Agnostic w/ a few Pagan/Wiccan beliefs ...

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 10:37 PM. Reason : ]

2/22/2006 10:36:30 PM

Catholic

2/22/2006 10:37:30 PM

"i'm honestly surprised to see so many agnostic here. with that said, i'm agnostic..."

i think it has something to do with being around educated people, and being in an area w/ lots of different peoples coming together.

you can see lots of different religions, but the same justifications for their religion as yours (faith based)... seeing that its easy to switch to a kind of spirituality belief with alot of specific church dogmas/intolerance of monothiests & just go the agnostic route w/ a general respect for spirituality.

2/22/2006 10:40:47 PM

So far.....



kbbrown3 : Agnostic
Stiletto : Atheist
Mindstorm : Christian - [unspecified]
smheath : Christian - [unspecified]
bmdurham : Evolutionary Humanist, Satanist, Existentialist
Ronny : Jedi
YanTheManV : Jewish - [non-practicing]
joe17669 : Agnostic
SaabTurbo : Agnostic
qntmfred : Christian - [nondenominational]
Amsterdam718 : Christian - Catholic
LadyWolff : Neo-Pagen - Wiccan
hempster : Frisbeetarian
puck_it : Christian - Catholic
Kitty B : Agnostic, Neo-Pagen - Eclectic Pagan
bottombaby : Christian - Free Will Baptist
coolguy1335 : Agnostic - [Buddhist tendencies]
Kodiak : Atheist
drunknloaded : Christian - Catholic
amazon : Agnostic
Shank : Fremen - [Shi-Hulud]
Cherokee : Agnostic - [Atheist leaning]
spaced guy : Agnostic
Lutra : ??? [former Southern Baptist?]
Jere : Agnostic
msb2ncsu : Christian - United Methodist
Lutz : Christian - Baptist
CalledToArms : Christian - [nondenominational]
jimb0 : Agnostic - [theist leaning?]
Natalie0628 : Agnostic
Beardawg61 : Christian - Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Supplanter : Agnostic
zxappeal : Agnostic?
abcdefg13 : Scientologist
strudle66 : Atheist
chembob: Christian - [nondenominational]
bigTHEW: Christian - Baptist
tdwhitlo: Agnostic, Neo-pagan - Wiccan
bgmims: Christian - Catholic


The count:
(people with multiple religions get each one counted...)

Agnostic: 14
Atheist: 3
Christian: 14
Humanist: 1
Satanist: 1
Existentialist: 1
Jedi: 1
Jewish: 1
Neo-Pagen: 3
Frisbeetarian: 1
Buddhist: 1
Fremen: 1
Scientologist: 1


Sorry if I got anything wrong....just LMK.....

2/22/2006 10:50:34 PM

fyi, giving me a dollar is an actual religion.


it's as real as frisbeetarianism!

2/22/2006 10:52:26 PM

Thanks hempster for providing some clarity in the thread. To me the most important part of any religion is the tolerance of others and their respective idealogies (very buddist).

Kbbrown3, is this for a class or personal intrest? What is your motivation for gathering this info?

2/22/2006 10:55:19 PM

I was raised Christian in an Assembly of God church. I was something of a Jesus freak when I was growing up.

Now I'm something more of an Agnostic though I've thought about converting to Catholicism.

2/22/2006 11:00:03 PM

Brought up as a Presbyterian, though I'm not really affiliated with any one Christian subset at present.

2/22/2006 11:02:19 PM

do orthodox consider catholics the first protestants?

2/22/2006 11:02:34 PM

Been a Seventh-Day Adventist - Christian, but right now nondenominational Christian with Sabbath observation.

Oh and if you have been a TWW member for a significant amount of time you would definitely not be surprised there are that many agnostics and atheists.

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 11:07 PM. Reason : ]

2/22/2006 11:05:51 PM

Quote :

"fyi, giving me a dollar is an actual religion"

I'm terribly sorry, I didn't know. Just so I can get it right, is name of your religion "Give me a Dollar" or "Giving me a Dollar"? I'll put it on the next list.

Again, I apologize for being ignorant and insensitive. I hope that forgiveness is an important virtue in your religion.









[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 11:10 PM. Reason : No Muslims?]

