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My mom was raised Catholic, and my dad Muslim. But both paid little attention, if any at all, to religion after they got married.

As I grew up, for some reason I was told the Muslim way was the way to go. But I never prayed, followed what I was supposed to follow, read the Qu'ran, or anything like that. Sure my parents thought it might be a good idea to force it on me, but they soon realized how much I hated being forced to do all that.

Out of my liberalized Muslim foundation, I sorta branched out and beyond this. I guess being raised American amongst Christians and Catholics and seeing everyone as equals influenced that part of me. My beliefs grew more and more open, allowing for more and more possibilities. Until one day I realized, there's almost no possible way I can even classify myself as a Muslim.

Then what the hell do I classify myself as?

I acknowledge the possibility of a God, and also acknowledge that he may or may not exist. I also believe that it is impossible, especially with our current scientific technology, to determine whether or not God exists until death.

I believe that there may or may not be a Heaven or hell, and they may or may not exist at the same time (sucks if there would only be a hell though, eh?). Like the existance of God, with current scientific knowledge I do not believe it's possible to know whether or not there's a heaven or hell until death.

Regarding Jesus, I very much doubt he could've been born from a virgin mother. Also, I do not believe he could possibly be a God. Having more than one God would cause conflict and chaos, would there not be? Wouldn't two immortal superpowers fight for power? I dunno, I guess I looked to WW2 and the Cold War to solve my question of why can there only be one God.

And regarding prophets...ehhhh I don't know whether or not they're actually sending the word of God. Perhaps they were simply good men trying to promote peace and love, or maybe they were simple men who wanted fame and fortune. Impossible to know this far in the game, eh?

I believe in evolution, not creationism. But if evolution is proven false by science and is replaced by a superior, more factual, theory, then I shall go with that. But really, with all the evidence surrounding evolution...

Uh, I think I covered everything. Soooo...yeah what religion could I possibly be?

Bahá'í (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith)

Baha'i.
Such a lengthy first post I give for a name I cannot even pronounce....:(

You're obviously a member of Jews for Jesus.
Or maybe you're just an agnostic who's still trying to overcome the religious programming of your youth.

Some kind of monotheist, possibly Baha'i.

I am gonna guess agnostic......because you have tons of doubts and yet some faith that there might be something but in the end you just aren't sure.

You sound like someone who's still forming his opinions, much as I have been doing for a few years. It's a quandry I've turned my mind to several times, and have always come away a bit confused, but at the same time have drawn many of the conclusions that you have.

At the same time I've also come to the conclusion, that, to adhere to a religion, one must exercise a similar suspension of disbelief as one exercises when reading fiction. Not to say that religion is fiction, because I've not drawn that conclusion yet, but faith is belief without evidence, and without evidence, disbelief is easy. So, yeah, we're probably in the same boat.

You are no doubt, a Colodianist.

Such a lengthy first post I give for a name I cannot even pronounce....:(
You have to pretend that you're Little Richard to get the pronunciation right.
Its something like <Bah> (as in "bah humbug!") with the second syllable being <Haaaaaaaaaaiiiiii> (as in "High" but with the vowel sound extended out into a girlish squeal).

How about Deism? Its basic tenet: there is a supreme being, let's leave it at that.

My mom was raised Catholic, and my dad Muslim. But both paid little attention, if any at all, to religion after they got married.

As I grew up, for some reason I was told the Muslim way was the way to go. But I never prayed, followed what I was supposed to follow, read the Qu'ran, or anything like that. Sure my parents thought it might be a good idea to force it on me, but they soon realized how much I hated being forced to do all that.

Out of my liberalized Muslim foundation, I sorta branched out and beyond this. I guess being raised American amongst Christians and Catholics and seeing everyone as equals influenced that part of me. My beliefs grew more and more open, allowing for more and more possibilities. Until one day I realized, there's almost no possible way I can even classify myself as a Muslim.

Then what the hell do I classify myself as?

I acknowledge the possibility of a God, and also acknowledge that he may or may not exist. I also believe that it is impossible, especially with our current scientific technology, to determine whether or not God exists until death.

I believe that there may or may not be a Heaven or hell, and they may or may not exist at the same time (sucks if there would only be a hell though, eh?). Like the existance of God, with current scientific knowledge I do not believe it's possible to know whether or not there's a heaven or hell until death.

