I was just curious as to what religions are represented on this board. I'm guessing it's predominantly Christian, but I could be wrong.

I myself am atheist, though I respect religious people. Often, I will take a religious side during a debate. The only religious people I really dislike are the ones who take it to unnecessary levels. Like the Phelpses and their church.

So, yeah. Just curious.

I am Catholic.

Well I am a non practicing Jew.

Non-practicing agnostic LOL

I'm a Christian. However, I preffer not to think of it as a "religion" but as a "relationship".

I'm a Christian. However, I preffer not to think of it as a "religion" but as a "relationship".

Oh I like that. Very nice. :)

OK so I pulled a Peter....

Basically I consider myself christian..but I tend to not discuss that in groups because somehow religion always seems to start fights..

I love spiders explanation..thats perfect :)

I'm Catholic.

And just like somebody else who posted above me, I like to stay out of religious debates. Much more pleasant that way. 'Sides, I like the main principals of every religion. I think you could learn a thing or two on morals from everything. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddahism, etc. (But when I say that, I'm excluding the arrogant principals like repent for the priest and donate a lot of money to the church or else you're going to hell and all that stuff.)

Meh.

I'm an aetheist

I'm Atheist, and have been since I was a kid, when one night I woke up after a nightmare and realised that one day I would die.

"Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal." - J.P. Satre

That quote is pretty much how I try to live my life: living for today and not looking for answers from religion.

Im Lutherin.

I used to be an aethiest but then I started believing. Lutherin is similar to Catholic but not as Zealous (power hungry....)
NO OFFENSE TO ANY CATHOLICS

I'm a Left Agnosic

I'm a Left Agnosic

What's that?

I'm Atheist, and have been since I was a kid, when one night I woke up after a nightmare and realised that one day I would die.

"Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal." - J.P. Satre

That quote is pretty much how I try to live my life: living for today and not looking for answers from religion.

Quite true..quite true. I say "why believe in something you cannot see or even prove is there?" No 1 god person thingy controls the fate of your life..cuz it's in your own hands...but I'm not against any religion what so ever..well unless there is a religon that has brought this war upon us.

The fight usually depends on how religious the other people are in the group. I personally believe that one's believes are their own and it's not my place nor my right to judge those beliefs.

I’m Christian (Presbyterian).
Personally I stopped debating religion a long time ago. Is a futile effort to win converts.

Felony asked what a left agnostic is. I've talked a little bit about this in another thread (http://www.writingforums.org/showthread.php?t=436).

But I don't delve too much into it.

the dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/agnostic)defines Agnosticism as: a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable.

And I personally believe that most people are Agnostics and don't even know it.

The fact of the matter is, most people agree that you can't out-and-out prove god, but you'd also have to be a fool to say you can disprove him.

I don't believe in God, but I despise most Atheists I've talked to in the past... primarily becuase most of them think that God doesn't exist and that's supposed to be a cut-and-dry fact in their Dogma. So in essance, they're usually every bit as low, if not lower, than Religious folk.

I think Atheism is much like a Religion... only they don't do missionary work or spread their beliefs. (the ones I've met) tend to go out and say that their beleifs are every bit as valid as everyone else's while they pretty much find every excuse they can to mock other religions... even tear them down. So they're somewhat an Anti-religion Religion... an oxymoron...

So I didn't want to be labeled as an Atheist.

Most people think an Agnostic person is "someone that's confused and doesn't know if god exists" but it's actually "a person that doesn't think God is provable or disprovable".

I don't believe in God, but I can't prove what I believe, so I suppose I could be wrong.

Either way, sinse it's not provable, everyone lives a life based on equal faith as the Atheist, Agnostic, or the Religious Priest... Faith being: belief that is not based on proof.

The term LEFT is what I derrived and coined from the American Political parties. The "Left Wing" is sterio-typed as the party of anti-god and the "Right-wing" is sterio-typed as the God party.

Now... I consider myself a Conservative Republican -- but, I don't believe in God -- but the description still holds true.

