Losing Religion, Keeping the Faith: Religious 'Nones' Aren't as Godless as You Think

I am unaffiliated

I was born into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a very intelligent kid, I realized a lot of things did not make sense in that religion. Later on I read more about the founders and early beliefs of the Witnesses; my findings completely turned me against organized religion.

However, I do believe that there are spiritual things that Man cannot explain and does not have control over. I just think organized religions are subject to man's interpretations and therefore will never fully embrace or embody the spiritual world. So I will not take one man's interpretation over my own.

religion

Religion is unusual among divisible labels in being spectacularly unnecessary. If religious beliefs had any evidence going for them, we might had to respect them in spite of their concomitant unpleasantness. But there is no such evidence. To label people as death-deserving enemies because of disagreements about real world politics is bad enough. To do the same for disagreements about a delusional world inhabited by archangels, demons and imaginary friends is ludicrously tragic

Science and religion

The irony is that science has proved religion. Science is a precursor for religion.

Darwinian evolution brought a species to a point where its members are capable of understanding complex signals. It brought that species to a point where it could develop an awareness of God.

"Charles Darwin has handed over the baton"

D J Wray

http:///.atotalawareness.com

There are a certain number of people

who simply are not fond of church corporations, their inner workings (at both local and upper levels) and the baggage that goes along with it. This does not mean such people don't have any faith. It means they would rather give to charities of their private choice and that they do not wish to be "joiners" and serve on boards and committees and such.

In fact, (for those who have not done it), there is little that can shake your faith as much as a stint of service on a church board of directors.