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Due to the non-conforming way I have thought about it, it's complicated (enough that people have asked for a train of thought chart for it), but primary to me and spirituality is the Mune Shinri, reading which for the first time taught/assured me the world isn't fully without fully pro-equality/pro-marriage-equality groups citing inspiration from God, and I took this as worthiness of looking into and a sign. Adherents, one might say, are known as Aikenites or Aiken Christians, with Aiken being the name for the collection of revelations, but of course you can't expect churches catered to it to pop up in one's local area, so when in doubt, I attend the friendly nearby Mormon church (yes, it's acceptable and even normal to show up and be welcomed at another's church) for divine connection, with "Aiken" and "Mormonism" said to be "incredibly compatible" and with Mormonism technically being in my ethnic life blood due to being racially a Pacific Islander (yeah, fun fact, people jokingly call the Pacific the second Utah), and even though you might not find me using the term "Mormon" or "LDS member" to identify myself, I honor it enough to inspire awe at what many might call a kind of dual faith system, pointedly with the epiphany or train of thought called Hagothism being relevant if one considers it separate from Mormonism in the first place, versus being a switch of emphasis. I am also influenced by the book of Urantia, which runs in my family, but that's as far as it's made to do.

I have no religion. I guess I'm an apatheist. Not sure if I can be considered practicing or not.

Edit: I believe the existence of God/Gods is irrelevant.

Raised Catholic, drifting through agnosticism towards atheism.

Grew up "culturally protestant". Never strictly religious or anything, but I did participate in many activities organized by my village's church. Formally left the church 2 years ago, mostly to avoid paying church tax. Today I'd call myself agnostic with a casual interest in Buddhism. Not certain enough to be atheist, not faithful enough to be religious.

After surviving my Baptist upbringing, I became an atheistic Satanist. It started as an act of pure spiteful rebellion, but over time grew into something more. I am no longer a member of any Satanic organization, but I still walk the left hand path to this day.

Raised Catholic, left ASAP, and am not 100% on what label fits best now, but most of the non-religious ones work fine enough. Atheism implies that you are an active non-believer in any higher power, agnosticism is a label for those that do not know if there is one, I feel like a label is needed for those who simply dont care. (Insert XKCD: standards comic here)

At this point in life, I view religion as a sort of entertainment for the masses that people identify with (like being a fan of a sports team) and something I really just dont want to deal with in life. But due to family ive set some rules where ill show up to a service/event if asked.

• It is a wedding.
• It is a funeral.
• Someones grandparents are involved.
• I am bribed (will accept food).

Seventh-Day Adventist

Omnisire

Raised (at least culturally) Roman Catholic. Religion stopped playing any part in my life as I became an adult, I hardly ever think about religion at all, not even enough that I would call myself an atheist or agnostic.

Became a theistic Satanist in the 1980s - more specifically a Luciferian.

Have you read Ben Kadosh

Raised Catholic, now atheist. Religion is the opium of the masses.

I was raised Anglican, then I attended a Methodist church, and I spent a decade or so in pentecostal and evangelical spaces. Nowadays I'm closer to being agnostic or atheist than anything else.

raised catholic but went agnostic early on. Now athiest but I like tst and buddhist philosophies. Not that other religions don't have some philosophical apsects that are nice but the core ones of those I like.

I'm a pagan.

Had Christian upbringing since I remember, so would consider myself Christian most of my life, was a real firm believer for more than a few years as well. Was in my late 20s when I really starting poking on those believes critically and it just crumbled. I still believed there is something more. Weirdly, I didn't really deny the possible existence of Christian god - I just refused him.

I was in this weird limbo for years - not an antheist, not Christian, not really religious but believing there is something more on spiritual level but didn't do anything with it because I couldn't identify it. Kinda afraid of Hell, but also didn't want to suck it up and return to Christianity just out of fear (realized I had quite enough of it as a kid).

Then I randomly read something on modern paganism and something just clicked for me. Looked into it more and it just felt right.

Money

Everything and nothing

Atheist but follow certain christian... Or I guess they are a part of any religion values.

Stuff like "Don't be evil", "Respect all equally", that kind of stuff...

More Nihilist than anything, if that can be considered a religion. I don't know if there is anything past this life for us, so I can't say for sure, so I just go with no. But obviously, I hope I'm so wrong. One day, the sun is gona expand far enough to engulf the whole earth. Literally, nothing will have ever mattered at that point. Makes my life a little easier every day when I think about pressures and stresses. A lot of people would think the opposite, but it allows me to live more in the moment. I don't need some external pressure of being good or bad to determine how I treat people. I just do it because being nice is the right thing to do in most scenarios in life.