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What religion/lack thereof are you?

2006-03-11, 4:28 PM #1

GeneralRamos

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With the amount of religious debates and evolution debates that go on here, I was just curious what kind of religious backgrounds - or not religious backgrounds - Massassians come from.

Personally, I'm an agnostic. I can't see myself being anything else. Atheism dismisses the possibility of a god, and since the existence of god can neither be proven or disproven, I can't blindly say there IS no god. And Christianity just has too many problems and inconsistencies, and is just largely unbelievable to me in the light of all of the scientific information out there.

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2006-03-11, 4:32 PM #2

- Tony -

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I'm very atheistic.

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2006-03-11, 4:34 PM #3

Lord Kuat

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Originally posted by GeneralRamos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athiest

Quote:

Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of god

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=atheist

Quote:

one who believes that there is no deity

I hate the whole atheist/agnostic thing. Do you believe in a funny man who hides in the clouds: y/n. If no = atheist. If yes = go on to question 2: Do you believe in miracles? Where ya from? You sexy thing

You can't believe "I dunno". You can believe there is no god, because of lack of evidence, but be willing to change positions otherwise. You can't be perfectly 50/50.

2006-03-11, 4:38 PM #4

landfish

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i voted moderate christian. but really i don't let religion define who i am.

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2006-03-11, 4:40 PM #5

Antony

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Agnostic is a way of saying "I don't believe there is a god, but in case there is, I don't want to piss him off by saying there isn't one. I don't practice any religion, but once again, just in case, I'll be able to say 'hey, I never denounced you!' and they'll still let me into heaven."

Way to be sure of yourself.

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2006-03-11, 4:42 PM #6

Gilgamesh85

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Posts: 1,079

Moderate Christian. I think Jesus was a cool guy, with great morals and insight, and I try to follow the teachings of his that rub me the right way. Whether or not he was the son of God, I don't really care.

2006-03-11, 4:45 PM #7

Antony

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I agree with nearly all of the teachings of Jesus. I also agree with a lot of other Philosiphers. Nobody worships Aristotle, who not only died to defend his beliefs, but willingly drank poison to prove his point.

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2006-03-11, 4:47 PM #8

kyle90

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Posts: 8,450

Moderate Christian. Probably because that's the religion I grew up with.

EDIT: Also because there's no option for "Follower of Origin"

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2006-03-11, 4:48 PM #9

Antony

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Also, you forgot one very important option!

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2006-03-11, 4:50 PM #10

Axis

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Posts: 3,164

I'm a moderate Christian, working towards becoming a full time missionary...

2006-03-11, 4:51 PM #11

roxima

Former Mexican Red Dish

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Athetist. Personally, I just cannot imagine how a god can exist. It doesn't work logically for me...but that's just me.

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2006-03-11, 4:51 PM #12

Michael MacFarlane

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Originally posted by Bill:

Nobody worships Aristotle, who not only died to defend his beliefs, but willingly drank poison to prove his point.

Oops.

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2006-03-11, 4:51 PM #13

Primate

Spoke too soon.

Posts: 830

Moderate Christian would be the closest.

2006-03-11, 4:57 PM #14

Stinkywrix

Stinky wrists

Posts: 1,835

Muslim.

2006-03-11, 4:57 PM #15

Antony

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[QUOTE=Michael MacFarlane]Oops.[/QUOTE]
He didn't want people to worship him... he wanted people to learn from him.

EDIT: Oh, aye.... and another thing. I'm a moron. It was Socrates I believe.

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2006-03-11, 4:58 PM #16

Centrist

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I don't see any "conservative Christian" option, so I voted with the fundies.

I think it would be good to uphold traditional Christian way of life, but I don't want to live like a hermit ignoring every (possibly) offensive thing in modern culture. For that reason, I'm not a fundamentalist, but definitely conservative - i.e., belief in truth of the scripture, belief that Jesus is the Son of God.

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2006-03-11, 4:58 PM #17

Michael MacFarlane

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Originally posted by Bill:

He didn't want people to worship him... he wanted people to learn from him.

He also didn't drink poison. :p

Edit: Now you've fixed it.

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2006-03-11, 4:59 PM #18

Antony

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Notice my edit of my last post.

I'm quite a dolt. I'm just going to leave this thread.

