Summary of your religious beliefs

[Zenobiyl]

Religion:
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Why do you follow this religion (or lack thereof)?

Born into it, and never found reason to disbelieve. On the contrary, I found more reason to believe with time.

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 in one all-good, all-true, all-powerful, and all-knowing God who is active in the world—albeit more indirectly than directly. I talk to God, he doesn’t talk to me (not in any direct way at least).

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?

This is an issue I grapple with philosophically. I believe in the heaven/hell dichotomy, though am troubled by the notion that people suffer eternally if they disbelieve, believe in the wrong religion, or sin. All of these actions are finite wrongs, and infinite punishment seems unjust to me. I don’t know how to answer questions on this issue, yet I trust there is an answer I am not yet able to understand.

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?

Yes, daily. Silently through thought, or out loud in private.

Worship: Do you go to church/mosque/synagogue/anything else? How often?

Weekly.

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?

Yes. I have never seen spirits, but I believe they do exist. I’m unsure how “present” is being used, so I will answer no to that. I can’t speak to the last part, though I would hope that isn’t the case.

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?

Yes, though other religions have elements of the truth nevertheless. I’m of the “take-it-as-you-see-it” opinion when it comes to other religions, but there is absolutely a spectrum from more true to more false among them. As for the last part, I hope not but cannot say for sure what will happen.

Spiritual objects: Do certain things in the earth (for example, crystals or plants) have spiritual properties?

Yes, religious symbols and relics.

Religious law: Do you follow religious law or morality codes? For example, fasting or abstinence until marriage? Is not doing so a sin?

Yes. Yes.

Spreading the word: Should it be a mission by people of your religion to spread it to as many people as possible?

Yes.