What do you do with your sense of Spirituality, now that you have left Christianity behind?
For the record, I am not a Christian soliciting arguments or debates. I'm a former evangelical, fundamentalist Christian that has been free from the fruits of that bad tree for about 7 years now.
In those 7 years since leaving Christianity behind, I have found myself becoming a complete and total scienceboi.
What I mean by that is: If you want to make a claim about answering some of the Big Questions^^TM about Humanity, what happens after we die, our relationship with Planet Earth, the Universe at large, our meaning and purpose as individuals and as a Species - I'm going to ask for an "Academic Journal, Paper Name, Page Number" in the same manner in which I would have asked for a "book, chapter, verse" a decade ago.
However, despite leaving behind Christian belief in that which lacks empirical evidence, I would still consider myself a deeply spiritual person. Spirituality is something that philosophies and beliefs which now more closely align with my truths and ideals, like Humanism or Satanism, seem to lack.
Since leaving Christianity, I've come around to my own set of beliefs and a kind of faith that I've chosen to call Emergence that presents a certain perspective about ourselves and the universe, and certain precepts to uplift and embody that perspective. Emergence has satisfied my inner desire for spirituality, connection, and being part of something that is bigger and grander than myself.
So with that in mind, I ask my fellows who have left Christianity or other faiths behind: What have you done with your sense of spirituality now that you are no longer Christians? Have you set it aside entirely, do you apply it elsewhere, and how does your spirituality now affect your life as compared to before you left it all behind?
Posted Aug 14, 2025, 12:28 AM UTC