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Old 01-25-2021, 10:22 AM
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FYI - my mother was raised Catholic and my father was raised Lutheran and when they married they decided to meet halfway in religious doctrine and compromise and became Episcopalians. For them, as Christians, they clearly did not have absolute devotion to a particular denomination branch of Christianity. Therefore, theologically, I was baptized, raised, educated and confirmed as an Episcopalian. Years ago, I gave up contributing money to that church and instead have been giving to charities that I believe truly help people, where most of my donation actually goes towards their stated cause and not to support or perpetuate their bureaucracy.

As a result of my ongoing quest to explore different cultures and being exposed to different ideas, and thoughtfully considering them, I would say that I am currently more closely aligned with the natural beliefs of Deism. Essentially, the belief in reason and nature leading to the acceptance and existence of a supreme being, that I call God, who was the creator, who got everything started, but does not intervene after that, does not answer prayers and is indifferent. I find that I am more sympathetic to the deist beliefs than all of the rules and teachings of the other traditional, main line religions of including Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. I still need to learn about Buddhism before I can form an opinion about it. I also accept the scientific understanding of the evolution of life and also believe that in my lifetime that I (we), will never know the answers to all of life's larger questions. I would also be comfortable being referred to as a rational secular humanist who has an ongoing urge to continue my education, learning new things, before I form my opinion.

I know that friends of mine who are very religious say they think that they are happier than our mutual non-religious friends. I can see how that might be the case in that with their absolute faith, they do not question many of the larger world/universal questions that we/(I) do, since they believe that they have already been answered according to the scriptures of the tenants of their religion.

For what it is worth, if you are not aware of Deism, you may want to check out the web site links below and see what it is all about. FYI - some of America's founding fathers were said to be deists or at the very least, had deist leanings, and included Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington>

http://www.deism.com/deism_defined.htm

http://www.deism.com/deistamerica.htm

What religion, if any do you subscribe to?
If you are not religious, are you spiritual in some form?

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2020 BMW 440i xDrive Coupe (Wife's daily driver)
2016 BMW X5M (My daily driver)
2014 BMW M6 Coupe (gone)
2013 BWM 335i xDrive Coupe (gone)
2011 BMW 335xi turbo coupe (gone)
2007 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG (gone)
2007 BMW 335ci twin turbo coupe (gone)
2004 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG (gone)
2004 BMW X5 4.4i (w/full Aero Kit - gone)
2001 BMW X5 4.4i (w/full Aero Kit - gone)
2000 Mercedes-Benz E430 Sport (gone)
1961 Mercedes-Benz 190SL (owned for 48 years)

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