For all Religion and Spirituality users: Will you give us all a little background info so we know who we are?

Question

Me first:

I am a 48 year old gay man living in Iowa. I have been in a monogamous relationship with my partner for the last 15 years. We own a house, have 2 dogs and 3 cats and we travel frequently. I am an atheist and he is a natural pantheist.

Answer 1

26 year old mom. Married to the most wonderful guy I could have ever asked for. I've 4 (soon to be 5) beautiful children. 4 girls and 1 boy; ages: 7, 5, 4, 16 months and due in August. The five year old is my only boy.

I'm not exactly sure what "category" I would fall into as far as beliefs go, but this is the basic jist of it. I think there are planes of existance outside of our own. I think that all the creatures we have so many myths and legends about live there. I don't believe in a supreme deity of any kind. But I do believe that everything in the universe is bound together by a kind of universal consciousness. My husband....well, he's complicated when it comes to his beliefs. The easiest way to put it is that he's pagan. Though, that's not entirely accurate. Anything else, my email is always open, feel free to ask.

Answer 2

I am an 18 years old straight girl living in Maryland but I was born in the Dominican Republic. I am single and I have never been in a relationship in my entire life and I want to keep it that way until I find my one and only true prince and I believe in true love and in the one and all that. I don't travel that frequent, the best trip I've made so far was to Disney in summer 1997.

The greatest thing I own is an iPod nano which I call my boyfriend, lol, I know I know but I wouldn't go anywhere without it. I love music, especailly romantic music with beautiful words, I also love Rock and Pop.

I don't have any pet but I used to have a parrot named Tatiana and a lobster named Babano when I was little and it is ironic that I have phobia on crabs, lobsters and those kind of things. I also have fake birds hanging on a window.

I am Mormon and will always be.

Answer 3

I'm a 43 year-old atheist, never married, mother of 3 sons, and I'm not in a relationship. I'm disabled due to rheumatoid arthritis, so obviously I don't work. This makes my family low income but we get by.

I live in Pennsylvania. My oldest son (22) works for Channel 11 News and starts school next week to become a paramedic. He's an atheist also, engaged to a minister's daughter.

My other sons are ages 15 and 12. Everyone was born on a Monday and has a June birthday.

The 15 year-old wants to become a video-game designer, but is still undecided on what college he'd like to attend.

The 12 year-old wants to go into the film industry and plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

We have 3 cats named Fox, Samantha, and Monica. All are lesbians (no kidding). I just let them do their thing.

Answer 4

Oh where to begin...

24 year old Christian woman, graduate of the University of Michigan where I majored in Ancient Languages and History and minored in partying. Never married or had kids, never plan to do either. I work for a government subsidized non-profit organization teaching English to immigrants and I spent a few years teaching English overseas. I also work at a local bar 2-4 nights a week to bring in some extra cash. I love music (especially classic rock), playing the piano, good literature, dinking around on the internet, and intelligent discourse. I'm an extremely outgoing person, which gets me into trouble more often than not. My biggest struggle is with my ego.

Answer 5

44 yr old married woman in Minnesota, married to the same man 25+ years with 3 children 22/20/17. Own a house on 15 acres with a dog and 4 cats (fixed and outside), own and operate our own business, travel often and born again Christian for 8 years. DH is born again as well, as are each of the kids ... one at 14, one at 13 and one at age 11.

Answer 6

I am a 22 year old multiple business owner, multiple website designer and operator. I greatly enjoy creative writing, philosophical writing, and existential daydreaming. I am a college drop out, returning in the fall. I have 2 dogs and have been in a monogamous relationship with my girlfriend for nearly 3 years. I have many other interests including reading, playing guitar, singing, computer programming, exercising, gambling, and a few other vices I practice in excess. I'm living life and loving it. I am an ex-christian and now an agnostic atheist.

Answer 7

I'm in my thirties; we'll leave it at that. I am a dual citizen of the United States and Japan, so I split my time between both countries. I hold an undergraduate and master's degree in accounting, an MBA, and a law degree. I am a forensic accountant with a large firm, and I serve in a consulting capacity in Japan. I have no pets, but I do have a 12 year-old daughter. I also travel frequently, and I am an atheist. I'm not looking for a relationship; I enjoy my freedom too much.

Answer 8

41, female, single, straight. Lifelong Atheist, mother of a 22year old Dj and Atheist. Conservative Democrat. Live on a boat in the Florida Keys. I have lived all over the world, including all kinds of communes, Christian compounds, kibbutzs', and many others. Find religious belief truly fascinating and tragic at the same time.

Wow, I gotta say I am surprised that so many here are not 15. Hehe! Seriously. Glad to see :)

Answer 9

Married 34 yrs next week. 2 daughters & 1 son - an Army Officer & Ranger plus 2 son in laws & 1 daughter in law. All are college graduates & I have 7-1/2 grandchildren. I shop & talk too much but am known for my politeness. We built our house 10 yrs ago, travel alot, & own a sailboat that sleeps 5 or as my husband says 2 comfortably. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints & thus a Christian & pretty conservative.

Answer 10

I live in the state of Washington, which according to the latest poll I've seen is the LEAST religious state in the U.S.

I am single (by choice), with no children (by choice), and no car (also by choice). I live in an urban apartment, but travel frequently by boat and/or bus to forests and other natural places.

I am 37, but will be 38 on June 20.

For 16 of those almost-38 years, I have been a practicing Pagan. I've written and led public rituals, and I've taught a workshop on "Circles and Boundaries."