What religion are you?

[Egekrusher]

I'm agnostic. I know there is SOMETHING, but I certainly don't believe in some guy wearing a sheet going "thou shalt not!" all day. Seems too much like a babysitter.

P.S. This is the first proper poll on the subject. I know there have been other discussions.

[fluffho]

kristinanity

at least in MY belief, my god is a nice god. good and nice. not all 'kill the first borns' 'kill ur son oh wait no im just testing u' 'turn into salt' 'worship me forever or die' cuz thats not what being nice let alone REASONABLE is all about

christianities god sounds more like an old women on PMS (which is why we'lll never have a woman president), or like saddam hussein MUHAHAHAHAHA

now im likening jesus to saddam god i suck

:D

[ShankS]

what is wiccan, that some sort of cult?

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by ShankS
what is wiccan, that some sort of cult?

Nah, It's a naturistic religion. It's the religion that real witches follow. its a "worship the leaves, earth is beautiful" witch religion, rather than the "Eat kids and worship satan" religion that the puritans made it out to be.

[Freddy Krueger.]

I'm Caucasian.

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by Freddy Krueger.
I'm Cockasian.

Fixed. :)

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Nah, It's a naturistic religion. It's the religion that real witches follow. its a "worship the leaves, earth is beautiful" witch religion, rather than the "Eat kids and worship satan" religion that the puritans made it out to be.


ah thanks for clearing that up Vod :)

[Freddy Krueger.]

Originally posted by Egekrusher
Fixed. :) What's a cockasain? Is that what DarthxBane is or something?

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by Freddy Krueger.
What's a cockasain? Is that what DarthxBane is or something?

ROFL

DarthxBane would be a cockMASTER.

[Vodstok]

No no no, he is a cock, SUCKER

[ShankS]

a cocksucking cockboy.

[Stingy Jack]

I'm atheist, all the way. I don't believe there is any existing thing that could properly be termed a "god."

By the way ... Aren't Lutherans and Baptists branches of Christianity? Why are they seperate from Christian in the poll?

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I'm atheist, all the way. I don't believe there is any existing thing that could properly be termed a "god."

By the way ... Aren't Lutherans and Baptists branches of Christianity? Why are they seperate from Christian in the poll?

atheist.

[Hate_Breeder]

Atheist of course

[nine9]

Buddhist.....think everyone knows this by now.:)

[fluffho]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I'm atheist, all the way. I don't believe there is any existing thing that could properly be termed a "god."

By the way ... Aren't Lutherans and Baptists branches of Christianity? Why are they seperate from Christian in the poll?

all are christians but they definitely have their diffeerences. they are all based off the bible anyway, but some use different veresions. also, they are pretty big divisions

kinda like were all americans, but some are also californians, texans, floridians, and the dreaded nebraskans.. etc

[orangestar]

Atheist=me. I just cant believe in something for which there is no proof.

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by orangestar
Atheist=me. I just cant believe in something for which there is no proof.

Agreed

[Arioch]

Agnostic is closest to my religion i think....altho i dont really know how close it is....i think there is something, some relative interconnection between all of humanity and everything else...

I cant really find a label to suit me...because i think its part of the journey of my life to find faith in my own way...

BTW organized religions are bullshit...

[kpropain]

Atheist

[jay o2 waster]

I'm Wiccan

[wufong]

Originally posted by fluffho
kristinanity

at least in MY belief, my god is a nice god. good and nice. not all 'kill the first borns' 'kill ur son oh wait no im just testing u' 'turn into salt' 'worship me forever or die' cuz thats not what being nice let alone REASONABLE is all about

christianities god sounds more like an old women on PMS (which is why we'lll never have a woman president), or like saddam hussein MUHAHAHAHAHA

now im likening jesus to saddam god i suck

:D
god is n't the god of happiness. he is the god of love. and just cause ya punish ya kids doesn't mean ya don't love em.
p.s i'm a christian. cause all the theories put up by scienctist just can't stand up to any questioning. by my superior brain

[wufong]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
I'm Wiccan
yeah ok w/e buffy. ooga booga booga. hey! maybe my great great great great great great grandpappy burnt your great great great great great great great grandma at the stake?

