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What is the term for someone who believes in a higher power or spirituality without adhering to a specific religion?
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Just call yourself "Spiritual". Then thank the higher powers that this great country and your parents gave you the freedom to choose your beliefs rather than forcing you to be programmed to think a certain way and hate or pity those that disagree. Then thank good karma that you are an intelligent person.
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Yin-yang, everything in its place/time and a place/time for everything, I believe that's in the Bible also. You might like eastern traditions like, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen philosophy and others philosophies like them, you don't have to sign up for these to read them.
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first: its spelled Dharma. uhm.. i would call it freedom from insanity, freedom from believing in a merciless g-d who smights those who do not attend some ridiculous insult to a relgious congregation that was made out by the Christians in a mistranslation from what is known to many as the old testiment.
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Paganism, or if you'd like an even more open classification, neo-paganism. . . Pagans are generally polytheistic and believe that each god or goddess has a significent meaning in the universe. Not all of them are, just the majority. Neo-pagans basically form their own ideas completely and believe what they wish.. . Myself and two of my friends are neo-pagan, and we have similar beliefs to your's, with the addition of a few others.
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A realist.
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Organized religion has started wars and caused dissenion all over the world. Religion is an attempt by the masses to reach God. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
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You have your own faith and beliefs,I don't think their is a word for that.
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Buddhism has it incorporated in their beliefs as do some of the other Eastern religions I'm sure, but why does it matter so much what the religion is called, shouldn't it just be the beliefs that you should be so interested in? Then again, I guess it would be a bit hard to find out more about the other beliefs that go along with it if you don't even know what it's called.
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I think it would be called Pantheism or Monism. You'd have to be more specific. And I do think it's an unwise philosophy at best, but no doubt you'd disagree with that assessment. Blessings in your search.
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