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Teresa · Kate Spade

God/faith

Kelly · Hermes

I was raised Roman Catholic and while I sometimes struggle with my faith more than I would like, I always go back to Catholocism. It's a home.

Teresa · Kate Spade

ttara123 wrote:

I was raised Roman Catholic and while I sometimes struggle with my faith more than I would like, I always go back to Catholocism. It's a home.

i know exactly what you mean. there is something about the faith, maybe the tradition or something, that always draws me back and makes me feel like you said, home.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

ttara123 wrote:

I was raised Roman Catholic and while I sometimes struggle with my faith more than I would like, I always go back to Catholocism. It's a home.

ditto. I think its about the tradition though, because when it comes to how I actually feel about God/religion I'm pretty indifferent.

Hermes

I do not follow an organized religion, and I do not believe there is a "god." I do believe there is an energy we all share, and that may be what some consider a god.

I voted atheist, but maybe I fall more in the agnostic category...

Elle · Hermes

ILoveChoo wrote:
ditto. I think its about the tradition though, because when it comes to how I actually feel about God/religion I'm pretty indifferent.

I wasn't raised Catholic, but this still rings true for me. I prefer to admire and respect religion from afar and keep my personal traditions close. They're really very separate for me ....

FashionPrincess · Hermes

I am a Christian. I was raised Pentecostal but no longer "belong" to that religion. The church I attend is actually non-denominational. I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven

To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

FashionPrincess wrote:

I am a Christian. I was raised Pentecostal but no longer "belong" to that religion. The church I attend is actually non-denominational. I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.

Ditto, I was also raised Pentecostal. We dont attend a church at the moment, we're looking for a non-denominational as well.

I couldn't have said this better myself, "To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true."

CarrieS · Marc Jacobs

I am not religious. At all. Raised Christian but decided it wasn't me, so I'm not any longer. I do believe in some sort of higher power, but it's just not a Christian god.

I do have a strong interest in Wicca, but it's just an interest at this point.

squishy · Coach

i waver between agnostic and apathetic.

jaymiek · Coach

FashionPrincess wrote:
I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.

Ditto.

Sandy · Kate Spade

I don't really know what I am. I was raised Christian, but I don't identify or agree with it all. I really just believe in good. I believe that if we do what we think is good and right, then that's all that matters. I don't think that we'll be sent to either Heaven or Hell based on how many sins we've comitted and confessed. I'm not religious... I guess I'm just optomistic.

lynnie · Chanel

i was raised somewhat christian. I wouldn't say i'm religious, though religion as a whole is interesting to me. I can't say one way or another whether or not theres a god, but i do pray to *something* on occasion. I like to think theres a bigger force, but i don't think how i feel about it is going to change the reality. Same way that I don't think believing or not believing has anything to do with getting into a heaven (if it exists). I really don't think thats fair, we are all somewhat products of the religion we were raised with. I don't think a remote tribe in Africa has less of a shot at heaven because they weren't raised in a certain religion. I do believe though in good, karma, and respecting the earth.

theotherjess · Chanel

FashionPrincess wrote:

I am a Christian. I was raised Pentecostal but no longer "belong" to that religion. The church I attend is actually non-denominational. I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.

ITA. I was raised Catholic but the dogma and "traditions" of the church felt alien to me. I now go to nondenominational church as well.

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

I am a born again Christian and was raised and still am southern baptist. I believe that the Bible is God's word, that his son Jesus came to die for our sins and as a result of His death we can personally know God, and through His resurrection we can go to Heaven when we die, if we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord. Does that mean we will never make mistakes again? No. But, when God becomes our Father through a personal relationship with Jesus, he will discipline us as an earthly father does his children. I have experienced this in my own life and continue to experience it. I am thankful to know Jesus as my Savior and that knowledge is a security I have found that nothing else can replace.

-- Edited by bloomie at 16:21, 2007-05-21

Kelly · Hermes

theotherjess wrote:

ITA. I was raised Catholic but the dogma and "traditions" of the church felt alien to me. I now go to nondenominational church as well.

That's really interesting to me, because I feel like I'm kind of the opposite. Whenever I feel lost or confused, I fall back on tradition to ground me and help me feel "safe" while I'm figuring myself out. It helps me feel less lost. There are things that the church says that I definitely do not agree with (like birth control and homosexuality, for example). But if I'm ever lost about something I go to church and read the Catechism as a starting point because I feel out of sorts in any church that doesn't have strict dogma and traditions. I know that might not make any sense. My boyfriend and I talk about it a lot, because he's Christian but not Catholic and we're trying to figure out how to have a marriage and children by reconciling our beliefs. I think he's a great person and I don't think that the little differences between our faiths are big deals at all to me. As long as we have the same general understandings of what is right and wrong, and he doesn't go around worshipping Satan or something, I am perfectly happy with that. But I can't stand going to church with him because I feel like it's all too "light" without strict traditions. Like "diet church." Which is dumb, because I do agree with the main ideas that all Christian faiths have in common. I know the way in which different churches worship and pray shouldn't make a huge difference as long as they all say basically the same thing, but for some reason the lack of traditions in regular masses drives me insane. Now that I've been going to a Tridentine Latin Mass for a couple years now, even going to a regular Catholic post-Vatican II mass feels like "diet church" to me.

halleybird · Hermes

jaymiek wrote:

FashionPrincess wrote:
I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.
Ditto.

Tritto. I was raised sort of half-Catholic (one of my parents is Catholic & took me to church, the other is Christian but not a churchgoer).I was baptised Catholic and married by a Presbyterian minister.

I don't regularly attend church anymore, but I have a lot of problems with organized religion. I am glad I went to church as a kid, but I think most of my religious teachings came from my parents. My faith is very personal to me, and I don't feel like attending church really affects it one way or another. If I could find a church that exactly fit my beliefs, I would probably go, but I am happy with my faith as-is.

carmenb513 · Coach

FashionPrincess wrote:

I am a Christian. I was raised Pentecostal but no longer "belong" to that religion. The church I attend is actually non-denominational. I have a lot of hang ups about denominations and how one thinks the other is wrong, etc, I don't think any of them have the corner market on heaven To me what is important is to believe and accept Jesus as your savior and live your life according to what you find to be Biblically true.

me too.I still enjoy going to pentecostal churches though

Jahni · Dooney & Bourke

bloomie wrote:

I am a born again Christian and was raised and still am southern baptist. I believe that the Bible is God's word, that his son Jesus came to die for our sins and as a result of His death we can personally know God, and through His resurrection we can go to Heaven when we die, if we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord. Does that mean we will never make mistakes again? No. But, when God becomes our Father through a personal relationship with Jesus, he will discipline us as an earthly father does his children. I have experienced this in my own life and continue to experience it. I am thankful to know Jesus as my Savior and that knowledge is a security I have found that nothing else can replace.

-- Edited by bloomie at 16:21, 2007-05-21

Ditto to alll of this....I think Southern Baptists get saddled with being judgemental or to strict, but I think that's a HUGE stereotype...we're fun!!

luckylily · Gucci

D wrote:

I do not follow an organized religion, and I do not believe there is a "god." I do believe there is an energy we all share, and that may be what some consider a god.

This statement reflects how I feel as well. I'm very spiritual, but I do not believe in God.

I was raised Catholic, but from a very young age I felt that it wasn't right for me.