^ This.As for CF, I'm still a bit confused as to why you need a religion per se, and not just continue to have, seek, and deepen a personal relationship with God. But of those choices, UU seems to be what you're looking for.
have you tried looking into unitarian universalism? they welcome people of all religions and emphasize personal choice and individual spiritual growth. i attend uu services when the mood strikes me.
http://www.uua.org/beliefs/6798.shtml
As for CF, I'm still a bit confused as to why you need a religion per se, and not just continue to have, seek, and deepen a personal relationship with God. But of those choices, UU seems to be what you're looking for.
Seems like there are quite a bit of Unitarian Universalism suggestions here... I went and took the Beliefnet Belief-O-Matic quiz to see what I came out as, just out of sheer curiosity... the top 10 results are:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
4. Secular Humanism (78%)
5. Neo-Pagan (74%)
6. New Age (69%)
7. Reform Judaism (63%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (62%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
10. New Thought (59%)
On that site, from looking at the descriptions of Unitarian Universalism, and Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants, they seem the closest to my beliefs. Two routes to explore. Forgive my lack of knowledge, but what varieties of Protestants are considered liberal or mainline?
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that she's looking for an affiliation with like-minded people, though not necessarily of a religious nature. That way, she can have some form of support in an appropriate atmosphere. Humans, while they may be greasy disease laden animals, are also gregarious, which allows them to amplify their disturbing wails in chorus.
LOL!!!!
Yes, you are correct though, I am looking for affiliation with like-minded people, definitely.
If you're looking for like-minded people, I'd seriously consider self-worship or cloning.
After reading your OP, I was going to suggest that you investigate the Quakers, and then I saw it came up #2 on your BeliefNet test. They're not as dogmatic as many religions, and it's as close as I can think of to a religion that lets you have both your personal relationship with God as well as a community.
I've had many of the same feelings as you have on this subject. I definitely believe in God, and I think that even empirically the existence of God is as likely as not. But I'm less convinced by the particular dogma of any individual religion. I was raised Catholic, and out of familiarity and tradition I'll still go to a Catholic church if I want to go to a church, but I think if I'm anything, I'm a Deist. You might be one too.
The dichotomy between religion and loving God or a personal relationship with God isnt one which I entertain really.
Its a little like saying why would you have an interest in politics or ideology if you can have a personal relationship with your local politician or neighbourhood politicos.
But my thing is to treat others how you want to be treated.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that she's looking for an affiliation with like-minded people, though not necessarily of a religious nature. That way, she can have some form of support in an appropriate atmosphere. Humans, while they may be greasy disease laden animals, are also gregarious, which allows them to amplify their disturbing wails in chorus.
That's exactly what I thought when I first discovered this thread.