[fluffho]

wu is a christian? it all makes sense

arioch, would hafto agree witth u on the organized religion. i gues my whole life i never really fit in with a group, i always had different types of friends, whether in elementary school and up to high school and college. guess thats part of why. i dont really care to label myself

[mothermold]

religion is like a salad bar,you take what you want and leave the rest.

[bwind22]

Stingy is right. Lutheran and Baptist are both Christian religions (meaning they follow the teachings of Christ.) There should not be seperate categories and if there is, then instead of 'Christian', it should say 'Catholic.'

[Gravegirl666]

athiest, but...................it was a toss up, i believe in the power of cheese

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by Gravegirl666
athiest, but...................it was a toss up, i believe in the power of cheese

YEOOWZA! Me too.

[Gravegirl666]

ooga!!oooga!!!ooga!!!!

[fluffho]

Originally posted by bwind22
Stingy is right. Lutheran and Baptist are both Christian religions (meaning they follow the teachings of Christ.) There should not be seperate categories and if there is, then instead of 'Christian', it should say 'Catholic.'

not exactly

talk to mormons and witnesses and they consider themselves the 1 true christian religion. and those are very much different from each other, as well as lutherans, baptists.. protestants.. all that

[Hate_Breeder]

The only solution is to watch Strong Bad cartoons all day

[mothermold]

The only solution is to watch Strong Bad cartoons all day

agreed,the strong bad emails are f@#%ing unriveled!!

[Steelsymth]

my signature says it all

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by mothermold
The only solution is to watch Strong Bad cartoons all day

agreed,the strong bad emails are f@#%ing unriveled!!

Fuckin Right Doggie

[bwind22]

Originally posted by fluffho
not exactly

talk to mormons and witnesses and they consider themselves the 1 true christian religion. and those are very much different from each other, as well as lutherans, baptists.. protestants.. all that

Yep. You're right Fluff, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses also fall into the christian umbrella. That was my point (along with Stingy's). The list of options has 'Christianity', but it also has only 2 of the several different branches of Christianity. It's unneccesary to have Lutheran and Baptist in addition to Christian, because anyone who is Lutheran or Baptist is also Christian.

It's like me asking you if you are Canadian, German, American or Californian. It's somewhat redundant because if you live in California, you are also, by default an American.

[Lucky]

Iam not really a certain religion but I am a christian that beleive in God and his only begotten son that died then rose asended on the right of the father so I could have everlasting life.
I don't follow a certain religion only the what the bible teaches me and the lord.
The problem with having certain religion of catholic,luthern and ect is the only thing they really in commen is believing in is god and the begotten son.
The interperation of the bible is so widely different between them that is isn't funny.
That is why there is so many religions under the christian faith.
Some follow strickly the old testoment and others follow the new but some even follow both.
Some believe in speaking in a unknown tongue and some don't.
Some beleive in women preachers while others believe a womens place is beneath the man and to keep their mouth shut.
Some believe that women should dress in clothes for a women and not in jeans, ect.
To lump really all christians together that isn't a easy task because they have so many differen't beliefs.
Its the reason I dont follow a certain religion and only follow the bible.
But I like fighting evil where it goes so I think that is the reason I have interest in horror game and ect.

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by fluffho
not exactly

talk to mormons and witnesses and they consider themselves the 1 true christian religion. and those are very much different from each other, as well as lutherans, baptists.. protestants.. all that

Acutally, any Christian faith that isn't Catholic is Protestant. The term Protestant was used to categorize those Christian faiths that "protested" or went against Catholicism.

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by wufong
god is n't the god of happiness. he is the god of love. and just cause ya punish ya kids doesn't mean ya don't love em.
p.s i'm a christian. cause all the theories put up by scienctist just can't stand up to any questioning. by my superior brain

Wow! All of science crumbles to nothing under your superior brain?



BWwahhh hahahahahah!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!

<points at the dummy and laughs some more>

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I'm atheist, all the way. I don't believe there is any existing thing that could properly be termed a "god."

By the way ... Aren't Lutherans and Baptists branches of Christianity? Why are they seperate from Christian in the poll?

