What is your religion?

[scorch]

i feel proud.

Im none of those.
I'm closest 2 aithiest, but i don't actually not believe in god. I just don't give a **** about him.

 

[starlifter]

"Hey, Jude don't make it bad..."

I love that song

At one time thru the early '80s, it was the most popular song on record (no pun intended). I presume that may have changed by now, though. The Beatles got me thru 2nd semester Calculus with an "A"... my only college math "A", LOL...

PS, I'm a Christian!

 

[SunTzu]

I'm a Christian

 

[dreadhead7]

Thanks, Becka. I stand corrected.

 

[Juize]

Do you ask in what religion you officially are (are?! Engrish?), or what religion d'you believe
(If you're not christian here it hurts your tax rates.. )

 

[willemvanoranje]

Officially, I'm a atheist........

....but maybe I'm a Christian Jewish Hinduistic Buddhist............

.....I don't know

 

[Dell19]

I'm inbetween Athiesm and Christianity...

 

[Dogberry_Old]

Christian... Roman Catholic, with strong Pagan & argumentive ( as most on the board will testify ) tendencies .

BTW.. if I recall correctly, Satan really did not enter the picture until the Hebrew Sojurn in Persia. There where Zorastorism was the "official " religion, it supplied the name & the personality to which had previously been called the "Adversary" . The original was supposed to be part of the human make-up, hence something more inside us than something apart from us.

Dog

 

[G-Man]

In judeism there isn't a satan... God is both helping does who do good and punishing does who do bad. But there is some bad angel or something... Can't remember exactly...

 

[Becka]

Oh, yeah. I'm a Christian.

 

[spycatcher34]

Your not standing alone becka!

 

[Becka]

^^^

 

[SlowwHand]

United Methodist.
The same as George W. Bush and family.

 

[Mao Tse Tung]

iam a Atheist i guess,i was brought up catholic,but i thought that religon was crap(no offense to those that r catholics),thats just my personal belief.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Aethiest.

And i can no understand these people who say that they are 'half' aethiest. You either are or you ain't, that's how i see it anyways. Basically, if you believe in a God of one of the religions then you aren't an Aetiest, it doesn't matter if you worship or not, you still believe.

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Yeah Buddhism should have been there. I thought of it but I must have missed it when I typed in the religions.

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Regarding christmas I must say that christmas has nothing to do with any religion for me. In places like Rome, Europe, Scandinavia and many others have celebrated the peak winter days with a grand feast and a lot of gaiety even before the birth of Christ. It was regarded as the perfect time for the celebrations as the period had a good supply of meat and wine, musts for the feast. The winter celebrations revolved around the hope of the coming spring, after the long harsh winters.

Btw, unlike most parts of the world, here in Sweden the presents are opened on the eve of Christmas. They believe that since Santa Claus lives in Sweden, he visits us first.

I am a true Atheist. I don't celebrate any thing that have conections to religion of any kind since I don't belive in such crap (no offence to you belivers).

 

[Karl Marx the Penguin]

The problem with being Athiest is that it attracts attention. Most athiests I know (including myself) simply just sit back with a confidence that we are right, we just smirk at others who are religious and think "religion is a crutch for the weak minded" and we go along our business.

We follow all the Christmas, and easter, etc. because our friends do and we don't mind an excuse to give presents and party.

Since most athiests grow up in a household with some mild form of some religion we usually have a religion that we say we are if we don't want to get in a long discussion with a religious person.

Intellgent religious people (an oxymoron, j/k) usually expect an athiest to defend ourselves constantly. For one year I practically stood out and proud as an athiest (at school at least), and I had to defend it far too often. Fundementalist christians kept saying, "you can't decide against christianity until you read the bible". I don't want to, yet. I just gave up on being out and proud.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A little song will help me explain

There are Jews in the world, there are Buddists
There are Hindus and Mormons and then
There are those that follow Mohammad, but
I've never been one of them

I'm a Roman Catholic
And have been since before I was born
And the one thing they say about Catholics is
They'll take you as soon as you're warm

