Your religious affiliation, or lack thereof, and why?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Im catholic, not "culturally catholic", just catholic. Roman catholic. Im to arrogant to be atheist.

What the fuck is being "culturally Catholic"?

[Antirome]

Im catholic, not "culturally catholic", just catholic. Roman catholic. Im to arrogant to be atheist.

What the fuck is being "culturally Catholic"?

It's an oft-argued position that Catholicism is as much a culture as it is a faith, especially in relation to places like Ireland, and that though one may cease to follow the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, they are somehow still Catholic in conduct and in psychology.

Essentially, cultural Judaism transplanted onto Catholicism.

[MERIZoC]

I've met Christians who didn't think that Jesus was a real person.

I don't consider them to be Christians. That does not fit the lable.

Bluth was only true Christian on this forum. *nods*

Oh, God. I remember him from back when I had a different account.

Who's Bluth?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What the fuck is being "culturally Catholic"?

It's an oft-argued position that Catholicism is as much a culture as it is a faith, especially in relation to places like Ireland, and that though one may cease to follow the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, they are somehow still Catholic in conduct and in psychology.

Essentially, cultural Judaism transplanted onto Catholicism.

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

[Sun Wukong]

Im catholic, not "culturally catholic", just catholic. Roman catholic. Im to arrogant to be atheist.

What the fuck is being "culturally Catholic"?

That's a thing, it's just not specific enough. My guess is that he probably means German Catholic or Irish Catholic (though it could easily also refer to a dozen others.) You definitely know when you're dealing with German Catholics, even when they're atheists.

[Sun Wukong]

I don't consider them to be Christians. That does not fit the lable.

Oh, God. I remember him from back when I had a different account.

Who's Bluth?

Do not ask, lest you summon him.

[Antirome]

Who's Bluth?

Bluth was a very interesting individual who had created his own philosophy, which he called Christianity, and was insistent that his "Christianity" was the only true one, while deriding other Christianities as "Paulinism." He had a lot of other eccentricities, like at one point I believe he created seven accounts so he could rotate them each day of the week, and also tried to illustrate inflection through brackets.

I don't think there's ever been or will ever be a mind quite like Bluth's.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What the fuck is being "culturally Catholic"?

That's a thing, it's just not specific enough. My guess is that he probably means German Catholic or Irish Catholic (though it could easily also refer to a dozen others.) You definitely know when you're dealing with German Catholics, even when they're atheists.

I think Anti explained it. It makes no sense to call yourself one, but I do get the gist.

[Antirome]

It's an oft-argued position that Catholicism is as much a culture as it is a faith, especially in relation to places like Ireland, and that though one may cease to follow the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, they are somehow still Catholic in conduct and in psychology.

Essentially, cultural Judaism transplanted onto Catholicism.

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

Yeah, it's a little silly, though I can agree with some portions of the belief that Catholicism might have a culture to it, I don't just know if there are really "cultural Catholics".

[Sun Wukong]

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

Yeah, it's a little silly, though I can agree with some portions of the belief that Catholicism might have a culture to it, I don't just know if there are really "cultural Catholics".

Having dated one, I confirm that there are.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

Yeah, it's a little silly, though I can agree with some portions of the belief that Catholicism might have a culture to it, I don't just know if there are really "cultural Catholics".

I don't think there are. I just don't see the reasoning behind it, you know. Although, I agree there may be a sort of culture within groups of Catholics, but I think that's more related to culture (national/country) than anything else.

[Phing Phong]

Buddhist - most closely aligned to the Burmese tradition, though only because the nearest Buddhist centre to where I grew up happened to be in that tradition, not because of any great theological affirmation. Having said that, the Tibetan and Vietnamese traditions don't really appeal, as they seem to focus too much on esoteric practice and chanting with incense respectively, rather than actually tackling unhelpful actions and mindsets. I know little about Chan and its offshoots, so I can't really comment there.

[Olivaero]

It's an oft-argued position that Catholicism is as much a culture as it is a faith, especially in relation to places like Ireland, and that though one may cease to follow the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, they are somehow still Catholic in conduct and in psychology.

Essentially, cultural Judaism transplanted onto Catholicism.

