When you were a Theist.

[Caecili]

BTW, did u guys know that you are all infidels in another's eyes




Infidel :noun: a nonbeliever

Yep. I can't tell you how many times I've describe myself as a "filthy infidel" when asked about my religious beliefs.
Though, more properly, infidel means "unfaithful".

I usually use "Godless Heathen".

[Bum Venit Grata]

I listen to Rebecca black ironically.

I'm postpostmodernist, I can no longer do irony ;_;

Where have you been all my life?!?

[Kubra]

I'm postpostmodernist, I can no longer do irony ;_;

Where have you been all my life?!?

I'm pretty obscure, it's no wonder you haven't heard of me.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

My pattern went Hindu-Atheist-Hindu.

[Oterro]

Where have you been all my life?!?

I'm pretty obscure, it's no wonder you haven't heard of me.

I've heard of you. Don't doubt my indy cred, Sahib.

My pattern went Hindu-Atheist-Hindu.

We said indy, not Indians!

I keed, I keed; what made you give up and return to Hinduism?

[Kubra]

I'm pretty obscure, it's no wonder you haven't heard of me.

I've heard of you. Don't doubt my indy cred, Sahib.

Naaaaah, you've heard of my previous incarnation. I figured it had like, run it course, so i changed my artistic direction.

[Oterro]

I've heard of you. Don't doubt my indy cred, Sahib.

Naaaaah, you've heard of my previous incarnation. I figured it had like, run it course, so i changed my artistic direction.

Oh you mean when you sold out.

[Kubra]

Naaaaah, you've heard of my previous incarnation. I figured it had like, run it course, so i changed my artistic direction.

Oh you mean when you sold out.

hey man whoa no fuck you i NEVER sold out I stayed true to the scene way truer than any of you poseurs i fucking invented the scene so I can't sell out you guys just leeched off my ideas like i had to get out and start something new because you guys kept beating the dead horse you guys probably heard of me at some mainstream college party or something i wouldn't be caught dead being talked about there you're just jealous because people recognized my artistic talents and my revolutionary concepts so i got a little recognized it doesn't matter i never like got bought out or anything i am now rich and you are now.

[Oterro]

Oh you mean when you sold out.

hey man whoa no fuck you i NEVER sold out I stayed true to the scene way truer than any of you poseurs i fucking invented the scene so I can't sell out you guys just leeched off my ideas like i had to get out and start something new because you guys kept beating the dead horse you guys probably heard of me at some mainstream college party or something i wouldn't be caught dead being talked about there you're just jealous because people recognized my artistic talents and my revolutionary concepts so i got a little recognized it doesn't matter i never like got bought out or anything i am now rich and you are now.

Whatever man.

Enjoy your fucking bungalow, BMW and plasma screen TV.

Because they cost your soul.

[Kubra]

hey man whoa no fuck you i NEVER sold out I stayed true to the scene way truer than any of you poseurs i fucking invented the scene so I can't sell out you guys just leeched off my ideas like i had to get out and start something new because you guys kept beating the dead horse you guys probably heard of me at some mainstream college party or something i wouldn't be caught dead being talked about there you're just jealous because people recognized my artistic talents and my revolutionary concepts so i got a little recognized it doesn't matter i never like got bought out or anything i am now rich and you are now.

Whatever man.

Enjoy your fucking bungalow, BMW and plasma screen TV.

Because they cost your soul.

HEY MAN I DON'T WANNA LIKE
PREACH TO THE CONVERTED OR SOMETHING
THAT'S LIKE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE OR SOMETHING
I MEAN THEY SELL ANARCHIST BOOKS AT BORDERS.
WHY CAN'T THEY SELL MY ART AT WAL MART?

[Buurdland]

Many Atheists have been in this mental state at some point in their lives. There are some who were Atheists from the get go, but this is not always the case. Most of us believe in God at some point or another.

My question is, if and when you were a Theist, what was your reasoning for holding that belief? What was it that made you believe? Did you want to believe?

To be completely honest, I don't think I ever had reasoning for being a Theist. My mother approved of my readiness to worship, and my father approved of my Bible studies. It just always seemed a good thing to do in that regard. This was before I realized that I didn't have to believe something to please my parents.

I was never a theist. Honestly I can never remember believing in God. I did have, and remain to have, an open mind and plenty of imagination but I never could take the whole God/gods thing seriously. I went to a Protestant Pre-School and my best friend was a Mormon while my mother was Catholic and my father was an Atheist who greatly valued his Scandinavian heritage(basic grounds of Astaru). I had a good mix of religious views thrust upon me as a child its just I never believed any of them. To this day I am an atheist and I honest cannot see much good coming from religion and theistic beliefs, however many of my friends are theists and most are devout Christians. Just some people cannot believe, we see the world in a different light.

