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The only personally meaningful religion which I in the slightest way believe in, is one which I created in my mind. My life on Earth is a small part of that story... a mostly inconsequential part of the story, except to provide a lengthy interlude that explains my presence here on Earth. Once I die here on Earth, there's no reason for my existence to continue on based on the religion/story, since I've already played it out in my mind. Perhaps my existence will continue in some other related or unrelated manner. Or perhaps it won't continue.
My "belief" in this religion is not strong nor constant. Most of the time, I simply consider it a fantasy. Most of the time, I don't believe in it at all. I wouldn't consider it a religion from anyone else's point of view. The only way it could be a religion for anyone else, would be if they too were a part of the story. But the story does not explain the existence of anyone else on Earth, nor does anyone else on Earth take part in the rest of the story. That isn't too say that the rest of the story couldn't include other Earthlings, but that so far my mind hasn't felt any reason to include them in my part of the story.
The religion/story itself has changed over time, and incorporates various unrelated and even contradictory parts - alternative story-lines.
The religion/story does not explain my existence in the Universe, nor does it really explain anything else, so perhaps "religion" is not a good word for it. But the story does include some "gods" and "magic". The gods are powerful beings who occasionally interact with the less powerful beings like me. The god I'm affiliated with is a very mischievous god.
My god dispensed some crushing poetic justice in the part of the story I was thinking about this morning.
My "belief" in this religion is not strong nor constant. Most of the time, I simply consider it a fantasy. Most of the time, I don't believe in it at all. I wouldn't consider it a religion from anyone else's point of view. The only way it could be a religion for anyone else, would be if they too were a part of the story. But the story does not explain the existence of anyone else on Earth, nor does anyone else on Earth take part in the rest of the story. That isn't too say that the rest of the story couldn't include other Earthlings, but that so far my mind hasn't felt any reason to include them in my part of the story.
The religion/story itself has changed over time, and incorporates various unrelated and even contradictory parts - alternative story-lines.
The religion/story does not explain my existence in the Universe, nor does it really explain anything else, so perhaps "religion" is not a good word for it. But the story does include some "gods" and "magic". The gods are powerful beings who occasionally interact with the less powerful beings like me. The god I'm affiliated with is a very mischievous god.
My god dispensed some crushing poetic justice in the part of the story I was thinking about this morning.