pilaf
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Post by pilaf on Jul 6, 2006 12:54:43 GMT -5
Christened catholic, but I don't believe in God. That doesn't necessarily make you an atheist. You could be agnostic..although admittedly, the line is very fine there.
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Post by Hunessai on Jul 6, 2006 13:33:12 GMT -5
Christened catholic, but I don't believe in God. That doesn't necessarily make you an atheist. You could be agnostic..although admittedly, the line is very fine there. No, the very definition of atheist is one who does not believe in the existance of gods, and her statement made that very clear. If she said that it was impossible to know whether gods exist, she would be agnostic. But she didn't.
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Post by Slipper Eater on Jul 6, 2006 14:21:36 GMT -5
Christened catholic, but I don't believe in God. That doesn't necessarily make you an atheist. You could be agnostic..although admittedly, the line is very fine there. We don't know for sure if there's a God, but until I see definate proof, there is no god.
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Post by Justice on Jul 6, 2006 14:23:15 GMT -5
What Slippy said So youre a agnostic antheist mix sorta......
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Post by Slipper Eater on Jul 6, 2006 14:25:38 GMT -5
I'm a weird hybrid of religious beliefs, but I still don't believe in God. I refuse to label myself under something that causes nothing but problems.
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Post by Justice on Jul 6, 2006 14:31:53 GMT -5
What Slippy said except x2 for me I didn;t know there were so many religouns, appreantly im a mix of Paganism, agnostic antheist and alittle santanisim (sp) I just hate when people belive something just on faith
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Post by Slipper Eater on Jul 6, 2006 16:03:33 GMT -5
Atheist, though i believe is barely anything anyway.
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Muad'dib
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Post by Muad'dib on Jul 7, 2006 12:03:51 GMT -5
I'm interested in a hybrid of ideas, which is nice, but it serves as a head-beep, really. Yeah, its whats good, but you need to constantly be reading up on things, really.
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Post by bigphatty on Jul 13, 2006 10:37:40 GMT -5
I am a Baptist. I was Baptised on March 30, 2003.
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Post by Gold_skywalker on Jul 13, 2006 15:31:25 GMT -5
Infi-Nena-Dels! Alalalalala!
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Post by morty14 on Jul 13, 2006 23:19:43 GMT -5
Infi-Nena-Dels! Alalalalala! I wouldn't go throwing words like that around, the NSA is watching. Always watching.
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Post by Ratwar on Jul 13, 2006 23:57:57 GMT -5
My religious background?
Well, both of my parents were Methodist, so strangely enough, I was brought up Methodist. My family wasn't really active in the church (they had been active before, but then we moved), so it wasn't an entirely strong Christian upbringing.
Anyways, eventually I really stopped really believing. I've been athiest, agnostic, and Christian over the past two years. That really depended more on the girl I was chasing than actual changes in my religious beliefs. Over the last year, mostly agnostic. I just stopped really caring about it when I realized that there wasn't a true end all beat all answer.
Now, my religion doesn't matter that much to me, if I need to be Christian, I'll be Christian. If not, well, I'll be agnostic. All it really is to me is like a different shirt.
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Post by tartilus on Jul 14, 2006 0:32:06 GMT -5
My religious background? Well, both of my parents were Methodist, so strangely enough, I was brought up Methodist. My family wasn't really active in the church (they had been active before, but then we moved), so it wasn't an entirely strong Christian upbringing. Anyways, eventually I really stopped really believing. I've been athiest, agnostic, and Christian over the past two years. That really depended more on the girl I was chasing than actual changes in my religious beliefs. Over the last year, mostly agnostic. I just stopped really caring about it when I realized that there wasn't a true end all beat all answer. Now, my religion doesn't matter that much to me, if I need to be Christian, I'll be Christian. If not, well, I'll be agnostic. All it really is to me is like a different shirt. Which, though you may not know it, makes you agnostic at best. My dad is an atheist. My mom has some Christian upbringing. I've been baptised, recieved first communion - the whole deal. However, over the last few years, I have reached a rank I can only call Antitheist (it's real, google it.)
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Post by Ratwar on Jul 14, 2006 1:16:54 GMT -5
Which, though you may not know it, makes you agnostic at best. Oh, I know it, I just like to say I don't.
