Lapsed Catholic. I've said this before on the forums but my Catholicism is more of an ethnic thing than a religious issue. I get some enjoyment from knowing that the rites and traditions are those that my family has done for generations but I don't believe that those rituals and trappings are the sole way to salavation, if they lead there at all.
As for my actual faith, I believe in a higher power. My morals and ethics follow standard Christian morals and ethics for the most part but, given that I am not confident on the existance of Jesus, I wouldn't label myself Christian.
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I was raised as a Methodist (very leniently), had a fling with Satanism as a teenager, now am atheist with Buddhist philosophy.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
I can not determine exactly when I made the switch from Christian to Athiest, I think it had a lot to do with multiple deaths in my family as well as a strong beliefe in science.
However, now that I am Athiest, and I do believe that this one life is all I'm going to get, I try to live it to the fullest.
I really think life is an adventure, and you need to go after every little bit of excitement, drama, love, pain you can find/feel and experience it before it is over.
I also disagree with mariage for any other reasons than religious intentions.
It seems to me people got married in biblical times as a bond of true love between a Man and a Woman, now we have divorce, and same sex marriages. Not to mention people like my Mother and her boyfriend who just got married so he can have insurance should he ever get sick.
Perhaps that was too much info, either way, /rate up for the OP, neat subject to post about.
However, now that I am Athiest, and I do believe that this one life is all I'm going to get, I try to live it to the fullest.
I really think life is an adventure, and you need to go after every little bit of excitement, drama, love, pain you can find/feel and experience it before it is over.
I also disagree with mariage for any other reasons than religious intentions.
It seems to me people got married in biblical times as a bond of true love between a Man and a Woman, now we have divorce, and same sex marriages. Not to mention people like my Mother and her boyfriend who just got married so he can have insurance should he ever get sick.
Perhaps that was too much info, either way, /rate up for the OP, neat subject to post about.
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It seems to me people got married in biblical times as a bond of true love between a Man and a Woman
I think that it was actually mainly a matter of property and politics.
Love I guess was just incedental.
Isten wrote:
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.
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Wow, took the test you had linked and the results kind of freaked me out.
Glad I don't believe in the Belief-O-Matic.
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.
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Wow, took the test you had linked and the results kind of freaked me out.
Glad I don't believe in the Belief-O-Matic.
Ohwell, I believe there is some kind of 'afterlife'. (Just play death for the rest of eternity sounds to boring for me.)
But hey, this is my score:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. Reform Judaism (78%)
6. Secular Humanism (76%)
7. New Thought (75%)
8. New Age (71%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (67%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
13. Scientology (63%)
14. Taoism (56%)
15. Hinduism (52%)
16. Jainism (48%)
17. Sikhism (48%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
19. Nontheist (46%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
24. Islam (30%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
27. Roman Catholic (24%)
But hey, this is my score:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (93%)
4. Neo-Pagan (90%)
5. Reform Judaism (78%)
6. Secular Humanism (76%)
7. New Thought (75%)
8. New Age (71%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (67%)
11. Bahá'í Faith (65%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
13. Scientology (63%)
14. Taoism (56%)
15. Hinduism (52%)
16. Jainism (48%)
17. Sikhism (48%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
19. Nontheist (46%)
20. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (40%)
22. Jehovah's Witness (35%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
24. Islam (30%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (26%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (24%)
27. Roman Catholic (24%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
lol, my great great great great grandfather started that Universalism thing.
http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/elhananwinchester.html
no point... just bragging or somthing
lol, my great great great great grandfather started that Universalism thing.
http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/elhananwinchester.html
no point... just bragging or somthing
In the UK Census of 2001, there was a mass-spamming to persuade people to put down their religion as "Jedi"
As a result, 390,000 (7 in every thousand people) were officially registered as Jedi.
Not a joke
As a result, 390,000 (7 in every thousand people) were officially registered as Jedi.
Not a joke
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
http://www.jediism.org/
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The history of the path of Jediism traverses thought based on age-old principles that have held fast through the ages. It shares many themes embraced in Hinduism, Confucionism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Stoicism, Catholicism, Taoism, Shinto, Modern Mysticism, the Way of the Shaolin Monks, the Knight's Code of Chivalry and the Samurai Warriors
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Well I have to say thank you to all who posted on this. you made my day to keep looking here and seeing no preachjing going on and no arguments. Rate ups for all who shared their beliefs.
I alwasy get a kick out of how diverse we as a race can be, yet still be the same where it counts.
ok enough blathering. I want to hear more :). There's a few beliefs here I havent heard of and I am having fun looking them up and learning more.
I alwasy get a kick out of how diverse we as a race can be, yet still be the same where it counts.
ok enough blathering. I want to hear more :). There's a few beliefs here I havent heard of and I am having fun looking them up and learning more.
