| sapphi_snake said: With religion I don't think you can really say "my religion is better than yours, but your's is almost as good as mine". It's more of an all or nothing type of thing. "My religion is right, I'll humour you, and maybe not tell you straight in you face, but your's is definately wrong". At leats that's my parents' attitude, and that of most Romanians I've met that are religious. IThis may be because Romania isn't a very diverse country in terms or religions. Something like 86% are Eastern Orthodox (and 96-99% of the overall population is religious). That could be why the very religious have such a negative attitude towards other religions (including other braches of Christianity). And while this may only be my experience the mandatory religious classes that I took where the teacher would bash Catholicism when we learned about the diffrences between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox probably further illustrates the intolerance of very religous Eastern Orthodox people over here. Anyhow, thinking on the original poster, I don't think s/he ever had a chance to own any form of religious belief due to the sheer heavy weight of the household. If you are pressed into walking in the beliefs of others, and never get to make them your own, it is oppressive. It just isn't you. I know Catholicism was like that for me. FTR, I used to be religious myself. I didn't like the intolerant attitude towards other religions that the Estern Orthodox have over here (though I admit I was the same for a while due to my ignorance and the influence of others around me). However my becoming an atheist was simply due to the fact that I simply found no logical reason to believe anymore. |
An interesting thing will happen in religion in that people who aren't heavily practicing their faith will sometimes be dogmaticabout it being right and not tolerant. When I say "heavily practice" I refer to not only the people who don't attend, but those that do heavily, but just do the rituals without getting the point behind the rituals. It was like a guy who demanded a Bishop bless his strip clubs or he would stop donating. The point is totally missed.
Anyhow, it is likely best to get out if it doesn't click. Of course prudence is called for in how one states they aren't part of it.
