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Which one are you? Religious, Agnostic or Atheis ?

Posted by balidreamhome • 5/14/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: agnostic, atheis, realigion

me, I am agnostic.

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5/14/08

amtelemarket

Religious, catholic

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5/14/08

Svelmoe

Atheist.

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5/14/08

ttiger

agnostic

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5/14/08

hepp2

Lately I feel I am a pagan or perhaps an animist.

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5/14/08

ttiger

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanist
Secular humanism

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5/14/08

Bradley310

Your question implies that a person who is Agnostic or AThiest cannot be religious. I suggest checking out the Unitarian Universalist at www.uua.org/ and see they can be.

And yes, I am a UU and no, I'm not trying to convert anyone. It's not what we're into.

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1. 5/14/08
  
  Svelmoe
  
  An atheist can not be religious. Then he isn't an atheist anymore.
2. 5/14/08
  
  balidreamhome
  
  @ Bradley
  Good point, I've been check UUA and got the picture that this is a very nice organization, I wish especially in my country will be more people with 'open minded' heart and vision and not stuck into 'something' which creating hates and war among ourself for the sake of Religion, my youngest bro is a priest and yet we're still has a freedom to express our feeling and have an open discussion with him at least between him and I.
  
  cheers,
3. 5/15/08
  
  Bradley310
  
  Sorry Svelmo, I suggest you study more thoroughly. Your definition of religions apparantly is one who believes in God or some other higher entity. A very narrow minded views. Additional definitions are:
  
  1. A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. (Note it does not specify a belief in a God)
  
  2. The body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices. (Again, it does specify that the beliefs have to be in a God or Goddess, or whatever, or that people will go to hell, etc. )
  
  3. something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience. (This one would make me sad if you're right because it means that none of my athiest friends have any ethics. Damn, and they seemed so nice)
  
  I attend a RELIGIOUS community in which I choose to go to a service and sit amongst my Jewish, Islamic, Humanist, Wiccan, Athiest, Buddhist,Pagan, Hindu, Christian friends and more.
4. 5/15/08
  
  Svelmoe
  
  And I would question each of those "definitions" as they are written.
  I too can proclaim definitions, that does not change the concept.
  
  Religion implies faith. Faith in a higher power, spiritualness/metaphysics or what else unscientific belief system you wish to put behind it.
  Faith is a contrary mechanic to atheism, where the knowledge and explanations are drawn from what can be proven by scientific means (meaning: controllable, repeatable and measurable).
5. 5/15/08
  
  Bradley310
  
  It implies it for you. You are placing your own prejudices and therefore personal definitions to the word. I won't argue with your perception, I just know nearly 300,000 people around the world who would disagree with you.
  
  Faith is usually associated with a belief in a higher power. But, it also is a belief in ethics and merit. That's how you can get a group of diverse people like that sharing in a religious ceremony.
  
  I'm fine with how you want to perceive it. It works for you. The approximately 50% of my congregation who are atheists and agnostics who join each week for what we call, without hesitation, a religious ceremony have a different perception.
5/14/08

DrPaul

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1. 5/15/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  well...you need a bit more depth when reading the bible, I mean if you're gonna read it as a biography I think you'll miss the point, lol. Look up the word "Allegory" or "Parable" maybe that will help. Or get a 'study bible' because it will often interpret stuff for ya.
2. 5/15/08
  
  Bradley310
  
  I agree, I use to hate the Bible. I still think there's a lot of lunacy in there. I mean, come on, it was written over thousands of years so there's going to be a few nuts who got in there. Many of the Parables are similar, if not virtually identical, to the stories of other major religions. They are just good lessons to learn from if you view it in that manner.
5/15/08

DrowseyMonkey

I don't consider myself agnostic or atheist...just non-religious. But...feel free to call me any of those things...

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1. 5/15/08
  
  balidreamhome
  
  tolerance ?
2. 5/15/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  I don't get your comment in relation to what I said...
5/15/08

timethief

Hi there,
I thought that you might want to know that there is a BC group that provides a constructive format for debating religion www.blogcatalog.com/group/religious-debate

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1. 5/15/08
  
  balidreamhome
  
  @timethief, Thanks, but I think this just general discussion and not intended to create debate about which one is right or wrong
5/15/08

WanNo

Religious. I'm a muslim.

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5/15/08

jaynisha

I think be an Atheist is best for todays.

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5/15/08

OzScot

Thank God I'm an atheist.

Ben

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1. 5/15/08
  
  globalgirl
  
  Thank who? :-)
2. 5/16/08
  
  amtelemarket
  
  LOL!
5/15/08

nardeeisms

Religious

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5/15/08

Lucyvp

Agnostic

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5/15/08

DrBurst

I was atheist, but i'm thinking of converting to Christianity so I have a strong reason not to engage in destructive college activities. Maybe another religion, I'm looking into this.