So... "Left" meaning: a none believer in god "agnostic" meaning: A persont that can't prove or disprove their beleif because God is not provable and is not disprovable... and as much as all things denote that there is a god, all things equally denote that there is no God.

Hence, I'm a Left Agnostic... while I'd say a good 55% of the world is, unknowingly, the humble Right Agnostic.

I guess yoi could say I am Atheist.
But then again, I don't believe in the religious Mumbo Jumbo so I am Atheist.




~Raven.

I used to consider myself agnostic, but that changed about a year ago when I had a religious (or I guess non-religious) epiphany. I won't go into it right now.

I find it odd that a lot of people here say they don't like religious debates. Of all people, I know better than most that God can't be proven or disproven. Even so, I always find those types of discussions to be stimulating. They can also show a person's true character.

I used to consider myself agnostic, but that changed about a year ago when I had a religious (or I guess non-religious) epiphany. I won't go into it right now.

I find it odd that a lot of people here say they don't like religious debates. Of all people, I know better than most that God can't be proven or disproven. Even so, I always find those types of discussions to be stimulating. They can also show a person's true character.

I love a good debate as well..the problem is there is always someone who gets dirty and cant handle debating without getting personal.

You wanna debate religion? Id be happy to..its just that not a lot of people can handle it and I find it ends up with "bans" being put in place and that just sucks heh

I agree totally.

I love to discuss my beliefs with religious people specifically because I hone down a way to describe what I beleive and sometimes they give me an interesting look into what they beleive that I never considered -- but it's not going to stop either of us from believing what we currently beleive.

The only reason why someone gets up and starts to fight dirty is because they think you're trying to convert them or saying that their religion or their beliefs are stupid... and that's usually because that's what they think of YOUR beliefs... lol.

Yeah -- sometimes I hate religious discussions because of that. But when I'm with a level headed person and we're fighting to stay civil and discuss logical reasoning for our beliefs, I think that's cool.

Atheist.

I just can't bring myself to believe that there is some "superior being" that created all of us.

Also, what I can never understand about devout believers, is that the idea that us coming out of nothing is an abomination, yet they can't explain how God came to exist. Their response to this is, "We are not meant to know"

So basically, anything religiously unexplainable can be countered with that one phrase, "We are not meant to know."

Over the years all religion has done has brought war upon us and I have no desire to be a part of any religous stuff.

Christian (Roman Catholic)

Over the years all religion has done has brought war upon us and I have no desire to be a part of any religous stuff.

That is too true.
Religion causes wars.



~Raven.

No . . . okay, I'll say it.

I'm a non-practicing Buddhist. It's usually easier for people to understand me if they think of me as a atheist.

I personally consider myself an atheistic agnostic Buddhist with evangelistic tendencies. I like Lpspider's way of putting it. It's not a religion, it's a relationship.

Religion is one of my favorite topics, usually, but in deference to this forum, I normally wouldn't discuss it.

In a way, I do and don't have a religion.

I don't believe in "religion", but I am a strong believer in Jesus Christ and God and that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Although, I think religion is just something that you get into to worship God and Jesus. I don't get involved in such things. I don't go to church, but I do believe and pray.

First of all, my beliefs do not fit inside of the box that most religions provide. Not to say that I am not religious in my spirtital beliefs. The word religious means having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity, which I do. I just have not conformed to one specific religion or set of ideas, mainly because there is not one that encompasses my exact beliefs.
Some of my beliefs do reflect one religion or another, and some come from personal experience, and through meditation.

You want to know what also causes war, people who don't believe in religion but play on it to motivate people to war. I think Religion is a motivator -- like a puppet string by those in power.

So if religion is just a puppet string, you can't say that it's causing war -- it's more like the puppet master with the ultimate agenda is the one that causes it.

There's plenty of wars that didn't take place for the sake of religion.

