you are encouraged to take from it what works for you. Zen Buddhism is particularly interesting and inspiring, take a look at the links I added

Answer 10

I would place you as a agnostic until you went towards Karma. So I would say you are closer to Hindu?

Since you did not invite attack you will not get one from me. But, saying you are confused and misguided is not an attack, I hope. Merely my final thought.