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As I've been reading through the forum I've found people with very strong religious beliefs and I have also found some strange ones. (ex. an athiest jew)
Feal free to argue with each other I'm just curios on the different religions out there. Also please give a description of the belief.


Me I have my own belief. I don't believe in a god but I do belive in an afterlife.
And there are no moral shit to live by. I promote living however you want. (Just so you don't misinterpet that I do not agree with murder for no reason. I simply believe people shouldn't be told by a book or invisiblse man how to live their life.) I say let people create their own morals. (But if you kill for fun I think you should still be tortured then killed. You know an eye for an eye.)

atheist. i was a christian for many years, but my belief in any god has completely left me.

add a poll.
and im roman catholic.

Lutheran.

Agnostic with atheistic leanings.

Agnostic, and was raised catholic.

Agnostic bordering on deist. Raised Methodist.

I have no religion.

Agnostic, and was raised catholic.

Raised Atheist/Baptist/Brethran/Hindu

And now I self-theorise but am one of the Wiccae

Southern Baptist
basically your run of the mill protestant faith, with the emphasis on people making a concious decision to devote thier life to God before baptism.
more information at southern baptist convention (www.sbc.net) click on the positional statements or basic beliefs

agnostic leaning atheist. Too many unanswered questions from the Christian faith (I was raised Presbyterian).

I actually got hit up by a campus christian group asking me how I felt about god. I started off by saying "I don't believe in god". After getting the deer in the headlights look from the two pollsters, I got into a deep discussion about free will and determinism co-existing in the universe, that subsequently made me late for class.

Catholicism +1

Hindu

Baptized/officially Greek Orthodox, but my beliefs are more inline with agnosticism and/or very liberal Protestantism.

Spiritualist

What is a Spiritualist and a Agnostic?

I was raised Unitarian Universalist, but I cut my ties and much later got involved with the Church of the SubGenius, for laughs, mostly. I'm a SubGenius Minister, as it happens.

But last year I had what could be termed a vision, and so I've been following my own path since then. But I have a very direct relationship with the archetypes that revealed themselves to me...

Asatru!

Odin owns ye all!

What is a Spiritualist and a Agnostic?

Not sure about a spirtualist, but an agnostic is (generally speaking) someone who believes it is impossible to know if there's a God/higher being, but doesn't not believe in said higher being (which would be atheism).

Atheist. I was forced to go to Baptist Churches as a kid. Never did get the whole invisible being watching everything we do concept. Sounds kinda like a pervert to me.

I have yet to figure out what I truly believe. I think I have been raised Jewish however I have some atheist, deist, Taoist, and Buddhist views in addition to my Jewish ones.
The beliefs I have formed are such:
There is only one life and that is it. No afterlife, no reincarnation
There are absolute morals but the vary by the situation. Killing shouldn't be done in most cases but is mandatory in others, etc. Each situation has particular courses of action that are more moral than others.
Actions have consequenses in life, good and bad. They often are ironic. I'm not sure whether a diety causes this or if it is just the nature of the universe. Maybe diety is what we call the nature of the universe that we don't understand.

P.S. Atheist Jews are not uncommon. While Judiaism assumes a god, a good Jew must follow the laws not the diety. The idea is that one comes to God through the laws, not visa versa.

Raised Roman Catholic, two years ago converted to Buddhism.

I have no religion.

True...but you can still believe in G-d and have no religion. ;p


Err...as for me, Borderline Orthodox Jew.

I just can't help but use electricity on shabbat. >_<

Evangelical atheist raised protestant Christian.

Southern Baptist
basically your run of the mill protestant faith, with the emphasis on people making a concious decision to devote thier life to God before baptism.

Same here! Louisiana state too? :p

Agnostic bordering on Deist.

I am religionless.

luthren and you'd be suprised by the evidince to christes death and life
:headbang: :sniper: :mp5: :gundge:

im an agnostic leaning toward atheism...raised roman catholic.

i do believe jesus existed, not completely as the bible told it, but see him as little more then a prophet.

Southern Baptist

I was raised protestant(baptist) by my mothers side of the family. My mother believed in g-d but not institutions. My dad became a pentecost preacher about 10 years after my mother divorced him and my step dad is a non practicing, though believing, catholic.

I am a papist(fundamentalist) type catholic in belief but not particularly my actions.

I see some say they are christians with leanings toward other religions. You lean toward other religions because you think that christianity doesn't cover this or that, however, most world religions tend to share fundamental human concepts of right and wrong behavior.

I don't follow any religion, per se, but I do think that Jesus, the Buddha, and various other religious leaders weren't just blowing smoke out of their collective butts. I try and lead as good and decent a life as I can, but then again it's based on my own ideas of what is good and decent. I guess I don't really care whether or not there is a God or gods (and if they're going to punish me for not believing in them, I really don't think I would want to follow them anyway.)

