Yeh but I don't believe in your god, or any god (ok there are a few gods and goddesses that have a place in my practising of my religion but not an "all encompassing" god) and as for the devil, yeh we have gods and goddesses that are darker than others but we don't have a "devil".
Because I have a non god believing religion, a lot of god based religions do push their beliefs on me.
I respect the belief systems others have in place, I don't question their reasoning of following that particular path.
And to throw a total spanner in the works, I am born of a Jewish mother and have Heathen (Asatru) on my father's side.
I grew up with friends who were JWs, I have been to "church" with them, same as I had friends growing up who were Mormons, Budhists, Muslems, Christians, Jew, Bahai etc I would attend their worship to find out more about their religion, I would ask questions etc. I'm open about my faith, so that people will ask questions. I go to midnight mass with some of my family, I respect their beliefs, just like they respect mine, they celebrate Yule, Ostara, Litha and Mid-Summers with me (they're not too sure on the whole being 6 months out from everybody else thing), still to get them to celebrate Samhain and Beltane with me but they're more "in your face" celebrations.
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I just get treated with pity and a feverent need to educate me about religion as though I've fallen into this choice by random selection or hurt from a religion. No, I've pondered the options and come up with the answer already thanks.
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