[LemurBoi]

Originally Posted by MichaelOlnet

Point, but then if that's the requirements, let me never be locked down and strait-jacketed into the choking and binding grasp of the single greatest source of murder, war, and quarrels in history. To me, spirituality is religion, and thus, naturalistic beliefs can be my religion.

I suppose you are partly right, but one can be spiritual and be attached to no religion, nor be religious at all. I'm just trying to typify it, not trying to look down on your beliefs or anything. You seem to be the type that practices spirituality as opposed to religion.

[Crysix Corps]

I just follow the golden rules
if you kick someone in the balls expect to be kicked back

[bearetic]

Ex-Christian atheist. Recent deconvert, went through rage @ religion stage quietly without a peep to anyone but myself and "God." I'm all for peace and understanding.

Also, to all religions/lack thereof: what's most special about it to you? Try NOT to start shit or be offended at others' answers. We're celebrating goodness, here.

Me: Freedom and win.
Believe me, this is a compressed, polished answer. Take the time to think about yours.

Originally Posted by xXxKirai_KainashixXx

lol.

I'm not close to the book. Most of what I read in it was grade A bullshit.

At the risk of starting shit (either now or farther down the line, which is not my goal), I'm respectfully curious as to why or how you're still Christian. Feel free to say nothing or be outraged at "how dare you ask such a thing!" I can take it.

[MichaelOlnet]

Originally Posted by Desume Crysis Kaiser

I just follow the golden rules
if you kick someone in the balls expect to be kicked back

Unless you kick them hard enough so they can't get back up. >=D

And LemurBoi, I think I'm getting what you're saying. Just a difference of definitions, it seems. ^_^

[Ratte]

@character

I've had too weird of experience to think otherwise, in the broadest terms.

I got nothing wrong with answering your questions. I actually enjoy it.

[Qoph]

Agnostic, moving towards nihilistic. I have to hide it if I want to get into a college that happens to be perfect for me except that it's Christian (I could tolerate going there even with the religion, I grew up a Lutheran).

[bearetic]

Originally Posted by xXxKirai_KainashixXx

@character

I've had too weird of experience to think otherwise, in the broadest terms.

I got nothing wrong with answering your questions. I actually enjoy it.

No problem answering it? Then ANSWER IT!1111111 j/k. Gotcha. Probably coincidences or something.

I see little awesome coincidences every day and am like "is God still there and watching out for me?" I mean, if you're talking about intellectual honesty, you have to wonder that sometimes when things happen perfectly, I don't care who you are.

Then I have to be careful not to ignore the ordinary moments or bad coincidences. Confirmation bias and all.

I'm very self-critical (before anyone else can) and I step carefully. Of course, IRL I can be a huge verbal klutz, lol.

[bearetic]

Originally Posted by VandalPride

Agnostic, moving towards nihilistic. I have to hide it if I want to get into a college that happens to be perfect for me except that it's Christian (I could tolerate going there even with the religion, I grew up a Lutheran).

*grew up Lutheran*

LET'S TALK LUTHERAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hollow-Dragon]

I'm not very religious at all... Christian I guess...

[Qoph]

Actually I lied to try and follow my original location... maybe it would be better if I actually told my real location...

I'm actually from Pittsburgh, and I grew up a Roman Catholic. I'm still an Idaho Vandal fan, though.

[bozzles]

Atheist.

[Uvaaka]

Originally Posted by VandalPride

Actually I lied to try and follow my original location... maybe it would be better if I actually told my real location...

I'm actually from Pittsburgh, and I grew up a Roman Catholic. I'm still an Idaho Vandal fan, though.

i forgive your lie for i am a forgiving jackass of a god. heres my card *God of War/Sex/Security/and blowing up stuff* XD

[Ratte]

Originally Posted by character

*grew up Lutheran*

LET'S TALK LUTHERAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So did I.

And the things about the coincidences were right...you just never know what lies beyond.

