How did you find your religion, /his/?

Read some Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

>>1900670
I was predestined before the world was to life in Christ Jesus.

I converted to Christianity after I met my wife and her son, inspired by the example of Saint Joseph.

Dont have one.

>>1900684
impressive journey, shame you were just leaping from one spook to the next

My parents dragged me to church when I was a kid, then I was a fedora in middle school and high school and then I started spending more time outdoors and reading Joseph Campbell and that turned me towards heathenism.

>>1900670
Visited by the apparition of a pagan goddess.

Couldn't be an atheist anymore after that.

>>1900694
kek

you do realise that everyone here is just pretending to be christian, right?

it's literally nothing other than 4chan contrarianism

>>1900724
Are you sure about that?

>>1900741
i bet £5 nobody here goes to church

maybe 1 guy. all others are trying to "find" spirituality lmao

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>>1900718
>kek
I'm glad at least one person here worships the true god of this age.

>>1900746
Eternal anglo detected

>>1900670
The Rosary

Praise God and Mother of God to giving us this beautiful path to themselves !

>>1900746
You dont need to go to church to be a christian. You only need to believe.

>>1900746
The temple of Christ is within you.

>>1900670
Literally 7 out 12 threads on the frontpage right now are about religion (6 about Christianity).

I hate you so fucking much. We need a religion containment board.

>>1900790
> I hate you so fucking much.

Purge hatred from your being

>>1900776
>>1900782
here we go, knew it.

too lazy to go to church and yet have call themselves "Christians".

>>1900670

I beheld the Almighy Glourie of The Amazing Dildoni, and I Knew God.

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I answered, "yes."

>>1900799
It was never stated that you needed to attend an organized church to be a Christian.

>>1900799
I never said i was a christian, im an atheist, but christian is a very loose term, some people might call themselves christians and i have no reason to doubt them.

Also, no true scotsman is a fallacy.

Discordianism is fun for me

>>1900775
The road to hell is paved by popes

I never did desu. I still consider myself an atheist, but I've changed my mind a lot of the years about what religion actually constitutes.

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>>1900705

>>1900837
Hell is not real.

>>1900837
No Mary no Jesus.

Know Mary know Jesus.

>>1900846
liar

>>1900790
If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.

>>1900790
euphoric

>>1900847
It's really Satan you "know"

>>1900850
Why do you think im a liar?

Do you have proof of hell? Do you know if i do but im jusy lying about it?

>>1900866
ive tasted it

>>1900870
Was it tasty?

>>1900827
Yeah bro, new life church members are totally just as christian as practising Catholics who's church has existed for 2000 years and dates back to St. Peter himself.

You just got to believe and you're a Christian. Biggest load of drivel I've read all day.

>>1900884
it didnt satisfy

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>>1900837
Heretical Protestantism has to go

>>1900866
>Do you have proof of hell?

You see people in hell all the time when you're walking down the street. You don't even notice them anymore because they are so deep in the pit.

>>1900885
Just for the hell of it, whats your definition of christian?

>>1900896
Neither does bathing, thats why we recommend it on a daily basis!

>>1900901
Enjoy hell, pagan friend

>>1900904
And your boss is the devil, gotcha.

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>>1900936
har har

>>1900949
wut

>>1900952
>A goy's life
LUL

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>>1900970
;^)

>>1900967
Because you're confusing a literal hell with a metaphor, im talking about a real hell.

And i was saying that because i was calling you a lunatic, but dont take it too seriously, it was just a joke.

>>1900670
By being smart

>>1900682
Shit theology

>>1900945
Enjoy your heretical faith !

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>>1900670

Long story short? I was raised in a Mormon family but was personally atheist. I always believed that every idea deserves a chance though so I started studying religion. I read the Bible and went to multiple churches as well as temple celebrating pesah with my jewish friends. Read the baghavad gita and tried to understand Hinduism in general. Also studied Chen Buddhism with a Chinese teacher who has a PHD in philosophy. Most of these religions where compelling but not personally convincing.

At this point I ran out of money for college and with the recession in full swing job opportunities were slim so I joined the Army. While in there was a lot of anti-Islamic rhetoric, I decided to pick up a Quran and read it. I was incredibly moved by what I read and decided to start going to a masjid to see how laymen practiced Islam and what it meant to them. I became a Muslim in 2011 and havn't found any compelling reasons to leave Islam since.

>>1900670
By not being proddie

>>1901024
what are you?

>>1900987
>Because you're confusing a literal hell with a metaphor, im talking about a real hell.

Well it is a metaphor. Even the Catholic Church doesn't believe in a literal hell.

>>1900981
God.. that picture reaches a new low.
I never thought someone could be this moronic, guess i was wrong.

