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It's cool. I come from a religious background that I questioned all the time, even when my family focused only on teaching us the wholesome beautiful stuff, it's still hard to be on board with the rest or how other people interpret it.
So I've decided to quit. It's still hard, but I do still believe in a higher power. All the rest... I don't think God cares about head scarves or sex or alcohol,... Just live your life the way you want to and you'll be okay.
This is kind of where I'm at in life at 40. I grew up in the Christian church but as an adult, I see so much hate, intolerance, oppression and exploitation. I'm a lover of science to my core and I also believe in a higher power. I just choose to keep that mostly to myself in my day-to-day life.
Same, 44, but Muslim background :) I don't know why but your view makes me so happy, like I'm not the only one... Let's just live our lives in peace and I agree. We have to figure out who we are and what we stand for as a 'human' without interference, so keeping that to ourselves (offline) makes it easier in this timeline. Let's figure it out first and then we can go from there.
When I turned forty, I decided Jesus fasting for forty days and nights was just an allegory for how you don't really find out who you really are until you're over the hill! ;-)