Category: philosophy/religion topics
Hi!
First off, I want to state that I was born and raised Catholic. I've drifted away from it over the years, now to the point where I honestly find myself doing my best to avoid attending Mass, because I just feel spiritually awkward there any more.
In researching various other things, I've stumbled on new thought. It appeals to me, along with a smattering of Unitarian Universalism so I can have a community aspect. I view new thought, at elast for myself, as a generally solitary thing done through meditation, for the most part.
Anyway, thoughts?
..just moving this Topic forward
While you know I'm not looking for anything religionwise, I'm curious on the intelectual level more about what this entails.
Likewise. I am a Christian, and intend to stay that way, but I do enjoy learning about other ideas, and often incorporating things from them.
Rather than trying to explain, and getting facts which I may perhaps unintentionally misinterpret to suit my own belief system within new thought, I'm just gonna give you a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_thought
I drifted away from Protestant Christianity some time ago. I find it difficult to accept the concept of Jesus dying for me or anyone and definitely don't believe he is Lord or God. I see him more as a messenger reaching out to the masses with monotheism. I have committed to non Christian religion in the past to be disappointed with what I saw, so let's just say I am reading about a variety of spiritual traditions, including Christian, and while I'm open to learning and delighted to see the common teachings in them, I just don't want to committ myself to anything.
I actually like the idea of UUA because it brings people together from different religions as well as humanists, agnostics, and atheists. You aren't pressured to believe anything specific and at the same time, you can have a sense of community and take away something positive. Also, children are only expected to choose their own spiritual path, if they want to, when they are young adults. Seems pretty balanced to me. I may write about it more later, once I've checked it out more now that I found one around my area.