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5/15/08

Ponkotsu

Another atheist here.

DrBurst, no need to use religion as an excuse to bow out of "destructive college activities." It's just a matter of personal choice, you don't need to make any excuses to anybody else for your own decisions in life when it comes to what you do and don't in college. It's probably best not to bother with religion unless you're going to seriously believe in what you purport to. I'm not entirely sure what "destructive college activities" amount to, but as an atheist who just graduated from college back in December, I certainly didn't bother with any of the stereotypical college activities - the excessive social drinking, drugs, etc. - made so popular by the media and stereotypes about what you're supposed to do in college. Anybody who isn't cool with the choices you make for yourself isn't worth bothering with.

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5/15/08

kdawg68

religious - Roman Catholic.

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5/15/08

RTBjr73

Recovering Catholic, Now a born-again Druid.

(That gets them everytime on surveys) ;-)

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5/15/08

mskat

Atheist with no belief in any higher powers or beings, with morals and ethics.

You do not need faith to be moral or ethical.
The majority of atheists I know are by far more moral than the majority of believers I know.

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5/15/08

thebigandyt

I’m a big fan of fence sitting. Agnosticism all the way, until proof is shown either way it's the only way for me. Flirted with atheism when i was younger, I found it quite bleak, i like the idea that something is out there, but the religions i know don't seem to be the way. How can they all have such different philosophies and yet all be right?

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5/15/08

RTBjr73

This would be a really cool discussion if we met up after we all die.

I'll bring the kegger!!!!

kdawg68, you bring the grill!!!

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5/15/08

lillake

Religious - Pagan

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5/15/08

lordiwanttobewhole

Religious ~ I love Jesus!

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1. 5/15/08
  
  globalgirl
  
  Me, too :-)
5/15/08

RTBjr73

ah, Paganism...Corporate America should thank that religion. If it weren't for that religion, we wouldn't have the Christmas tree or mistletoe.

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5/15/08

crkian

None of the above

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5/15/08

silvertiger

I don't like the term "atheist" because it defines an unbeliever in terms of belief in a god as though such belief were the norm. "Atheist" has also often been used by people of one religion to describe believers in another religion, i.e. to mean "someone who doesn't believe in our god".

The problem, of course, is what you call yourself if you do not believe in the supernatural. All terms such as "secularist", "humanist", "rationalist", etc. carry baggage of their own that the unbeliever may not identify with.

However, it seems that in modern usage as publicized by Dawkins et al., "atheist" is generally accepted to mean "someone who does not believe in god or hold any sort of irrational belief". In that sense, I call myself an atheist.

Sorry if that's a little long-winded but these issues are not as simple at they may at first sight appear.

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5/15/08

globalgirl

A Christian - a follower of Jesus.

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5/15/08

lovelylissie

I am a christian.

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5/15/08

robertstevenson

Religious: Roman Catholic

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5/15/08

ZAKON

A human that lives his life, with every day being as his last.
youtube.com/watch?v=ZdhvnGXySq0

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5/15/08

ZAKON

Or... The god himself. We are all part of the "GOD(...)" The whole universe is the GOD, working like a higher brain, and all alive beings in the universe are like braincells in that growing "brain". Just realize it..

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5/16/08

ttiger

For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them."

"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this."

Albert Einstein

www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/15/peopleinscience.controversiesinscien...

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5/16/08

voodooKobra

I'm a probabilistic atheist in respect to the Judeo-Christian religions and an agnostic in respect to the possibility of "something."

www.kobrascorner.com/rage/end-religious-arguing.php

While I'm at it, here's something that every religious and non-religious person ought to read.

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5/16/08

calais50

I am agnostic. Up until I graduated from college, I had been a devout Protestant, but suddenly I found I couldn't believe anymore. I have nothing but respect for followers of all religions. I would rather have a religion, but if a person truly doesn't believe, there's nothing they can do about it.

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5/16/08

genopianist54

Errr...

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5/16/08

Nomadic

I am a passionate agnostic. Fundamental even. I REALLY don't know. And I would like everyone else to not know too. I am evangelical about it even.

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1. 5/16/08
  
  timethief
  
  @Nomadic
  I love &hearts your answer.
5/16/08

kevingoodman

I am Catholic though I approach religion metaphorically, culturally, and symbolically.

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5/16/08

ekim941

I'm an ekimist

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1. 5/16/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Yuo get a tax waiver on that?
2. 5/16/08
  
  ekim941
  
  I'm thinking about accepting donations and maybe some sacrificial virgins
3. 5/16/08
  
  kevingoodman
  
  Is my donation tax deductible?
5/16/08

RTBjr73

How would you claim money value on a sacrificial virgin donation?

And why does it have to be a virgin? I am sure all of us has at least one ex that we would be willing to donate. Hell, I have a few that I would fore go the deduction.

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5/16/08

wehireu

None of the above.

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