>>untie shoes

2006-03-11, 4:59 PM #19

Flirbnic

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"Atheism" has two meanings: A lack of belief in a god, and a belief in the lack of a god. The first one is more vague, and includes agnosticism. Since the poll has both atheism and agnosticism, it should be assumed that atheism is the belief in a lack of a god.

Originally posted by Bill:

Agnosticism is admitting you don't know whether there's a god or not. An agnostic chooses not to belief in something without any logic or facts to back it up.

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2006-03-11, 5:02 PM #20

Antony

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Being agnostic is sitting on the fence because you don't have the cognative capacity to think using logic.

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2006-03-11, 5:05 PM #21

Darkjedibob

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Originally posted by kyle90:

EDIT: Also because there's no option for "Follower of Origin"

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2006-03-11, 5:07 PM #22

kyle90

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Well, I saw those ships in action and pretty much converted on the spot.

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2006-03-11, 5:24 PM #23

Ruthven

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i havent seen them yet, apart from when they were activated.
I cant wait for this season finale and the next.

Yeah anyway, I'm a very spiritual person, but reject any organised religion.

In fact, I have my own Jihad, its called "Mass Killing of the Followers of The 3 Great Books"

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2006-03-11, 5:33 PM #24

Yecti

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Quite a few of us are Jewish...

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2006-03-11, 5:43 PM #25

kyle90

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Originally posted by Ruthven:

i havent seen them yet, apart from when they were activated.
I cant wait for this season finale and the next.

Ruthy you are going to PISS YOURSELF when you see the season finale. No spoilers, but... holy crap.

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2006-03-11, 5:49 PM #26

Spook

-eeeee

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My family is LDS but I'm kind of in the middle of the road right now.

Epstein didn't kill himself.

2006-03-11, 5:54 PM #27

JLee

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Catholic.

woot!

2006-03-11, 5:59 PM #28

Flirbnic

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Originally posted by Bill:

Being agnostic is sitting on the fence because you don't have the cognative capacity to think using logic.

According to logic, we don't truly know if god exists or not. Logic favours agnosticism. If you want to consider it "sitting on the fence", that's fine, but there's certainly nothing wrong with sitting on the fence in this case.

I'm just a little boy.

2006-03-11, 6:03 PM #29

Jon`C

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Ethical Hedonism

2006-03-11, 6:48 PM #30

genk

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Non-Denominational Christian

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2006-03-11, 6:53 PM #31

Rogue Leader

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I'm LDS.

Life is beautiful.

2006-03-11, 6:56 PM #32

Zloc_Vergo

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Catholic. I cannot stand Fundies. They just piss me off, and I'm around them all day at school. I'm tired of these Protestant churches making a Christian life out to be lollipops and roses, whereas my church tells it like it is and takes it straight from the Bible. But not in a fundamentalist sort of way.

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2006-03-11, 6:58 PM #33

DrkJedi82

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no Satanism option?

i am greatly disappointed

eat right, exercise, die anyway

2006-03-11, 7:19 PM #34

at0mic

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I don't see Scientology up there either.

Tom Cruise would be angry.

2006-03-11, 7:20 PM #35

Zloc_Vergo

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Originally posted by DrkJedi82:

no Satanism option?

i am greatly disappointed

You worship yourself?

I had a blog. It sucked.

2006-03-11, 7:30 PM #36

UltimatePotato

Seniority Complex

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I don't know what sort of Christian I am. My family goes to a baptist church filled with crazed bible humpers, and I've escaped to attend a Catholic mass twice. I suppose that makes me moderate?

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2006-03-11, 7:31 PM #37

Spook

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Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:

You worship yourself?

I think that is just one version of Satanism. The one with annoying teenagers and the Satanic Bible.

Epstein didn't kill himself.

2006-03-11, 7:41 PM #38

DrkJedi82

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Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:

You worship yourself?

who else would i worship? (spook doesn't get the "joke")

eat right, exercise, die anyway

2006-03-11, 7:46 PM #39

Zloc_Vergo

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Originally posted by DrkJedi82:

who else would i worship? (spook doesn't get the "joke")

I thought you'd worship your penis or something.

I had a blog. It sucked.

2006-03-11, 7:56 PM #40

kyle90

Laser Lover

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I know *I* worship DrkJedi's penis.

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