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This is a place to explore our thoughts on different religions. 

To make sure this is a safe space for everybody, I made two rules:

  1. DO ask questions to deepen your understanding of people’s opinions, but DO NOT ask questions in hopes of proving them wrong
  2. DO encourage people to be curious about your religion, but DO NOT try to convert people into your religion

It’s all about having the right intention. You may freely express your world view, but you may not mock other people’s worldview.


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Reply by Dio

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For me I didn’t grow up religious at all, so I’m curious to know what it’s like for a religion to be a big part of your life. 


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Reply by MiRAGE_☆

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For me I did grow up in a religious household, but not an oppressing one. I think why people sometimes grow to hate religions early on is because of the way they've been told that religion. "NO! YOU CANT DO THAT OR YOULL GO TO HELL!"

The way my mom taught me is "yk this is sinful, I'm just here to remind you, and I'll let you repent at your own pace" and not trying to push me into anything, yet not letting me normalise sinning. All she was here for is to guide me.


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Reply by Dio

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I LOVE the way your mother raised you. That’s how I would be too, if I was a religious mother. After all what’s the point of being religious if it’s not out of your free will? 

Btw I’m thinking abt ordering the clear Quran, do you think that would be a right place for me to start learning about Islam? 


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Reply by MiRAGE_☆

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YES! Start by God's words himself, then move on to other stuff, like ahadith. One thing I will discourage is listening to ANYONE talking about Islam before actually reading the quran, unfortunately lots of people are misguided and share misinformation

If you do get it, tell me how it goes!


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Reply by #Haytaaslan#

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The sheer amount of misinformation a person can give about a religion is unbelievable especially where I m living


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Reply by MiRAGE_☆

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Ppl are js making up their own religions atp


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Reply by Dio

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Thanks for your advice, imma keep you guys updated! 


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Reply by Dio

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I got the Clear Quran! Originally I wanted to get the physical version with both English and Arabic texts but that was too expensive

So I got it on Kindle with just English text which was around $10

Originally I wasn't sure if I should get it but you guys gave me encouragement so thank you

Don't expect me to read it any time soon cuz depression! But I do intend to read it so I'll let you guys know. 


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Reply by Dio :3

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I grew up in one of the most religious countries in europe, but paradoxically i was raised as an atheist! It was an isolating and at the same time a very unique experience. When I was about 7 I remember wanting to join the church, but not because of faith, but because it was tradition to give gifts after the holy communion (one of my friends even got a PS4, and i was so heartbroken TvT)


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Reply by Dio

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It's hard to NOT want to join the church when there's ps4 involved

Thank you for sharing your experience. 


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Reply by lini💞

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i grew up christian but through friends and my aunt i found my way to islam, which is pretty hard cuz people imidietly think of terrorists n shit which is crazyyyyyyyy cuz its such a pretty religion


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Reply by Zirum

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i grew up most of my life living w my (nonbio, dads adoptive) grandparents bc i had a really rough beginning with a lot, my mom was christian but she never really talked about it or acted like it, i just remember a vague memory of her talking to me about god two separate occasions. my grandpa was the pastor to the church i lived next to (retired recently, something rare to see ive been told), but i still felt like i had a choice to be christian or not. it was a baptist church in a small town but its one of the oldest founded (theres i guess some weird stuff with some baptist churches being completely different from each other ignoring the bible completely idk) but i would wholeheartedly say i trusted my grandfather down to my core, and he definitely lives the life he tries to guide others to. ive been living on my own away from him for two years and i could totally choose to drift away or do my own thing but i truly believe. my grandfather is one of the best pastors i know of. it wasnt peer pressure growing up that "made" me christian, and i feel it was easier to guide me through making myself a better one. my girlfriend is catholic, but she believes the same founding principles i do. from my experience some catholics can be more "radical" than others, such as straight up worshipping mary or just going through so many loopholes to avoid speaking to god yourself. when ive rejected god through my bratty teen years ive had to struggle so much more alone and i still have scars all along my left wrist to shoulder a decade later. adjustment disorder years after my moms suicide, struggling to choose either not to get addicted to my adderall while it ruins my appetite nearly making me anorexic or failing so many classes because my mind goes completely blank no matter how much i genuinely want to make a single clear thought pass through my head, abusing weed to the point of disassociation and picked up smoking vapes and cigarettes. if anyone has the right to hate god, i should plenty have that right for the childhood i had to grow up watching my mother shoot up needles and abuse pills and all drugs under the sun until she chose to kill herself in her sleep when i was ten, a violent schizophrenic bipolar drunken father who continued the cycle of abuse from his (bio) parents onto his own family whom i rarely contact but still cry when i hear he thinks i hate him, living homeless for two years, living with a druglord in the ghetto of jersey who was pimping my own mom out to supply her with more drugs while my dad was in a hospital states away (he ended up getting two purple hearts), being kidnapped, plenty more and not all im comfortable sharing to people i dont know well. hope these examples are plenty for you all to grasp what ive went through. it doesnt mean you wont struggle either as a christian, but theres a certain peace and comprehension youre given you have to experience to understand. happiness is not a deserved earned right if you do nothing with yourself and i had to learn that the hard way. if you dont put effort towards a relationship with god, a commitment to yourself and to others around you, your life will fall into entropy and you will lose yourself to your "self righteous" wrath believing the whole world is out to get you like my father had made an example of.


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Reply by Dio

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Lini your religious journey is beautiful, thank you for sharing


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Reply by Dio

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Zirum thank you for sharing your story, you went through a lot and it must not have been easy. Would you say that you're in a much better place now? 


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Reply by Dio

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Been slowly looking into religions and one branch that describes my stance the closest is Humanism, though I have deep respect for spirituality and any other religions. Still looking into Shintoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and more. I am taking this very slow so it may take a while before I form a new stance. 


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