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I am Ganesh, an Indian atheist and I don't eat beef. It's not like that I have a religious reason to do that, but after all those years seeing cows as peaceful animals and playing and growing up with them in a village, I doubt if I ever will be able to eat beef. I wasn't raised very religious, I didn't go to temple everyday and read Gita every evening unlike most muslims who are somewhat serious about their religion, my family has this watered down religion (which has it's advantages).

But yeah, not eating beef is a moral issue I deal with. I mean, I don't care that I don't eat beef, but the fact that I eat pork and chicken but not beef seems to me to be weird. So, is there any religious practice that you guys follow to this day?

edit: I like religious music, religious temples (Churches, Gurudwara's, Temples & Mosques in Iran), religious paintings and art sometimes. I know for a fact that the only art you could produce is those days was indeed religious and the greatest artists needed to make something religious to be funded, that we will never know what those artists would have produced in the absence of religion, but yeah, religious art is good nonetheless.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd say I'm agnostic, but my parents also didn't force religion on me, my dad is Catholic, and my mom is Thai Buddhist, and I view the Buddhist ideology to strive for being satisfied without material as an honorable goal. I feel as if I believe that attaining that mindset really is nirvana, and I don't think you need to be particularly religious to think that's possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

do atheists give you slack for being agnostic? I have seen many memes on the internet bashing agnostics (quite funny tbh), so asking

The Imperial Japanese ruined Buddhism for me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

One of the perks of being agnostic is that you don't have to tell people you're agnostic. When others ask me about my religion, I just shrug and say I was raised Christian but I'm not really religious anymore. I don't mention that I'm agnostic unless they pry and ask more questions.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

To be honest, after high school it just either doesn't seem like most people I know my age are very religious at all either way, or otherwise it doesn't come up.

I haven't had anyone give me shit for it, personally, I don't take offense to online meme bashing, everybody gets it

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

atheists give you slack for being agnostic

I find that to be really odd behavior tbh. One of the issues with organized religion is when a group shuns or hates on someone for their religious/ spiritual views. That's also something that can happen with atheism, even if it's not really seen as a "religion".

Just be accepting of other people

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Off topic: I'm old & out of the loop. Is this a new meaning for "give slack"? It seems opposite of what my understanding. To me it means giving leeway, or latitude, or freedom. To give someone slack was to give some freedom or forgiveness. A metaphor of lengthening a dog's leash.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You're not alone, that's what giving or cutting someone some slack means to me as well. I hadn't considered that maybe this was a sign of me aging.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if slack has a new meaning, but it might be one of those misspellings where the person really means "flack"

"To give flack" fits the context here