Religion: extremely panentheistic/liberal Christianity which would probably be labelled as heathenism by any mainstream theologian.
Why do you follow this religion (or lack thereof)?Pure materialism, which is the basis of atheist agnosticism, is an unreasonable axiom, especially as it relates to ontology and the origin of consciousness, and is as much as an unfalsifiable hypothesis as theism. Since the predisposition to believe in spiritual things is well-documented across all cultures throughout history, and his been observed as innate from an early age, is seem reasonable in me to posit in the existence of Spirit, even if only in the philosophical sense.
God: Do you believe in God? Is there more than one God? Is this God all-knowing and all-powerful? Does God interfere in your daily life? Does God talk to you?I believe that the creator (or "God") is more or less synonymous with the "hand of nature" which acts as we can perceive.
Afterlife: What happens after we die? Heaven/hell? Reincarnation? Nothing whatsoever? If there are multiple versions of the afterlife (for example, heaven and hell), who goes where and what determines that?If life continues beyond death in any meaningful way, it can only be in the sense of the continuation of the incorporeal "essence" of that individual, not their consciousness or anything that is fundamentally human.
Prayer: Do you pray? How often do you pray? Do you do it in a certain way? Do you pray to God (or gods) or to something else? Do you say your prayers out loud or in your head?I don't pray,
except maybe in the trenches.
Worship: Do you go to church/mosque/synagogue/anything else? How often?The last time I went to church was when I was maybe 19 or 20, for a Christmas Eve service with my parents. Don't plan on going again anytime soon.
Ghosts, spirits, angels, and demons: Do they exist? Are they present here? Have you ever seen one? Are certain people condemned to roam the earth?Spirits yes, as I strongly believe in the Platonic/Aristotelian notion of the soul. Don't believe in the others, unless they are just manifestations of the same.
One True Path: Is your religion the only way? Do people of other faiths have equally valid beliefs or not? Are your religion's followers saved while the others are condemned for all eternity?Other religions are not equally valid, nor is evangelistic Christianity. Anyone who, for instance, insists on the literal interpretation of Scripture, denies evolution, denies the scientifically-accepted age of the earth, denies anthropogenic climate change, and supplants the known archaeological record or recorded annals with their own pseudo-historical narrative based on religious dogma, is objectively false, no matter which denomination they come from. "Liberal," non-orthodox members of other religions, such as Judaism, are fine.
Spiritual objects: Do certain things in the earth (for example, crystals or plants) have spiritual properties?Yes, plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum that must be possessed by any kind of living organism. Lower animals have, in addition, the powers of sense-perception and self-motion. Humans have all these as well as intellect, which is naturally a higher level of soul.
Religious law: Do you follow religious law or morality codes? For example, fasting or abstinence until marriage? Is not doing so a sin?I really only believe in the general Christian principles of conduct, such as selflessness, giving alms to the poor, brotherhood, honesty, humility, etc. Ritualistic things like not penetrating a woman until you've taken some "sacred vow," abstaining from things on certain "sacred days," and not using certain "profane words," are unnecessary. It's clearly a man's heart and intentions which are to be judged, not his outward actions. A tree is known by its fruit, in other words.
Spreading the word: Should it be a mission by people of your religion to spread it to as many people as possible?I think the honorable aspects of Christian ethics which I mentioned above should be taught. It is not necessary to teach anything about theology to achieve this outcome.