You don't have to be a six footer
You don't have to have a great brain
You don't have to have any clothes on
You're a Catholic the moment Dad came, because

{Refrain 1}
Every sperm is sacred
Every sperm is great
If a sperm is wasted
God gets quite irate

{Refrain 1}

Let the heathen spill theirs
On the dusty ground
God shall make them pay for
Each sperm that can't be found

{Refrain 2}
Every sperm is wanted
Every sperm is good
Every sperm is needed
In your neighborhood

Hindu, Taoist, Morman
Spill theirs just anywhere
But God loves those who treat their
Semen with more care

{Refrain 1}

{Refrain 2}

Every sperm is useful
Every sperm is fine
God needs everybody's
Mine, and mine, and mine

Let the pagans spill theirs
O'er mountain, hill and plain
God shall strike them down for
Each sperm that's spilt in vain

{Refrain 2}

{Refrain 1}


Was raised Anglican, but do tend towards Irish Roman Catholicism, because of blood, ideology, politics and whatever else. It has a nice history to it, it makes sense, and provides comfort. I'm tolerant towards most things, but have my gripes (which I won't mention here for the risk of offending anyone)
Went through a little teenage atheist rebellion phase, but then grew out of it.

 

[scorch]

scary thought.... According to Christianity, half of the people here are going to hell.

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Originally posted by Karl Marx the Penguin
Fundementalist christians kept saying, "you can't decide against christianity until you read the bible".

The bible is just a stupid book full of crap. Read this quote from the west wing show before you say that I am wrong.[/B]


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It's an election day scene that you find the president stopping in on a White House gathering of radio talk personalities. As Bartlet struggles though a speech extolling the gabbers’ contributions to the airwaves, Bartlet is distracted by the sight of a Dr. Laura-like radio psychologist seated nearby.

BARTLET: It’s a good idea to be reminded of the awesome impact, the awesome impact… I’m sorry. You’re Dr. Jenna Jacobs, right?

JACOBS (obviously pleased to be recognized): Yes, sir!

BARTLET: It’s good to have you here.

JACOBS: Thank you!

BARTLET: … the awesome impact of the airwaves, and how that translates into the furthering of our national discussions, but obviously also how it can … how it can … Forgive me, Dr. Jacobs. Are you an M.D.?

JACOBS: A Ph.D.

BARTLET: A Ph.D.

JACOBS: Yes, sir.

BARTLET: In psychology?

JACOBS: No, sir.

BARTLET: Theology?

JACOBS: No.

BARTLET: Social work?

JACOBS: I have a Ph.D. in English Literature.

BARTLET: I’m asking ‘cause on your show people call in for advice – and you go by the name Dr. Jacobs on your show – and I didn’t know if maybe your listeners were confused by that and assumed you had advanced training in psychology, theology or health care.

JACOBS: I don’t believe they are confused, no, sir.

BARTLET: I like your show. I like how you call homosexuality an “abomination!”

JACOBS: I don’t say homosexuality is an abomination, Mr. President. The Bible does.

BARTLET: Yes it does. Leviticus!

JACOBS: 18:22.

BARTLET: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I had you here. I wanted to sell my youngest daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She’s a Georgetown Sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be?

(Bartlet only waits a second for a response, then plunges on.)

BARTLET: While thinking about that, can I ask another? My chief of staff, Leo McGary, insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? Or is it okay to call the police?

(Bartlet barely pauses to take a breath.)

BARTLET: Here’s one that’s really important, because we’ve got a lot of sports fans in this town. Touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves, can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point? Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about those questions, would you?

(The camera pushes in on the president.)

One last thing. While you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the Ignorant Tight-Ass Club, in this building when the president stands, nobody sits.

(Jacobs sees that, in fact, the president is standing and she is the only one in the room sitting. After a moment, she rises, holding her tiny plate of appetizers. After the president exits, Sam Seaborn sternly approaches a thoroughly belittled Jacobs.)

SAM: I’m just … going to take that crab puff.

(Sam snatches Dr. Jacob’s crab puff, then hurries after the president.)