My beliefs

Thank you for starting this thread Vampirequeen. I guess I would have to call myself an atheist if I were to call myself anything at all. I was brought up in the C of E, went to Sunday School, was baptised and later confirmed and then got married in church. For a long time after that I would have described myself as an atheist but I have always believed there is a spiritual dimension to this world that deserves further exploration. I agree this does not have to include a notion of a god, but I have not ruled it out. I occasionally attend church, at times that are important to me. I am very drawn to the ideas of the Quakers, which I believe recognise that everyone seeks for understanding in their own way.

I believe in God, I believe that Jesus was the Son of God who died for our sins. I believe He made us and then said something along the lines of "OK here are 10 rules I would like you to live your lives by, but it is up to you whether you do or not". I also believe that when we fail to live by the rules and we ask Him to forgive us, He does so unconditionally, says "OK I forgive you now go and try again" and, when we fail again, forgives us again.

Although I know there are many GNs who don't have any belief at all and think it is all superstitious rubbish I gain a great deal of comfort from my faith.

What a lovely refreshing thread VQ.

I am not sure what I am really. Maybe an atheist ??

I do not believe in "god" as I cannot see how something/someone can hold the power of life over all of us. Additionally if (and it is a big if) such a thing did exist how twisted would he/she/it have to be to dish out out cruel illnesses to little children, allowing murders, disease,tragedy etc.

My Gran at 97 is a devout catholic. She tells me god is responsible for all the good that is around us. My argument is that he or she cannot jut take credit for the good things but must take the blame for the bad things too.