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The one thing we all have in common is that we don't buy into organized religion, however, is there something that you DO believe in or something you practice?

(I believe and practice Feng Shui)

Redcupcoffee 7 Sep 23
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I believe in the power of nature.

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I wish it were true that the one thing we all have in common here is that we don't buy into organised religion. Even apart from those who clearly still do, and those who buy into disorganised new age type religions, there are those here who claim they don't, yet I suspiciously suspect they do.

What I believe in is something that Gene Roddenberry is supposed to have said. Namely, that we can only be a better species when we have equitable societies, social justice for all, and religions left behind.

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I believe in the scientific method. I practice the golden rule

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I believe in me

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Basic principles like respect, empathy, and a long view of social progress spawn codes of conduct and behavior that need no organized religion to make obvious. The world is my country, to do good is my religion. You, though we've not met, are my sister for whom I will always care.

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Rookie trying Buddhism.

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I believe in electrons, but l have never seen one.

@PraiseXenu As I understand it, quantum gravity theory has it that particles exist only as interactions within or between fields, and are not “things”. Of course that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. I’ve never seen a particle of beauty but I sometimes experience beauty indirectly. It exists as a mental phenomenon.

It boils down to the meaning of “exist”.

I believe that they move me quite nicely.

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SEES "I BELIEVE AND PRACTICE FENG SHUI"; FLIPS TABLE

I believe in empirical evidence, peer-reviewed everything, and the scientific method.

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I believe in placebo effects.

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I am wary of belief. If belief is defined as accepting with no supporting evidence, it amounts to magical thinking which is what religion is based up on. So I'll go with, "No, not on purpose.".

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I believe the brain has older as well as more recently evolved layers that can conflict with each other, causing much psychological suffering.

I have developed a practice for myself that helps counterbalance this evolutionary mismatch, resulting in near-zero psychological suffering.

I also strongly suspect this is exactly what most major world religions were originally trying to accomplish, even though they could not have understood it in, or expressed it in, these modern scientific terms.

skado Level 9 Sep 24, 2018
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I believe; I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You do you and I do me and let's strive to cause or do not harm in our life's journey among our fellow earthlings.
I practice love, empathy, compassion, sympathy, tolerence, inclusiveness, acceptance.
I strive to treat others as I would want to be treated.
I strive to treat others as thay would want to be treated.
I strive to do nothing to anyone that I would not want done to me.
I strive to cause or do no harm.

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Great question!

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I don't think being agnostic or atheist is anti organized religion necessarily, although it may be for some. For example, most Unitarian Universalists are atheist or agnostics and it is an organized religion. As a UU and atheist, I do not believe in a supreme being. I do practice good will, believe in humanism and have Christian values although, I do not believe in Christ. I believe in science and ethics and loving kindness.

I would say that "christian" values are nothing more than basic Human values.

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I do not believe in any ideological system -- religious, political, or economic. I do believe in constitutional democracy and in treating all human beings with dignity and respect.

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Animal free eating.

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I practice all kinds of things from meditation to the guitar, from cooking to kindness. The one thing all things I do have in common is I don’t need a deity to do them or to get the most out of them.. I believe lots of things, but nothing based on magic or faith.

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I practice meditation, creativity, and honoring my fellow living creatures. Not truly beliefs, but a way of life.

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I believe in being a good person, treating others fairly, and practicing empathy.

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I believe in the scientific method and the mental benefits of mediation: practice both.

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Sarcasm.

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Thinking for myself is greatest thing I can practice. Dogma free is the place to be, along with meditation. Life is to short to not be yourself.

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I believe math models reality.

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Without much evidence, I believe that the flow of time is an illusion. What was still is, what will be already is. Just because you already made the choice doesn't preclude free will. And more importantly, your life is what you make it. Forever.

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