The reasons I like paganism more (not trying to convert anyone just my experience)
So I grew up Protestant Christian, then about 14-15 years old. I became suicidal and wanted to take my own life. Then when calling upon god no one came, no feeling/emotions came. I was left in the tub with a blade to my wrist alone and as I was always told god would guide me. Though it felt like he abandoned me....
Russia's War Against Evangelicals (time.com)
Religious service attendance, mapped (www.axios.com)
Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) have the highest share of adults who say they never or seldom attend church or religious services, compared to the national average of 49%, per a new Axios analysis of Household Pulse Survey data.
As every biblical principle is being disregarded by many other Christians, I often feel like I’m losing my sanity. (www.huffpost.com)
“I will never again be gaslighted by an institution that sells out Jesus for political power.”
Who Are the Samaritans? (www.youtube.com)
The Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem was a mistake… according to samaritan israelites, who follows 5 books of the old testament, and pray on Mt. Gerizim, 48km north of Jerusalem. THE place to worship God....
Zoroastrianism Explained (www.youtube.com)
The so called new religious movements are a guilty pleasure of mine. Some of their followers often claim to be inspired specifically by Zoroastrianism....
A ray of light from the clouds = heaven, as ??? = hell.
Jesus Never Existed, After All (www.huffpost.com)
Pieces of Munich synagogue, destroyed on Hitler’s orders, found in river (www.straitstimes.com)
United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans (apnews.com)
‘All real living is meeting’: the sacred love of Martin Buber | Aeon Essays (web.archive.org)
More than half a million left Germany's Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls (religionnews.com)
The Woman Who Bought a Mountain for God (www.theatlantic.com)
Community rules and mod call
I’ve added some basic rules for the community. They can be viewed on the sidebar. Mainly I hope to encourage some nuanced discussion....
‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia (www.aljazeera.com)
Jews, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Satanists and other people of faith say the laws infringe on their religious rights (www.politico.com)
What happens when teachers run the school (hechingerreport.org)
Study suggests religious belief does not conflict with interest in science, except among Americans (www.psypost.org)
Was Thomas Jefferson Religious? (youtu.be)
Patheos | Hosting the Conversation on Faith (www.patheos.com)
Sacred-Texts.com (www.sacred-texts.com)
Religion communities
Feel free to add more in the comments....
Out of curiosity, what is your religion?
NOTE: I intend this post to be a judgement-free discussion about religion where everyone is comfortable talking about what they believe.