Nobby wrote:
In the UK Census of 2001, there was a mass-spamming to persuade people to put down their religion as "Jedi"
As a result, 390,000 (7 in every thousand people) were officially registered as Jedi.
Not a joke
As a result, 390,000 (7 in every thousand people) were officially registered as Jedi.
Not a joke
Sounds like something stupid I would Do. LOL :)
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As I do not believe in any on the organizes religions.
After all if GOD (Who I do Believe in ) Wanted my praise and wanted me on bent knee
(Which would make him pretty vain) I figure he would just show up every morning in the sky and say KNEEEELLL. At which point I wouls **** myself and do what ever he said. But I am teaching my kids to be good people I will leave it to them to be jaded like me or belive in what ever when they get older and can think for them self.
I was forced to go to church every Sunday and do not wish it upon my kids.
Bla Bla Bla I will shut up now
If you try to choke a smurf, what color does it go?
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Patrician wrote:
I don't require any made up fairy tales to "keep me going".
If I ever felt the need to take up a religion, it would be an earth based one, simply because I find some of the ritual aspects of religion pleasant. Every one I study up on eventually gets around to talking about worshipping some sort of deity and my interest plummets.
According to the Belief-O-Matic...
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Nontheist (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
8. Neo-Pagan (56%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
I'm an atheist. I am convinced there is no God, nor any gods, nor any higher powers. I don't try to explain the origins of life and/or the universe, I'm much too busy living in it.
I believe I'll have a beer.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Nontheist (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
5. Liberal Quakers (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (60%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
8. Neo-Pagan (56%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (53%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
I'm an atheist. I am convinced there is no God, nor any gods, nor any higher powers. I don't try to explain the origins of life and/or the universe, I'm much too busy living in it.
I believe I'll have a beer.
First time posting in the Asylum...
I'm pagan. I identify myself as a witch. I believe in magic and the supernatural, because I've seen things in this world that I just can't explain, and no one else could, either. I generally practice alone, though I have done some ritual work with other people. I believe in a force of balance for the world, and I worship a God and a Goddess. I used to identify myself as Wiccan, but a lot of their philosophy just didn't work for me.
BTW, rate up for the OP, this is an awesome thread.
I'm pagan. I identify myself as a witch. I believe in magic and the supernatural, because I've seen things in this world that I just can't explain, and no one else could, either. I generally practice alone, though I have done some ritual work with other people. I believe in a force of balance for the world, and I worship a God and a Goddess. I used to identify myself as Wiccan, but a lot of their philosophy just didn't work for me.
BTW, rate up for the OP, this is an awesome thread.
Whoa, Lewskinslayer O_o Adventist? Surprised to see another one on these forums.
I grew up Seventh-Day Adventist, but I'm no longer practicing as it were. I'm way too politically liberal (not saying much) to fit in with the southern churches, and I got tired of all the terrible corruption at my church. My mother resigned from her post as treasurer because the pastor was embezzling right out of the offering plate. Not saying it's a common thing in the church, but it left a bad taste in my mouth nonetheless.
I've abandoned a lot of the stricter rules put in place by the church; I drink caffeine and alcohol occasionally, I've been known to eat bacon at IHOP (gasp!), and I am living with my fiance even though we're not getting married for another month (double gasp!) I'm not sure my beliefs can even be classified as Adventist anymore. I'm hesitant to totally renounce what I grew up with, but at the same time, I have trouble believing the prophecies of a teenage girl who had visions of God immediately after being hit in the face with a rock. ^^; I think I've just seen the church for both its good points and bad points since leaving as a young adult. In fact, I really believe that all religions have something right and something wrong about them. None are entirely true or false, just different.
I grew up Seventh-Day Adventist, but I'm no longer practicing as it were. I'm way too politically liberal (not saying much) to fit in with the southern churches, and I got tired of all the terrible corruption at my church. My mother resigned from her post as treasurer because the pastor was embezzling right out of the offering plate. Not saying it's a common thing in the church, but it left a bad taste in my mouth nonetheless.
I've abandoned a lot of the stricter rules put in place by the church; I drink caffeine and alcohol occasionally, I've been known to eat bacon at IHOP (gasp!), and I am living with my fiance even though we're not getting married for another month (double gasp!) I'm not sure my beliefs can even be classified as Adventist anymore. I'm hesitant to totally renounce what I grew up with, but at the same time, I have trouble believing the prophecies of a teenage girl who had visions of God immediately after being hit in the face with a rock. ^^; I think I've just seen the church for both its good points and bad points since leaving as a young adult. In fact, I really believe that all religions have something right and something wrong about them. None are entirely true or false, just different.
