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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - World Affairs/Debate - What is your Religion? |
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What is your religion?| Christian |
36.2%, 21 votes | Jewish |
3.4%, 2 votes | Muslim |
3.4%, 2 votes | Hindu |
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0.0%, 0 vote | Neopagan |
1.7%, 1 vote | Wiccan |
3.4%, 2 votes | Other |
12.1%, 7 votes | Aetheist/Agnostic |
39.7%, 23 votes | Multi-voting is disabled. 58 users have voted.
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Clockworkz Birdon                   Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| So? What's your religion? Please, keep the religious debate at a quiet roar; no religion bashing.
Wiccan. Most peaceful path that's the least obtrusive. After studying for about a year, I made the desicion to convert, and it's brought me more happiness than ever. I have a newfound faith in myself, a wonderful girlfriend with similar beliefs, and something to look forward to when I die. It makes me happy. Oh, and to any other Wiccans/Pagans out there: Happy Yule (soon)! |
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Cruel Justice I have better things to do. Since: 11-18-05 From: At my house! Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Agnostic - I believe that there's a higher power but I don't believe it's anything close to human. I doubt that anyone will ever be able to comprehend this great entity so I keep my thoughts and disbeliefs to myself. | |||
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Thexare Metal battleaxe Off to better places   Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| How's about not making these polls? I've seen polls that were longer and someone still bitched about things being absent.
As for my post, I'll make this brief... Atheist, and whenever I get a chance doing what little I can to prove that kindness and generosity are not limited to religious people. I don't believe that everything can be explained through science, but similarly I also don't believe in any religious explanations; certain things about the world must simply be accepted and will remain unexplained. Once I fully realized that I believed there is no higher power, that is when I truly started thinking about the world (which is when I came to the realization that some things may never be accurately explained at all), instead of just placing my faith in some deity and figuring that there was no need. As for holidays (something that was bound to come up at some point), I'll participate to a limited degree in religious holidays out of respect for someone's beliefs if it's family or a close friend, however, my participation will not extend to any prayers or rituals, but only if they don't actually ask me to directly or indirectly; I simply request the same respect for beliefs from them that I offer. However, from a strictly pragmatic perspective, being atheist has the notable advantage of being able to work on Christmas with having no plans tying you to a short shift, getting a full day of holiday pay. 
Trust me, for me to state my beliefs in a post that's only this long, is brief.  (edited by Tamarin Calanis on 12-16-05 08:14 PM) |
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Wicca can be grouped into neo-pagan...Anyways, that's just a pollster.
I'm a Catholic. I can't use condoms. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6299 days |
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| Deist. I believe in a higher power that doesn't do nothing. I don't believe in miracles, I don't believe in divine intervention, I don't believe in the power of praying, I only believe that there is one (or more) higher power(s), and that it has no influence on our lives. I also believe in the undying soul, though I am undecided on what happens to it after death. I find the concept of non-existance (and I apologize to anyone I might offend now) utterly absurd. It's a concept that is foreign to me (and to all other living creatures), and I don't think anyone could really explain what non-existance is, or what it would be. | |||
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Thexare Metal battleaxe Off to better places Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by The SomerZ Actually, I think it's pretty easy. That time before you were born? Yeah, that's non-existence (assuming you don't believe in past lives). You have no memories of it, no leftover feelings, because you didn't exist to feel those things, to remember those things. And that's what I personally think is waiting in the end. No divine judgement, no heaven or hell, not even an eternal nap as some have called it. Simple nothingness. I don't find it a difficult concept to understand. Maybe it's not a pleasant one, and some aspect of humanity subconsciously refuses to let you understand it, I dunno. And there you have it, my belief on THAT subject. |
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The Onyx Dragoon 150  Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, Sitting on an Asteroid Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| I am a christian since I believe that there is a higher being that is capable of creation and destruction and that loves all things He creates. I think that anyone who says there is no god is missing a part of themself since I believe that God is a part of man, not just an addition.
Of the christian beliefs, I'm baptist, which believes in one god that takes on 3 jobs: Divine ruling, Incorporating himself in human's lives, and a god that, at one time, lived as one of us. Most people think chrisians are crazy and are sadly mistaken simply because we are week and need an emotional "crutch" to live our daily lives. Most people believe that chrisians are out of place since they do not know how to organize themselves so that they can "conform" themselves to those who are "un-saved". However, we christians are simply human representatives of God, and nothing else. Regardless of what you think could logically disprove my statements, I think that all people need their bodies, souls, and their spirits (controlled by god) to feel true peace and satisfaction. I can't help but realize that the average human is angry and upset at the world simply because they keep hungering for more and more things to improve themselves. With God, there is no need to "improve" myself and my mind's state of thinking...God helps with the improvements instead. Another thing people are mistaken about is that in order to reach a higher realm, such as heaven, you must be able to keep your sins to a minimum. This is true, however, it's not something that will cause you to go to hell, or a lower realm. All sins, or, blatant disobediences toward common morals and God's laws (pick up a bible and read exodus if you don't know what they are), can be forgiven, regardless of the humane damage it has done. The amount of sins are important because, as proved over many a age, People are more capable of sining as you continuously committ them. In closing, I know that before I posted this, the average person understands all this, but is not concerned. Most people believe I am crazy because I fail to understand common logic and I cannot see clearly. Believe what you want to, but I stick with Chrisianity. Have a Merry Christmas, and please remember the real reason for the season  |
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I predict atleast 5 pages for this thread, since it seems threads about religion on this forum seem to be the longest (even that thread that was titled Scientology, but was actually about secularism), that and people seem to really like telling everyone what their religion is.
