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Posted: **Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:19 pm**

Bearon wrote:
Cyrisnia wrote:No fighting, children.

What's the point of a thread about religion with no fighting?

Posted: **Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:19 pm**

Cyrisnia wrote:
Bearon wrote:
What's the point of a thread about religion with no fighting?

Posted: **Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:56 pm**

I've been slowly, very slowly, incorporating Hinduism into my life. I was born in the West, to a Christian family (very lax Catholic family). When I was a child, Catholicism sufficed. As I grew up, however, I began to question many things regarding the religion I was born into, not to mention the loss of any comfort I may have felt being Catholic.

I reached a turning point when I became a university student. Became very agnostic, but open to the concept of divinity. I just wasn't sure about Christianity anymore. Then, a year ago, I started reading about Hinduism and something stroke a chord in me. I'm particularly very taken with Ganesha Ganpati. Something about the elephant headed god and what he represents began to comfort me deeply. Especially whenever I stare into the eyes of his effigies. I don't know what it is. I just feel a sense of well-being from Hinduism.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:10 am**

Cat Rangoon wrote:I've been slowly, very slowly, incorporating Hinduism into my life. I was born in the West, to a Christian family (very lax Catholic family). When I was a child, Catholicism sufficed. As I grew up, however, I began to question many things regarding the religion I was born into, not to mention the loss of any comfort I may have felt being Catholic.

I reached a turning point when I became a university student. Became very agnostic, but open to the concept of divinity. I just wasn't sure about Christianity anymore. Then, a year ago, I started reading about Hinduism and something stroke a chord in me. I'm particularly very taken with Ganesha Ganpati. Something about the elephant headed god and what he represents began to comfort me deeply. Especially whenever I stare into the eyes of his effigies. I don't know what it is. I just feel a sense of well-being from Hinduism.

Struck*

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:15 am**

Bearon wrote:
Cat Rangoon wrote:I've been slowly, very slowly, incorporating Hinduism into my life. I was born in the West, to a Christian family (very lax Catholic family). When I was a child, Catholicism sufficed. As I grew up, however, I began to question many things regarding the religion I was born into, not to mention the loss of any comfort I may have felt being Catholic.

I reached a turning point when I became a university student. Became very agnostic, but open to the concept of divinity. I just wasn't sure about Christianity anymore. Then, a year ago, I started reading about Hinduism and something stroke a chord in me. I'm particularly very taken with Ganesha Ganpati. Something about the elephant headed god and what he represents began to comfort me deeply. Especially whenever I stare into the eyes of his effigies. I don't know what it is. I just feel a sense of well-being from Hinduism.

Struck*

aw, yeah, Ganesha, stroke that chord

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:16 am**

Bearon wrote:
Cat Rangoon wrote:I've been slowly, very slowly, incorporating Hinduism into my life. I was born in the West, to a Christian family (very lax Catholic family). When I was a child, Catholicism sufficed. As I grew up, however, I began to question many things regarding the religion I was born into, not to mention the loss of any comfort I may have felt being Catholic.

I reached a turning point when I became a university student. Became very agnostic, but open to the concept of divinity. I just wasn't sure about Christianity anymore. Then, a year ago, I started reading about Hinduism and something stroke a chord in me. I'm particularly very taken with Ganesha Ganpati. Something about the elephant headed god and what he represents began to comfort me deeply. Especially whenever I stare into the eyes of his effigies. I don't know what it is. I just feel a sense of well-being from Hinduism.

Struck*

Oh, Grammar Nazism. How nice.

Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:18 am**

Stagnant Axon Terminal wrote:
Bearon wrote:
Struck*

aw, yeah, Ganesha, stroke that chord

inb4 you just inspired a generation of religious fan-fictions.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:35 am**

The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
Stagnant Axon Terminal wrote:aw, yeah, Ganesha, stroke that chord

inb4 you just inspired a generation of religious fan-fictions.

Religious fan fictions are my favorite besides my OTP Erza and Jellal.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:13 am**

In my six years in a Christian boarding school, I came to the conclusion that whatever I did would get me burning in hell for eternity.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:20 am**

Vamtrl wrote:In my six years in a Christian boarding school, I came to the conclusion that whatever I did would get me burning in hell for eternity.

Especially things that would make you think, or that priests and/or nuns just found annoying.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:24 am**

The Rich Port wrote:
Vamtrl wrote:In my six years in a Christian boarding school, I came to the conclusion that whatever I did would get me burning in hell for eternity.

