French Belgian fries to you all and good steam too!
I'm 35 and live in Brussels. I studied in catholic schools, but catholic schools in Belgium are public schools, unlike many catholic schools over the world. In the 4 catholic schools I went to before my majority, we were never asked to believe in Jesus or anything. We were invited to church twice a year and it were not mandatory... So, in Belgium, catholic schools do not differ much from the "official" (non-religious) schools, which I think is quite specific to Belgium.
This to say I received catholic values, but not the whole "believers" package... and my parents were not interested in christianity, we never went to church even though two of my grand-uncles were catholic priests.
This lead me to have a rather "free" spiritual life and I think many catholics would call me a heretic considering the perspective I've developped on their dogma...
Today, I'm "ok" with God. I consider that God is Love and that Love involves differences. Narcisism is not Love and thus, every religion is "the word of God" since there has to be differences, distances,... for Love to exist. My God doesn't want us to bow towards this or that point, but to get along, all of us. That's what I would call "God's will". So, I'm a christian, a muslim, a bouddhist and an atheist : a patatheist! Those titles are just dogmas to me and I accept all of them or none, nothing in between.
So, let's bla bla!
I'm 35 and live in Brussels. I studied in catholic schools, but catholic schools in Belgium are public schools, unlike many catholic schools over the world. In the 4 catholic schools I went to before my majority, we were never asked to believe in Jesus or anything. We were invited to church twice a year and it were not mandatory... So, in Belgium, catholic schools do not differ much from the "official" (non-religious) schools, which I think is quite specific to Belgium.
This to say I received catholic values, but not the whole "believers" package... and my parents were not interested in christianity, we never went to church even though two of my grand-uncles were catholic priests.
This lead me to have a rather "free" spiritual life and I think many catholics would call me a heretic considering the perspective I've developped on their dogma...
Today, I'm "ok" with God. I consider that God is Love and that Love involves differences. Narcisism is not Love and thus, every religion is "the word of God" since there has to be differences, distances,... for Love to exist. My God doesn't want us to bow towards this or that point, but to get along, all of us. That's what I would call "God's will". So, I'm a christian, a muslim, a bouddhist and an atheist : a patatheist! Those titles are just dogmas to me and I accept all of them or none, nothing in between.
So, let's bla bla!
