Liberating? No- The Opposite

You think it is liberating not to belong to a religion?  Not in the least.

I am religious and spiritual, definitely.  But I do not deflect to only one established belief system.

It is the farthest thing from being liberating.  No.  It is such a burden, it is so much work, it is so demanding having to weigh the pros and cons all the time, the weighted possible consequences of every single decision I make.

It is immensely cumbersome to have to do all the psychological work yourself, all the time.  Every time you encounter a new situation that requires an important decision.  It is an enormous burden and weight on your shoulders.  It is so much work not having all the decisions made for you.  It is so much work not having a canned morality already set up in place, assembled for you.  And you know what?  I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Religion and belief is important to me.  I like to pick and choose the parts that agree with my strict code of morality.

"Well if you do not belong to one and only one religion, then why bother about religion at all?"

And why not?  Where is the joy and purpose in life if I cannot relish in spirituality? It is fundamental to the human experience.