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What are your religious beliefs?

None, full-atheist
329
34%
Spiritual/Agnostic (no overly defined or organized religious beliefs)
172
18%
Christianity
305
32%
Judaism
17
2%
Islam
46
5%
Paganism
21
2%
Hinduism
3
0%
Buddhism
17
2%
Shinto
3
0%
Other
53
5%
 
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Postby Key West » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:04 am

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Postby Big Jim P » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:06 am

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It is Dr. Pepper flavored. Like most things divine, it is self-defining. :p
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Postby Firsthome » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:54 am

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Evolution is a thing.
God used Evolution and the Big Bang (a sort of... make the universe and step back kind of approach) to create the Universe.
When we die we move on to the next life where our deeds determine how you reincarnate.
LGBTQ+ are not sinners and shouldn't be discriminated against.
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The people of the book (Jews, Muslims, and Christians) are the closest to God but aren't seen as better than pagans, confucians, buddhists, etc.
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The Bible is mostly metaphorical.


Damnit

Those, except for the reincarnation and karma, are practically my beliefs, except I dont trust God because of the Sins he committed.
I also believe that Satan is God because No one else would willingly tourture bad peopld. it wouldnt make sense for an outcast angel to do that unless that section is a lie and lucifer makes you join his army (like Hel in Norse mythology)

All in All I would rather people stop fighting and just help each other
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Postby Meridiani Planum » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:50 am

Sanctissima wrote:Do you believe in a god? [...] What about an afterlife?


No.

Don't believe in anything spiritual at all?


I believe in being spiritual without believing in anything "spiritual".

What I mean is that it is possible to experience life as meaningful, deep, and beautiful without believing in crutches like gods and afterlives. Life is too amazing to cheapen it with "spiritual" entities.
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Postby Drakirex » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:52 am

Former Atheist and Spiritual, recently converted Eastern Orthodox Christian
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Postby Zoice » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:53 am

Drakirex wrote:Former Atheist and Spiritual, recently converted Eastern Orthodox Christian

I'm always curious about former atheists. Why were you an atheist in the first place, and what changed to lead you to religion?
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Postby Thervingia » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:38 am

I used to be a full-on atheist, but recently "adopted" agnosticism. I belive that the existence of a deity is irrelevant to our lives and therefore find no value in such spiritualism.
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Postby Menassa » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:39 am

Thervingia wrote:I used to be a full-on atheist, but recently "adopted" agnosticism. I belive that the existence of a deity is irrelevant to our lives and therefore find no value in such spiritualism.

It's pretty relevant to history and current policy in like .... a lot ... of countries.
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Postby Zoice » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:43 am

Menassa wrote:
Thervingia wrote:I used to be a full-on atheist, but recently "adopted" agnosticism. I belive that the existence of a deity is irrelevant to our lives and therefore find no value in such spiritualism.

It's pretty relevant to history and current policy in like .... a lot ... of countries.

The belief is, but not the deity itself.
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Postby Menassa » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:44 am

Zoice wrote:
Menassa wrote:It's pretty relevant to history and current policy in like .... a lot ... of countries.

The belief is, but not the deity itself.

Perhaps the belief, is the deity.
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Postby Zoice » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:46 am

Menassa wrote:
Zoice wrote:The belief is, but not the deity itself.

Perhaps the belief, is the deity.

Well, no. I don't think the claim of religions is that people believe in a deity, it's that the deity actually exists. The deity and the belief in it aren't the same.
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Postby Menassa » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:47 am

Zoice wrote:
Menassa wrote:Perhaps the belief, is the deity.

Well, no. I don't think the claim of religions is that people believe in a deity, it's that the deity actually exists. The deity and the belief in it aren't the same.

Concerning the relevance my man, concerning the relevance.
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Postby Urarenge » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:49 am

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Postby Zoice » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:54 am

Menassa wrote:
Zoice wrote:Well, no. I don't think the claim of religions is that people believe in a deity, it's that the deity actually exists. The deity and the belief in it aren't the same.

Concerning the relevance my man, concerning the relevance.

Sure, the belief is what is relevant.
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Postby Sanctissima » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:55 am

Zoice wrote:
Menassa wrote:Perhaps the belief, is the deity.

Well, no. I don't think the claim of religions is that people believe in a deity, it's that the deity actually exists. The deity and the belief in it aren't the same.


Most contemporary ones, yes. Although the two occasionally diverge.

The Greeks and Romans had an interesting view on deities, actually. Many believed that, with the death of faith or practiced worship of a particular religious sect, came the death of the associated deity as well.

There's also the majority of the neo-pagan revivalists who, as far as I know, don't actually believe in the deities associated with their religion. They're mostly just seen as poetic metaphorical allegories to nature and everyday life. Food for thought.
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Postby The Imperium Empires » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:58 am

I'm atheist baby
I am atheist as I have never had a connection with religon
And why does he allow suffering I want an answer and he if does exist he should just tell me and tell me why but because he has never done this means I don't believe in him
I'm atheist because I don't believe there are gods
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Postby Meryuma » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:12 pm

Sanctissima wrote:The Greeks and Romans had an interesting view on deities, actually. Many believed that, with the death of faith or practiced worship of a particular religious sect, came the death of the associated deity as well.


Um, source? The Greeks and Romans did not have the same religious practices, and the Greeks were always talking about the immortal gods, the deathless gods etc. The idea that gods need worship to survive is more a modern/postmodern one.

Sanctissima wrote:There's also the majority of the neo-pagan revivalists who, as far as I know, don't actually believe in the deities associated with their religion. They're mostly just seen as poetic metaphorical allegories to nature and everyday life. Food for thought.


There's a significant (and growing) number of hard polytheists in the pagan community.
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Postby Egalitarian States of Libertaria » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:16 pm

I'm an Atheist. I dont need to believe in a god to be moral. :P
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Postby Kautharr » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:20 pm

>atheists: 184

Oh boy...

Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then
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Postby Zoice » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:40 pm

Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...

Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then

Right, because without being told by a god, it's impossible to figure out that hurting people is bad. *nodnod*
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Postby MolokoPlus » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:43 pm

Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...

Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then


How can you claim to be a Christian and hold the ludicrous views on race that you do?
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Postby Trumpostan » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:43 pm

Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...

Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then


Why? There is no requirement to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Bogeyman or the Easter Bunny. Why should there be one for God who is just another widely beloved fictional character.
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Postby MERIZoC » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:46 pm

Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...

Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then

Interesting how you of all people would be making moral judgements on others.
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Postby Meryuma » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:47 pm

Kautharr wrote:
Egalitarian States of Libertaria wrote:I dont need to believe in a god to be moral

lol okay then


Kautharr provides great evidence that believing in a god does not make one moral.

Trumpostan wrote:
Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...


lol okay then


Why? There is no requirement to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Bogeyman or the Easter Bunny. Why should there be one for God who is just another widely beloved fictional character.


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Postby Kautharr » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:49 pm

Merizoc wrote:
Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...


lol okay then

Interesting how you of all people would be making moral judgements on others.

elaborate on that

Trumpostan wrote:
Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...


lol okay then


Why? There is no requirement to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Bogeyman or the Easter Bunny. Why should there be one for God who is just another widely beloved fictional character.

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MolokoPlus wrote:
Kautharr wrote:>atheists: 184

Oh boy...


lol okay then


How can you claim to be a Christian and hold the ludicrous views on race that you do?

Elaborate on that lad
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