I'm Catholic, more from being raised as so then anything.

As far as what I believe it is very loosley based on the Catholic church. rally I don't follow it to the best.

Hermetic Kabbalah (no, not the watered down crap that Madonna and Roseanne follow) but Golden Dawn & O.T.O. traditions.

Raised Catholic, now agnostic and/or buddhist.

Vaishnavist hindu.

Agnostic

luthren and you'd be suprised by the evidince to christes death and life

You're right Forgon, I would be. I've gotten into religious debates with many people and in the case of every one of them the proof of christ revolves back to the bible. If you can provide proof that doesn't depend on the bible, then e-mail me, I always enjoy an intelligent discussion. Sarothai@gmail.com

One of my favorite internet resources: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/

No organised faith. I believe there's a higher consciousness, and I believe that there have some people in history who have had a very strong link to this consciousness. I do not give much acclaim to the idea of an afterlife, though I can see the concept of earthly reincarnation working in some ways. I believe in evolution, and also that science is the best way of looking at the physical world as long as it's accompanied by a healthy emotional connection to what we interact with. I also reckon that, despite a lack of suggestion of divinity, the literary works of some faiths hold great wisdom that we could probably learn from if we could accept the mythology of it as a means to an end rather than the point of living.

I'm therefore neither Christian nor Atheist, though I do take some spiritual aspects of both movements that I think are worth keeping.

No organised faith. I believe there's a higher consciousness, and I believe that there have some people in history who have had a very strong link to this consciousness. I do not give much acclaim to the idea of an afterlife, though I can see the concept of earthly reincarnation working in some ways. I believe in evolution, and also that science is the best way of looking at the physical world as long as it's accompanied by a healthy emotional connection to what we interact with. I also reckon that, despite a lack of suggestion of divinity, the literary works of some faiths hold great wisdom that we could probably learn from if we could accept the mythology of it as a means to an end rather than the point of living.

I'm therefore neither Christian nor Atheist, though I do take some spiritual aspects of both movements that I think are worth keeping.
By my thinking that makes you an agnostic

Roman Catholic

No religion.

Atheist, and not pushy about it.

I'm Roman Catholic, though I disagree with the church on a handful of issues and I have a few deist thoughts about religion.

I'm atheist, I suppose. I have a set of morals that I live by, but not out of fear of punishment by some omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent being. My ideas lean towards the theories of evolution, pulsating universe.. things like that.

As for the Point of Living, each of us makes our own.

Family are Pentecostal Protestant, but i've been in Catholic schooling. So I'm Christian.

Bokononist :)

I'm a Roman Catholic
And I have been since before I was born
And there's one thing they say about Catholics
They'll have you as soon as your warm!
dun..dun...dun...
*Monty Python crew appears*

I'm Jewish and proud. Although I also have problems controlling my urge to use electricity on Shabbat! :)

By my thinking that makes you an agnosticI think you're right in a way. I do, however, have a reasonable degree of contentment in my explanation for that higher power, though I wouldn't stick to it given evidence to the contrary.

FSMism (blessed be the Noodly Appendage) :p

I am a Catholic and I strongly believe in the religion

As of now, I'm a seriously lapsed Roman Catholic. I don't foresee myself ever returning to the church because I have serious disagreements with the Vatican. Or perhaps I should say with the idea of even having the Vatican. It seem strange to me that there is an entire city of people revolving around someone who claims to be God's emissary or whatever.

Spoonist. (http://www.geocities.com/rufus_flamewing/Spoonism.html)
We have a spoon and ... it's real!

...

ok, ok, ok ... I was joking.



I'm atheist.

I am a Thelemite. The title of the this post being the highest tenet of Thelema. Which is followed up by "Love is the law, love under will."

Same here! Louisiana state too? :p
Oklahoma

I was raised RC, and I had perceived myself as being quite serious about it through most of my life, but in the past year and a half I had quite a falling-out with Christianity in general (I'm from Boston; the molestation scandals and the Church's reaction to them certainly did not help).

After further reflection and study I oscillated between agnosticism and deism. Nowadays I'm pretty much deist: I believe in some kind of creator without knowing anything other than the fact that it made the universe. Belief is not the same as worship, however; my personal judgement is that anything seeking worship is not worthy of it. There is an absolute morality, but it's revealed in the nature of creation, not through any holy book. You might say that nature itself is the true scripture.

But I'm running on. I see there are some other deists out there; I'd love to hear your specifics. I know it's a pretty intellectually diverse 'creed.'

I was raised Dutch Reformed Cristian, but now I am agnostic.

I call myself an atheist, with a little bit of agnosticism.

I believe God does not exist, and furthermore I don't think one can proove God exists.

If someone believes something else: God, Allah, Jahwe, Bouddha, holy tree, Gaia, ...: don't stop on my account. Just be happy :)

I consider myself a novice Buddhist.

