Am I a Religious Naturalist? You may be a Religious Naturalist if some of the following traits apply to you. You have: Stopped believing in traditional religious ideas and practices No supernatural beliefs and assumptions for what is Disbelief in holy stuff, an afterlife, and the power of prayer A love for autonomous thinking and individuality Tolerance for those who also do Respect for logical thinking and scientific explanations A religious attitude as an integral part of your approach to living Awareness of the natural beauty, mystery, creativity in the Universe Spiritual like feelings of awe, wonder, reverence, gratitude for Existence Ethical apprehension and compassion for all of life and the environment Sense the importance of the interconnectivity of all natural phenomena A responsibility to the future and the continuity of life of all kinds Strong moral commitments and behavior that are rational A comfortable feeling in a community of others professing religious naturalism Religious Humanism or Reconstructionist Judaism philosophies Membership in a Unitarian Universalist congregation or pantheistic society This list is only suggestive as most RNs self-identify by their own criterion. The purpose here is not to define a true believer but to offer some framework for those seeking to look at it. RN may not be a satisfying paradigm for many, but it is for some. It avoids the difficulties some people have with traditional religions and theism. It accommodates equally those who refrain from using god language, those who are godless, as well as those who propose a naturalized idea of deity. The pluralistic foundation of RN makes this possible. You can best answer this question yourself by reading the material here and in our companion site. Check out our Top Ten Books, Big Tent Perspectives, referenced websites and Religious Naturalism at LibraryThing. They cover the field of current thinking. Religious Naturalists are neo-theistic, non-theistic and not-theistic (explained on Sectors of RN page). Some are liberal minded members of traditional churches and synagogues who respect the values they find there. Remember that ours is not a dogmatic doctrine with rigid rules and conditions. Ours is broad thinking, tolerant and non-authoritarian. We welcome autonomous and moral individuals of all kinds who blend the spiritual and the intellectual. As some of us like to say – Religious Naturalism is rationality with feelings. ******* New movements tend to resist hard definitions, and doubly so for RN  which has at its root a conditional attitude towards the understanding of things. Is this a good thing? Yes, it's like being in booths with boundaries of varying fuzziness. Some things are clearly in, some clearly out, with the rest in Zones of Fuzziness. In our case, RN's boundary is very fuzzy since we are relatively new and have no rigid doctrines. As such, issues like "God language" are smack in the middle of our ZoF, and might even remain there for as long as RN remains alive and kicking. We invite people to embrace and celebrate it, because without it, movements become rigid and brittle. A healthy fuzziness also allows for beneficial alliances. Permeable boundaries allows for the absorption of new ideas and systems of thought which is necessary for maturity.