Hello

[NoMoreFaith]

Oh geez. There are a LOT of other religions and its not like I rejected them all at the same time for the same reason. I almost started on a big essay here going into each religion I considered in turn but I think I got halfway through before I realized how long it would take to finish. I'll give you one example, of why I reject, say, Wicca. I am a monotheist. Both polytheism and pantheism tend to tie divinity with nature in a way I think is ultimately flawed. Nature is beautiful and lovely but I've never been able to understand it as divine. The only things the "gods" of monotheism, polytheism and pantheism have in common is the word "god" between them. Also, and here I am going to generalize, but polytheism also tends to put most of its focus on gods, whereas monotheism by its nature is human-driven, and again, I think that best reflects the world as I know it.

A detailed essay is not required, but I appreciate that you considered it.

But to take it into context of the Outsider Test for Faith, you have examined on a rudimentary level, and primarily faiths which are common to your own culture in order to determine what you believe to be divine truth.

The real question, is that the adherents of each faiths, including those you have little knowledge of, have equal belief to you in their own religion. In many cases feel a personal deep connection to their deity of choice, much like you perhaps feel with the Trinity.

Your rejection, and I take the views of Wicca you express, is not based on any objective measure, nor external, but entirely dependent on your own cultural awareness of a faith, with a private, subjective feeling that this faith is right for you.

That's not a criticism, that's how I choose what kind of fish I feel like buying too. I never think to try an exotic fish.

I'm just teasing, but do you ever wonder what makes a Sikh, a Hindu so passionate in their assertions, that are believed as strongly as you believe?

The reason I asked what your source was for over half of americans changing faith, is merely that with 80%(roughly) identifying themselves as Christian, it is somewhat of a statistical impossibility. What I didn't realise is that changing denomination of protestant church counts as a change of faith.

Its a personal bugbear of mine that Christians want to claim religious domination of the planet in terms of believer percentages, but when convenient claim other denominations as totally different religions.
It allows for a lot of convenient statistical manipulation, especially in the US, "We're 80% Christian Country" "Those catholics aren't real christians"..