#144: speaking on spirituality

[specter_rot]

What are your religious/spiritual beliefs? Were you raised with those beliefs? (question submitted by author_by_night)

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<b><user name="questionoftheday"> asks:</b> What are your religious/spiritual beliefs? Were you raised with those beliefs? (question submitted by <user name="author_by_night">)<br><br><b>My answer:</b>

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[moem]

I'm convinced that it's impossible to know whether or not there are gods, and what their nature might be. I think there probably aren't any, but there is no way for me to be certain. That makes me an agnostic.
I was raised without any religion, but also given free rein to explore on my own; when I got curious about the Bible, my parents gave me a children's Bible and I read it cover to cover. At least now I know a little bit about the cultural aspects of Christianity and that never hurts.

Interestingly, my mother (who was raised as a humanist) has been a 'something-ist' for a long time and is now Catholic. She says she likes the rituals and the wisdom, and it works well with the way she experiences her own spirituality. I don't understand any of this, but it's her thing and she gets to have that. And she doesn't mind that I don't. So we're good.