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Region: Democratic Socialist Assembly

Safiloa wrote:I went from agnostic, to Catholic, to Evangelical Christian, to Jehovah Witness, to a Gnostic Christian (thanks to my aunt and uncle), to practicing Muslim (for 1 year!, praying 5 times a day was intense), to a laissez-faire pan-Abrahamist (I organized morning prayers for Jews, Christians, and Muslims when I was 16), to Baha'í (converted at the temple in Panama), to being married to a Reconstructionist Jew while being deeply interested in various extinct Zoroastrianisms (though I could not find a community in person to join), to a practicing Humanist Jew that maintains a connection with Baha'í while also secretly hoping for a Mazdakite resurrection.

To sum up: I just finished reading a Hindu scripture verse to my daughter who just came back from Hebrew school at the local Chabad.

I believe that all religions can offer a beautiful narrative into humanity. I am very much an igtheistic humanist but with a deep appreciation for tradition, history, cultures, and mythology. Though not officially seen as a religion, being vegan and a parent probably influences my worldview and love for life more than any religion that I have ever experienced.

That's quite the impressive journey! I was raised Christian but it never felt right to me, I shifted about a bit and then settled on Norse Paganism, for no reason other than I felt a genuine connection to it after researching it a tad. It's spiritually satisfying and feels right, so I stuck with it.

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