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That's not a ton of detail. I want to read the novel! I just started a thread about encounters with other beliefs in childhood. I intend to start a thread about encounters with other beliefs in young adulthood and one about encounters with other beliefs in midlife and beyond.

When I was in kindergarten or first grade, I remember sitting with another little girl who was trying to teach me about prayer. I think I was dubious, as I had been taught to be. (In retrospect there are a lot of things that can be said about that kind of thing that I can expand on later) I...

My earliest encounter with different beliefs was right in my very home when I was a little girl. I was not brought up formally or even nominally religious at all. I lived with my mom and her parents. Each of them had different beliefs and each of their beliefs evolved over the years. They...

This is a thread to explore our encounters with other belief systems when we were children or teenagers. Personal, family, community, social encounters Broader cultural or sociological observations may fit too.

Hillel was said to have been asked to recite the Torah on one foot - and is famously quoted as saying "That which is hateful to you, do not do unto your fellow. This is the whole of the Torah, and all the rest is commentary; go and learn". This seems like the recipe for a simple faith. The go...

Pope Francis or any Pope is only head of state in Vatican City. I agree he was more human and humanistic than many world leaders. If I understand correctly, Quebec was something of a theocratic state within the democracy of Canada, up into the middle of the 20th century.

Not quite the same, but what comes to mind is the parable of the two wolves: https://www.sarahbedrick.com/the-two-wolves-within-choosing-which-one-to-feed-the-power-of-conscious-choice/...

Saying someone is ignorant is more inflammatory and pejorative than some may think. I was really annoyed earlier this year when someone on the forum referred to me as "ignorant" because they disagreed with what I said. You've said the same thing a few times. Still, there must be a reason...

Yes I remember, but he was not American by the common use of the term, meaning from the US, he was from the Americas. Someone from anywhere in Europe may be referred to as European (that varies sometimes depending on region, and Russia is usually referred to separately from Europe, an people...

Inhumane governments of any kind are the worst. I am less familiar with a humanist theocracy. Can you think of any examples?

Would depend on the person. Some read slightly, some widely, some look into many religious traditions, some into few or one. When I was young I read Proverbs and Psalms a lot. Or Ecclesiastes. They spoke meaningfully to me. I didn't find as much insight that I could process, understand, or...

What do you mean by "thoughts would not leave" and "have to fight the thoughts" This sounds like the way we might described the intrusive negative thoughts that some people have if anxious or depressed But you are not talking about that

Hi, I am from the Northeastern United States. Glad to meet you.

Everything you say here sounds almost too good to be true. Did you have to reject them? What was it about them that was hard to let go of? Why do the thoughts have to be fought? Complete lack or just insufficient?

As far as groups go - I was also less than satisfied with the UU after being there for a time, 20 years ago. I have recently returned for various reasons. I returned periodically over the years when they held philosophical study groups etc I think I might really get something out of a...

Maybe something along the idea of overcoming the prejudices and indoctrinations, as you stated elsewhere.

On the face of it, that sounds all well and good. It sounds easy and appealing, as stated. Amongst the various Abrahamic traditions, there's no end of rivalry. Infighting within Christianity. Was it like that for you and your neighbors? However what you said Sounds more ominous. More...

I've run across the concept of "a simple faith" in many contexts, usually individuals in a story (novels or long journalistic pieces) that are explained as having "a simple faith in God" or merely "a simple faith" without defining what that means. Perhaps it means something like not knowing a...

Wow... such empty.... :oops:

What were some of the ideas you were taught as a child? I'd like to know more about that. It probably deserves a thread of its own.