#How does one get to the conclusion of their own religion?

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bright bay
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I’m an atheist
I’ve probably felt this way since I was in 8th grade (2022)
However something in me has always felt missing. I was as a hard devout Christian when I was younger. However I probably felt that way because of family pressure and being in the south of the United States.

I want to believe in a higher power, I want to believe in something. I just don’t know what it is. If I were to believe in something like higher power wise I think it would be Asteria (she’s a Greek goddess)
Or some kind of stellar god. I’ve had this weird connection and feeling towards stores and constellations and stuff of that nature that’s kind of why I got into astrology to be honest

Anyway something in me doesn’t feel, complete ya know. However I do believe there are 2 different conclusions to what happens after you die. Ether one nothing. Like legit nothing happens or two our spirits turn into stars, that goes for any living thing. That’s why there’s so many.

Anyway what I’m asking is, how do you know that what you believe in is something original of you. I just done know what’s wrong with me.

I think I rushed putting a label as an atheist because of my ex girlfriend (who I was with for 2 years) kinda pushed that onto me.

I just done know what to feel or do to be honest. I need an outsiders opinion someone who understands me. Who can guide me in some way.

whole ether
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It sounds more like you’re agnostic than atheist.

bright bay
whole ether
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I mean, maybe it’s not quite the right term. Clearly you aren’t opposed to there being some greater thing, which is what an atheist is, but think there may be something and just aren’t sure what. Also, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a religion for say that you believe in either. A lot of the stuff you discuss is very much spiritual, and that can sometimes even be considered a thing of its own. Ultimately though, I guess I’d just say that sometimes we can’t label or categorize something exactly and we just have to live with that.

bright bay
# whole ether I mean, maybe it’s not quite the right term. Clearly you aren’t opposed to there...

True I get what you mean.
I probably didn’t consider something “spiritual” because my ex gf, when I was dating her she was a pagan and could see aura/ has opened her 3rd eye whatever that means so she said that she can “sense” spiritual shit. She said I had nothing and it wasn’t even worth me trying to get into it.

However I get what you said when a lot of stuff I said was something spiritual.
I get what you said about how some things can’t be categorized.

I kinda think that religion (sometimes) is fluid/on a spectrum in the way sexuality, gender, and other things can

whole ether
bright bay
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I just don’t like the fact that I can’t put a label on it.
However I could say that I’m just unlabeled spiritual

whole ether
bright bay