Regarding Jesus, I very much doubt he could've been born from a virgin mother. Also, I do not believe he could possibly be a God. Having more than one God would cause conflict and chaos, would there not be? Wouldn't two immortal superpowers fight for power? I dunno, I guess I looked to WW2 and the Cold War to solve my question of why can there only be one God.

And regarding prophets...ehhhh I don't know whether or not they're actually sending the word of God. Perhaps they were simply good men trying to promote peace and love, or maybe they were simple men who wanted fame and fortune. Impossible to know this far in the game, eh?

I believe in evolution, not creationism. But if evolution is proven false by science and is replaced by a superior, more factual, theory, then I shall go with that. But really, with all the evidence surrounding evolution...

Uh, I think I covered everything. Soooo...yeah what religion could I possibly be?from the bolded statement... I would say Agnostic (I know it's not technically a Religion, but the types of questions you are asking is less of a what God do I believe in, but is there a God I can beleive in.)

I'd say agnostic but can you find spiritual enlightenment or must it find you? (well it found me anyways)

Hmm, so I'm agnostic eh? That seems to be the majority opinion...

(Although to start my own cult religion...Colodianism...:D)

Such a lengthy first post I give for a name I cannot even pronounce....:(It was a pretty close answer though. Follow the link I gave in the edited version of my post.

Colodianism? Sounds like the process of getting an STD, if you ask me.

You are a member of the cult of Party-Goers: Ultra-Partyism.

http://www.freewebs.com/ultra-partyism/

The Moon base awaits.

you're an atheist schatzi.

you just don't realize it yet.

Does it really matter? Believe whatever you want to believe, there doesn't need to be a religion about it.

Sounds like agnosticism to me.

Speaking as someone from almost exactly the same background (American, Catholic mother and Muslim father and liberal Muslim upbringing), I've had problems following some of the rules. For example, the drinking restriction: for one thing, I'm in college, where beer and spirits are a part of everyday life. I'm also not sociable at all unless I drink. I don't pray, either, although I do basically believe in God. Really the only thing I do that I'm supposed to is fast, but that's more out of habit than anything. Sometimes I ask the same questions of myself that you do of yourself.

Maybe I'm just too lazy to find another religion or philosophy, though, so I still consider myself a Muslim, albeit not a very good one.

lest us not be confused.

theist = belief

atheist = lack of belief

there is not middle ground really, it's all just hand waving

Atheism is a non prophet organization.

If there was a poll for this thread, I would vote for pancake.:D

My mom was raised Catholic, and my dad Muslim. But both paid little attention, if any at all, to religion after they got married.

As I grew up, for some reason I was told the Muslim way was the way to go. But I never prayed, followed what I was supposed to follow, read the Qu'ran, or anything like that. Sure my parents thought it might be a good idea to force it on me, but they soon realized how much I hated being forced to do all that.

Out of my liberalized Muslim foundation, I sorta branched out and beyond this. I guess being raised American amongst Christians and Catholics and seeing everyone as equals influenced that part of me. My beliefs grew more and more open, allowing for more and more possibilities. Until one day I realized, there's almost no possible way I can even classify myself as a Muslim.

Then what the hell do I classify myself as?

I acknowledge the possibility of a God, and also acknowledge that he may or may not exist. I also believe that it is impossible, especially with our current scientific technology, to determine whether or not God exists until death.

I believe that there may or may not be a Heaven or hell, and they may or may not exist at the same time (sucks if there would only be a hell though, eh?). Like the existance of God, with current scientific knowledge I do not believe it's possible to know whether or not there's a heaven or hell until death.

Regarding Jesus, I very much doubt he could've been born from a virgin mother. Also, I do not believe he could possibly be a God. Having more than one God would cause conflict and chaos, would there not be? Wouldn't two immortal superpowers fight for power? I dunno, I guess I looked to WW2 and the Cold War to solve my question of why can there only be one God.

And regarding prophets...ehhhh I don't know whether or not they're actually sending the word of God. Perhaps they were simply good men trying to promote peace and love, or maybe they were simple men who wanted fame and fortune. Impossible to know this far in the game, eh?

I believe in evolution, not creationism. But if evolution is proven false by science and is replaced by a superior, more factual, theory, then I shall go with that. But really, with all the evidence surrounding evolution...

Uh, I think I covered everything. Soooo...yeah what religion could I possibly be?

You are a monotheist. Bahai kinda makes sense, but it could be an Abrahamic religion... thing.