Does My Soul Have A Religion?

When I die, will my soul go to a Christian part of the universe or will I be by the side of someone who died nearest in time and space to me regardless of their religious beliefs?  By one theory, we arrive to the afterlife and identify our religious community.  A Guide then directs us to where we can find the Prophets from that religion.  If we say, we are Christian, the Guide will show us where to find Jesus and Moses.  If we say we are Hindu, then the Guide shows us where to find Krishna and Rama when they give darshan.  One's religion helps to identify the accepted community but it is ultimately a label - one that does not confer legitimacy on one community over another.

​By another theory, the soul is a field of energy that learns from what is presented to it.  Before it enters the body, the soul does not express a preference for one religion or another.  At the beginning of physical life, the soul is a blank slate.  It is a part of a universe that has billions of different spiritual experiences.  Thus, the soul's religious, cultural, familial, and physical context shape its choice of religion (or lack thereof).

For example, I am a Christian but I doubt I was born this way.  I do believe in Jesus' directive to express unconditional love for everyone (even if I fall short often) and I attend church regularly.  Thus, my soul is informed by Christian ethics and doctrine.  But my soul came from the universe and it belongs to the universe. Its origin is personal and not sectarian.  The soul itself is energy that has acquired information from my choices, experiences, and the akashic memory.

There are millions who would be insulted at the suggestion that their soul was anything other than its explicit religious choice - either because they love their faith or because they believe their religion is the only true one. Whether their mind is open or closed, no one has shown that their soul chose its religion before birth, which should be for food for thought.

Do you think your soul was born as a member of a religion or denomination?  Share your theory with scott@theorism.org.