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Posted by azelito on Wed Sep 14th at 5:42pm 2005

I don't think this has been done before and I do think it could be interesting...
Whatever your option, please specify what type of the named religion you are (Christian - Catholic/Protestant etc) and why. Post what religion you believe in and not what religion you were born into, unless that's what you believe in of course.

Oh, and no bitching about how some religions are better than other or whatever.
(On a side note, curse you Lep for only allowing 6 options!)


Personally, I was born into the Protestant Christian country of Sweden in a pretty much atheist family. My grandfather on my father's side was a Pentecostalist vicar and my dad was raised with deep inner hate to it. As soon as he left home he broke all contact with a God that had been forced upon him. In this home religion has always been looked at as "opium for the people" but now that I'm old enough to think for myself I've come to doubt that life is as simple as the physical world. I do not believe in any gods but I do believe in a connection between all living beings, possibly also in reincarnation. I therefore vote "Other".



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Posted by Jinx on Wed Sep 14th at 5:45pm 2005

I'm agnostic I guess. Atheists actively DISbelieve in god. I'm just apathetic toward it.



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Posted by fraggard on Wed Sep 14th at 5:52pm 2005

I was born into a Hindu family. I haven't thought about it much more than that, I guess. I voted Hindu because that's what it says on all my documents :/




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Wed Sep 14th at 5:55pm 2005

I'm a chirstian, and unlike many in my town, I am not a catholic. I guess I could be called a protestant, even though I really don't belong to any church. I spend most of my time by myself, reading the bible and stuff.

Until Later...


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Posted by Dark|Killer on Wed Sep 14th at 5:58pm 2005

Im a muslim and proud of it XD, despite of some of the retard muslims like binladen, who killed inoccents for no reasons, and ruined the islamic look, well i just cant tell why most people think muslims are terrorists...
Anyway, im a muslim becuase im born in an islamic country ( UnitedArabEmarites)
Where there are plenty of different religions all together, christainshinduothers
Well islam doesnt specify any racism, so i must say that i dont hate any known religion...eg. Jewishchristian for the others, well i dont know about that but i dont care too
<img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> and by the way, i hope i dont get flamed or anything becuase im a muslim...uhh i dont think i would be right ?



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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Wed Sep 14th at 6:05pm 2005

Don't worry, most of us are very understanding of different people. I for one, don't feel any hate toward any muslim because of their religon. I do have problems with those that do their own thing and then try to justify it by saying Allah/God told them to.


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Posted by Andrei on Wed Sep 14th at 6:48pm 2005

Technically, i'm orthodox...practically deist. I mean come on, it's always so easy to blame satan when you're having bad luck (and bad luck is usually your own doing anyway). And I think God has better things to do than make icons cry just for the heck of it.



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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Sep 14th at 7:10pm 2005

Christian, Because I've examined all of the religions and it makes the most sense to me.


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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Sep 14th at 7:20pm 2005

I believe in people, that's all.



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Posted by $loth on Wed Sep 14th at 7:20pm 2005

Atheist, because I don't like to follow rules and guidlines set by religions. I live a good life, generally a nice person, I don't need to class myself into a religion and honestly don't believe any of them.




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Posted by Underdog on Wed Sep 14th at 7:21pm 2005

If I could get past the notion that virtually "ALL" of the worlds worse atrocities have their roots based in some form of a religion then I could possibly accept one.

Being religious doesn't mean you are participating in an evil concept but, many evil concepts are religiously based.

On the other hand, I do not necessarily exclude all concepts that can lead to evil. Brutal sexual acts are abhorrent to me, but sex in general, well.

I vote Agnostic.




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Posted by Junkyard God on Wed Sep 14th at 7:27pm 2005

I'm myself, i don't beleive in a god or fate or w/e -_- i'm to lazy for that


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Posted by satchmo on Wed Sep 14th at 7:56pm 2005

I believe in myself. When s**t happens, it's frequently my own mistake that caused it. When good things happens, it's also of my doing. I take full responsibilities for my action. I don't blame or praise God or anyone else.

