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Cross over of religions, not fitting in

Started by Joe., October 09, 2013, 07:13:18 PM

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Joe.

Please accept my deepest apologies if this post offends anybody. That is certainly not my intention.

I believe in reincarnation, but I believe it can change time periods. For example, I believe when we die we always come back, maybe in the past, maybe in the future. For example I could die now in 2013, but I believe I could be reincarnated into somebody who lived in 1604 or somebody who lives in 3392. No matter what we come back as, we can jump time periods. So essentially the person that I reincarnate to may have already lived. The next person I turn into may of lived and died already e.g in the 1300s but they're still the person after the me who lived in 2013, even though they've already lived according to the time of 2013. I believe when we die time has no context. I can reincarnate back into any time period at all, past, present or future. It's a complicated belief, but that is a firm belief I hold and I wish for people to respect that.

There are many aspects of different religions that I like but they're from different religions and I can't be all of them. I want to believe in something, I like the feeling of holding a belief in something, but I just struggle with other aspects of each religion. This prevents me from following a certain religion. There are little aspects of each religion that I like, and there are aspects of each religion I firmly do not believe or I can't believe. This leaves me feeling very confused. I want to hold a religion, but there isn't one for me. I want my beliefs to be respected, but they can't be because they're not an official religion. Some people can say I'm a Muslim and believe this, and some people can say I'm a Christian and believe that. I can't suddenly turn around and say I believe this, but I don't follow a religion, because people won't take me seriously. I'd like to make my own religion but that just sounds offensive. If I don't want to do something or I don't feel comfortable doing it because my beliefs strongly disagree with it, I will still have to do it because there is no religion to back me up. This is really upsetting me lately. If somebody has any input on this or is willing to talk about it with me please reply. Thank you.
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DriftingCrow

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You can be whatever you want Joey, including more than one religion. :D

There's people who identify as both Sikh and Christian that I know of.

Have you read the book Life of Pi? If not, you should. It's a great discussion on society and religion. The character Pi is multi-religious, he'd go to Hindu temples, was a Christian,and Muslim too, all at the same time.

Beliefs are complicated, but most religions have enough in common where one can blend them together.

It's your life, take what you want out of your religions of interest and don't let others interfere with your version of the way to attain salvation.

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Edit to ad: I thought you'd might be interested in seeing how this woman blends both her ethnicity and Catholic up-bringing with her new life:

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