Explain Your Religious Views or Lack Thereof

[The Rich Port]

No doubt he was more than a little disappointed, too.

Nope, he found that when people die, they lose just a little bit of weight. However, just based on the fact that he was never published and there was only, like, one witness, we can't really say he proved anything.

Not to mention his methodology was completely out of whack and subsequent experiments found that his results were non-reproducible.

My guess is, he made it all up.

[Divair]

It's possible, but so unlikely it's not even funny.

although we have made it happen with E coli in laboratory conditions.

Oh, yea, sure. I'm just talking about naturally occurring.

[Starkiller101]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

[Ponylandes]

I am an atheist. I was raised as a Christian from birth, attended church every Sunday, and attended other church events. When I was about 12 I started questioning things, I realized that the Bible was illogical and unscientific. As a result, I did research. By research I mean reading books, watching documentaries, talking to my preacher, looking up stuff online (when is what most people online mean when they say 'research'), and even reading the Bible in its entirety. While it took me a long time to finally make up my mind on this issue, over a year actually, I am now sure when I say that I am an atheist.

[Cosumar]

I am an atheist. I was raised as a Christian from birth, attended church every Sunday, and attended other church events. When I was about 12 I started questioning things, I realized that the Bible was illogical and unscientific. As a result, I did research. By research I mean reading books, watching documentaries, talking to my preacher, looking up stuff online (when is what most people online mean when they say 'research'), and even reading the Bible in its entirety. While it took me a long time to finally make up my mind on this issue, over a year actually, I am now sure when I say that I am an atheist.

My story is nearly exactly the same, except for that it took me a few more years than you to begin doubting the faith that had been drilled into me. Does your Christian family know about your atheism? I am still a closet atheist living in the Bible Belt.

[Erinkita]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

Not sure if that's a tolerant "It doesn't matter if people don't believe what I believe" I don't care, or a jackassy "I'm right because I'm right and fuck you if you disagree" I don't care.

[Dyakovo]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

Not sure if that's a tolerant "It doesn't matter if people don't believe what I believe" I don't care, or a jackassy "I'm right because I'm right and fuck you if you disagree" I don't care.

I'm guessing the latter.

[Zottistan]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

Not sure if that's a tolerant "It doesn't matter if people don't believe what I believe" I don't care, or a jackassy "I'm right because I'm right and fuck you if you disagree" I don't care.

Either way, it's a very un-Christian attitude.

*tuts disapprovingly*

[The Rich Port]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

Not sure if that's a tolerant "It doesn't matter if people don't believe what I believe" I don't care, or a jackassy "I'm right because I'm right and fuck you if you disagree" I don't care.

Uh, yeah, definitely the latter.

[Pandeeria]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

[Citation Needed]

[The Imperium Reich]

There is only one god and i don't care if you believe in the trinity

[Citation Needed]

EXACTLY!!!

[Mbone]

I used to be a Christian, but am an Atheist now.
I feel that religion collides with logic and science, and more than anything, there is no evidence for God.
I would also like to say, the burden of proof is on religion, not us. They have none, so Atheism is only logical.

[Saint Kitten]

Guess! ^_^

[Thama]

I'm Atheist.
I have slight short periods of Agnosticism here and there, thanks to a good friend of mine who's crazy-ass New Age religion makes more sense than any other. Though I treat his god not as a god, but as a highly advanced alien being in those flashes of agnosticism.

What happened was, I delved into the depths of [my original] religion, trying to understand it. And I came back understanding everything. It's simply a way ancient people tried to explain the world with what they knew and what they imagined. Also some dude who was such a good prophet of a religion, that he was blasphemously named son of god and had his own religion started around him by his drinking buddies.

Needless to say, back then, they didn't know much, so the ancients came up with bullshit.
Logically, all of it is just that, bullshit. There's a small chance life on Earth got there by Intelligent Design, but said Intelligent Design is not a deity, it's a life form like ours, from a different planet. That is very very very very implausible but possible nonetheless.

There is no god. There might be highly advanced ''Precursor'''-like beings out there. There definitely is Entropy. And Entropy is what created us.

[Bottle]

I'm Atheist.
I have slight short periods of Agnosticism here and there, thanks to a good friend of mine who's crazy-ass New Age religion makes more sense than any other. Though I treat his god not as a god, but as a highly advanced alien being in those flashes of agnosticism.

Agnosticism does not mean what you think it means.

[Shaggai]

Natural selection doesn't "weed out" neutral traits, after all.

There was actually a really interesting article about that in Scientific American. Apparently a lot of complexity comes in when neutral mutations occur that make something slightly more complex, and complexity builds on that, and then when suddenly pressures arise that select out anything without the full structure it becomes the norm, so something that seems like it might have been unable to evolve actually can.

[Conscentia]

I am an atheist. I was raised as a Christian from birth, attended church every Sunday, and attended other church events. When I was about 12 I started questioning things, I realized that the Bible was illogical and unscientific. As a result, I did research. By research I mean reading books, watching documentaries, talking to my preacher, looking up stuff online (when is what most people online mean when they say 'research'), and even reading the Bible in its entirety. While it took me a long time to finally make up my mind on this issue, over a year actually, I am now sure when I say that I am an atheist.

You realise the biblical character is not the only "god", right? (Though they seem just as unlikely to exist...)

[Skrewalkers]

I am a follower of The Church of the Walken God, and follow the teachings of the Walken Bible and the films of Walken.

Also, the SNL skits, which are sort of like hadith.

[Thama]

I'm Atheist.
I have slight short periods of Agnosticism here and there, thanks to a good friend of mine who's crazy-ass New Age religion makes more sense than any other. Though I treat his god not as a god, but as a highly advanced alien being in those flashes of agnosticism.

Agnosticism does not mean what you think it means.

It does. I don't have ''I BELIEB NAO'' moments, I have ''Maybe he's somewhat right, can't be certain'' moments followed by a ''Naaw, fuck that'' and back to Atheism.

[Conscentia]

Agnosticism does not mean what you think it means.

It does. I don't have ''I BELIEB NAO'' moments, I have ''Maybe he's somewhat right, can't be certain'' moments followed by ''Naaw, fuck that''.

The blue part is Agnosticism.

[Equalium]

Religious neutral. I think religion is ignorance and it brings war.

[Skrewalkers]

Religious neutral. I think religion is ignorance and it brings war.

Some religions specifically reject war. The Bible of the Church of the Walken God states specifically we are to "slay not". The scripture on The Deer Hunter particularly criticizes war.

[Equalium]

Religious neutral. I think religion is ignorance and it brings war.

Some religions specifically reject war. The Bible of the Church of the Walken God states specifically we are to "slay not". The scripture on The Deer Hunter particularly criticizes war.

Well there are some religions I like. True Christianity, Islam and Judaism that is about peace, not war. And Daoist too.

[Skrewalkers]

Some religions specifically reject war. The Bible of the Church of the Walken God states specifically we are to "slay not". The scripture on The Deer Hunter particularly criticizes war.

Well there are some religions I like. True Christianity, Islam and Judaism that is about peace, not war. And Daoist too.

Yeah, I like the Daoists. The few I've met don't seem to get too worked up about things.

[Equalium]

Well there are some religions I like. True Christianity, Islam and Judaism that is about peace, not war. And Daoist too.

Yeah, I like the Daoists. The few I've met don't seem to get too worked up about things.

Yeah, that's why i'm planning to become one.