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I keep seeing many people complaining there are no threads(without news links haha) and they are bored. So, without further ado, I'll post something to make you work, and hopefully keep you occupied for a little bit.

Here's the rules though. We're going to talk about religion/beliefs. What do each of us believe in or do we even. Each of us has that one thing that keeps us going, be it faith, spirituality, or something else.


I thought this would be a good way to view other beliefs and religions without any preaching at all!!! I know you're all adult enough hahahaha Im laughing so hard here to do this where others in OOT can't. Don't mess this up and start getting into debates or arguemnts about who is right and who is wrong. There is no right or wrong for each person, and if it's too tempting to post here without judging then get off this post cause none of us want to hear it.


For me;

I do not fit into one catergory of religion or faith. I truely am more spiritual then religious. The closest description that I could find for my personal beliefs was Panentheism which means A person who believes that God is of everything and everything is of God. Panentheism is the belief that everything that exists does so within and as part of God itself. Panentheist's do not view being human as a separate life, but only a state of being, and when this state ends, we continue on, creating other states of being. (Transmigration) (Reincarnation) We hold the Universe and all living creatures within it sacred, as they (we) are all part of the essence of God.
Another aspect I find close to me is a lot of Pantheism, closely related to Pnanetheism, but not the same. A good link for Q&As on Pantheism is found here

Pantheism sounds good to me. I hope my spirit lives on, but damned if I come back to this God forsaken Earth.

Happy happy! Joy joy!

My religious beliefs encourage me to mock those that cant spell Truly.

No as for myself:

Roman Catholic School from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 13 gave me a healthy disrespect for any and all organized religions. While I am interested in the history and cult behind religions be it Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc I would never find myself believing in them.

I personally dont know if there is a God, frankly as Donnie Darko stated it can be argued either way till both sides are blue in the face so I dont much think about it.

I dont hold it against others if they do or do not believe in God as long as they do not try to push there beliefs on me and as long as they dont allow there beliefs to promote hate or ignorance (it happens to often even in Athiests).

While the name Bodhisattva is from a Buddhist belief and I have read numerous texts I would not consider myself a buddhist. I dont necessarily believe in Nirvana or the Bardo or reincarnation but I do view the Buddhist outlook on suffering and the sources of suffering as a cultural work of art.

Ive read Hindu texts, ive sat through a Sikh ceremony, Ive attended church, ive spoken with Rabbis, and ive read the Tao te Ching more times than I care to shake a stick at, I am still not sure what I believe.

While I think each is amazing in its own way, when it comes right down to it I feel when you die, you die. There is probably no mystical father figure or endless cycle of rebirth to look forward to or fear.

Nihilists!!!!!

well since I don't really identify with any religion anymore, and I'm not sure what I would be labled as, I went looking for a fun test to find out what I would probably be labled as. Got these for top 10 results:

The top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.


1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
4. Neo-Pagan (86%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
6. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
7. New Age (76%)
8. Secular Humanism (68%)
9. Jainism (66%)
10. Theravada Buddhism (65%)

what unitarian Universalism believe/is:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8041_1.html

and the test I took for fun:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

interestingly enough, it strikes pretty close to home for me. there's a UUA that has a site that goes more in depth, but what beliefnet says is pretty close.

Christian. Specifically Seventh Day Adventist

Personally, I'd like to think I believe in all this stuff without the hypocrisy that 95% of the church has. You believe in what you want and I'm certainly not going to push my beliefs into your face. It's not necessary and doesn't help either end.

I'm a pantheist, I worship an iron skillet, who, upon being heated to nearly 500 degrees, made a double boiler from nothing more than some burned cheese and grease. Ye, my iron skillet, bless me further with your set of cookware, so that I may one day simmer, perchance to boil. For cooking with gas does please you, and electric heat plates doth not please you.

Raised Catholic, but I'm more along the lines of an agnostic right now. I've been taking a philosophy class which has really widened my view, and it got me to start thinking (I was almost an athiest before this class).

Twiztid

I believe in filling in the blanks..

as opposed to multiple choice..

Edited, Tue Dec 14 12:20:48 2004 by Kelvyquayo

I should rephrase.

I believe in connecting the dots,

as opposed to picking just one dot and sticking to only that one dot.

Similarily, I don't believe in staying in the line, but do believe in thinking outside the box. I put alot of faith in my circle of friends but DON'T buy the Triangle of Terror theory.

I believe there is a higher being, and we all have different impressions of him. But I think that there is only one higher being for all of us.