Because I didn't know any better. :)

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Wow! All of science crumbles to nothing under your superior brain?



BWwahhh hahahahahah!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!

<points at the dummy and laughs some more>

I'm gonna kill Wu some day.

[Stingy Jack]

Don't bother. He'll probably do it himself, considering he thinks science is a crock.

Wu: "I have a clogged artery?? I will use my all-powerful FAITH to get better! Those doctors and their science will never get their hands on ME!"

[nine9]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Don't bother. He'll probably do it himself, considering he thinks science is a crock.

Wu: "I have a clogged artery?? I will use my all-powerful FAITH to get better! Those doctors and their science will never get their hands on ME!"


LOL! Guys! Lutheran Catholic whatever, are just denominations under the same religion........simplifying the whole thing. Just like Zen, Jodo Shinshu, and Nichen, are denominations of Buddhism.

I can imagine my mom's expression if she saw, she was in another category as a Lutheran! LOL! It is ok you didn't know that though EK.

And LMFAO Stingy!!!!!!!!!!!!! The above joke is hilarious!:D

[Stingy Jack]

If I was forced to choose a religion, it would probably be Buddhism. But, is Buddhism really a religion? It doesn't have any dieties which, I think, is a requirement if something is to be termed a "religion." It is more of a "way of life" as they say.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Wu: "I have a clogged artery?? I will use my all-powerful FAITH to get better! Those doctors and their science will never get their hands on ME!"

Make jokes if you want, but my grandma was diagnosed with cancer about 20 years ago. Being extremely religious, she refused treatment, saying 'If this is how God wants it, so be it.' She did, however, go in for a prognosis check up every couple monthes. She had cancer for about a year and the only type of medicine she was taking was the power of her own prayer. Well, one day she went in for her check up and the doctor was baffled. Her cancer had miraculously disappeared. No operations, no chemo, no medicine, yet her cancer was gone. The doctor said he 'had never seen anything like it' and he could only describe it as a 'miracle'.

I'm sure skeptics would call it a mis-diagnosis, but she went in for almost a year and they were watching the cancer grow every time she did. It was not a mis-diagnosis.

[Egekrusher]

I believe that would be more of a case of extreme willpower than extreme faith. My stepmother has done the same thing. 3 times. Yes, she's beat cancer 3 times. No drugs or anything. She was convinced that her herbal remedies would cure it. Sure enough, through sheer willpower, the cancer went away. It all comes down to the power of your mind.

[nine9]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
If I was forced to choose a religion, it would probably be Buddhism. But, is Buddhism really a religion? It doesn't have any dieties which, I think, is a requirement if something is to be termed a "religion." It is more of a "way of life" as they say.

Really you are right You can be any religion any practice Buddhism, it is a way of life.

There are no Deities, and everyone will eventually be a Buddha......just means enlightened being. Those statues are just symbols for the idea, and Siddhartha Guatauma was just a regular person who became enlightened about his true nature , as many other people have in many other religions.

Buddhism 101 in a nutshell LOL! :)

I love discussing religion, and hearing a lot of different ideas. Even ideas from people who don't believe in anything! Cool!

[Stingy Jack]

Well ... if that story is true (and yes, I am very skeptical), then anyone who prays needs to rethink the whole "everything that happens is in God's plan" thing. I mean, if she got cancer, it was in God's plan. So ... if she didn't pray, does that mean the cancer would have killed her? Would not have gone away on its own, like you claim? Or, did her prayer convince God to change his mind about the whole thing?

God: "Well, she seems nice. I guess I've tortured her and her family enough. Begone, cancer!"

Also, it seems to me that God wouldn't perform "miracles" like this. You could argue: "He answered her prayer to strengthen her faith." Sounds like she was already pretty faithful (refused treatment based on her faith) ... why not answer the prayers of people whose faith is wavering? Then you could say: "He answered her prayer to strengthen the faith of the doctor and everyone else who witnessed this." But, wouldn't that be sort of like God providing evidence of his existence? I thought that in order to have true faith you had to believe without any evidence.
I mean ... faith is blind belief. Belief without any rational reason or evidence to support it. I mean, if you had evidence, then it wouldn't be faith. It would be belief based on something.