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>>1901046

>>1901045
So you dont believe in a literal hell? Thats good, i dont either.

>>1901066
Even if Hell is a state of being it's still horrendous.

>>1901051
Lul, you do have an extensive folder, i will give you that, but that does nothing to challenge my beliefs.

>>1901078
You can get out of that 'hell' thats not the case with the literal one. Well.. some people can.

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>>1901079
I made these.

>>1901086
& million Jews didn't. Neither did the 350,000 people who were brutally tortured and killed in Nanking by the Japanese.

Hell is real alright, and it's what happens when people think evil is beautiful.

>>1901097
So many subjective things and im too tired to adress them, sorry man, but im going to sleep, nice talking to you.

>>1901091
Hey man, goodbye to you too, nice work btw.

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>>1901137
Thanks, I will be praying for you.

God bless.

I read poetry by ibn Arabi, Rumi, Hafez and friends

Inspired me to read into Islam, and became Shi'a specifically. Haven't felt better since

>>1901179

Why Shi'atul Ali tho?

>>1900670
I was born in a catholic family, it's not so difficult to believe in Christ when you are told his teachings since pretty much the time you could speak, hell one of the first things I remember is learning the Lord's prayer and a the mexican/spanish variant of "Now I lay me down to sleep" which is called "Angel de la guarda" so yeah... I've been catholic and a believer for 24 years

>>1900746
who says I have to go to church every sunday to be a catholic and believe in God?

>>1900837
PROTESTANT HEATHENS GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>1900981
>9gag faces

I lost it if I ever did truly have it.

Discordianism found me when I was in that pseudo-atheist phase many post-christians enter, and it showed me the path to paganism and proper polytheism.

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I ate the red agaric and gods of my ancestors started speaking to me through it.

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>>1900682
>predestination

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>>1900746
>mfw i was in church yesterday


>>1901369
You should go, we aim for receiving the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist every week.

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>>1900837

>>1900670
because god is not real

>>1901012
How do you feel about the fact that Muhammad owned a Sex Slave, and had a child out of wedlock with that Sex Slave, all while preaching against adultery?

I'm the exact opposite of you. I was raised a Muslim, but stopped believing when I realised that Muhammad wasn't this noble role model, and calling him a prophet of God is ridiculous. He started a religion based on Christianity for his own ends, others picked it up and spread it for their own ends.

>>1900670
When I realized you couldn't have rational argument for god or anything super natural being real or not. So now im a true agonistic.

>>1900703
atheism is a religion

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>>1902646
>atheism is a religion

>>1902237
>former Muslim

What are you now, mate?

>>1902237
Islam is herecy. I was born into Islam aswell. Abandoned the religion after I read on Muhammed's hypocricy. Am now studying Jesus Christ and his philosophy instead.

>>1902697
Interesting, man. Best of luck to you. Any particular denomination?

>>1900684
You were conned back into faith.
Do you have to believe in the personified animals in any of aesop's fables, in order to accept the message they put forth? You don't have to accept every facet of the bible to be a Christian. In fact, i believe that all one needs is to follow the greatest commandment, that is, to love others as you would yourself. Nothing else matters in my opinion, just treat others like they matter, help when and where you can.

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>>1900896

i got you famalama

>>1900746
>>1901895
>it was only 1 guy
lmao

>>1902682
I was Agnostic for a few years, completely put off religion, but now I'm reading more into Christianity. I still wouldn't say I belong to any particular religion.

>>1902697
Same here actually. Although I just got started with Christian Apologetics after finishing the gospels.

>>1902701
That's too early of a decision, for me at least.

>>1902646

No, a religion requires faith and beliefs. Atheism has neither.

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Is there a religion that has a malevolent god instead of the usual peaceful ones ?

Raised in a Muslim family. Saw past the ritualistic facades and cultural malpractices. Studied the theology and it only furthered my faith. Shout out to religious people of all faiths who find a purity in studying its roots.

>>1902980
Any one of the three abrahamic faiths.

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I've never really had faith. Been to a lot of churches, but they've never moved me. Read the Quran, New and Old Testaments, and the Torah. Also looked into Hinduism, but I've just never felt compelled towards religion.

>>1902747
That is the principle on which all of the commandments hinge on, yes, but the tenet of Christianity is to learn how to have a relationship with God that's personal, and involves no-one else.

Also, it's been a while since I read that image, but I think in making your hyperbole, you also completely missed the point it was making; that the fundamentals of Christianity are rational conclusions and that alone should be enough to support its authenticity. Some people may lack the wherewithal to make that leap to 'faith,' but that's because of a lack of perspicacity, that only comes from a continued pursuit of religion and a willingness to grow. You can't be spiritual without a sincere willingness for it.