Are you an Atheist or Theist.

[North Stradia]

I am an Islamic Christian Hindu Catholic Buddhist but sometimes I lean towards Deism.

lolwut

[Reggae Magmia]

I shall, in a few minutes.


...wut?

STOP CONDEMNING MY RELIGION YOU LIBERAL HIPPIE GUN HATER

A liberal I certainly am not.
Hippie?
Proud gun hater.

All kidding aside, I'm truly curious as to how that works.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

STOP CONDEMNING MY RELIGION YOU LIBERAL HIPPIE GUN HATER

A liberal I certainly am not.
Hippie?
Proud gun hater.

All kidding aside, I'm truly curious as to how that works.

Paradoxically, it works paradoxically.

[Big Jim P]

I think you have... but still I feel we should stop this pointless discussion because now we're just arguing about burden of proof.

And this is where Bacon Tacos come in handy.

Or bonobos, or whatever you full-time NSGers prefer...

Bonobo bacon tacos.

[Demen 2]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

[North Stradia]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

And I repeat myself again:

Without religion, men and women would enjoy complete equality, gay marriage would be legal, there would be abortion rights, and we wouldn't have religious nuts continuously blocking any and all scientific research because it's "immoral".

Also, we would all have private space shuttles, and vacation homes on terraformed Mars.

[Olthar]

Why isn't there a "deist" option in the poll? I mean, I'm not one, but still. There should be that option for the sake of completionism.

[Big Jim P]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

Jokes aside, this sums up my thoughts as well.

[Wazkyraque]

Atheist.

[Zweite Alaje]

Why isn't there a "deist" option in the poll? I mean, I'm not one, but still. There should be that option for the sake of completionism.

Most people have never heard of us. DISCRIMINATION, DEIST RIGHTS MOVEMENT NOW!!!

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

Jokes aside, this sums up my thoughts as well.

I never thought I would say this, but I actually think I have less faith in humanity than Big Jim.

[Demen 2]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

And I repeat myself again:

Without religion, men and women would enjoy complete equality, gay marriage would be legal, there would be abortion rights, and we wouldn't have religious nuts continuously blocking any and all scientific research because it's "immoral".

Also, we would all have private space shuttles, and vacation homes on terraformed Mars.

Ah, but what if, by some impossible odds, there is a higher power?

According to you or I, there is not. But everyone believes differently.

Besides, without things like the bible, one can argue that humans wouldn't have much reason to be as pleasant or civilized as you or I. Granted, it's brought upon many things I disagree with (I.E., pro-lifers, Homophobes, etc.) it still did the world a benefit. Some people take joy in faith. Why take that away for as selfish a reason as "I don't like it"? Doesn't that make us the same as them, condemning what they believe?

[Big Jim P]

Jokes aside, this sums up my thoughts as well.

I never thought I would say this, but I actually think I have less faith in humanity than Big Jim.

I have perfect faith in humanity. The are moronic assholes until proven otherwise.

[Demen 2]

I keep saying "you or I" instead of you or me.

>tfw not grammatically correct

[The Vermin Confederation of Mossflower]

In all seriousness, I'm an atheist.

I however, don't understand the reason to be an anti theist. If one wishes to restrict their knowledge of the universe to "god did it", then by all means, let them. If you want the comfort of life after death over the uncertainty of an eternity, again, by all means. It does not affect me.

I am, however, against those who force religions on others.

And I repeat myself again:

Without religion, men and women would enjoy complete equality, gay marriage would be legal, there would be abortion rights, and we wouldn't have religious nuts continuously blocking any and all scientific research because it's "immoral".

Also, we would all have private space shuttles, and vacation homes on terraformed Mars.

And Elvis would still be alive.

Yeah no, inequality, violence, abuse and discrimination predate religion entirely.
Religion just didnt help matters much.

Further I'd like to say I'm a Methodist Christian and pro-choice, in favor of federally recognized same-sex marriage, and dont quite see what my religious beliefs have to do with men and women being equal.



(EDIT: I swear this PC has a built in autocorrect that is constantly screwing up my posts.)