So, I'm sure that there is a natural explanation for what happened to your grandma. If that story is true. I mean, we don't everything yet, and are particularly ignorant when it comes to the human brain. I am sure the brain has natural powers over the body that we haven't even considered yet.

[Stingy Jack]

Yes, "power of the mind". That last post that Ege made. :D

[Stingy Jack]

Speaking of which (powers of the mind), I have a good friend who is a total skeptic (and atheist). He subscribes to The Skeptical Enquirer and all that. But, he told me a story about the only thing that happened to him personally that he could not explain - and that was the death of his father. My friend woke up with a start at 3:00 in the morning, with a very uneasy feeling ... only to find out the next day that his father passed away about the same time. Now, my friend and I are very alike in our views about things, so I tended to believe him when he told me this. We discussed it, and agreed that there may be an energy of some sort connecting all of us to each other and everything else. This energy may be stronger in terms of bonding people you are close to, which may explain the sudden wake-up my friend experienced. This is why I say I may become a Buddhist, if I was forced to. Stephen Hawking is working on this idea of a universal energy, which is very exciting stuff. But, I would never go so far as to say that this energy is "god." I think that, if it existed, it would be a mindless energy ... not cognizant of anything.

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Speaking of which (powers of the mind), I have a good friend who is a total skeptic (and atheist). He subscribes to The Skeptical Enquirer and all that. But, he told me a story about the only thing that happened to him personally that he could not explain - and that was the death of his father. My friend woke up with a start at 3:00 in the morning, with a very uneasy feeling ... only to find out the next day that his father passed away about the same time. Now, my friend and I are very alike in our views about things, so I tended to believe him when he told me this. We discussed it, and agreed that there may be an energy of some sort connecting all of us to each other and everything else. This energy may be stronger in terms of bonding people you are close to, which may explain the sudden wake-up my friend experienced. This is why I say I may become a Buddhist, if I was forced to. Stephen Hawking is working on this idea of a universal energy, which is very exciting stuff. But, I would never go so far as to say that this energy is "god." I think that, if it existed, it would be a mindless energy ... not cognizant of anything.

That is EXACTLY what I believe. I actually got that belief from my father. It is so non-standard that I consider myself agnostic, as there is no word assigned to these types of beliefs. If anyone is interested in the rest of my beliefs, go here http://technologicalwasteland.com/links/session2.html

I may sound nuts in there, but those are my beliefs.

[nine9]

Originally posted by Egekrusher
That is EXACTLY what I believe. I actually got that belief from my father. It is so non-standard that I consider myself agnostic, as there is no word assigned to these types of beliefs. If anyone is interested in the rest of my beliefs, go here http://technologicalwasteland.com/links/session2.html

I may sound nuts in there, but those are my beliefs.


Well THAT is essentially Buddhism, the practice is realizing that you are connected........becoming aware. That is the sole purpose of meditation.

[Egekrusher]

Originally posted by nine9
Well THAT is essentially Buddhism, the practice is realizing that you are connected........becoming aware. That is the sole purpose of meditation.

Well, damn. I guess I'm a Buddhist then.

[nine9]

you should all go to Beliefnet.com, and take their what is your religion quiz. It is great! You answer questions about different things you believe in and it matches you to different faiths by percentage of how similar your ideas are to each. It is suprising what you will find out, and fun to do!

[Egekrusher]

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8041_1.html

Universal Unitarian

Very odd definitions. "You may or may not be this, this and this, while at the same time, you may or may not be this."

Very hard to figure out exactly what they think my beliefs are.

[Stingy Jack]

I got Universal Unitarian as well. :) It pretty much coincides with what I think. I do think that all religions have useful life-lessons ... even though the basics of them all may not be true.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Wow! All of science crumbles to nothing under your superior brain?



BWwahhh hahahahahah!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!

<points at the dummy and laughs some more>

I love stingy :)

That logic always kills me... "I'm right because i said so. And you're a big stupid head!" Wufong manages to defeat himself by defending himself...

[nine9]

I think that Universal Unitarian was my third After Buddhism and Paganism! My least closest were Roman Catholic and then last of all Islam.

