I have never had serious thoughts about religion till now.
I am a little confused if I should ever take it seriously - i like the serenity religious institutions provide - the artwork - the quiet comfort - but dislike the brainwashing and scams.
Would love to know how the community got started with this.


At 25, I was largely agnostic. Less so than I was even younger,but I had that kind of gotcha attitude like pushy asshole atheists do - at least from a hindsight perspective. My whole spiel was that I was smart, but I didn’t know quantum physics or what makes a tree grow or whatever other niche thing, and therefore I couldn’t know that there is no god/s or other powerful being. Therefore I was agnostic.
I’m still in a similar ish boat, just without the pedantry. But I’m also leaning more anti-theist these days. Perhaps that’s a little more of a political stance, but as much comfort and community as a place of worship can bring, it also creates so much of this us vs them mentality. Which is a shame. Like you, OP, I really like places of worship as a location. They’re beautiful and serene. I heard a massive organ play in a gorgeous church in the US and it brought me to tears. But… The words that are taught there sow disfunction in society.