What Religion Do You Belong To?

[New Waterford]

Once a week, I dine upon the flesh of the almighty Cathol.

[Mike the Progressive]

Gotcha, in that case, I'm Roman Catholic. I was Southern Baptist, but converted to Catholicism. Lost faith for a bit, not sure if I have any at the moment, but the current Holy Father gives me hope. And so I plan on going to Mass again. I still disagree with the Church on some things, but he who agrees with anything absolutely is fanatical. So that's ok.

Well, I respect that you took the effort to become a convert. I think that shows a lot of determination to call yourself a Catholic, but it is still much more important to practice your faith by going to church, confession, et cetera. I would encourage you to talk to a priest or someone else who understands the faith about the things you don't agree with, and try going back to church. There is a radio channel called "Relevant Radio" where people can call in and talk about their faith. I would encourage you to find out what channel it is in your local area, and tune into it. I think you will get a lot of your questions answered by doing those things.

I do and my priest knows my views. He understands why I have them, even if he doesn't agree with them.

[Traditional Heavy Metal]

What a not really diverse poll.

I wanted to break it up into smaller categories, but it is limited to ten options.

You should have just summed up Irreligion with irreligion, save excluding apatheists like myself.

[Newanderthals]

I am a Baptist, but I have been looking into other branches of Christianity, especially non-Protestant ones.

[Fascist Empire of Great Britain]

Imperial Faith

[Galmarch]

I wanted to break it up into smaller categories, but it is limited to ten options.

What is ''Traditional'', by the way?

I guess it would be Druidism, Ásatru and other pantheons.

I myself do not consider myself religious or part of any religion.
I am interested to learn more about Stoicism and Daoism.

Legally I am a member of the Church of Sweden which is a Lutheran church, have yet to leave it though.

[Schiltzberg]

I wanted to break it up into smaller categories, but it is limited to ten options.

What is ''Traditional'', by the way?

A religion practiced by a small group or tribe. Examples are the religions practiced by the Native Americans, the Native Australians, and the tribal people in Africa.

[Schiltzberg]

I am a Baptist, but I have been looking into other branches of Christianity, especially non-Protestant ones.

Think about becoming a Catholic! We are the original Church of Christ, and we are the only church that can say that it follows the apostolic tradition of the Pope. The Pope is the successor of Peter and the leader of the Church, just as King David was the leader of the Jewish community. Telegram me if you have any questions about the faith.

[Hanzhong (Ancient)]

Buddhist. And the first one in this thread, apparently.

[Mike the Progressive]

I am a Baptist, but I have been looking into other branches of Christianity, especially non-Protestant ones.

Think about becoming a Catholic! We are the original Church of Christ, and we are the only church that can say that it follows the apostolic tradition of the Pope. The Pope is the successor of Peter and the leader of the Church, just as King David was the leader of the Jewish community. Telegram me if you have any questions about the faith.

Conversion should be more subtle, friend. I converted to Catholicism not because I was asked, but because a mentor showed me how admirable and just the faith was.

[Schiltzberg]

Buddhist. And the first one in this thread, apparently.

Well, this is a new thread, and that also makes you a pioneer. We would love to hear about your faith and what you believe!

[Reformed SU]

What is this "religion"?

[Equestican]

Roman Catholic (I don't condone what those priests did)

[Schiltzberg]

Think about becoming a Catholic! We are the original Church of Christ, and we are the only church that can say that it follows the apostolic tradition of the Pope. The Pope is the successor of Peter and the leader of the Church, just as King David was the leader of the Jewish community. Telegram me if you have any questions about the faith.

Conversion should be more subtle, friend. I converted to Catholicism not because I was asked, but because a mentor showed me how admirable and just the faith was.

Yes, but what if that mentor had never introduced it to you?

[Newanderthals]

I am a Baptist, but I have been looking into other branches of Christianity, especially non-Protestant ones.

Think about becoming a Catholic! We are the original Church of Christ, and we are the only church that can say that it follows the apostolic tradition of the Pope. The Pope is the successor of Peter and the leader of the Church, just as King David was the leader of the Jewish community. Telegram me if you have any questions about the faith.

Theologically, I mostly agree with Baptist. The reason why I am reevaluating my beliefs is that the Protestant sect is so undivided, while Catholics and Orthodox or so unified under a hierarchy. Baptists are especially bad at unity because you have Southern Baptists, National American Baptists, Freewill Baptists, and Independent Baptists, and they are all at each other's throats.

I do like the autonomy of the local church, but admire the unity and hierarchy of Catholicism, something that Baptists are staunchly against.
As a compromise, I am thinking about outlining a doctrine based on most Baptist theology, with a hierarchy like that found in Lutheran and Anglican churches, but still allows autonomy of local churches- kind of like a federal system.

[Bojikami]

Nahuatl.

[Schiltzberg]

Well I respect that. Thank you for posting on this thread.

[Furry Alairia and Algeria]

Nahuatl.

Nahuatl is a language.

[New Kvenland]

Nahuatl.

Nahuatl is a language.

Maybe he means a traditional Nahua religion?

[Mike the Progressive]

Conversion should be more subtle, friend. I converted to Catholicism not because I was asked, but because a mentor showed me how admirable and just the faith was.

Yes, but what if that mentor had never introduced it to you?

Then I suppose it was never meant to be. But we believe in an interpersonal God who loves and cares for us. So "if" is irrelevant.

[Atomic Energy]

Roman Catholic (I don't condone what those priests did)

I love how vague this is. I too am against the Albigensian crusade; just because a couple of knights MIGHT have been killed, that doesn't warrant mass murder!

[Phineana]

Raised Reform Jewish, and still identify with the culture. I'm very much agnostic. Regardless, I don't believe that whether or not a god exists that he is worth concerning oneself over (but I won't begrudge people who disagree!) I feel that whether god exists is irrelevant, and all that matters is how we act toward and with each-other.

[Jackonia]

Roman Catholic.

[Schiltzberg]

Yes, but what if that mentor had never introduced it to you?

Then I suppose it was never meant to be. But we believe in an interpersonal God who loves and cares for us. So "if" is irrelevant.

God will love and care for us no matter what our religion is, but if we are not aware of his presence, then there is no way for us to show him the respect that he deserves, and if no-one ever made us aware of his presence, then it is not our fault for not knowing that he exists.

[United Republic of Pinewald]

I was born Christian, but it wasn't very defined and I never did like that.

I was an Athiest between 1997-2002.

I finally decided to become Catholic on my own, I like the idea of it being a balance between combined faith and individual faith.

NO ONE is 2015 years old, being old enough to know first-hand when, who, what, why and how Jesus existed or not.

"Yeah, Jesus Magdolene was a good kid in school. He was quite fun to play with when we were kids, always turning my water into orange juice."


...and that's why I'm happy not to be born in the middle east where they get that intricate and coldly strict over religion.

Faith is the idea to me!