[fluffho]

Originally posted by nine9
everyone will eventually be a Buddha......just means enlightened being.

i already am :D

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I love stingy :)

That logic always kills me... "I'm right because i said so. And you're a big stupid head!" Wufong manages to defeat himself by defending himself...

I agree. I'm not going to bother getting into a serious debate with him again. I'll just let him type his thing, and let his own arguments do the talking for me.

[nine9]

Originally posted by fluffho
i already am :D

That you are!:D ;)

[fluffho]

i got

Spiritual Straddler – One foot in traditional religion, one foot in free-form spirituality

but i think i took a different quiz than u guys. i dont see humanitarian anywhere

[Egekrusher]

Fluffho- this is the appropriate link. http://beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

[fluffho]

got it :D thanks

bizarre.... how im least catholic, when that is how i was brought up for the first... id say 10 years of my life?? and in a close 3rd to last is jehovahs witness, when i grew up reading that book? (my parents didnt realy pay attention to what i did when i was little.. lol) but i guess i was a smart kid

WTF QUAKER

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Secular Humanism (81%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Reform Judaism (70%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
11. New Thought (57%)
12. Nontheist (53%)
13. Taoism (52%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
16. Sikhism (45%)
17. Jainism (42%)
18. Scientology (40%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
22. Islam (26%)
23. Hinduism (25%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)

[Vodstok]

edit : I just read the secular humanism thing. I'm happy with it :)

I'm kinda scared:

1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (82%)
4. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
5. Nontheist (78%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (76%)
7. Neo-Pagan (69%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (58%)
9. Taoism (55%)
10. New Age (54%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (50%)
12. Reform Judaism (49%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
15. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
16. New Thought (45%)
17. Sikhism (43%)
18. Scientology (40%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
20. Jainism (31%)
21. Eastern Orthodox (27%)
22. Islam (27%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (27%)
24. Roman Catholic (27%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (24%)
26. Hinduism (21%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)

[nine9]

Originally posted by fluffho
got it :D thanks

bizarre.... how im least catholic, when that is how i was brought up for the first... id say 10 years of my life?? and in a close 3rd to last is jehovahs witness, when i grew up reading that book? (my parents didnt realy pay attention to what i did when i was little.. lol) but i guess i was a smart kid

WTF QUAKER

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (95%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (94%)
4. Secular Humanism (81%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (70%)
7. Reform Judaism (70%)
8. New Age (68%)
9. Bahá'í Faith (63%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
11. New Thought (57%)
12. Nontheist (53%)
13. Taoism (52%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
16. Sikhism (45%)
17. Jainism (42%)
18. Scientology (40%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
20. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
22. Islam (26%)
23. Hinduism (25%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)

Ha Ha! Quaker was high on mine too, but look them up on there...they actually sound pretty cool. That one is a big joke betweeen me and my Pagan friend who had that as her #1! LOL!

[nine9]

Here is mine:

1. Mahayana Buddhism 100%
2. Neo - Pagan 100%
3. Unitarian Universalism 91%
4. New Age 87%
5. Hinduism 84%
6. Liberal Quakers 77%
7. Theravada Buddhism 77%
8. New Thought 72%
9. Taoism 68%
10. Mainstream to Lberal Christian Protestants 68%
11. Sikhism 66%
12. Scientology 65%
13. Jainism 64%
14. Christian Science 57%
15. Secular Humanism 55%
16. Reform Judaism 50%
17. Orthodox Quaker 41%
18. Bahai Faith 36%
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [ Mormons]
20. Nontheist 24%
21. Orthodox Judaism 24%
22. Jehovah's Witness 22%
23. Mainline to Conservative christian/ Protestant 19%
24. Seventh Day Adventist 15%
25. Eastern Orthodox 11%
26. Islam 11%
27. Roman Catholic 11%


Love it that I am Buddhist and Pagan at the same time!

Mine is very accurate! Makes you think how silly it is to be prejudiced when everything is really a little similar!

[Sistinas]

Episcopal

[Egekrusher]

I seem to be more of a cross between Secular Humanism and Universal Unitarian than either one.