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Post by comike14 on Jul 14, 2006 9:31:46 GMT -5
My mother's family is Presbyterian, and my father's family is Baptist. When my parents married, they went to a non-denominational Christain church, which is where I went as a child. There I learned abuot the ways of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Jesus, etc. I broke away from that in my early teens and decided I was an athiest. After several years of this, I began to pursue a more personal form of worship, and reexamined my old beliefs in the Christain church. I re-interpreted everything I had learned, researched other religions, and began to study native tribal culture and spiritualism. Through this, I began to draw parallels and connections to find the things that every belief holds in common. In the past few years, I've been training in native Apache indian warrior training, which incorporates as many spiritual aspects of life as it does physical ones. If you point a gun to my head and told me to pick a religion, I'd say Christain. But no one religion is any more or less valid than any other one religion. My problem with religion is the strict dogma attached to them all, and most preach an intermediary between a person and God, which I disagree with. Long explaination, but there it is.
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Post by Anon on Jul 14, 2006 12:43:58 GMT -5
I don't know much about my family outside of my close family (parents and brother), because we're quite spread out. My parents are atheist or agnostic, but I was christened, I think because much of the rest of my family are Christians of some kind. I know one of my grandmas is Catholic, and my other grandparents probably are too, coming from Ireland as they do.
I myself am an athiest. Why? It seems logical to me.
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Muad'dib
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Post by Muad'dib on Jul 14, 2006 12:45:28 GMT -5
If you don't mind my asking, how old are you? Edit: If you don't want to say, its cool, because i'm not saying mine
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Post by Gold_skywalker on Jul 14, 2006 22:56:46 GMT -5
Infi-Nena-Dels! Alalalalala! I wouldn't go throwing words like that around, the NSA is watching. Always watching. Oh, Shush you, everyone knows the U.S. is racist only towards Muslims and Blacks, they'll never pay attention to us Clergy-nena-men... until... it's too late. DUN-DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN
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Post by Gold_skywalker on Jul 14, 2006 22:57:59 GMT -5
If you don't mind my asking, how old are you? Edit: If you don't want to say, its cool, because i'm not saying mine Does it matter? Age should not determine One's credibility in an argument. I mean, heck, I'm 15, but I sound like a friggin' 12 year old on a mic! Ages can be decieving.
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Muad'dib
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Post by Muad'dib on Jul 15, 2006 9:37:37 GMT -5
Actually, yes, ages can be deceiving, and I hadn't even figured you for 15, I figured you for older.
I base arguments on the strength of the argument within, not on a persons age, but I guess its just curiosity that made me ask, not to judge the merit.
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Post by morty14 on Jul 15, 2006 13:27:50 GMT -5
Oh, Shush you, everyone knows the U.S. is racist only towards Muslims and Blacks, they'll never pay attention to us Clergy-nena-men... until... it's too late. DUN-DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUN And what group says: "Infi-Nena-Dels! Alalalalala!" Methinks one of the ones you listed. Now let's see, which one could it be...
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Post by Gold_skywalker on Jul 15, 2006 14:35:57 GMT -5
I don't know. Nena-ists?
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Post by PrettyBurn on Jul 17, 2006 0:49:47 GMT -5
... ignoring all the Nena-ing that has come before, I shall answer the original question.
I myself am atheist/agnostic. The church I went to growing up was United Church of Christ, which is what my dad's side of the family is. My mom grew up Episcopalian, if I remember correctly. It's not that important to anyone in the family.
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Post by Gold_skywalker on Jul 17, 2006 4:27:03 GMT -5
I call Racism on that. Ignoring us Nena-Ites is Racist.
Mommy said so.
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Post by iGuess on Jul 24, 2006 1:35:46 GMT -5
My dad's side of the family is catholic and my mom was adopted by a jewish father and a christian mother. I don't really know what I believe. As a child I never went to church regularly. In my entire life I have gone to church mabey, 15 times.
I don't like organized religion for many of the same reasons that comike just said.
For me there is too much control and power given to the church. Too much room for interpretation to say that one thing is right. For me it is hard to think about the existence of god because I tend to think very logically and scientifically.
One of the things I used to say when I was little is that "I KNOW that there is not a god. It just doesn't make sense." Now, I have absolutely no idea.
edit: I celebrate Chanukah and Christmas.
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