Which religion do you belong to?

[Ame]

Just wanted to know what kinda faiths the people of Freddyshouse come from. Polls are confidential.. so only the admins get to nose around . (if they have that power, I'm not entirely sure. They seemed to have read the rude Private Messages I've been sending to Bugzy for the past year)

 

[noblok]

Why do you say that Buddhism isn't a religion and atheism is?

 

[Outlander]

I am a God!

 

[Ormorof]

surely Nihilism should be on there then? the belief in nothing?

 

[Dukat]

Jedi!

On a serious note though I've got to say that religion is a strange topic to me, atleast when it comes to deciding which one I consider myself a follower of.

I know I believe in 'something', but I cant quite make my mind up on what.

My perants are christians, although they are not deeply religious. I think I was christened when I was young, but seeing as I'm not exactly that much of a devout follower of the faith I'd say that doesnt mean much.

I reckon things happen for a reason, sort of a cross between fate/karma and destiny, with perhaps some luck thrown in for good measure I would *almost* go as far as to say that I don't believe in "God" in the christian sense of the word, but I'm not sure if that's true.

I joke about the 'Jedi' thing but some of the ideas of that kinda appeal to me - the common sense stuff that is, not giving in to anger, trusting your feelings and instincts and all that. I was brought up on the (original)star wars films from a very early age so it has sort of left a strong impression on me, yet the more mature side of me says that its just a film... grow up... etc.

Overall I guess 'confused' would a good name for my religion...

EDIT: omg... where's the 'jedi' option in the poll!

 

[Alundril]

Yes, Jedi is infact an actuall religion. No one who is it follows it and I bet hardly any of them know what the actuall religion is about

Anyway, religion has brought us wars, murder, raping and alot of other nasty stuff. I don't belive in any ;/

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

Can't quite find myself in any of these options, but buddhism comes closest so I picked that one...

 

[lilmissnaughty]

to conquer others is to have power, to conquer oneself is to know the way - Xena Warrior Princess

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[Raven]

i put jedi on the last census so i guess that makes me a jedi, phear my mind tricks /wavesfingersaboutandlooksmysterious

 

[Dukat]

Yes, Jedi is infact an actuall religion. No one who is it follows it and I bet hardly any of them know what the actuall religion is about

Yea I've seen a few of the site's of those people... I'm not one to slag off other's beliefs, but some of the stuff they went on about was kinda like... "far out" to put it mildly

I've read up about that "jedi census phenomenon" thing too, was interesting but ultimately useless because it wasnt listed

 

[haarewin]

i'm an atheist. it's becoming dangerous to be religious anyway.

 

[Raven]

true, let the muslims and christians kill each other, can the rest of us have hawaii or something, they can do what they like with the rest.

 

[Fana]

I do not believe in any god.

On the other hand, i do not discount the possibility of there being a god or gods.

I very much doubt any of the predefined existing religions have it right, even if a god exists.

Even if i was given proof there was a god i would not worship said god.

I believe you can live a worthy and worthwhile life even without worshiping a god - if a god exists and it is so petty as to not let me move on to whatever afterlife there might be just because i did not worship it, despite trying to be a good person, then it can kiss my mortal ass.

 

[Zegas]

I am 'the' God i'm so powerful I made everyone think i'm not

 

[Ezteq]

I don't believe or disbelieve in any god/religion or belief system, they cant prove it and people cant disprove it so as long as they let me be i'm happy (hate when people try and force beliefs on me makes me want to go round their house and distribute pamphlets at them, see how they like it).

I know I dont need religion, some people do and thats all well and good but if you can't get by with just being yourself tbh your up the creek.

My bf asked me an interesting question the other day, he said "if you dont believe in god why don't you break the law? whats to stop you murdering people if you don't believe you'll be judged?" and my answer was that I don't live in fear of a god wacking me with a thunder bolt or condemning my soul if i do wrong but i do live with the knowledge that i would have to live with myself afterwards, don't get me wrong I'm not a saint I have done bad things (and if i had to i would do things deemed wrong by socioty if it was to protect myself or my loved one) but theyve always been things that i can live with and thats what stops me descending in to anarchy, not fear of god but respect for myself.