[Easog]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

I'm not a religious person, nor am I agnostic or athiest. I'm too dispassionate to call myself anything associated with religion or the lack of.

You should know, this doesn't make you a rebel without a cause. It doesn't matter what you want to be seen as, by definition, if you do not accept the existance of a god of some sort, you are atheist. If you hold the view that the existence of god(s) is unknowable, you're agnostic.

Originally Posted by Takumi_L

Don't have one. I'm a nihilist.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/nihilism.png

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo D:

This was going to be my post almost exactly but you ruined it and now I'm going to look like a samefag arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh



...Yeah, I'm a nihilist.

[rollabottom]

buddhist/atheist

I don't buy into the whole supernatural thing too much... but i subscribe to buddhism as more of a moral code.

[Iron-Wolf]

Well, according to my parents and my dog tags I'm Russian Orthodox. But in my opinion I'm just a heathen.

[Huey]

I'm Catholic.

Originally Posted by Easog

...Yeah, I'm a nihilist.

Since when? =)

[Easog]

Originally Posted by Huey

Since when? =)

It was more like a gradual thing, fell into agnosticism, then into atheism, then discovered the term nihilism and realized, "oh hey, this aligns pretty much perfectly with what I believe already!"

[Huey]

Originally Posted by Easog

It was more like a gradual thing, fell into agnosticism, then into atheism, then discovered the term nihilism and realized, "oh hey, this aligns pretty much perfectly with what I believe already!"

Last time I asked, you were agnostic. When you said nihilism, I initially thought, "Like Murderface from Dethklok?"

[Lastdirewolf]

I'm an Agnostic Theist, but don't get me mixed with a Fideist, more along the lines of Ietsist.

It's the belief that it is currently impossible to justify a belief in God or gods empirically; therefore, any current knowledge of a God or gods is not sufficient enough to be rationalized logically.

[Easog]

Originally Posted by Huey

Last time I asked, you were agnostic. When you said nihilism, I initially thought, "Like Murderface from Dethklok?"

Like who? :O

[Telnac]

Fundamentalist Christian, anti-denominational. And yes, I can easily reconcile being a furry with my beliefs!

Also, to all religions/lack thereof: what's most special about it to you?

It's the only faith I've found that both addresses the problem of the eternal nature of sin (as defined as intentionally hurting those you claim to love; a definition that's as universal as any definition can get) and the need for forgiveness.

I used to be a pagan who believed in karma. But something happened that showed me that sin isn't just a temporary thing. If I intentionally hurt someone I claim to love, the taint of that sin remains on my hands. It doesn't matter how many lives I live or how much nastiness the Universe rains down on me. The stain of that one sin remains.

That one realization is what led me to search beyond my faith to faiths I would have never considered before. There HAD to be a solution to this problem, and I believe I found it: in Christ.


I believe very strongly what is written in the Bible. But ironically, it's those very beliefs that push me away from an overwhelming majority of churches, even those who proclaim to be Bible-teaching ones. I won't derail this thread much more by going into too many specifics (likely, this post alone will start a debate, which is not my intention.) But I will say this: Jesus let loose His harshest rebuke not for the prostitutes, nor the unbelievers, nor the adulterers, nor the demon-possessed... not even for the Roman soldiers occupying the land at the time. No, He reserved His harshest rebuke for the hypocritical, self-righteous religious rulers of the day that unduly burdened their followers with man-made rules.

If more Christian pastors would read Matthew 23 and realize that it applies to them just as much as it did to the Pharisees 2000 years ago, Christianity as a whole would be a very, very different religion than it is today.

[Tabr]

Not applicable!

[CaptainCool]

i actually dont really care about that.
im not a religious or spiritual person, i just cant believe in stuff like that^^
probably that means im an atheist but doesnt matter for me

[Talvi]

I follow my own compass. I don't believe in anything religious or spiritual.