What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?
What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?
Hey, so I believe in a higher power but I'm not on board with any particular religion. Anyone else think it's cool to just fly solo as a good human, no religion attached?
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So in other words non-denominational? My denomination is so specific yet unspecifically connected to anything that you approximately described me as well. Without a doubt this can be said to be one of the driving forces of what we all talked about here. Jesus himself said the expression of love did not matter, it's the love that counts.
In my experience, at least in the US, non-denominational when associated with an institution generally means “Christian” but not affiliated with a sect. They’re (typically) still quite Christian, and the phrase can be and is applied to churches ranging from the ones flying Pride flags and declaring that they’re open to everyone to ones like Westboro - some of the most radical Christian churches are non-denominational because their views are too conservative for even the more conservative right wing religions.
The phrase itself is an organizational status and does not indicate what kinds of beliefs a person has. It’s not unlike someone describing themselves as “politically independent.” You don’t know if they’re Greenpeace types, libertarians, or far right of the republicans.
Edit: The usual term in the US for what I think you’re describing is “Spiritual, but not religious.” That’s the way it’s usually written in census and survey forms.
If that's what that is, what term would you use for someone whose conclusions are more unspecific than even can be categorized under the "Christian" umbrella?
I realized my omission and put it in my edit. The term generally used is “spiritual but not religious.”
It can include everything from atheistic humanism alongside the Gaia hypothesis to Wicca.
I think this is a very fast growing segment of the US population now. It might have been in a recent Pew survey.
I just wanna share my love to the universe. I believe in oneness. I just don't believe in any of religions.
And I'd say there's nothing a creator could be prouder of.