What Do You Believe In?

[Loveitme]

I was raised by my protestant Northern Irish mother who never showed an interest in religion and my Christian father who came from a very religious family .I was christened but nothing was ever forced upon me ,I never went to church regularly and at age 6 I was sent out of class and my parents informed that id announced mid RE lesson to the class that 'God isnt even real'
Thats pretty much set the tone for the rest of my life .I am 50/50 that there is absolutley nothing after we die or our physical being is no longer here but we are some form of energy or spirit that is now in some other dimension.I used to whole heartedly believe the second option about 10 years ago when I was going through a really tough time in my life.I lost an unborn child and it brought me some comfort at the time.However in recent years I had a change of heart and started to entertain the notion that there may be nothing after we die and its just lights out.
I do find the subject fascinating though.Has anyone seen cindy and mike tik tok? i think there username is rowantreegroves.Would be interested to hear your opinions on cindys videos

 

[Catfan2]

This is a great thread! I really don’t know what to believe. I was brought up accepting that my family was C of E, but we didn’t go to church. As I’ve got older I think if there is a God why does he allow all the suffering in the world, but at other times I silently speak to him, praying for things like my family’s health. As for the afterlife - I was very cynical about that until my parents died. I’ve had a couple of things happen which could only have been them, which comforted me no end. They happened when I wasn’t even thinking of them. I do hope I get to see them again one day, but not sure if I like the idea of living on forever, in whatever dimension.

 

[Notorious PIG]

From a Buddhist atheist (nope, not a contradiction - original Buddhists don’t believe in God, it’s a non-theist religion) at 0 to around mid 30s, to an agnostic/open minded/don’t know, after. I’m actually desperate for an afterlife. I really, really hope that will happen. Re-birth sounds absolutely dreadful though. I’m happy to be gone forever rather than go through that.