@mattsheffield @CStamp I've never felt a need for a thought through philosophy, but also wasn't brought up with religion - other than seeing it around the world and it being cultural to me - no different than the way people eat different foods. I mean I try to be a decent human usually, I research issues with which I may be grappling and I try to leave the world a better place, but I don't spend a lot of time "thinking" re MY philosophy and don't feel a need for it.
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@nomdeb @mattsheffield @CStamp My Dad was a priest (CoE) so I was kind of brought up in a religious background. But he was not a very religiousy priest. More like just, be nice to others kind and help people out kind of thing. However, I still feel very similarly about the whole thing as you stated.
@mattsheffield @CStamp I did grow up reading a TON of books - all types. I'd read about seven or so a week. I suspect that was more influential in how I grew up thinking about things - in many different ways - more than anything else. Because I read about different people and situations and circumstances and stories and I reacted to those, and ergo grew in how I thought about things more broadly too.
@nomdeb @CStamp It sounds like you have actually done a lot of thinking and reading, and that you have definite views on a lot of topics. That's great.
I wish more people would do that, however, many young people haven't been alive long enough to do the reading. And they are being constantly bombarded with horrible ideologies on YouTube and other places.
I think we need to give people real and virtual places to learn about values and to develop their own.
@mattsheffield @CStamp I remember reading about some guy who thought atheists might benefit from non believing church type places and I came out in hives thinking about belonging to anything organized like that. To me if I want a group, I'll pick a hobby group - well not even that. As an introvert. :)