I have nothing against religion, though, infact, I think its great. It makes people happy, and gives them a sense of purpose and belonging, and what's wrong that? But it's a little like splitting the atom though, inthat its incredibly powerful, and it can be very misused. As for my religion, I normally prefer not to say. (edited by emcee on 12-16-05 11:52 PM) |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice!  Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I dunno, agnostic? I'm pretty close to what Cruel Justice said, so I'll pick the same as him. | |||
Imajin Bot Local Moderator Currently affected by 'No syndrome' ---!!!  Since: 12-05-05 From: Camineet, Palm Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| I consider myself a Roman Catholic. | |||
Silvershield  580  Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 6307 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I'm a Catholic Christian, and believe passionately in the importance of deeds over blind faith. Adherence to a theistic religion is admirable, as it is often difficult, but if one cannot bring oneself to subscribe to Christianity in its entirety then it is far more vital that one aims to follow its basic, universal code of morality. | |||
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Clockworkz Birdon Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Ziff: I only seperated the two, mainly becasue general Neo Pagan is a rather large sect of people, and Wicca can bend beliefs and incorporate other religious ideas, mainly due to its eclecticism (is that even a word?).
As for the whole non-existance thing? I guess I can only say that I believe it happened before life existed, since reincarnation plays a part in my belief structure. In Wiccan scripture, if you can even call it that, reincarnation occurs until a soul can learn all it can, and then it returns to the Summerlands to live on eternally. |
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Sinfjotle Lordly? No, not quite.  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kansas Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Yeah, you also forgot Shintoism, the different types of Christianity, the different types of Buddhism, all the different types of pagenism, Celtic and stuff I guess, its a bad pole to attempt ...
I'm not really sure, I was brought up Christian, and when I started doubting it, a person appeared who believed it with all his heart and followed it, was kind of nice to see such a strong belief. I'm... not Christian though with half my mind, and I am with the other half. Half realizes what reality is to me, and the other half believes that reality is a creation. So uhh, confused? |
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spel werdz rite Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I'm "teenage rebel atheist" I know it's a phase, but for know, this is what I believe.
Ironically, I'm watching the Marklar episode of South Park where the missionaries who give starving Africans bibles rather than food. They discover the planet Marklar and put in their authority to spread religion universally. If aliens never herd of Jesus/Alah/Moses or whomever, I sincerely doubt the human race is in any way accurate of the meaning of life. |
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Salmon Red Cheep-cheep Since: 11-18-05 From: Norway Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6299 days |
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Originally posted by Tamarin Calanis What, you're pointing to a specific period of time and say "that's non-existance"? That's not what I asked for. I asked you to explain what non-existance was like, not to say "I don't know nothing about that specific timeperiod, so I must have been non-existant then". Besides, time is a really interesting thing in religion. Back in Junior High, I wrote a midterm assignment on why the existance of time made me believe in God. Basically, since human beings cannot understand, controll, or measure time, there should be a higher being to controll it all. I don't think time flows the way we perceive it to flow, and such, it's quite silly to me to point at a specific time period and say "that there is non-existance". And, well, the poll choices are quite silly. Neopaganism has about 1 million believers world wide, yet it is split into Neopaganism and WIcca. Christianity wiith its 2.1 billion believers does not become Catholic, Protestand, and Orthodox. Islam, 1.3 billion, yet no separation between Sunni and Shi'a. Buddhism, 376 million, is only grouped with "other"... (edited by The SomerZ on 12-17-05 10:05 AM) |
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LizardKing Bullet Bill  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Yeah, I believe there are several higher powers, and that each of them represent some aspect of human nature. They have no power to perform miracles, or intervene in any way with what goes on in our lives.
And I believe in reincarnation. Though, I have no opinion about whether it is a neverending chain of being reborn, or if we'll eventually end up in heaven (in lack of a better word..), or some kind of Nirvana (after we've reached total enlightment, or learnt all the things we're supposed to learn.) I do find that idea to be interesting, though. |
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Wurl Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6336 days Last view: 6336 days |
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| Hmm....I don't know how to classify myself exactly. I'm anti-Christian, for several personal reasons. Phiosophy is probably more important to me than a traditional rligion. I've been reading lots of Kant, Transendnetalist, absurdist and Nihilistic philosophies, and I'm enjoying each. | |||
Trapster King Dedede Since: 11-19-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6402 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by Dracoon Maybe thatīs why there is an "other" option. 
I was born Christian but Iīm not really religious. I believe in God and I think thatīs enough. |
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by The SomerZ Well of course its foreign to you, you've never experienced it. No one has so they can't describe it. As a matter of fact no one can experience it, since they wouldn't exist to experience it. But just because a concept is foreign and indescribable doesn't mean it's not real. Go describe blue to a blind person. |
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Clockworkz Birdon Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I'd LIKE to edit my poll, but I can't. I just named the ones that popped into my mind all at once. Besides; what's the point in posting all the forms of Christiannity (assuming you mean like Lutheranism, Catholicism, baptist, etc) when it's all just that? Christiannity. You can specify if you want. Also, all the other forms of neo-paganism are rather scarce; there are very few Druids or anything out there, but there seem to be a good lot of Wiccans (at least, where I live), which is why I specified that. |
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