POLL: Your religion

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I'm a recovering Catholic.

 

Many people believe in some sort of god or divine being but at the same time rejects all religions. What would that be classified, not following any faith system by acknowladging that there may and hopefully is some kind of supreme being somewhere but have no faith that it really concerns me.

 

i was brought up in a religious family (im athiest) and their point of view was that agnostic couldnt exist because if you didnt have enough faith to get up and say that you believe in jesus, the lord the holy ghost and all that dogma, then you dont believe and so are athiest

i even convinced an RE teacher in school of this

 

My religious post had a good definition of atheism vs. agnosticism, but that's because I stole it from here.

 

Well, I am an agnostic, I think, because I am not bothering to believe if there is a god or not. There might be, there might be not, but it is not something I bother with right now. Ususally, though, I refuse to belive there is one because there has been no proof.

What I am more interested in in paganism, though, but I have yet to start get into it. Is neo-pagan-Jedi an option?

(Bweing wacked)

 

I've always understood an agnostic to be someone who believes that the true nature of God cannot be known, not someone who can't decide whether or not God exists. A subtle but significant difference, that.

 

I find it funny that Mormons aren't considered Christians. I always thought any religion that belives that Jesus Christ is the redemer of the world is considered to be christian.

 

Atheist but always questioning my lack of belief. But if I decided to do some believing it most likely wouldn't be in any of the multiple Christian gods, but then, the Christian god is realy just a mish and mash of many diferent other gods, so I guess I'd be worshiping the entire worlds pantheon in one

 

Oops! Sorry about missing Judaism And I thought Hindus were Islamic?

 

There is nothing above or below earth, if you know what I mean

Really, there has been no proof in two thousand years... Maybe the christians and others could rise their faces from the dirt for a moment to see that there is nothing to worship...

[ February 26, 2003, 12:32: Message edited by: Virne ]

 

Mormons (of which I am one) consider themselves to be Christians. Many Protestant groups argue that Mormons are not Christians. These groups also assert that Catholicism is not a Christian denomination. I don't really care what other people think -- I know in my heart what I believe.

As for atheism vs agnosticism, my understanding is that atheists believe that there is no God, while agnostics believe that such knowledge is unattainable for anyone -- to an agnostic, there MIGHT be a God, but there is no way of knowing for sure, so they don't even bother worrying about it.

 

Pagans believe in the Godess of Beer. They worship her, everyday, after work.

There are also the Goddess of Muffdiving and God of Scubadiving, who are twins. The God of Videogames was recently cast down by the God of DVDburners; and the Prophet of DVDplayers has been reincarnated and is preaching the Good Word. The Goddess of Chocolate and Brandy is making a return, as there are several new temples being built in her honor.

Right now, all the other gods and soothsayers are bent at the God of Iced-over-Roads. He's libel to get smited here, pretty soon.

 

i still hold my position on the whole agnosic front.

the whole basis for religion is faith, and without faith then there is no belief. with logic faith ceases to be, so there is no belief. each instance points to the lack of belief, and if you dont believe, you are athiest

 

Not necessarily. A theist is one who doesn't necessarily belong to any organised church, but believes God exists and influences the world. A deist is one who believes God created the world and set the laws, but doesn't intervene. Atheists believe there's no god, not just 'don't believe there's a god but don't believe there's no god' - logically the latter means the same, the distinction is in stress only. If doesn't believe in the existence of God, he can't say he doesn't exclude it. He may only say he supposes there's no god, but there might possibly be one (or more) it being exactly the same as if he said he excludes the existence of a god but he might be wrong. This is still 'strong agnosticism'. So called strong agnostics insist it's impossible to tell whether there is a god or not while weak agnostics believe, but say a god is entirely beyond cognition so from their point of view there's no difference in practical sense.

And no, the poll isn't Christian-oriented. Orthodox should be separated from Protestants if Catholics are. The difference between Orthodox (any, including Coptic, Nestorian, Chaldean/Assyrian and several others) and Protestants is not smaller than between each of them and Catholic. Then the remaining Christian (any apart from listed below/above) would make a sensible option. The trouble with Catholic (any) is that High Church Anglicans could be confused - they're in the Protestant wing, but technically they're Catholic (not the same as Roman Catholic). There are also several post Vaticanum II (or even older) 'Catholic' churches by name (Trent/Protestant/Eastern mixes) or national (mostly with Vaticanum II excluded as too loose in discipline, but, astonishingly, celibacy cancelled), close to Anglican High Church.

Edit: If anyone is asking, I'm Roman Catholic.

 

True, there is no proof that God exists. All the arguments that have been brought forward to do so have been rebutted. (This is from a philosophical point of view. The proof has to hold at all instances. Any example that shows otherwise negates the proof.) Now, there isn't proof that God doesn't exist either. So, in truth, neither can side can truly say one is wrong. So that's where faith steps in. As Soshino said, there has to be faith. If you believe in God, it is faith because no one can prove you right. I like what my Theology teacher said. I don't know if he was quoting someone. He said: Where logic ends, faith begins. The term, leap of faith, is a good visualization of the concept. You have to leap even if you don't know what's on the other side. You believe that someone will be there to catch you.

@Chevalier:

Aren't most Polish Catholic, like the pope? I'm Catholic too. We might be the only ones here.

 

Yes, most Polish are classified Catholic, but the rate is falling. Still, those who are classified don't really have to practice or even believe. If they believe and practice they don't always believe and practice Catholic. In this country 91% of questionned people said they are Christians, but only 90% declared they believe in God. From total 100% 30% believe in reincarnation (those aren't technically Catholic). 40% go to the church. Not many know what they believe in (ekhm... a theologist would get a heart attack hearing some of them, a logician would already be cold).

 

I am conservative Protestant. Denomination: www.pcanet.org

I work at www.thirdmill.org. Conservative, Protestant, helping poor pastors in various countries get academically solid teaching materials.

I'm an elder in my church. www.cpconline.net

I graduated from www.rts.edu in 1992.

From that, you can probably get my Discover Card number and SSN.

 

I'm a christian, a protestant, a calvinist, reformed and 'vrijgemaakt' (whatever that may be in English)

 

*Cackle*

A pretty interesting argument, I must admit I enjoyed reading.

Not that I have anyhting smart to add... just felt the urge to raise the only (as it seems) Provoslav hand in here.

(Geez, those crazy Russians, right?)

Cheers!