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Any help here for atheists, agnostics, and other non-Christians?

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Religion has nothing to do with Aging Care website.
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AlvaDeer Dec 2022
The short, the sweet, and likely the best answer to this query.
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Go to the right of your screen and ask for the help you seek. Or up top to the FIND CARE tab. Religion and Christianity have nothing whatsoever to do with this forum or the help that this website provides. Where did you get that idea?
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I'm kind of confused about that question.

We, here on this site are off all religious persuasions and beliefs. Agnostics, atheists, Jews, Catholics, Mormon, Evangelicals...and we all have our take on life, death and all the stuff that goes on in between.

I think that one of the more powerful things I have experienced being a member here, is that when we are down, struggling, worried--whatever, everyone who wants to can pray, meditate or just send good vibes out into the universe for us. I have personally asked for and received that support.

If you have specific questions about various religions, Google the 'church' of your choice and then if you have questions you think we can answer, just come back and post.
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Agent, I recently suggested to someone (perhaps you?) who said that they had no friends or community. I suggested joining a house of worship.

At least where I live, there are plenty of houses of worship that don't ask you to declare any belief in any particular dogma. They are places for folks to gather to express solidarity in the goodness of the human spirit.
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BurntCaregiver Dec 2022
You're right, Barb. I'm involved with a lovely non-denominational "church" group who knows full well that I am Jewish. They don't care. It's more about believing in a superior being and higher power. If anything I would compare it more to the beliefs of Freemasonry than anything else. There are many groups like this and mine has been a real help to me.
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I am an atheist for all my 80 years.
Are our needs different than anyone else's needs? The questions on Forum are for the most part about how to give or how to get the best caregiving advice.
I would love an example about how, as an Atheist, you are impacted differently by caregiving needs than anyone of any faith.
I have quite honestly never felt judged here for my lack of belief, which is not a "choice" but just a fact of my life. I am more than comfortable on AgingCare, as I hope ALL of ALL beliefs are.
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Yes, you need to explain what you mean? Does it bother you when people respond that they are praying for someone? Or that maybe they should see a minister? I know of one long time member who is an atheist. This is an international forum. I am pretty sure that we r not all "religious". For me, when that word is used, its used in the context that the person is over zealous in their faith. I like "a person of faith" better.

The information and resources that State and Counties provide are not religion based. Even if they were, they cannot discriminate. You go to a Church for food, they do not turn u away because your not of their faith. So please explain what you mean?

P.S. I started my post and took a break so did not see more posts popped up. Do you mean by help a place other than a Church where you can meet others? My daughter belonged to a Unitarian Church for a while. Not really "religious" as such. More charitable and the "minister" talked more about how to be a good person and having a good life. Not really a sermon. I think they had get togethers where they all brought food and sat around and talked and got to know each other. Like Burnt said, this "Church" had people from all religions and backgrounds.
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Maybe it's access to philosophical ideas that's needed to help us understand how others deal with the challenges of life. Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor, wrote his meditations around 150 AD. His musings are about how to be a good person, how to deal with bad people, and so on. I'm reading it in a Harvard Classic volume right now. In the same volume are the teachings of Socrates and Plato. You'd be surprised how relevant they are to our lives. There's no big WOW! or vapid blondes or pictures of naked people to lead us into the presentation of these ideas, and the reading can be strenuous due to lines of small print. But stick with it and learn that we're not alone in our difficulties in grasping what our lives on earth entail. Everybody in every civilization has something.
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I'm a 'person of faith' and my faith is part of the fabric of my soul. Raised all 5 of my kids this way.

4 out of 5 have left the faith they were raised it. Breaks my heart, not because they 'left' but b/c they have all become fairly hateful in their atheism. My son has developed a drinking problem (our faith forbids alcohol). I don't think that's necessary to do to prove to mom that they think her faith is 'for the sheep'. I know plenty of atheists who are wonderful people. IDK why my kids have to be hateful about it.

They can do as they choose, of course. Agency is given to all. But respect is important to everyone. JMO
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lealonnie1 Dec 2022
Religion was forced down my throat as a child, in school, and again when I married for the first time. My ex MIL was SO hateful towards me b/c I was not of her faith, that she personally turned ME off to religion entirely, esp organized religion. Not 'God' or anything like that; just the huge hypocrisy that seems to attach itself to so many 'religious' folks who have the 'do as I say not as I do' mentality they force upon others, and judging others in 'the name of God'. Just as the 'no drinking rule' in your particular religion 'forbids' which is what perhaps helped your son turn TO alcohol in rebellion. JMO, and not intended to start a religious debate here at all. In fact, I think agentsmith's question is inappropriate in general, since nowhere on this site does it talk ANYTHING about 'religion' or advertise itself as a 'Christian' service, etc. It's an inflammatory post, imo, designed to start arguments.
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How does help vary for a religious caregiver verses a non religious caregiver? I believe we all experience very similar things with our loved ones regardless of our faith.
Although I must say that my faith certainly has gotten me through some really tough times in my life and I can't imagine where I would be without God.
A caregiver is a caregiver regardless of their faith and we all try to help each other out best we can.

I do remember though in some of your responses that you were not as compassionate as most are on here, and in fact were asking how to get your name off this forum. I'm guessing you changed your mind huh?

Regardless, if you have need help in your caregiving journey, we are all here to help.
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