Because someone has to; otherwise it wouldn't be a religion.
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I don't believe in a religion. I am a syncretic pantheist.
"Syncretic" meaning that I don't think any one religion or sect has a monopoly on divine truth, even if they are sincere and productive attempts. Refer to Rumi's Elephant.
"Pantheist" meaning that I think God = Universe. The laws of nature are God's attributes. We are all literally one with God, everything that exists is.
I believe these things because I exhausted basically every other reasonable metaphysical alternative.
It's only one more small step to atheism. By looking at how tortured the language you use is. And realizing that the effect is the same with less steps.
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My religion is fundamentally based on the idea of gay catgirl supremacy and worship. Service to the catgirls may come in the form of headpats and sacrifices are accepted in the form of baked juicy chicken :3
Because I wanted to create a system that implements my values and general philosophy along with daily practices that are kind of evergreenly good to do/have/know (along with a couple more loosely ceremonial but mostly symbolic and silly stuff). I also just like certain esthetics and world building so...kinda just happened I guess.
Though tbf, calling it a "religion" might be using language too strong. More of a belief system with some interesting but baseless ideas scattered throughout for the flavor. It's also not something I'm interested in sharing except for with those who are both curious and trustworthy. While others are welcome to practice (should those two qualifiers be met ofc), making any kind of consistent congregation or assembly around it would be sacrilege, actually.
Tldr; because it's useful and fun.
Religion is a scam. Anyone with critical thinking can see that BUT if you understand that and choose to follow because it makes you feel better it's ok!
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