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Metallus

What is your religion (if any)?  

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  1. 1. What is your religion (if any)?

    • Christian - Roman Catholic
      4
    • Christian - Protestant
      2
    • Judaism
      0
    • Islam
      0
    • Buddhism
      0
    • Pagan/Neo-Pagan
      0
    • Agnostic (not sure)
      3
    • Atheist/Non-religious
      4
    • Other (please specify)
      3


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Time for the infamous religous discussion :). Maybe this one will be better than the political thread, who knows?

 

A bit about myself--I am an atheist, but I don't think that people of faith are stupid or naive for believing what they do. My parents are liberal Christians who respect my beliefs (or lack thereof), and accepted (albeit reluctantly) that I did not want to subscribe to the same religion that they did.

 

I believe that if religion makes someone a better person because they have faith, then that's the best thing for them. I do not, however, like doctrines that teach people to try to go out and convert other people. I think it is an insulting and useless labor. What do you guys think? :)

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While I'm a Roman Catholic, in a way, agree with you Met. I'm not big on relgious convertions and so forth. While it's been a major point of my religion's history, I view religion as more of a personal issue. Everyone should find a religion (or lack of), which suits them the best. Religion should not be advertised as a product or a new growing fad. Religion should be unique to every person. In this view, I'm almost a Deist, but I agree with all of the principles of the religion I subscribe to. Now only if we could get rid of all those priests giving a bad name to Catholicism. We should put all the bad priests in a Pope-mobile and drive them off a cliff.

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I've tried many religions. I think i'll just look at myself as the highest power and forget about it. I'll just be an athiest. If I had to choose, I would either choose Wiccan or Buddhism.

 

I agree with Metallus. I am liberal, but I live in a very conservative area. People often discriminate against me and more my brother who dresses gothic. Even my best friends argue with me and try to get me to become Christian.

 

Though, there are cases where faith gives people power in themvelves. If believing in something makes you stronger, go right ahead.

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I had this friend in high school that became a really, really devout Christian between Sophomore and Junior year. I honestly could not talk to him anymore after that. He wasn't the same person, and he was always trying to get people to go to his church. It was really surprising to see him transform like that in such a short time, and kind of disturbing.

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I don't really have a religion. I sort of made up my own beliefs, though it's half-reincarnation. It's an odd belief, but it works for me. I'm supposed to be Roman Catholic 'cause I was baptised as one, but I don't believe in all the bull stories in the bible that they (being the writers of the bible) obviously tossed together on lonely drinking nights when their toes got cold and they couldn't sleep. Sorry, but that's the way I see it. Since my Grandma died, I agree with "The Mole" from the South Park Movie.

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i think its important for all people to have some sort of set of beliefs to get trough life, but its really up to the individual as to what those beliefs may be.

 

Religion isn't drummed into people as much as it used to be so many people choose to go their own way and follow the things that they agree with most and those things that agree with who they are.

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:jawa

people say the Catholic church

has been around for 2000 years.

But I have been to Karnak.

The Temple of Karnak

(Luxor Egypt)

boggles the mind.

The Temple of Karnak

took 2000 years to build.

I wandered through

the pillars and halls,

I fell asleep at night,

by the sacred pool

inside the temple

while sounds and lights

(of the sound and light show)

spoke of it's history

and it's glory.

I have seen temples in jungles

in Central America and Mexico,

and I have walked with my friend

(a school teacher in Laos)

on his way to work

through amazing Buddhist temples

watching small, bald headed smiling

monks do what small, bald headed

smiling monks do so well.

:D

 

Deities I worship would be:

 

Lord Frith who protects me

from the Roo Doo Doo's

whenever I cross the road.

 

Hat the Vulture headed

god of unexpected guests

(egyptian).

 

and all the Grim Fandango form moderators

 

RELIGION

 

Stretching like a giant blanket

of deception,

Religion covers the Earth.

Comprised of intricate strands

each fragile and unique,

yet part of the Tapestry itself.

Woven by one weaver

or perhaps by two;

in some cases more than three.

The weaving was done

in such a way as to create

a translucent shimmer

which makes the cloth invisible,

yet it is all colours.

This blanket is owned

by each Nation,

a gift for all Mankind;

yet each claims

that the gift is theirs

and that all others possess

a cheap reproduction

of the original cloth.

The cloth varies

from tribe to tribe,

not only in size,

but in design and colour.

The Church of Rome has a blanket;

White, Purple and Gold.

While the Stripped Prayer cloth

of the Israelites tosses about

uneasily in the deserts of Sinai.

Hanging majestically in the East,

guarded by Ming Dragons

the Sky Blue cloth drapes

the alters of Buddha;

And unfurled against

the arid desert heat

the banners of Muslim Nomads

praise Allah,

and his Prophet Mohammed.

Yet each cloth shares

the whole picture,

with the other fabrics.

Blankets of Peace they are,

made by divine craftsmen

to ward off evil

to bring Spiritual Harmony;

designed out of Love

to be used for Love,

by all the tribes of the World.

 

Sad it is to see

this wonderful blanket

scarred and tattered

after such a short time.

Used as a Banner of War,

and Profit:

against itself and its makers

one of the earliest tears

it received was in Rome

during the birth of Christianity.

Yet; Christianity further tore

the breach with the Crusades

and with the Inquisition.

Now Judaism and Christianity

are shredded by the Jihad.

The wounds now are numerous,

too many to count,

too costly to fix.

In America there is no more cloth

for the blanket is gone:

Ask them about the deception,

they'll tell you where

their blanket has gone

even more they will show you;

part of the blanket

is there on Wall Street

they needed more Ticker Tape.

Scanty portions of it

cling in gravity defying

outfits of their Super Model Culture.

And the rest is spread out

along the beaches of both coasts

bearing proudly; Holiday Inn.

 

Now flung across the Earth

the giant blanket of perfection

is no longer that.

Nations fight over it,

or forget it

nations no longer care

who owns the reproductions,

or the originals.

Many strands are snapped,

some are tangled with others

the weaving has been undone.

What was once translucent

is now black.

Religion lies in the bottom

of black pools

which form words on pages.

Spirituality lives on

in the hearts of some men,

but Religion is Dead.

A Dying Animal;

Religion is Extinct.

:jawa

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so many words.

 

i guess i'm kind of a mix of buddhist/christian. i don't goto church because i don't like how they push their religion on you and i really don't like how some believe that every one who doesn't believe in what they believe will burn in hell. i think every one should be able to choose what they want to believe, and the virtues they believe in should be true to them no matter what any one else says or thinks, and that they should be free to practice their beliefs if they don't harm another living creature.

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As far as I know, agnostic doesn't mean "not sure." I believe it means something like, "I believe in a higher power, but as to what it may be, I don't know and I'm not going to pretend to know."

Atleast that's how it is for me. But I'm a dummy-dum-dumb.

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When in doubt, look it up :):

[*]One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.[*]One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.

[*]One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.

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Yay Dictionary.com! I honestly didn't mean to offend anyone who is an agnostic. However, it looks like both mxbx and I were correct, judging from the description.
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:jawa

maybe some of you out there

are Dislexic Aetheists,

staying up late

and praying to dog.

guess that would fall under

other, but it would have been

nice to see it get it's own

category.

 

also best religion

to belong to yet avoid

religiously is the C of E.

 

always love that in novels and films

when they say C of E.

 

(and as far as religion goes

my city is poised on the brink

of a religious pilgramage.

World Youth Day;

and it is now day 10

in our cities garbage strike;

hope all those young christian

solidiers are looking forward

to doing a little community service.)

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