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Posted by Gwil on Sat Jun 3rd at 1:43am 2006

Off topic replies will be deleted.

I am curious as to how many consider themselves religious, and what religion they follow. Please, if you do not attend church/mosque/synagogue/gudwara regularly, please do not post yourself as Christian etc. I am interested in those who *actively* pursue their religious belief.


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I myself am an atheist, by the way.

Major religions outside of the "big four" -

Buddhism, Taoism, Ba'hai, Sikhism - i'd guess. Feel free to specify denominations of your religion (eg Anglicanism/Catholocism or Sunni/Shia)




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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jun 3rd at 1:46am 2006

Off topic, yet not.

Is there a list someplace that has all the religions on it, both past and present? I'd kinda like to see how it has progressed since man first created it.

[EDIT] I was kinda thinking to myself. With only 6 slots, it would be more efficient to post:

Yes- please specify.
No- Please specify.
Other- Please specify.

/thinking to self.

[EDIT 2] How far is off topic? I wouldn't mind a discussion that doesn't involve preaching or converting. I mean, to my thinking "ALL' religion is pagan. I mean seriously, religion is nothing more than a modified superstition... Isn't it?





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Posted by Gwil on Sat Jun 3rd at 1:48am 2006

No doubt there will be a unverifiable one on Wikipedia, but my general idea for religion (aside from Hinduism) is that we went from Polytheism (eg Paganism) to Monotheism. That might just be Civilization and an outsiders understanding of it though!

Edit: I'd guess this is close, without us being to classify and collate beliefs before records of civilisation began -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions





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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jun 3rd at 1:55am 2006

? quoting Gwil


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions

Oh my.. Thats some list. I was truly impressed that they didn't omit satanism, although they did confer that it was a left sided view.. I, dunno how I like that notion.





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Posted by Gwil on Sat Jun 3rd at 1:58am 2006



Tis a big list!

But this remains a demographics review, nothing more. See "off topic replies will be deleted"

Just to add, I chose Judaism over Sikhism and Buddhism because the representation and ideology of Jewish faith holds more relevance (and likely more followers here) than that of Sikhism, for instance.





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Sat Jun 3rd at 2:22am 2006

i am a christian, lutheran to be more specific....practicing?....well, i practice on some sundays....all in all, im not really enthused with the church, as stated, i believe its....well....bulls**t. i feel like im being pickpocketed all the time, for every damn thing that comes down the pike....i could develope a better understanding of religion, and what really drives it in man at the local community college....(ill prolly go to hell for that one...)...anyway, a quick two cents....

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Posted by Windows 98 on Sat Jun 3rd at 3:29am 2006

I am Jewish.



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Posted by fraggard on Sat Jun 3rd at 4:04am 2006

I was born into a Hindu family, so I guess i'm a hindu by default :P... Don't practice much at all... Maybe visit the temple a few times a year. That's why I chose non-practicing. And I don't know why I'm posting this thoroughly pointless stuff... Procrastination ftw...




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Sat Jun 3rd at 5:18am 2006

I'm christian, and although I don't go to church, I do regularily pray and the bible.


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Posted by Nickelplate on Sat Jun 3rd at 5:28am 2006

Russian Orthodox Christian. Practicing.


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Posted by FatStrings on Sat Jun 3rd at 6:11am 2006

Roman Catholic
it's funny that if any other community had brought this topic up Catholics would have been seperate from Christians, or maybe that's just in southern Missouri




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Posted by Nickelplate on Sat Jun 3rd at 6:15am 2006

Meh, people in southern missouri have no idea what they are talking aobut, you should know that by now.


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Posted by Crono on Sat Jun 3rd at 6:57am 2006

? quote:
... To my thinking "ALL' religion is pagan. I mean seriously, religion is nothing more than a modified superstition ... Isn't it?


Well. Superstition is deduction with a limited amount of knowledge. Only after more knowledge is understood which contradicts the previous "knowledge" is it deemed superstition, especially if people continue to believe the previous knowledge with blatant proof otherwise.

Now I have a question: Can you prove God does not exist? (the answer is no, by the way) Therefore, religion and theories about what happens past anything we can't currently experience or accurately deduce isn't superstition. (There's no proof confirming it either, though) There's some silly sounding stuff, but most of it is viewed as teachings.

You can learn many things from fictional stories, you being such an avid reader should understand what you can learn when fiction reflects our own society. Religion is much the same, in most respects.

As for your comment on people preaching or converting ... doesn't happen much. Most people, who're actually religious, either understand people don't want to be bothered, or that believing something because someone told you to isn't actually believing it. But there are a lot of people who push it anyway, and generally, they're not very religious even if they claim to be.

That's what I've experienced, reflected upon, and concluded for the most part. May be another aspect on your question, I hope you try to use the alterer aspect as a way to understand something more and not an avenue to change my opinions. (As you tend to do, even if you claim with all your heart that you don't, I'm afraid.)

I'm not particularly religious one way or another, but I do have personal beliefs. Not really keen to share them here, hence the whole "personal" aspect.


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Posted by Andrei on Sat Jun 3rd at 10:46am 2006

Romanian Orthodox Christian, non-practicing. I'm more of a deist TBH.








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Posted by OtZman on Sat Jun 3rd at 2:30pm 2006

Muslim. I don't go to the mosque or read the Koran. The only thing I actively do is not eating the things that are forbidden, like anything from the pig. So most days I receive special food in school, so I'd like to consider myself active to some small extent.



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Posted by reaper47 on Sat Jun 3rd at 3:15pm 2006

I'd consider myself an atheist, maybe agnostic.



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Posted by FatStrings on Sat Jun 3rd at 5:14pm 2006

it's interesting to find a diest, though i have a limited understanding of them
to my knowledge i don't think i've ever met a true diest




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Posted by Hugh on Sat Jun 3rd at 7:17pm 2006

Meh, I'm a Buddhist. An asshole Buddhist but a Buddhist nonetheless.


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Posted by Nickelplate on Sat Jun 3rd at 9:39pm 2006

Hughddhist


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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Sat Jun 3rd at 9:56pm 2006

Chirstian lutherian. Non-active. My views are closer to atheism tbh.



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