I consider myself a novice Buddhist.

maybe soon you'll make your way up to professional :p

i myself am a roman catholic

Still a Muslim. (checks pulse) Yep.

Reform Judiaism. I lean more towards the Conservative sect on my beliefs, but on politics and civil rights, I am firmly in the Reform camp.

Interesting. political views on this board seem to be quite a bit left of center, and most of the responers to this thread are agnistic, athiets or similar. Not flaming, attacking, just noting.
Great thisng about religous freedom in the US - we don't care if your worship a head of lettuce. Just don't try to blow up our schools when your 'god" wilts...

Pagan and proud.

I don't label myself as one religion but I do find myself to leaning towards laveyan satanism

Just don't try to blow up our schools when your 'god" wilts...

Well there goes my plans for Labor Day .... *sigh*

Roman catholic

I am just going to throw this out there, what is religionless? Does that mean you have not thought about it? Or is it that you simply do not care? What's the deal.
I am a truthseeker, wherever that may take me, be it Christianity, Atheism, or the old gods of the Norse.
Also, I ask what form of Satanism you subscribe to. Is it church of Satan, or simply a Christian bashing form? Finally, anyone who is Wiccan I would like to talk to, and if you'd be willing to shoot me a telegram I'd highly appreciate it.
- Joseph Glint
Philosophy Student, Tyslan High

I've no belief in the supernatural.

animistic deist (lower case on purpose).

Deist because I believe the entire universe is the face of god and that human beings can understand god and themselves through rational observation of the natural world, and that science and reason, coupled with intuition, are the way to go.

Animist because I believe in spiritual existence. I'm not willing to say that I, as a human, have a soul, but other creatures/things don't, so I assume soulfulness all round. I try to establish good relations with the world around me.

I believe in a spiritual afterlife and reincarnation, and that we make our fates by the choices we make in this life.

I don't belong to a church, temple, circle, or any other organized group.

And I'm really pleased to see people describing themselves without defensiveness or antagonism. This makes me feel really good. Thanks. :)

I am Far too self Important to beleive in a higher power

I am Far too self Important to beleive in a higher power

then you may just be a laveyan satanist :D

then you may just be a laveyan satanist :D

What the Bloody hell is one of those ?

I was baptisized Roman Catholic, made confession and communion, but against my own will. My mom is religous. this forced act has made me HATE all religions, with Catholism at the top of the list. :sniper: I am an Atheist. But I do reserve the right to be wrong. There may be an afterlife (I dont think I"m wrong about god) but I dont believe in one. So im kinda weird.

Originaly posted by Lenkrie:"...this forced act has made me HATE all religions, with Catholism at the top of the list..."

Me to I dispise the Catholic Church. But luckily for me no one in my family is religous.

I'm a practicing Christian, Southern Baptist if that really matters. Demoninations really aren't that important to me; they seem to lead to more conflict and dissension than anything else in many cases, but I was raised in a Southern Baptist church so that's the denomination I tend to identify with most.

I'm a practicing Christian, Southern Baptist if that really matters. Demoninations really aren't that important to me; they seem to lead to more conflict and dissension than anything else in many cases, but I was raised in a Southern Baptist church so that's the denomination I tend to identify with most.

What the Bloody hell is one of those ?
allow me to post a link
www.churchofsatan.com

heathen (asatru)

Nietzscheian Deist. Believe in some sort of God (one God) or higher power, while living by my own set of morals that I have discovered on my own. I'm very scientific while hypocritically superstitious. I believe in Karma or at least some form of divine scale. I believe in some sort of rebirth, and an afterlife.

i regularly make up my own religions.at the moment im a pastafarian(which i didnt make up)

I call myself an atheist, with a little bit of agnosticism.

I believe God does not exist, and furthermore I don't think one can proove God exists.

If someone believes something else: God, Allah, Jahwe, Bouddha, holy tree, Gaia, ...: don't stop on my account. Just be happy :)

You spelled Buddha wrong. And by the way, he isn't a diety.

I'm a Zen(i'd say Mahayana, but that would group me with those snouty Tibetan Buddhists) Buddhist. I converted about a year ago. When i was young, my parents took me and my sister to church. But by six, we didn't go anymore. Between then and a year ago, i was a spiritual-independant, i believed in God, but had a strong belief in Scientific views over christian ones. Being a Buddhist openly has been rough, seeing as most of my family is Baptist (my mom is Buddhist, and my Dad is non-religious). But i think they've excepted it. I still think they're is a God, but i don't think an all powerful being would have a desperate desire for attention :) .

Converted to Islam (Shi'ism) in the last few days.

You spelled Buddha wrong. And by the way, he isn't a diety.
It's the french spelling. He didn't imply he was. He simply said he was something people believe in. Also, Tibetan Buddhists are vajrayana, are they not?