By KATT
Added: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:01:32 UTC

I've been a fan of Dawkins for a while now, and I finally got my hands on "the God delusion", which I'm currently reading. It has provoked some serious thinking for me.

I grew up in a mixed religious (largely secular) home. My dad is Jewish (but a self proclaimed atheist). My mom was raised Anglican but excommunicated for marrying my dad (thought she still more religious than he is).

As a teenager I experimented in various religions trying to figure out where I belong. I became a follower of neo-paganism in my mid-teens and have been with it for a while.

I can't say I'm religious, because I don't believe in God(s), but I often find myself meditating to relax and I still burn candle and incenses to help me get into the state of mind I want to be in. All of these things came about from my time learning about at practicing this religion.

I'm confused on where I stand because while I lack any belonging to a religion or religious organization and can not for the life of me suspend my reason to believe such things as creationism, I still have a tendency to practice aspects of religions I've belonged to.

If I'm not religious, but I don't feel like I'm an Atheist either, what am I? Does it really matter?

TAGGED: ATHEISM, BEHAVIOR, CRITICAL THINKING, RELIGION