2/22/2006 11:10:04 PM

Atheist

2/22/2006 11:13:25 PM

agnostic

2/22/2006 11:17:15 PM

I've been considering "converting" to Pythagoreanism or Neo-Pythagoreanism. The theory of the Apeiron is interesting to me. Plus, ever since before I was a foxhole Atheist, (around 13 years old,) I've thought of math as being universal, and therefore somehow "divine".....

I will never believe in an anthropocentric god or practice an anthropocentric religion. I've thought that ever since before I quit Presbyterianism--in fact, that was one of my main reasons why I decided to quit. It's just always seemed kind of obvious to me….



[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 12:06 AM. Reason : a² + b² = c² ]

2/23/2006 12:02:49 AM

Quote :

"christian (nondenominational)"

2/23/2006 12:04:29 AM

Presbyterian at home, nondenominational here in Raleigh

2/23/2006 12:22:36 AM

agnostic

religion scares me for the most part.

2/23/2006 12:23:34 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini#The_Kundalini_Syndrome

Well, not really that, just a bunch of ideas I conflated from it. Plenty of agnostic elements, Buddhist concepts, Sufi practices, and ancient mysticism although I understand very little of the latter.

2/23/2006 12:30:03 AM

baptist

2/23/2006 12:31:57 AM

zen baptist

2/23/2006 12:55:41 AM

Agnostic

2/23/2006 12:58:18 AM

Quote :

"i think it has something to do with being around educated people, and being in an area w/ lots of different peoples coming together."

I think it has more to do with the age than simply being around educated people. College is the first time people are exposed to many new things. Its the age they rebel and try to be independent. Its pretty typical for people to want to shed their past and become a new/different person... their own person. This involves dropping the customs and beliefs they were brought up in... like church.

Personally, I think it is good for Christians to go through such an experience. To figure out for themselves exactly where their faith stands and what they believe. If you've been to the flip side then I think you can appreciate where you are at much more. Almost like the difference between being born into money and working your way out of the ghetto to become successful.

2/23/2006 12:59:27 AM

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"Agnostic: 14 Atheist: 3 Christian: 14 Humanist: 1 Satanist: 1 Existentialist: 1 Jedi: 1 Jewish: 1 Neo-Pagen: 3 Frisbeetarian: 1 Buddhist: 1 Fremen: 1 Scientologist: 1"

hahaha

oh yeah, im Presbyterian

2/23/2006 1:03:03 AM

Props to hempster, I owe you a beer.

It looks like Christians and Agnostics are tied.

And this is just a personal/socio-eske interest thing.


Everyone is entitiled to their own beliefs, just as each person is entitled to their own way of life.


Does anyone agree with that statement?

2/23/2006 1:58:04 AM

^ Yes, as long as your beliefs do no adversly affect other beings.

2/23/2006 2:31:24 AM

No Religion

2/23/2006 3:19:24 AM

i'm the religion that believes in god but pretty much thinks thats enough

2/23/2006 3:25:38 AM

atheist-leaning agnostic

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 4:23 AM. Reason : surprised no one has claimed flying spaghetti monsterism yet]

2/23/2006 4:22:48 AM

Raised United Methodist. Still attend UMC at home. Attend non-denominational here.

2/23/2006 5:36:54 AM

Lets not count out the Mormons... mark 1 down

2/23/2006 9:00:55 AM

I attend the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro.

http://www.uugreensboro.org/

It rocks

2/23/2006 9:06:18 AM

agnostic, though i think deism is intriguing.

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 9:08 AM. Reason : i think all them "watching over you" religions are kinda dumb though and made me wanna be atheist]

2/23/2006 9:07:00 AM

raised in the church of christ/christian church (nondenominational, not later day saints, not noninstrumental.... more like nondenominational baptist... pretty big in illin./indiana/kentucky/etc. raleigh church i went to was capital city church of christ on western)

now we go to a southern baptist church since there aren't any cofc's down here (too many catholics i guess)

2/23/2006 9:49:59 AM

agnostic

2/23/2006 10:02:28 AM

http://www.vintage21.com

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 10:54 AM. Reason : that would be christian, non-denom]

2/23/2006 10:51:20 AM

Christian, Baptist.

2/23/2006 10:57:15 AM

^^That's interesting. I didn't know about ya'll........




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Clarification:
Are Mormons Christians?
I've heard that many Christians don't consider Mormonism to be a form of Christianity, but frankly, I don't think that they should get to decide.
Do most Mormons consider Mormonism to be a form of Christianity?
I mean, Mormonism is about Christ, right?