[Reggae Magmia]

Maybe I should make a thread on this. "If you could create a religion..."

Do it.

It is done. For all who are interested.

[Tlaceceyaya]

And I repeat myself again:

Without religion, men and women would enjoy complete equality, gay marriage would be legal, there would be abortion rights, and we wouldn't have religious nuts continuously blocking any and all scientific research because it's "immoral".

Also, we would all have private space shuttles, and vacation homes on terraformed Mars.

And Elvis would still be alive.

Yeah no, inequality, violence, abuse and discrimination predate religion entirely.
Religion just didnt help matters much.

Further I'd like to say I'm a Methodist Christian and pro-choice, in favor or federally recognized same-sex marriage, and dont quite see what my religious beliefs have to do with men and women being equal.

The Abrahamic religions hold men up as being better than women. I'm sure you can connect the dots.

[Demen 2]

And I repeat myself again:

Without religion, men and women would enjoy complete equality, gay marriage would be legal, there would be abortion rights, and we wouldn't have religious nuts continuously blocking any and all scientific research because it's "immoral".

Also, we would all have private space shuttles, and vacation homes on terraformed Mars.

And Elvis would still be alive.

Yeah no, inequality, violence, abuse and discrimination predate religion entirely.
Religion just didnt help matters much.

Further I'd like to say I'm a Methodist Christian and pro-choice, in favor or federally recognized same-sex marriage, and dont quite see what my religious beliefs have to do with men and women being equal.

Men will find any reason they can to justify a pissing contest.


Fortunately, they'll also believe anything convincing enough to stop one.

[The Vermin Confederation of Mossflower]

And Elvis would still be alive.

Yeah no, inequality, violence, abuse and discrimination predate religion entirely.
Religion just didnt help matters much.

Further I'd like to say I'm a Methodist Christian and pro-choice, in favor or federally recognized same-sex marriage, and dont quite see what my religious beliefs have to do with men and women being equal.

The Abrahamic religions hold men up as being better than women. I'm sure you can connect the dots.

Are you saying women in say, Pre-missionary China, were given more rights and respect?

Note I am not implying the advent of western missions in China improved anything whatsoever

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Tax exempt status and a liking for snark.

It's like an congregation of trickster deities except we aren't HUGE assholes, just moderate assholes.

Clearly we need a schism.

We're the Orthodox Assholes. Burn the heretics.

[Demen 2]

And Elvis would still be alive.

Yeah no, inequality, violence, abuse and discrimination predate religion entirely.
Religion just didnt help matters much.

Further I'd like to say I'm a Methodist Christian and pro-choice, in favor or federally recognized same-sex marriage, and dont quite see what my religious beliefs have to do with men and women being equal.

The Abrahamic religions hold men up as being better than women. I'm sure you can connect the dots.

Societies of old did that with or without religion to justify it.

Some societies now would too.

[Syleru]

Theist (protestant) that believes in a quite a bit of things 'traditional' Christianity disproves of, like evolution, homosexual marriage and so forth.

[Tlaceceyaya]

The Abrahamic religions hold men up as being better than women. I'm sure you can connect the dots.

Are you saying women in say, Pre-missionary China, were given more rights and respect?

I specified the Abrahamic religions because those have had the most influence on modern society, and I recalled north american religions, where women are in some cases the leaders or hold more power than the leaders, as shamans and such.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Technically, I am a Falangist — Falangism is a conservative, more capitalistic (non-Fascist, really) version of Fascism.

He is referring to the “Christian” Dark Ages, which set humanity back in the sciences big-time.

Yeah, Falangism is para-fascist or quasi-fascist. My personal ideology is in the same boat (quasi-fascist).

Yeah, I tell people I'm Fascist for the sake of convenience, but really, Falangism is to Fascism as National Socialism is to Fascism — they're just on other sides.

My conservatism and capitalism disqualifies me as a traditional, Italian Fascist.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Clearly we need a schism.

We're the Orthodox Assholes. Burn the heretics.

I approve, but am too lazy to officially approve it.

That would require too many button presses, because fuck you people.