[Risna]

Theist as in Monotheist? Or Pantheist? How about Polytheism? if so yes to all three.

[Mike the Progressive]

I must say I find you a very shallow person.

[Sunny Marionette]

My question is, if and when you were a Theist, what was your reasoning for holding that belief? What was it that made you believe? Did you want to believe?

I was raised that way and have always been surrounded by Christians that hold beliefs so strong they almost look Westboro (they still think I'm an ardent Christian). I didn't know an alternative, and while before I was indifferent to believing or not, now I wish I hadn't.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

My question is, if and when you were a Theist, what was your reasoning for holding that belief? What was it that made you believe? Did you want to believe?

I was raised that way and have always been surrounded by Christians that hold beliefs so strong they almost look Westboro (they still think I'm an ardent Christian). I didn't know an alternative, and while before I was indifferent to believing or not, now I wish I hadn't.

You're Buddhist, right?

[Sunny Marionette]

I was raised that way and have always been surrounded by Christians that hold beliefs so strong they almost look Westboro (they still think I'm an ardent Christian). I didn't know an alternative, and while before I was indifferent to believing or not, now I wish I hadn't.

You're Buddhist, right?

Which is basically a guided spiritual atheist, because there is no god and it mixes easily with science. Anyways, yes.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

You're Buddhist, right?

Which is basically a guided spiritual atheist, because there is no god and it mixes easily with science.

You follow the Dalai Lama and stuff, or are you a different branch, or are you just into the basic philosophy and not the more hardcore stuff?

[Sunny Marionette]

Which is basically a guided spiritual atheist, because there is no god and it mixes easily with science.

You follow the Dalai Lama and stuff, or are you a different branch, or are you just into the basic philosophy and not the more hardcore stuff?

Definately not hardcore. More of Zen Buddhist. While I respect the Dalai Lama as Enlightened, he's not a spiritual leader to me because Enlightenment is acheived by an individual, not something you just kinda get by association. *shrugs* I "worship" independently.

EDIT: Worship isn't the right word...practice more like. : P

[Nightkill the Emperor]

I'm pretty obscure, it's no wonder you haven't heard of me.

I've heard of you. Don't doubt my indy cred, Sahib.

My pattern went Hindu-Atheist-Hindu.

We said indy, not Indians!

I keed, I keed; what made you give up and return to Hinduism?

I'm actually not sure. I was atheist for a short period of time, took a brief vacation to India again during the summer, and became Hindu again, though a softer one. I suppose I can be classified as Hindu atheist/agnostic (Hindu atheist is an actual branch of Hinduism.)

[Sunny Marionette]

I've heard of you. Don't doubt my indy cred, Sahib.



We said indy, not Indians!

I keed, I keed; what made you give up and return to Hinduism?

I'm actually not sure. I was atheist for a short period of time, took a brief vacation to India again during the summer, and became Hindu again, though a softer one. I suppose I can be classified as Hindu atheist/agnostic (Hindu atheist is an actual branch of Hinduism.)

Maybe it's just me, but can't most Eastern religions become atheist religions?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

I'm actually not sure. I was atheist for a short period of time, took a brief vacation to India again during the summer, and became Hindu again, though a softer one. I suppose I can be classified as Hindu atheist/agnostic (Hindu atheist is an actual branch of Hinduism.)

Maybe it's just me, but can't most Eastern religions become atheist religions?

By Eastern religions, do you mean religions that started in the East, like the Indian religions, Shinto and such?

[Zyonn]

I was raised half-arsedly Catholic by an atheist and an agnostic of Irish descent who took me to church out of a sense of duty. I hated every minute of it and told them so, so they gave me the option to be Confirmed and I refused. No fuss - none of us really believed the stuff enough to make a big deal about it.

In my early teens they sent me to Bible camp, where we played sports, had campfires, and were sat in front of ginormous TV screens for a couple of hours a day and taught that evolution was a lie, Albert Einstein was evil, and that all my friends were going to Hell to suffer for eternity if I didn't convert them. It's the only point in my life where I ever believed in a god, and it messed me up pretty good for a couple of years.

Now I am an atheist with a child on the way, and intend to raise my mini-self without religion, though I will be as honest as possible when they inevitably ask about it.

[Wamitoria]

I was a theist, then I cashed all the checks I got for my confirmation.

Same here, except it was a bar mitzvah.

[Caecili]

I was a theist, then I cashed all the checks I got for my confirmation.

Same here, except it was a bar mitzvah.

Lucky goddamn theists. I never got money. I did get Skeptic magazines, though.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Same here, except it was a bar mitzvah.

Lucky goddamn theists. I never got money. I did get Skeptic magazines, though.

Hindus never get money...