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

Is it really that ridiculous? When an Atheist a Or a person of another belief system entirely says "Oh my God!" or "Jesus Christ!" Or "Go to Hell!" are they not displaying some form of Cultural Christianity? Even as a Pagan, I acknowledge that I'm still culturally Christian.

EDIT'd for a miss type

[MERIZoC]

Who's Bluth?

Bluth was a very interesting individual who had created his own philosophy, which he called Christianity, and was insistent that his "Christianity" was the only true one, while deriding other Christianities as "Paulinism." He had a lot of other eccentricities, like at one point I believe he created seven accounts so he could rotate them each day of the week, and also tried to illustrate inflection through brackets.

I don't think there's ever been or will ever be a mind quite like Bluth's.

Sounds like a wonderful fellow.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Oh, that mumbo-jumbo.

Is it really that ridiculous? When an Atheist a person of another belief system entirely says "Oh my God!" or "Jesus Christ!" Or "Go to Hell!" are they not displaying some form of Cultural Christianity? Even as a Pagan, I acknowledge that I'm still culturally Christian.

How exactly is the utterance of those a sign of you being culturally Christian? I utter Bastet's name often. Am I culturally Egyptian?

[MERIZoC]

Is it really that ridiculous? When an Atheist a person of another belief system entirely says "Oh my God!" or "Jesus Christ!" Or "Go to Hell!" are they not displaying some form of Cultural Christianity? Even as a Pagan, I acknowledge that I'm still culturally Christian.

How exactly is the utterance of those a sign of you being culturally Christian? I utter Bastet's name often. Am I culturally Egyptian?

In that sense, sure.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

How exactly is the utterance of those a sign of you being culturally Christian? I utter Bastet's name often. Am I culturally Egyptian?

In that sense, sure.

Nope.

[Ioghrnia]

What about cultural Mormons?

[Antirome]

Sounds like a wonderful fellow.

He was, in his own way. Impeccably polite, if struck with a bit of a narcissistic streak that I think one could forgive.

[Olivaero]

Is it really that ridiculous? When an Atheist a person of another belief system entirely says "Oh my God!" or "Jesus Christ!" Or "Go to Hell!" are they not displaying some form of Cultural Christianity? Even as a Pagan, I acknowledge that I'm still culturally Christian.

How exactly is the utterance of those a sign of you being culturally Christian? I utter Bastet's name often. Am I culturally Egyptian?

It's a sign your culture is somewhat rooted in Christianity if you reflexively utter "Oh my God" if you don't believe in the existence of any such diety, Referencing the Pesdjet is not the same unless you were brought up in a society that worships them and then refuted them. It's sort of like the difference between speaking french and being ethnically French.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

How exactly is the utterance of those a sign of you being culturally Christian? I utter Bastet's name often. Am I culturally Egyptian?

It's a sign your culture is somewhat rooted in Christianity if you reflexively utter "Oh my God" if you don't believe in the existence of any such diety, Referencing the Pesdjet is not the same unless you were brought up in a society that worships them and then refuted them. It's sort of like the difference between speaking french and being ethnically French.

It feels like stretching the meaning of both Christianity and culture to the extreme.

[Olivaero]

It's a sign your culture is somewhat rooted in Christianity if you reflexively utter "Oh my God" if you don't believe in the existence of any such diety, Referencing the Pesdjet is not the same unless you were brought up in a society that worships them and then refuted them. It's sort of like the difference between speaking french and being ethnically French.

It feels like stretching the meaning of both Christianity and culture to the extreme.

It doesn't have any effect on the meaning of Christianity, I'm not saying I'm Christian but I acknowledge I'm influenced by Christian customs. I don't understand how it could possibly stretch the definition of culture.

[Estado Paulista]

I'm Catholic [In Name Only, sort of].

[Big Jim P]

Bluth was a very interesting individual who had created his own philosophy, which he called Christianity, and was insistent that his "Christianity" was the only true one, while deriding other Christianities as "Paulinism." He had a lot of other eccentricities, like at one point I believe he created seven accounts so he could rotate them each day of the week, and also tried to illustrate inflection through brackets.

I don't think there's ever been or will ever be a mind quite like Bluth's.

Sounds like a wonderful fellow.

I found him to be rather amusing, and he DID have some good points.

[Big Jim P]

In that sense, sure.

Nope.

Considering the number of devils I call on, I guess I am omnicultural.