I dont need religion but i can see how and why some people would, i dont need a guy in cerimonial dress brandishing a sacred book to open my eyes to the world, i open my own eyes every day and am perfectly capable of appreciating and inturpreting what i see for myself. I don't need reassurance that i'll go somewhere nice when i die, i dont know where i'll go or if i'll go anywhere at all but when i go i know i'll be on my own.

i guess im my own religion if that makes sence?

 

[Dukat]

i guess im my own religion if that makes sence?

Makes alot of sense to me I think everyone is thier own religion in a way, even if they follow one of the main religions they are still very likely to be following thier version of it, or rather thier interpretation of what they believe the religion to be.

 

[Aiteal]

Lapsed Irish Catholic
The crappy religion that means I can't pass a skaghead on the street without stopping and giving them money after spending 10 hours at work writing really buggy code.
Not because I'm a good person.
But because I was given a little sucubus with a frozen icicle of satan's piss that stabs my heart and calls herself guilt as a first communion present
something that only Irish Cathloics can identify with

or
maybe an agnostic
atheism is for the close minded

 

[noblok]

atheism is for the close minded

I don't agree. If you consider yelling "God doesn't exist, you're stupid if you believe he does!" as the only atheist attitude you'd be right, but I think there are atheist attitudes quite different from this one. I would call myself an atheist. I know that there is a possibility that there exists a god, but it's a hypothesis which I don't ever take into account. I act as if he doesn't. You might consider this agnosticism, but for me agnosticism is too much associated with deism to call myself an agnostic.

If you'd ask the question "Is there a blue kettle flying around Pluto at this very moment?", would you call anyone who answers "No" close minded as well?

 

[noblok]

My bf asked me an interesting question the other day, he said "if you dont believe in god why don't you break the law? whats to stop you murdering people if you don't believe you'll be judged?"

Ah, the old "without God there is no base for a morale" argument. Ask your boyfriend this: "Is killing someone wrong because God has forbidden it, or has God forbidden it because it's wrong?" I don't think you can honestly say that the first one is correct, God wouldn't just forbid things for the hell of it and thus make them wrong. If the second one is correct though, it means that things are wrong or right independent of God's existence.

This is also the true foundation of a morale, not personal advantage as your boyfriend seems to indicate. Personal advantage can never be the true foundation of a morale. You don't experience morale in that way. When you don't kill someone walking past you in the street you don't think "Hmm, I better don't kill that guy, because otherwise I'd go to jail and that's no fun." No, you experience something which tells you that killing (in that situation) is wrong and that's the end of it.

 

[Outlander]

fook that!

Im a Jedi Pirate!

'These arent the posts your looking for...'

 

[Ezteq]

fook that!

Im a Jedi Pirate!

'These arent the posts your looking for...'

These arn't the posts I'm looking for....

 

[Conchabar]

lol nob thats the craziest way ive heard anyone ever explain morales ever, lol.

 

[Rediknight]

I have issues with all the religions i've heard of, as most of them look at it from a 1337-human thing. They think that any god that does exist, is here solely to watch over this little spinning rock and everything on it.

I don't even entirely know what it is i am looking for, but religions selfishness goes further - why just this sort of fixed time line on such a tiny area of space? It's been decided that this galaxy is created from a massive omgwtf explosion, back in the day, but what was there before that? What was there before the explosion? What was on that "solar body" that exploded?

Who's to say that there wasn't once, millions of years ago if you like that kind of narrative, a civilisation similar to our own in appearance but far, far more advanced technologically or just lived as cavemen for generations? What/Who did they worship (If anyone/thing at all)?

To consider us, and by us i mean this planet and everything on it, the sole reason for a god to exist makes it so much more flimsy for me - if any of these religions were REALLY committed to "god" in whatever form he takes, then they would open their eyes and admit that they've deliberately blinkered themselves from furthering religions towards discovery and education, and away from war and violence...

but then again, i get excited when i find the last jaffa cake buried under the HobNobs, so i wouldn't put too much faith in me

 

[Kaun_IA]

im a god and i dont care what other say......

 

[old.Tohtori]

Believer of viking ways. More of a life way then a religion really, but a heatlhy dose of fear for the gods keeps your mind straight.

So...don't believe in -A- god, A-Team is cool though.

EDIT: On a not so serious note, putting "I do not need a religion. I am a God." is just asking for it...

