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Posted by G4MER on Wed Sep 14th at 9:50pm 2005

Dont know yet, im still figureing it out. I have come to the conclusion that most religions are full of Cow Dung.. Christianity is the worst.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Sep 14th at 9:59pm 2005

I can't prove that God doesn't exist... but I definitely don't believe in Him.

So I guess I'm Agnostic.




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Posted by fishy on Wed Sep 14th at 10:09pm 2005

we were genetically engineered from apes by the 'gods' that live on the tenth planet, who dropped in on earth for our gold reserves and didn't want to get their own hands dirty mining it.. they're not really gods though, not as religions would define what a god is, but try telling that to a nomadic goatherder from 6000 years ago, when he's seen them 'descend from the heavens in their firey chariots'.

so i suppose that would make me protestant/christian.




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Posted by Underdog on Wed Sep 14th at 10:24pm 2005

Since it doesn't exactly seem sinful to believe in a religion, how about we start our own that addresses all the woes we dislike in the current practices?

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Posted by satchmo on Wed Sep 14th at 10:33pm 2005

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I can't prove that God doesn't exist...


No one can prove the non-existence of anything. To accomplish it, one has to be omniscient first. And no reasonable, sane person would claim to be omniscient.



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Posted by Madedog on Wed Sep 14th at 11:12pm 2005

I'm a pagan... or actually I can't even think of WHAT I believe in... I think there is somekind of a greater power but this whole god-thing... seems a bit unbelieveable. One night ago I was in the kitchen and scowering the fridge and someone just flushed their toilet somewhere... or washed hands in the sink... and I thought as if someone whispered my name... I heard it twice... it still creeps me, I do not dare to go to kitchen anymore or anywhere away from computer... I don't like such things... I don't believe in ghosts but this is weird... and this whispering sounded like my dead mum or granny... i'm getting shivers from thoughts of it... and the very same day I went nuts and started seeing VIS things as I explained in other thread... I think I really AM going nervous and paranoind... and insane

Anyway, as I said, I am more like a pagan. I don't want to believe in god or anything but my subconcious tells me there IS some sort of greater power... the very same power that gave me second chance in the rows of love, the very power that arranged things so that my initials would be IT and so that I would really know a lot about information technology... The very power that made me non-afraid of death, the very power that has saved me so many times from bad situations... (it was not the power of my brainskills, no siree, it had to be something else)

The more I think about all the odd things happened to me, I start feeling weird, just as if something was actually in control of our lives... a higher power... perhaps it's just faith? Destiny? The task of our lives? Afterall, when you have reached your purpose of life, you are no longer necessary... I think there are certain things that will make us necessary until those things are succeeded and then we are without purpose... and without purpose we would not exist.



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Posted by Underdog on Wed Sep 14th at 11:15pm 2005

? quoting satchmo

No one can prove the non-existence of anything. To accomplish it, one has to be omniscient first. And no reasonable, sane person would claim to be omniscient.

First off, the tree in the woods experiment solved that dilemma ages ago. Secondly, my wife once claimed that I was Omni-directional. Is that close enough?




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Posted by FatStrings on Thu Sep 15th at 1:46am 2005

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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.

i didnt know you could marry a mormon w/out being a mormon




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Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Sep 15th at 1:57am 2005

? quoting Underdog
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.

Religion? try "greed." Sure, someone can kill somone else and say that God told him to, but that doesnt MEAN god told him to. It's one of the worst reasons NOT to beleive in any religions. My dad was an atheist and said the same thing...

Fattystrings, Jerry's Friend, Mike Witt, was married to A Mormon but was not mormon, apparently it's accepted practice.




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Posted by FatStrings on Thu Sep 15th at 2:13am 2005

well i know a guy who was gonna marry a mormon chick and they told him he had to convert




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Posted by Windows 98 on Thu Sep 15th at 4:11am 2005

It seems I'm the only Jew here....



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Posted by moonracer1313 on Thu Sep 15th at 4:44am 2005

SubGenius here- it was only $30 and I have a wierd sense of humor (and the Dobbs head looks cool). I'm really more of a graduate of the church now since I (mostly) cast it off and created my own religion. It's pretty sweet being a holy man some times.

While I don't believe in specific God(s)/Goddess(es) with power over us I do believe in other beings/entities that at least interact with us.

I'm currently interested in parallels between technology and religion. Such as Astral Projection and the Internet/MMOGs. Or the commonly shared religious belief that "God created man in his own image" and how we are now playing God by trying to create Artificial Life/Intelligence (often in our own image).

While all organized world religions I've studied up on have some really interesting mythologies and explanations for our situation, for the most part I feel they were set up to keep people in line. That whole "seperation of church and state" thing was one of the most brilliant ideas of modern civilization IMO.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Thu Sep 15th at 4:51am 2005

? quoting Windows 98
It seems I'm the only Jew here....

Windows, I'm ethnically a Jew... Partially... 1/16th




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Posted by wil5on on Thu Sep 15th at 8:10am 2005

I'm an atheist, cause agnosticism is for pussies.

But really, I see no reason to beleive in a god. I'm no good at putting stuff like this into words... but I guess I just think that there being an omniscient being making arbitrary decisions about how the universe behaves makes no sense. I beleive everything (including life itself, consciousness etc.) can be scientifically analysed and understood. There is nothing particularly special about something that is alive, something that is self-aware, it's just a collection of particles.




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Posted by Gaara on Thu Sep 15th at 8:20am 2005

I dont believe in anything. I think religion is a tool used throughout earths history (much less today) to oppress the masses. Also I believe when you die there is nothingness (well hard to put into words...oblivion maybe?).

If I ever did have to choose a religion it would be buddhist.

No offense anyone religious.




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Posted by keved on Thu Sep 15th at 8:46am 2005

Catholic Christian, but not practising. No offence intended to the believers among us, but I don't believe in God, praying, etc at all. The Bible etc originated from a time long before Civilisation came to understand that the World wasn't flat, that the Earth wasn't created in 7 days, before theories of evolution etc etc.



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Posted by Underdog on Thu Sep 15th at 12:34pm 2005

Instead of this poll attempting to cram a million religions into 5 suggestions it would have been more fruitful to have it simply "Do you believe in a God?"

Then if anyone replied they could have posted their base religion. Somehow, with only 5 choices it seems like its cheating many out of their own category. I don't know about you, but if I were into Voodoo, or Satanism I'd feel a bit grumpy about now.




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Posted by ReNo on Thu Sep 15th at 12:42pm 2005

I'm sure they are used to getting left out :P




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Posted by Gaara on Thu Sep 15th at 12:43pm 2005

? quoting Underdog
...or Satanism I'd feel a bit grumpy about now.

What the hell do Satanists do anyway? I know its something to do with worshipping devil but what else? Do they have to like give people the finger regularly to appease their devil?




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Posted by Andrei on Thu Sep 15th at 12:54pm 2005


Well, for a start, they DON'T slaughter dogs at moonlight and they DON'T consume babies like most CHRISTIANS like to point out.

http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Eleven.html

I find these more logical than anything in the Bible.





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