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Anonymous Coward · 6y

Are you religious?

the short answer is no, but a more apt word might be "faithful"

in a very literal sense, i'm faithful because i've adopted this mindset that it takes some degree of faith in order to accept that the things my senses tell my brain are true, or at least that they're being reported as accurately as my human brain's architecture enables. i'm also aware that my perception can't be 100% accurate, if only because there are ranges in the color spectrum which the vast majority of people can't see, and those in the sound spectrum we can't hear, and so on. in short: i am faithful that my five senses can tell me everything i need to know, for as long as they continue to function

in a much less literal sense, i'm also faithful because i believe in people. specifically that anyone who wants to change has the power to do so, and the power to leave the world they die in a better place than the one they were born into. i'm also all about sappy intangible concepts like love, kindness, friendship, etc. not as if they're some kind of magic cure-all but as virtues that have real application and merit, and are the closest thing to a religion i can believe in

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