How Religious Are You?

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Agnostic atheist, but I'm not a dick about it.

I am Catholic, but whenever I see a "street preacher" wherever I am, I get so annoyed because IMO, such people obsessively think of themselves as a disciple of Jesus.

Growing up, I didn't have a particularly religious family (more the cultural hangover of Christianity, rather than a strongly held belief), but Christianity was in the air (at primary school, up to age 11, we sang hymns every morning and often had a bible lesson, too), and I sort of assumed it was probably true, and didn't pay much mind to it beyond that.

When I was about 12 or so I was walking along, and my mind turned to it, and I realised I didn't believe in God. I'm agnostic and fairly apathetic about it - it's not something I give much thought to. In practical terms, I'm an atheist.

I was born Roman Catholic, but the truth about the loonies in religion-land has taught me otherwise.

Nowadays, I prefer not to take religious discussions too seriously, lest there be crap-storms in my near future.

It is a well known saying that religion and the weather are topics one should not initiate in bar settings.

Hermetic just because it's the closest thing to describing the subjective motif of what I'm approaching. Universally/objectively - I tend to have a tough time telling whether I just believe in panentheistic monism with a rigidly lawful physical universe or reductive materialism with a sea of unseen subconscious mechanics that rule our lives way out in front of us. The two look so similar that every new detail I understand seems to bump me slightly from one side to the other and back. Curiosity's a birch like that I guess.

The good thing, or bad depending on what level of involvement you want, Hermeticism's highly active. If you get into it you've got both a faith and a hobby that's nearly inexhaustible. You could think of it like a non-digital Greco-Egyptian version of BrainGames meets paganism.

i'm not religious in the least but I aspire to become more and more spiritual. there IS a difference. I look forward to heaven
my parents were agnostic, informally. but on their deathbeds I had to encourage a belief in heaven with them both.