I was raised in Taiwan, with two atheist parents. China and Taiwan are predominantly Buddhist, but they also have a significant Christian following. I have an aunt whose family is fanatically Christian. She dragged me to the church on many occasions when I was younger, but I usually ended up debating with the priest about evolution and creationism.

I am an atheist, but I don't despise religion. In fact, I think if there is no God, then there is a need for men to invent a God and religion. A lifetime of calamity for some requires a supreme being to support ones' sanity. And the vast majority of religious people end up doing good things because they are religious.

However, the negative aspect of having religion is that it inherently creates factions. And this world doesn't really need more fractionalization than it already has.

The only religion that I can even remotely relate to is Buddhism. It really doesn't mind other people's business. If someone doesn't believe in Buddhism, he/she doesn't automatically go to hell. As long as someone lives a good life and does good deeds, he/she is rewarded in the afterlife.

Now, that's the kind of tolerance I think more religions need.



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Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 14th at 8:08pm 2005

I suppose I'd say I have a faith of sorts and beliefs of my own, but they don't really fit properly in any religion. Not to mention, I think most religions are very poorly structured. Not to offend anyone, I'm not attacking them by any means, it's just an observation.

As for beliefs, they'd probably would be most similar to Muslim and Christian religions (taking that they really only have one fundamental difference).

There's just some things that don't make sense about some religions. Like ... how certain emotions, that you feel naturally are 'bad'. So to speak, since for them to be truly punishable, you'd need someone who cannot sympathize with the emotion ... but that isn't true, since God, supposedly, created everything. Do you see how this would continue on? It's a catch 22 of sorts. So, I've decided to just live my life how I see fit. I'm not a bad person and I've never done anything to purposefully harm someone, so, that's good enough for me.

I really think the only time religions are followed well are when the people who follow them are very speculative. Since, it would make them analyze things to understand it more. Usually the people you see who give religion a really bad name (specifically the Muslim and Christian religions) are people who do not follow them, they just blindly agree, or use it to progress their own agenda.


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Posted by Kain on Wed Sep 14th at 8:23pm 2005

I'm a christian maronit (that's a form of oriental catholicism), and even though I don't completely have faith in the biblical God (that I find sometimes caricatural), I think religion in general, and especially christianism, creates a strong bond between people, and teaches the correct principles of love and generosity (at least theoretically...). So I voted 1.



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Posted by Captain P on Wed Sep 14th at 9:01pm 2005

I'm a christian.

I'm born in and raised in a christian family but that doesn't make one a christian. To follow Christ, you'll have to make a decision yourself, it's not something you get through your birth or anything else. About a 6 years ago I made that choice and while before that I didn't really understand what made the other people in church made so happy and so convinced, I did after I made that choice.
It has only gotten better since I started to get to know more of God, who He is and what He's planning to do in our lives.



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Posted by FatStrings on Wed Sep 14th at 9:03pm 2005

roman catholic
born into it on both sides of the family
but i believe in it for the most part
i dont have any argues w/ most religions they usually are worshiping the same "god" just by a different name

no offense to anyone but i cant stand mormons/LDS





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Posted by satchmo on Wed Sep 14th at 9:10pm 2005

? quote:
no offense to anyone but i cant stand mormons/LDS


My brother married a Mormon, even though she's not a very strict Mormon. My brother remains an atheist, and I have no idea how they reconciled that point.

I am glad that my wife is not religious. I would hate to give up gaming time to attend church every Sunday.



"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Dr Brasso on Wed Sep 14th at 9:23pm 2005

? posted by satchmo

I am glad that my wife is not religious. I would hate to give up gaming time to attend church every Sunday.

go easy there satch.....God'll reach down and pull yer horns off that little blue head man....***runs

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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Sep 14th at 9:41pm 2005

Posting in this thread would make me do the one thing I dont like about religions: They divide/separate people.

Opps I posted, so I guess you can say I believe in nothing except the human being.



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