Does being BDSM and having a faith cause me to be torn spiritually? At first it did. I took a good hard look at the faith I was currently following (Mormon). I had to ask myself if I really believed in what was being taught, believed in those who were teaching it, believed in the leaders of the faith. What I found is I didn't have enough answers in the affirmitave to keep me there. So I began to ask myself what it was I thought I did believe. I asked myself, did I believe in there being a God, did I believe in there being an afterlife, did I believe in a creator who would provide some sort of eternal damnation or salvation based on my behaviour. The answer I came to was no, I didn't believe or not believe any of it. So I have chosen to abstain from claiming a faith. I chose instead to live a life that I felt would lead me to happiness both spiritually and emotionally. I chose to live a life that follows many of the teachings of the koran of the bible of most religious sects and faiths. I chose to live a life of peace and nonconfrontation (religiously speaking).

I developed my own line of faith, my own interpritation of those teachings. Using the bible as an example for this. If you were to follow just two teachings from the bible (king james version so that we have specifics). The frist rule to follow would be "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” Or could say it as "Judge not lest ye be Judged". Follow that rule first. Almost every action you do following that will lead you to treat others as you would like. That leads me into my second guideline. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Follow both of those phrases, you can nearly never go wrong. For if you were to treat those around you as you wanted to be treated, and not judge those you encounter as inferior or superior or any other such thing. Then you would be able to avoid things such as hate, things such as greed, things such as deception.

By living my life this way, I have been able to enjoy the things that life presents me, things such as BDSM. Things such as aquaintences who are gay, who are a minority, who are not as smart as I am, or that are smarter than I am.

I feel at peace, an inner calm. This inner calm is what I believe the point of having a faith is all about to start with.

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