Hello readers, today I’m going to talk about my
personal experience with the religion.
Since I born, the Catholic’s religion became an important aspect of my life. Let’s start with my name. My Mom is a deeply religious person, who always participated in the church´s activities and she choose my name, Mariana, which means “devoted to the Virgin Mary”.
After my parents separated, my mom kept her believes but She didn’t go to the church as I anymore. When I found out that Catholic’s religion doesn´t accept divorced parents, I was upset.
Years later, I started to learn about their posture in different topics, I couldn’t believe how they can be so closed-minded. Later, I didn´t consider myself as part of that religion anymore but that doesn’t mean that I lost my faith.
Today I’m just a theist, I believe that there is a God, but I don’t follow any religion in particular, my Mom and other members of my family aren’t very happy, although they respect my decision, except for my father who I didn’t tell.
For this, I think it’s important to find your own
believes and don´t let your family or friends take that choice for you.
Thanks for reading 😊
Wow Mariana, I really like your post. Like you, I am from a very religious family, my parents are pastors and telling them I don't believe in God was very scary, but as you say we have to find our own beliefs.
ReplyDeleteHi Mariana!
ReplyDeleteWow, I was a bit surprised with your blog because you related something very similar to my experience. Also as a kid I was a bit more attached to the church and its beliefs, however, this has almost completely changed in my life, although I still keep some faith. I really liked the term "theist", because the truth is that I had never heard or read it before and it is very close to what happens to me.
Greetings Mariana!
Hi Mariana, we have a similar case, but with my family we have moved away from Catolicism beacuse of cases o abuse inside of the church all over the world. I´m agree with you about faith and keeping that nonetheless. Nice blog
ReplyDeleteHi Mariana, it's great that you have prioritized your faith over a particular religion, sometimes I think that's the best thing to do.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree and thanks to you I just discovered that I'm also a theist kldjjksds. I believe that religion shouldn't be something influenced, everyone has the right to believe or not believe, or believe what he/she wants.
ReplyDeleteRegarding religions, I cannot simply cover my eyes so as not to see the atrocities that not only the church did, in that sense, I do not think it is right to take the good and discard the bad, if what is bad is directly related to the good. As in the Holy War, the church took the good, which was forgiving sins and helping people in bad times, and used it to start one of the worst wars.
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