19 days later
Okay I dont want to have a fired discussion about this AND Im not trying ro appeal you to follow my religion and what not.
BUT, I did some (a lot) of research about how the LGBT+ community SHOULD be treated in Islam. I limited my research to raw text and multiple translations rather than focusing only on lectures (which arent that many anyway) and looking only at one translation (i think at some point I had about 10 different translations for one verse).
Would you believe me if I said that muslims themselves are more homophobic than Islam as a religon?
I find it really weird but i didnt come across any clear sayings against the LGBT+ community. In fact, what I did find (clearly) was the fact that Islam is open to the Trans community too.
I still am doing research but interesting thigs need to be shared so others can look through em ^^
Atheist. My dad's an atheist and my mom is an agnostic whose in denial for some reason so I wasn't raised with any tangible religion. My mom's ethnic jewish and my dad was raised catholic so they both kinda warred between how to raise me.
As for my comics I kinda invent new faiths and have a lot of fun playing around with beliefs and how they apply to the universe as form of world building exercises. One of my first ever finished comics was about a creation goddess struggling with her identity.
People wonder if i'm a theist because i'm a softie on religions. Honestly why be mean to people for no good reason just to prove you're an atheist?
13 days later
Atheist. I like individual people irregardless of religion. I detest radicalism in all its forms. Nobody has the right to impose their views on others. Society cannot progress without open-mindedness.
Christian here too. In fact I was baptized last september and spoke in tongues for the 1st time, so to say 'born again' Some interesting things have happened after that so I'm pretty convinced it's all true. Also happy to have found a really awesome church to go too ^^
I identify with Orthodox Christian, which is cool, as where I'm from, it's pretty wax and I basically have all the freedom an atheist would have. But to be honest, I feel like I have faith, but I'm just not a religious person.
I'm a Sunni muslim but I have a great interest in the Islamic intellectual tradition, including the Shia's, as well as the esoteric dimensions of Islam (Sufism, specifically Tassawuf).
I'm always interested in learning about other people's faiths. My University has a lot of interfaith programs like muslim-christian and muslim-jewish fellowships, and the muslim community there is really progressive. Its most interesting, I think, not just learning about the particulars of different religions but of people's individual experiences which you find are very similar. I'm really proud of this forum for not devolving into a flame war.
I was hoping to eventually have religions to play a role in my comic but was worried about the reception. But now I feel pretty confident. Big ups Tapas community.
I'm a Christian and desperately praying for more Christian-themed comics on Tapastic. Seriously - I have nothing against a clean secular comic - but there are so few people doing good Christian comics!
Ave Satanas?^^ Don't worry, it's not a literal Satan. We firmly believe in separation of Church and State, and proudly mention that if God can be on monuments than Satan sure as hell should be too.
But the ideal is no religion mixed with state.
Kind of hard to say...most of my younger life I was raised Methodist, but most of my adult life, I've stayed away from the church for the most part. I'll occasionally go, but I spend most of my Sabbath in bed trying to sleep coz the work week wore me out, I was up late working on art, watching college football, or Toonami.
Then there's the whole thing that I think some churches are major crooks; I understand the literal sense of giving tithes so that you can pay for the church to keep its doors open, but when they start going about requiring your tax info & the pastor/preacher/father/reverend is living better than the average congregational member- something is amiss. Once again, I can see if said congregational leader has another job that allows him to live better(like a doctor or lawyer), but generally "balling out" at the expense of your congregation- the thought of that pisses me off.
I try to live my life for the most part, just being a good person and try to do the best I can- not coz I believe I'll go to heaven or paradise when I die, but because I want to be known and remembered as being a decent human being. I'm not sure what is at the end when we die- and frankly I cant spend my life worrying about that; all I can do is make the most of this life while I'm here and now. I'm not perfect, nor do I try to be- but when is being a good person equivalent to perfection? I think if as a person puts forth a noticeable effort, then you can give them that(now as far as the definition of "noticeable effort"- I know that varies for each person, so I wont site specifics).
I wont rag, or make fun of anyone who has a strong belief(and those who dont)- I respect that; your actions are what count...at the same time, respect how I live my life and dont try to force your beliefs on me. If you truly want someone to believe, they must accept it of their own free will- if they are dont, or "not ready" to, then acknowledge it, respect it, and move on.
I'm a christian. Mostly cause i was raised under a christian roof my whole life. But i do want to believe in a God.
I'm Christian! : ) My hope is to follow Jesus and represent him well. ;u;
This influences my comic, but not in the sense that I avoid demonic-looking monsters or swearing (my comic has both!) but in the sense that I believe very strongly in the strength of kindness, in forgiveness, in the responsibility to reach out to others, in the calling to do difficult things, and in the inability of humans to fairly judge each other. I don't think you have to be religious to believe in or relate to those things!
This is by no means a personal attack or anything, just a simple question: if you don't need religion to believe or relate to those things, why do you need a religion at all?
I guess I am neopagan tho I am not very religious. I was raised Christian (non denominational) but I never felt 100% comfortable with the religion. However, I try to be open and accepting and will not tell people their religion is "wrong" or convince them to believe what I believe. I do respect Jesus as a philosopher but I do not worship him.
The idea of "needing a religion" is honestly kind of foreign to me, so this is tough to answer!
My faith isn't a means to becoming the best sort of person by following these rules. It's that, I'm able to know my creator, who loves me, and that's really cool, and I want to know him and to be the person he created me to be!
It's like, if I said "I love music, it gives me passion and emotion and soul, which are things anyone can understand," and you asked, "well, then why do you need music?" I dunno, whether or not you need it seems sort of beside the point! It's just a good thing and I hope that everyone who interacts with me can see why it matters so much to me, and can see it shine out through me!
And to continue the analogy, if anyone finds music because of me, I hope it's because they saw how much I loved it and how much it transformed me, not because I wouldn't stop bugging them to listen to that band I like.