Especially things that would make you think, or that priests and/or nuns just found annoying.

Oh snap! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:27 am**

The Rich Port wrote:
Vamtrl wrote:In my six years in a Christian boarding school, I came to the conclusion that whatever I did would get me burning in hell for eternity.

Especially things that would make you think, or that priests and/or nuns just found annoying.

Spiked hair was the sign of the devil.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:19 am**

Vamtrl wrote:In my six years in a Christian boarding school, I came to the conclusion that whatever I did would get me burning in hell for eternity.

Because Hellenic mythology has any place at a boarding school?
Other than the mythology class of-course.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:20 am**

Vamtrl wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
Especially things that would make you think, or that priests and/or nuns just found annoying.

Spiked hair was the sign of the devil.

I assume they were in freuds anal psychosexual stage?

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:28 am**

Vamtrl wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
Especially things that would make you think, or that priests and/or nuns just found annoying.

Spiked hair was the sign of the devil.

As soon as they saw my sick Flock of Seagulls hairdo, they just ran out of the monastery screaming, flinging holy water at me.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:37 am**

Bearon wrote:What's the point of a thread about religion with no fighting?

Nothing like a good Crusade to get the week started...

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:39 am**

Hasuut Inu Tlomaq wrote:
Bearon wrote:What's the point of a thread about religion with no fighting?

Nothing like a good Crusade to get the week started...

Atheistic crusades are nowhere near impressive as you may think.

All we do is get drunk and have sex with prostitutes until we all wake up outside of a church covered in barf and piss and with 1 out of every 50 people suffering from some kind of disease.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:42 am**

The Rich Port wrote:
Hasuut Inu Tlomaq wrote:
Nothing like a good Crusade to get the week started...

Atheistic crusades are nowhere near impressive as you may think.

All we do is get drunk and have sex with prostitutes until we all wake up outside of a church covered in barf and piss and with 1 out of every 50 people suffering from some kind of disease.

Only 1 in 50? What crusades do you go to? My last one was 1 in 5..

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:45 am**

The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
Atheistic crusades are nowhere near impressive as you may think.

All we do is get drunk and have sex with prostitutes until we all wake up outside of a church covered in barf and piss and with 1 out of every 50 people suffering from some kind of disease.

Only 1 in 50? What crusades do you go to? My last one was 1 in 5..

Hey, just because we're a bunch of ransacking barbarians doesn't mean we don't make sure we get our shots.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:29 am**

The Rich Port wrote:
The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
Only 1 in 50? What crusades do you go to? My last one was 1 in 5..

Hey, just because we're a bunch of ransacking barbarians doesn't mean we don't make sure we get our shots.

Hardly considering the last atheist crusade resulted in the remaining 4/5ths to be diagnosed with severe sexually transmitted diseases. Not to mention they lost.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:32 am**

Benuty wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
Hey, just because we're a bunch of ransacking barbarians doesn't mean we don't make sure we get our shots.

Hardly considering the last atheist crusade resulted in the remaining 4/5ths to be diagnosed with severe sexually transmitted diseases. Not to mention they lost.

We only lost because Joane from accounts got pregnant!

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:34 am**

The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
Benuty wrote:Hardly considering the last atheist crusade resulted in the remaining 4/5ths to be diagnosed with severe sexually transmitted diseases. Not to mention they lost.

We only lost because Joane from accounts got pregnant!

That baby become the legendary hack Richard Dawkins.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:39 am**

Benuty wrote:
The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
We only lost because Joane from accounts got pregnant!

That baby become the legendary hack Richard Dawkins.

We, the Atheistic Cardinals elected him Pope of the Atheist church last week; he's already called seven crusades..

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:40 am**

The Vekta-Helghast Empire wrote:
Benuty wrote:That baby become the legendary hack Richard Dawkins.

We, the Atheistic Cardinals elected him Pope of the Atheist church last week; he's already called seven crusades..

He is no Pope Christopher Hitchens.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:58 am**

I guess the best way to discribe my views on religion is that I'm a atheistic cultural Christian. While I do not believe in god or a religion for that matter I still do typical Christian things especially when it comes to holidays. I was raised eppenicostal so church on Easter and Christmas are a big deal with my family and I do go with them and while I don't believe I still bow my head in respect for those how are praying and who do believe. Aside from a lot of that I'm a typical atheist.

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