AsuranConvict wrote:
I believe in magic and the supernatural, because I've seen things in this world that I just can't explain, and no one else could, either.
like waht? I bet I could explain them.
Personally I have seen ghosts, daemons, faeries, dragons, the Fates, eons of past incarnations. I have made "things happen" and I traverse multiple planes of existance.
I realize that believing in these things makes me nUtZ, but whether I'm neurotic or not, it still keeps things interesting.
I do try to think of them logically, as in terms of other dimensions, or beings that have no shape in this "plane" and that my own psyche gives them a shape...or maybe they actually do appear as they want us to see them... but these things are everywhere... It's kind of like those stickers that if you move one way the image changes, because there are little grooves etched into it and a differnt picture is drawn on each side... Onw could even attribute it to Hawkins theories about extra-dimensional beings and worlds... all interacting in a greater cosmic harmony through all dimensions.
On that note I also believe in Jesus, I believe that he was pretty much as "Divine" as they come. If indeed he performed these "miracles" and surpassed death, or whether his peoplemade some things up, his teachings are "A OK" in my book. After all, if I believe in faeries, why wouldn't I believe a man can heal people? I believe that his way was not the way of our Churches. It wasn't the was back in the "Letters" and it certainly isn't now. We are just being silly children trying to wear our daddys big boots.
Life and Death? two states of one beingif you ask me. The Cosmos is singing a song of which everything is a note in the harmony. If you stop and listen you can hear it.
I'm also not a bad fotune teller.(Runes)
Edited, Tue Dec 14 21:36:24 2004 by Kelvyquayo
It's pretty much as you said, Kelvyquayo, what with the traversing other realms, seeing ghosts, faeries, and the like. I once shared the same dreams with a friend for a week and a half, they ended when we both died in the dream.
I think my world view works better when I try not to explain the things in it... I might **** one of them off.
I just couldn't live in a world without magic. I refuse to believe in a sterile, banal, dead world. There's just too much good stuff out there.
Edited, Tue Dec 14 22:01:39 2004 by AsuranConvict
I think my world view works better when I try not to explain the things in it... I might **** one of them off.
I just couldn't live in a world without magic. I refuse to believe in a sterile, banal, dead world. There's just too much good stuff out there.
Edited, Tue Dec 14 22:01:39 2004 by AsuranConvict
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.
Belief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.
How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards.
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (97%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (94%)
5. Jainism (94%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
8. Hinduism (79%)
9. Neo-Pagan (73%)
10. New Age (70%)
11. Taoism (67%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
13. Sikhism (59%)
14. New Thought (57%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (56%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
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19. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
20. Reform Judaism (55%)
21. Secular Humanism (50%)
22. Islam (47%)
23. Scientology (46%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (42%)
25. Nontheist (37%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
27. Roman Catholic (34%)
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1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (97%)
4. Bahá'í Faith (94%)
5. Jainism (94%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
7. Unitarian Universalism (93%)
8. Hinduism (79%)
9. Neo-Pagan (73%)
10. New Age (70%)
11. Taoism (67%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)
13. Sikhism (59%)
14. New Thought (57%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (56%)
16. Jehovah's Witness (56%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (55%)
20. Reform Judaism (55%)
21. Secular Humanism (50%)
22. Islam (47%)
23. Scientology (46%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (42%)
25. Nontheist (37%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (34%)
27. Roman Catholic (34%)
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
6. Hinduism (80%)
7. Liberal Quakers (79%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (78%)
10. Sikhism (75%)
11. Jainism (71%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
13. New Thought (66%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (61%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
17. Taoism (59%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
19. Reform Judaism (53%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (52%)
21. Scientology (52%)
22. Secular Humanism (49%)
23. Islam (45%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (40%)
25. Roman Catholic (40%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (39%)
27. Nontheist (37%)
Funny, cause the closest thing I think I am in that list is Taoist..
Edited, Tue Dec 14 22:43:01 2004 by Kelvyquayo
2. Neo-Pagan (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (94%)
4. New Age (87%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
6. Hinduism (80%)
7. Liberal Quakers (79%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (79%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (78%)
10. Sikhism (75%)
11. Jainism (71%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
13. New Thought (66%)
14. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
15. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (61%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
17. Taoism (59%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
19. Reform Judaism (53%)
20. Jehovah's Witness (52%)
21. Scientology (52%)
22. Secular Humanism (49%)
23. Islam (45%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (40%)
25. Roman Catholic (40%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (39%)
27. Nontheist (37%)
Funny, cause the closest thing I think I am in that list is Taoist..
Edited, Tue Dec 14 22:43:01 2004 by Kelvyquayo
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1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
2. Liberal Quakers (99%)
These two are that much alike?
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