Why aren’t you religious?

[svarddre]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

 

[svarddre]

Also no 15 years olds who got their opinions from something they saw on TikTok

 

[Brus Wane]

>used to be atheist
>now Christian
Cool story bro

 

[Meteor21]

It's designed to make you a slave

 

[svarddre]

>used to be atheist
>now Christian
Cool story bro

Fantastic job at ignoring what the thread is about

 

[Brus Wane]

Fantastic job at ignoring what the thread is about

The question should actually be the other way around

Why is someone religious?

The onus is on you to say why you do something, like something or enjoy something....not the opposite

Anyway I am not religious cuz I don't see the need to be
This war is so fucking secular and hostile to religioncels
I go to church now and then but that's all
Nothing over the top

 

[Bryce]

Because we're an alien species living on a floating rock in space and I don't want to find out if the religion I'm practicing is real or not only after I die and it's too late to start worshiping the correct one

 

[svarddre]

The question should actually be the other way around

Why is someone religious?

The onus is on you to say why you do something, like something or enjoy something....not the opposite

Anyway I am not religious cuz I don't see the need to be
This war is so fucking secular and hostile to religioncels
I go to church now and then but that's all
Nothing over the top

I figured me asking the question would be better received than posting my testimony on fucking looksmax.org

 

[svarddre]

The question should actually be the other way around

Why is someone religious?

The onus is on you to say why you do something, like something or enjoy something....not the opposite

Anyway I am not religious cuz I don't see the need to be
This war is so fucking secular and hostile to religioncels
I go to church now and then but that's all
Nothing over the top

And I had no intent on trying to convince anyone why they should be, it’s genuinely just curiousity

 

[Gengar]

The question should actually be the other way around

Why is someone religious?

The onus is on you to say why you do something, like something or enjoy something....not the opposite

Anyway I am not religious cuz I don't see the need to be
This war is so fucking secular and hostile to religioncels
I go to church now and then but that's all
Nothing over the top

What a silly question. "Why is someone religious?" It's obvious why. They're wearing rose-tinted glasses. They cannot believe this world is all there is, there has to be more, there has to be a deeper meaning, there has to be a place where we all go after our deaths. Nobody's ready for the bleak reality: nothingness. I mean, I am Islamic but still I cannot shake off the feeling that it's all just cope, so we don't rope en masse from the depressing facts. That's just me though and I hope I am wrong, but I dunno.. don't think I am.

 

[geenk worg]

Because it's a waste of time

 

[svarddre]

What a silly question. "Why is someone religious?" It's obvious why. They're wearing rose-tinted glasses. They cannot believe this world is all there is, there has to be more, there has to be a deeper meaning, there has to be a place where we all go after our deaths. Nobody's ready for the bleak reality: nothingness. I mean, I am Islamic but still I cannot shake off the feeling that it's all just cope, so we don't rope en masse from the depressing facts. That's just me though and I hope I am wrong, but I dunno.. don't think I am.

This is real, there’s always the “what if I’m wrong” in the back of mind but I know I have nothing to lose if im wrong - but the fear of nothingness has kind of faded with age, sometimes it seems easier than an afterlife

 

[keife]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

I am

 

[Meteor21]

What a silly question. "Why is someone religious?" It's obvious why. They're wearing rose-tinted glasses. They cannot believe this world is all there is, there has to be more, there has to be a deeper meaning, there has to be a place where we all go after our deaths. Nobody's ready for the bleak reality: nothingness. I mean, I am Islamic but still I cannot shake off the feeling that it's all just cope, so we don't rope en masse from the depressing facts. That's just me though and I hope I am wrong, but I dunno.. don't think I am.

I think God is real but probably not religion

 

[Gengar]

This is real, there’s always the “what if I’m wrong” in the back of mind but I know I have nothing to lose if im wrong - but the fear of nothingness has kind of faded with age, sometimes it seems easier than an afterlife

I'm 29 but still I can feel hopelessness creeping up on me when I think too much about this nothingness. It can bring you to dark places mentally speaking.

I think God is real but probably not religion

Right, so you don't believe in organized religion. Tbh, people claim organized religion is just a way to control the masses. I kinda get it, because organized religion does pave the way for "blind following." Just look at my co-religionists, who do not think for themselves and only refer to whatever some sheikh or scholar or imam has said, instead of using their own brain. It's always black and white with these people. Kind of disappointing I share a religion with such people, with narrow-minded views, the inability to see beyond black and white. Might be why I don't feel a "brotherhood" amongst us.

 

[Shinichi]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

Atm I can’t be religious. Because being a hypocrite is bad. Im too sex addicted to focus on God at all

 

[testosdht]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

religion is cope, i would bet 90% of people who are christian sin everyday but use the excuse that god will forgive them everytime. at that point religion is something so ingrained in your life and the people around you’s lives so you feel like if you dont worship a religion you will miss out on something, copeeeee

 

[roadtochang123]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

Cus look at my pfp

 

[svarddre]

religion is cope, i would bet 90% of people who are christian sin everyday but use the excuse that god will forgive them everytime. at that point religion is something so ingrained in your life and the people around you’s lives so you feel like if you dont worship a religion you will miss out on something, copeeeee

A lot of people do that yes but I wouldn’t consider them religious personally

 

[̃Star]

I see religion more as a coping mechanism than anything spiritual. People can’t handle the idea that we’re just born to rot. We’re living fertilizer trying to give our decay a purpose. I grew up in a hardcore Orthodox Christian household, so it always felt forced—like I was supposed to believe out of fear, not conviction. That probably killed any genuine connection I could’ve had with it. Now I just say fuck it and rot here from time to time.

 

[rape]

Coming from someone who used to be an atheist, more agnostic but now I’m Christian. Just curious to hear your point of view

religion is for people who are scared of the unknown and for people who want to feel moral. im not scared of death & i dont care about morality

 

[svarddre]

I see religion more as a coping mechanism than anything spiritual. People can’t handle the idea that we’re just born to rot. We’re living fertilizer trying to give our decay a purpose. I grew up in a hardcore Orthodox Christian household, so it always felt forced—like I was supposed to believe out of fear, not conviction. That probably killed any genuine connection I could’ve had with it. Now I just say fuck it and rot here from time to time.

It’s interesting to hear people who had a similar story to you, mine was the complete opposite - my father is a hardcore atheist and my mom agnostic. Maybe people just have a tendency to go against their parents teachings

 

[̃Star]

It’s interesting to hear people who had a similar story to you, mine was the complete opposite - my father is a hardcore atheist and my mom agnostic. Maybe people just have a tendency to go against their parents teachings

Yeah, that’s probably part of it. People either double down on how they were raised or go the complete opposite out of instinct or rebellion. I guess once you hit a certain level of awareness, you stop inheriting beliefs and start dissecting them. For me, religion felt more like fear control than truth, so I dropped it. For you, maybe it filled a gap atheism didn’t. Either way, it's just people trying to make sense of the void.