 

[Bahumat]

Where is Hoff'ism? eh i believe he is all powerful and im sure many german chicks think alike!

this is an outrage!!!!

 

[Coldbeard]

Agnostic

and that Hasselhoff thingy is really starting to get not-funny.

 

[[SS]Gamblor]

I reckon things happen for a reason, sort of a cross between fate/karma and destiny, with perhaps some luck thrown in for good measure I would *almost* go as far as to say that I don't believe in "God" in the christian sense of the word, but I'm not sure if that's true.

That's pretty much how i fell myself.

I go with Karma mostly .. I treat people how i'd like to be treated,
even if they are being mean to me i still Try and be nice to them.
listen no one is perfect , so yeah sometimes i do loose the plot or act all bitchy, but as a rule i'm Like a reed , i bend in the wind rather than be ridgid like the oak and crash to the ground in a storm killing 100,000,000 ants in doing so


Over all , Chill , If everyone treated people how they would like to be treated then the world WOULD be a much better place.

Imo

 

[Jeremiah]

I'm going to be brave and confess I'm a Christian!

Although, in a technical sense, I dont have a religon. To me, religion is a set of rules that you need to follow in order to get to the afterlife, or to receive some promises. I dont believe that theres any way to become "better" than anyone else by the beliefs you have.

And I agree with everyone who has said religon causes war - Christians murdering Muslims (e.g. the Crusades), Christians murdering Jews (WW2) and Muslims murdering both! Religion causes so much conflict, hatred, death - its mind bogling why people ever believe murdering others will get them closer to their God.

Before I go on (!) I just wanted to do a small quote. Someone once said (prizes if you know who it was!)

"If you dont have faith, you'll never understand,
If you do have faith, you never need an explination."

For me, Christianity is a faith. I know some people might be thinking theres no difference, but there is! I dont live by a set of "rules" that can get me to heaven, I believe theres NOTHING I, or anyone else, can do to deserve heaven. After all, humanity is guilty of so much evil, and we know no one is perfect.

Yes, there are certain things required to become a Christian (admission of sins, acknowledging Jesus is the son of God), but after that it is "religion" that makes up the rules (you must go to church every week or you go to hell, you must tell everyone they are going to hell, always point out people's faults etc.. I'm sure you have all experienced something like this).

You may think "if you dont believe in rules, why dont you just live a crazy life while still acknowledging the sins and Jesus. In today's society, its a valid question. But, as a Christian, I love my god In a earthly example, if you are married you love your partner. If you loved him/her you wouldnt ask them "Is it ok if I sleep around", because this would show so much disrespect - I'm sure people have been in this situation, and they must feel truley aweful! It doesnt show love to "test" the boundaries, and so I try to live my life in ways I know will be pleasing to God, in ways that show I acknowledge all he has done for me. To simply believe in him, and still lead a godless life is a paradox, and hence why people know so many "Christians" that are hypocrates.

Now, I know I'm still a "sinner", I still mess up and, in my eyes, have a long way to go till I'm happy with who I am (if such a point can ever be reached!) but one thing that Christianity has, that no other religion or faith has (to my knowledge) is grace. I live my life by God's grace. God forgives all the wrong stuff I do, every day, every hour, but only if I'm in a place where I can receive it. By grace, I'm made "acceptable" in his eyes - and so there is nothing I can do to become acceptable, it all comes from Him!

I believe God doesnt want to punish people, he isnt a God of wrath, now that Jesus died for the world. He isnt behind a big tree with a stick, with 5 nails in it, waiting for people to slip up so he can condem them to hell - religion already does that.

I just wanted to hopefully explain the Christian doctrine in a true way - it isnt a club where were talk about how we shall go to heaven and the world will go to hell - or rather it shouldnt be. People have stamped religion all over it, taking away the message that they should actually be telling the world - God loves you, no matter what!

Now, I'm sure what I've said could be applied to other religions - I'm sure they are all taken to the extreme by people who want a way of controlling others. Hopefully, this will encourage others to post what they feel in a non-flamming enviroment!

I expect to see you all at Church on sunday - and no talking in the back pew!

(Oh, I'm sorry this went on so long - I never meant it to )

 

[Bahumat]

Agnostic

and that Hasselhoff thingy is really starting to get not-funny.

and its a good thing i dont pay too much interest in what you have to say