First Religion Thread

[Bottle]

As far as this forum knows, I'm an evangelical Christian.

*shiftyeyes*

[DrunkenDove]

Down with religion! Rabble Rabble Rabble!

[East Canuck]

I think I'll follow the teaching of the Greek gods. I have a feeling Zeus is about to make a comeback...

[Emily Rueger]

well technically, some religious figures (not naming any now) could be seen as zombies.

He's talking about Jesus. Zombie Jesus.

Zombie Jesus with a BB gun and a Willie Nelson album.

well, he said it, not me. But yeah, he's right

"What?" I hear myself cry out in Bewilderment...
I got to tell you all, This is giving me ulcers.
Ok, enough with the drama, I suppose.
But really, What does Jesus have to do with Zombies? Jesus is not a Zombie. Here on earth did that astoundingly errant idea void of logic and proof of any kind come from?

I belive Everyone has a god of some sort, regardless of whether they acknowledge the fact or not.
Because, lets think about it, Lets define "god"
I venture to say it is who or what you put before anything else (this can be yourself, a friend, an idea, a religion, the God or god of a relgion, logic, emotion, country, government, pleasure, or many other things) It is that which you worship, that which you care about or for more than anything else you care about. A god or God is what you laud, praise, fawn the most, the most precious thing or person.
So "Athiests" are really just people who deny something takes the top spot for them. Something or someone has to be the most important.
That is just the way is is.

[Emily Rueger]

I think I'll follow the teaching of the Greek gods. I have a feeling Zeus is about to make a comeback...

Really now...

[MacCornmac]

well technically, some religious figures (not naming any now) could be seen as zombies.

He's talking about Jesus. Zombie Jesus.

Zombie Jesus with a BB gun and a Willie Nelson album.

well, he said it, not me. But yeah, he's right

"What?" I hear myself cry out in Bewilderment...
I got to tell you all, This is giving me ulcers.
Ok, enough with the drama, I suppose.
But really, What does Jesus have to do with Zombies? Jesus is not a Zombie. Here on earth did that astoundingly errant idea void of logic and proof of any kind come from?

Zombies rise from the dead. Jesus, he supposedly rose from the dead. Do you see any similarities?

I belive Everyone has a god of some sort, regardless of whether they acknowledge the fact or not.
Because, lets think about it, Lets define "god"
I venture to say it is who or what you put before anything else (this can be yourself, a friend, an idea, a religion, the God or god of a relgion, logic, emotion, country, government, pleasure, or many other things) It is that which you worship, that which you care about or for more than anything else you care about. A god or God is what you laud, praise, fawn the most, the most precious thing or person.
So "Athiests" are really just people who deny something takes the top spot for them. Something or someone has to be the most important.
That is just the way is is.

If god is what you worship or care about the most then there would be many of these "gods", and it would be different for each person.

I deny that there is a universal creator, which many believe as a god.

[Western Mercenary Unio]

Eastern Orthodox/atheist.

[Pure Metal]

right, new forum.... i hereby declare that i am right in all religious threads. there shall be no arguing. all hail the me.

there, that was easy

[Errinundera]

First Catholic in the thread! (at least to declare himself Catholic, that is)

First lapsed catholic to declare themselves. Well, Beth Gellert may have got in before me but that post is largely incoherent. (Lapsed catholic. Incoherent. Makes some sort of sense.)

Now I'm just waiting for the twitch upon the thread.

[King Arthur the Great]

I think I'll follow the teaching of the Greek gods. I have a feeling Zeus is about to make a comeback...

The Greek gods were a bunch of pansies that had to find somebody else every time a big monster reared its ugly head. And their afterlife, it just involves eternity in obscurity.

Revive the Nordic worship. Odin, Thor, and Vidar, those are the ones that need to make a comeback. And if you die well, on the field of battle with your slain enemies at your feet, you get to go to Valhalla, and spend eternity in feasting, wenching, and tournaments of strength and skill. Then, you get to be a part of the host that will help save the world at Ragnarok, and proceed to do it all again.

*Disclaimer: Artie is still a practicing Catholic, but would switch to Asgardian worship before Olympian worship.

[Lynxe]

Here's my path so far:
Agnostic/Sorta Christian>Atheist>Agnostic>Looking at Wicca>And now I guess Agnostic again

Seems like most religions have some stuff that makes sense to me, but I think Wicca comes the closest to one I could actually believe. I was pretty surprised when a Catholic Priest was at my Grandma's Funeral though. Take out the stuff about Jesus and people being better than animals, and I think I would have agreed with almost everything he said.

[Mirkana]

I'm Jewish, in case anyone doesn't know that.

