Belief - repost

[andrewducker]

Question three was borked. Rewritten to actually cover all the bases, and not be internally contradictory. Apologies to the 7 people who already filled it in!

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[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure about my answer to the first question. I've only ever been a Christian or an atheist, but my Christianity has evolved and changed substantially over time, even though it has the same name, so I don't know whether it can terribly accurately described as a single belief system.

[andrewducker]

Does it feel like you'd be able to be a member of the same sect, or would you have to convert from one to another? Because the former would seem like a single belief _to me_, while the latter would feel like two separate beliefs.

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Well, I've been both Roman and Anglo-Catholic, but I don't really feel as though the difference there is that significant; For the last few years I received in both, and would continue to do so if I ever went back to the church. Far more significant (to me) than what church I belong to is my conception of God is/means, and that's what changed, depite remaining in the A-C church until recently.

I think the likelihood is that if I go back my concept will be closer to deist than it has been in the past, but catholicism is in some way "home" for me.

[andrewducker]

Which is, presumably the difference between "Church as originator of Truth" and "Church as social club for people that believe similar things."

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Not exactly no. A lot of what makes catholicism 'home' is the ritual, which is really neither of those things, although a bit of it is providing a route to truth which suits my way of travelling. Another thing is the "Weeelllll, it's ineffable, innit" approach that a lot of scholarly catholics take, which fits reasonably well with a more deist perspective.

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

Yes, this :-) Especially as before getting to the point I'm at now I had my fundie creationist heartwringing happy clappy hellfire jesus is my boyfriend glossolalia slain in the spirit worship bands with drumkits baptist phase!