I have to say, I was expecting everyone to be an atheist! This is a bit more interesting.

I was raised Catholic, but my thinking these days is more informed by Buddhism than anything else (not to say I would call myself a Buddhist, though).

From what I've read, I guess I'm the only commenter who doesn't believe in God or any kind of higher power. I wouldn't call myself an atheist, though, because I don't see any value in DISbelief. God/higher powers simply do not have any role in my life, but I accept that this is different for other people.

I look at historical figures like Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, MLK, etc. for inspiration on how to be a good person.

I try to live presently. I am content with the idea that everything simply is, and that it is possible to become enraptured in any given moment of life. As far as death goes, I draw on my experiences in different states of consciousness and I feel very strongly that the separation between the living and the nonliving is very small. As living things I think we have an inherent desire to stay alive- but that this desire dissipates as we become familiarized with the idea of returning to "dust." I mean, I've never heard of anyone having an unpleasant near-death experience… except for when it ends.

I'm comfortable with the idea of evolution because I can see that everything is in a constant state of change. As far as the origin of humankind goes, though, that depends- what would you consider the origin to be? The first modern human? The first human-like primate? The first primate? The first mammal? The first multicellular organism? The first cell? The first amino acids? I tend to think there is no "origin." Humans are just one more development in a constantly changing system, and the system doesn't distinguish start and stop points. It just is.

I think there has to be life on other planets, simply based on the number of extraterrestrial worlds.

Its pretty amazing what acids said about praying. Is it stuff like mundane health and livelihood? Or supernatural resolutions, even for others in any way? Cause then I would be interested in how often almost always is.

Besides that, more people should be like you, atheists and especially in that "exceptional" way , lawl. The morals I think are the most precious thing. They need to be considered without the background that makes each religion different (I think like JID does about the core behavioral stuff). They have the most merit in a detached way right?

LoserHands, like the gesture you throw up over your forehead to CALL OTHER PEOPLE LOSERS. ):

(not that kitsch)

I actually pray a lot about a wide range of things. Sometimes it's just about which decisions I should make and other times it's about serious requests like for someone's safety or to be able to pay a bill or something.

And, like I said, it usually gets answered within the same day. Either by something SUPER related to it showing up in a completely unrelated area or just by getting a feeling.

But sometimes I just get a push in the right direction due to my lack of finding the answer on my own. Yesterday I prayed about my scholarships because I actually did pretty bad this semester and I didn't make the gpa limit, but I found out that even though the scholarship is per semester, they combine the first year into one so I can still make it up. BUT THIS INFORMATION WASN'T DISPLAYED ANYWHERE AND I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR MONTHS! :P And the lady actually got back to me within the hour with all of my information, when sometimes it takes up to a week to get a decent response.

Note: You guys may believe that I'm being irrational in the next few paragraphs, and it's understandable, but I'm just giving my personal account. My friend felt it too and he doesn't believe in anything really, but we both wanted to get out of the house.

One of the most extreme supernatural experiences I've had was when my idiot ex-friend decided it would be a good idea to hold a seance in his old, abandoned house with some girls to try to talk to "demons" because his sister and himself had seen and felt things and he thought it might be his dead cousin. My best friend and I waited outside because I didn't want to be a part of it and he didn't want to leave me alone outside, and kinda didn't want to be a part of it either, and then everyone ran screaming outside saying stuff was happening and candles were going out but there was no wind inside. But the idiot forgot his phone and car keys and we couldn't leave until we got them so I had to go inside and it was FREEZING, though it was HOT outside (and the house didn't have any power/air conditioning) and I could definitely feel something that just made me feel emotionally bad but my best friend and I just ran in, found the keys and phone and ran out.

Something in the house actually made me completely change my emotion. It was strange. I didn't believe them when they ran out, I actually thought they were joking and trying to trick me and I walked in confident. But something just… I don't know. I can't explain it, but I am not going to try messing with anything I don't feel that I need to. :P

Edit: I also forgot to tell you that they were using a pen-and-paper oujia board and didn't think it would work, but they ended up getting the name of a demon that I can't remember. My idiot ex-friend wrote down the letters that came up before he ran out and googled them later on, and it turns out that it's a kind of common demon-name but I can't remember because I didn't care.