[Brutanion]

right, new forum.... i hereby declare that i am right in all religious threads. there shall be no arguing. all hail the me.

there, that was easy

I shall oppose and take the Left!

Who's for religious centre?

And I lump all my spiritual beliefs into the phrase 'The Universe' and try to avoid it as much as possible because all The Universe is capable of is entropy. Life represents effort and must survive, if only out of spite.

[SaintB]

I don't think God is a fan of religion.

[Kryozerkia]

I don't think God is a fan of religion.

I'm sure he was amused when it first came out. Then it got old like any other tacky meme.

[Pope Joan]

People blame everything on religion.

But people are stupid.

Religion is a convenient tool for those who want to manipulate common values for the sake of personal power, but that is not religion's fault.

If there were no religion, they would use ideology or ethnicity to achieve the same goals.

Which the GOP are already trying, now that the evangelicals have realized they were betrayed.

I am an unashamed Christian because Jesus is just too on point to ignore.

Now, as to the institutions which borrow his name and fame, feel free to bash away.

And I like Muslims for the intensity of their devotion, Buddhists for their skepticism, Hindus for their cosmos spanning wisdom, and LV Satanists for their honesty and good nature.

[Mor Rioghan]

First post! I mean, for me. I haven't posted before. I had to leave NS for a while because I had to deal with life, now I'm back.

Is it a bad sign that my first post is in a religion thread? Oh, dear... But I love the optimism! Maybe in this new forum people will, y'know, NOT start holy flame wars! Or not.

[Seraosha]

I think I'll follow the teaching of the Greek gods. I have a feeling Zeus is about to make a comeback...

The Greek gods were a bunch of pansies that had to find somebody else every time a big monster reared its ugly head. And their afterlife, it just involves eternity in obscurity.

Revive the Nordic worship. Odin, Thor, and Vidar, those are the ones that need to make a comeback. And if you die well, on the field of battle with your slain enemies at your feet, you get to go to Valhalla, and spend eternity in feasting, wenching, and tournaments of strength and skill. Then, you get to be a part of the host that will help save the world at Ragnarok, and proceed to do it all again.

*Disclaimer: Artie is still a practicing Catholic, but would switch to Asgardian worship before Olympian worship.

I think I just became a practising Asgardian after that little summary. That sounds amazing.

[Jordaxia]

There is no God but Allah and I am his prophet.

Source please.

[Mor Rioghan]

There is no God but Allah and I am his prophet.

Source please.

He's Allah's prophet. He needs no source. Mm-duh.

[Missing Dog Head]

So I was walking down the raod and I saw someone nod at a magpie. And then someone else went way out of their way not to walk under a ladder. And then someone crossed themselves as they walked past a church.

I see some similarities here.

MDH

[New Limacon]

First person to not give his religion but say "First [x]" anyway.

[Big Jim P]

First Satanist to post....Nah, screw it.

[Tanaara]

For those of you interested in the Norse Gods, might I suggest an indepth look at

Asatru

Asatru is frequently regarded as one of the Neopagan family of religions. That family includes Wicca, Celtic Druidism, and re-creations of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and other ancient Pagan religions. However, many Asatruers prefer the term "Heathen" to "Neopagan" and look upon their tradition as "not just a branch on the Neopagan tree" but as a separate tree. Unlike Wicca, which has gradually evolved into many different traditions, the reconstruction of Asatru has been based on the surviving historical record. Its followers have maintained it as closely as possible to the original religion of the Norse people.

Asatru or Ásatrú is an Icelandic word which is a translation of the Danish word "Asetro." Asetro was "first seen in 1885 in an article in the periodical "Fjallkonan". The next recorded instance was in "Heiðinn siður á Íslandi" ("Heathen traditions in Iceland.") by Ólafur Briem (Reykjavík, 1945)." It means "belief in the Asir," the Gods. "Asatru" is a combination of "Asa" which is the possessive case of the word Æsir (Aesir) and "Tru" which means belief or religion.

Throughout Scandinavia the religion is called Forn Siðr (which means the Ancient way or tradition), Forn sed (the Old custom), Nordisk sed (Nordic custom), or Hedensk sed (Pagan custom).

I know a number of Asatru and their scholarship and research into it's history and customs has been exceptionally indepth.

I'd say that I most closely resemble a Wiccan, but my personal religion incorporates traditions, teaching, an bits and pieces from many others.

[Blouman Empire]

In the spirit of the other NSG.

"All religions are wrong and shouldn't be allowed"

"My religion is right and the others are wrong"

"Atheists are superior because we don't need religion"

"Why can't all religions just get along"

That covers all the arguments I think.