There was the American Revolutionary War, sure the constitution was drawn up around core Christian beliefs, but the war WAS NOT fought for god. It was fought for the sake of Freedom, Liberty, and Justice.

To say that Religion is the cause of war is silly. Just as equally as religion causes extriemists, alternative lines of thought outside of religion create just as many extriemists.

not silly laimtoe but it's very likely it happens and you can't deny that.

People saying religion causes wars: Wrong. People and their distorted concepts, interpretations and greed cause wars. Not religion. The three big religions - islam, catholocism, and juadism are all peaceful religions. They're all peacful religions. The extremists that interpret the teachings and books in the wrong manner are what cause the wars.

As for me, I believe in God, but not the Catholic church for the same reason I mentioned before - people have corrupted it. I find it easier to believe in a God without constraints such as a church holding you down and not allowing for any questioning.

True Frost.

On the topic of this thread, if anybody consdiers going deep down into the argument, and ends up insulting someones religion and being discrimate, you risk a warning, this can be a dangerous field, so keep that in mind.

I myself am Catholic.

those are not peaceful religion for your info. But I understand the point your comin from. U are absolutely right on the way it is viewed. People do distort religion tremendously such as hitler and osama. I thank you for that. ^_^

I do not discriminate anyu religion and more power to any1 who can believe.

In all fairness though, Hitler was a crackpot!
So is Osama.

So are most extremists. One could argue that so is Bush. He's the one raging off into the middle east because God told him so.

But yeah, Im easy when it comes to religion. I dont mind what they are, it doesnt bother me.

I am a Unitarian Universalist.

Got angry being a Catholic, got bored being an atheist.. got confused being agnostic... became content with universalism.

Ah, it seems I change my faith as often as I change my underwear.

I am Baptist, which I believe besides unitarian universalists is the most open kind of church, which can be seen by the fact that some baptists are VERY conservative and some are VERY liberal, its actually kind of interesting to watch, but more interesting to think about because ultimately there is one truth we are striving for.

As for me, I believe in God, but not the Catholic church for the same reason I mentioned before - people have corrupted it. I find it easier to believe in a God without constraints such as a church holding you down and not allowing for any questioning.

Do realize that Catholicism isn't the only form of Christianity. (I'm a protestant).

Sure it's easier to believe in God without restraints! Of course! Why? Because with such a belief system, you make the rules, not a god.

Uh, no. Without the constraints of a church telling the rules and what the Bible says, you can find out for yourself. That's how I've always thought of it.

(Yes I do realise Catholicism isn't the only form of Christianity, it's just that it's the one I was part of)

Uh, no. Without the constraints of a church telling the rules and what the Bible says, you can find out for yourself. That's how I've always thought of it.

(Yes I do realise Catholicism isn't the only form of Christianity, it's just that it's the one I was part of)

there are sects of Christianity that believe in a personal journey with God, where a church is a group of like-minded individuals who want to share in each other's personal journey's. They may disagree and try to persuade you to what they think to be right, but thats because there is one universal truth, they just dont believe that it should be forced upon you.

Uh, no. Without the constraints of a church telling the rules and what the Bible says, you can find out for yourself. That's how I've always thought of it.

Okay, I see. The way you wrote it made it sound otherwise. However, in this case I wholeheartedly agree. The church shouldn't tell you what to do, the Bible should.

:)
Thats my motto, and I'm enjoying life for it.

i don't believe in any god/s or religion... imo, they're all merely social constructs...

i write extensively on the subject, so if you have any questions, just browse the 'other works' section of 'writings' on my site and you'll find all the relevant works titles under 'in whose name?'

oddly enough, some very religious folks have described the way i live as a 'totally spiritual' life... go figure!

love and hugs, maia

Believing in a God, and leading a spiritual life are different things. Remember that.

Well I personally do not believe in god, or heaven and hell. If there are such places and there is a god, well I'm sorry but I believe in reincarnation, or parallel worlds. Maybe it's just the theory behind it all that captivates my creative mind aswell.

Agnostic

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