2/23/2006 11:07:08 AM

Christian, non-denom


however


I've studied several other religions (Jainism, Bhuddism, Daoism, etc...) and i believe that all religions are based upon a single fundamental truth, with a fundamental Higher Power (God or whatever)

I try to live by the christian philosophy, but i also incorporate the ideals of several other religions into my daily interaction with the world

basically, i take the Hindu view of respecting all religions as being fundamentally sound and true (with the exception of things like Scientology)

2/23/2006 11:07:23 AM

I'm a Christian - UCC (United Church of Christ)

Quote :

"I've heard that many Christians don't consider Mormonism to be a form of Christianity, but frankly, I don't think that they should get to decide. "

Christians don't consider Mormonism a form of Christianity because they have another book...the Book of Mormon. It's basically about Jesus coming a second time to earth and spending time with more people...maybe South America or somewhere like that? I can't remember right off. They believe in the Bible, New and Old Testament, but they also believe their book is a part of the Bible.
It's kind of like Jews don't classify Christians as Jews because they believe in the New Testament, whereas Jews just believe in the Old Testament. So, Christians don't classify Mormons as Christians because they believe in the Book of Mormon.

2/23/2006 11:37:49 AM

Atheist/Agnostic/Humanist

2/23/2006 11:38:20 AM

^^
There is alot of truth to that..

We do consider ourselves to be christian though for many reasons... First... Christ is our Savior, and the only way to our salvation. That is the biggest thing that makes someone christian. Second... the Book of Mormon has a subtitle... "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" ... which is, as stated by ^^ a record of Christ's visitation to the inhabitants of the American Continent ... exactly where that spans is not known, but the record was found in upstate New York.... But back to the question... so this second book testifies and witnesses of Christ just as the Bible does... So to us, having a second book does not keep us from being Christian...

Now for the political side of things... The "Christian Coalition" or whatever it is will not allow us to be a part of their frat because we have this second book... if we denounce it, then we get it... which is retarded.... so officially we arent recognized but for anyone who knows anything about our beliefs,

Mormons Are Christian.

2/23/2006 11:51:50 AM

^That's what I'll go with.

I reject the notion that a religion gets to choose who "belongs".

For example, if you consider yourself Catholic, then you're Catholic, regardless if you've been "excommunicated" or kicked out or whatever.

One's religious identity should be a personal choice, not dictated by an authority.

2/23/2006 12:51:11 PM

screw it.. did a rough update

Agnostic: 25
Atheist: 5
Christian: 27
Humanist: 1
Satanist: 1
Existentialist: 1
Jedi: 1
Jewish: 1
Mormon: 1
Neo-Pagen: 3
Frisbeetarian: 1
Buddhist: 1
Fremen: 1
Scientologist: 1

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 1:54 PM. Reason : .]

2/23/2006 1:46:57 PM

Roman Catholic..

2/23/2006 1:50:14 PM

question to people who were raised catholic and have since "dropped out" -

what was your reason for doing so?

2/23/2006 1:50:58 PM

^They realized what Catholics are all about?

2/23/2006 2:12:12 PM

BAD RELIGION

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 2:18 PM. Reason : also, roman catholic.]

2/23/2006 2:12:31 PM

Quote :

"I've studied several other religions (Jainism, Bhuddism, Daoism, etc...) and i believe that all religions are based upon a single fundamental truth, with a fundamental Higher Power (God or whatever) basically, i take the Hindu view of respecting all religions as being fundamentally sound and true (with the exception of things like Scientology)"

what about the religions that have mutually exclusive truth claims? how can they both be true?

ie. Christianity and Islam

2/23/2006 2:21:11 PM

I love the cock, B.

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 2:35 PM. Reason : .]

2/23/2006 2:31:36 PM

Quote :

"Everyone is entitiled to their own beliefs, just as each person is entitled to their own way of life. Does anyone agree with that statement?"

Quote :

"Yes, as long as your beliefs do no adversly affect other beings."

Beliefs, by themselves, are incapable of adversely affecting other beings. They are only thoughts.
I think what you were trying to say is something like:

One has the right to believe whatever one wants to. But any action that one takes "in the name of their beliefs" that harms others or denies them of the same right is indefensible.

Right?

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On a sort-of related note, why does the g0vt often seem to "bully" non-mainstream religions?
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/003534.html
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/NEWS01/505260481

2/23/2006 2:32:50 PM