What religion/faith are you?

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

Christian. I was brought up in Methodist, Baptist, and Pentacostal churches. The small town I lived in had four churches - Church of Christ, Pentacostal, United Methodist, and Baptist (I think it is either Southern or American Baptist). These churches work together and share the summer Vacation Bible School, as well has have community services and singings. The community still has four churches.

I identify myself with the Apostolic faith. I'm quite sure I'm a rarity for a Star Trek fan.

 

[Skellington]

If you define God as a mind that is the origin of everything else then I'm an atheist. Not expecting the continuation of personality after bodily death either; barring a sufficiently varied multiverse, I don't think that any fact of existence is evidence for aome kind of disembodied consciousness.

And gnosticism in relation to a given proposition is merely about strength of belief or a claim to certainty. If you reckon there's probably no god nut are unsure then (in that moment at least) you're an atheist, albeit an agnostic atheist.

 

[think]

Ve are nihilists, Lebowski. Ve believe in nothing.

As for me... Christian. Catholic specifically.

As for why... why not? What have I got to lose?

Loose nothing as much as gaining nothing it is the illusion that's in control....

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Born into the catholic faith, but thankfully my parents, apart from sending us to chapel on a Sunday,(i think just to get us out the house for a bit of peice and quiet. HA), never really forced any of it onto us, so on the day i left school at 16, i left catholicism with it.

I was free from all that nonsense.....and let me just add, through the many years since, my view on catholicism has only become more cemented through having to deal with them on the usual matters that happen through life.

 

[BillJ]

The OP didn't say whether it was okay to alter the poll, but he did Like my post after I suggested it, so I assume that means he's alright with it?

Anyway, I added Agnostic, Hindu, and Buddhist options to the poll. You're able to change your vote now, so if any of the people who voted "Other" are represented by those three, you can alter your vote now.

If there are any other options people want added to the poll (within reason), let me know.

I'm disappointed that Billism didn't make the cut!

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

I'm disappointed that Billism didn't make the cut!

And I am displeased there is not an option for Pastafarians

It does not do to displease a warship

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I'm disappointed that Billism didn't make the cut!

And I am displeased there is not an option for Pastafarians

It does not do to displease a warship

Mod helps those who help themselves...

Reach into their wallet to send me a bribe.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

You will get your C.O.D package of ramen soon

 

[Bagofmostlywatr]

I'd count agnosticism as an aspect of atheism.

I'd disagree. I identify most closely as agnostic, but I do believe that in creation on some sense. I don't believe life on this planet, in the many forms it exists, just happened entirely by darwinist evolution.

But no one faith explains things in a manner I can believe, so I'm agnostic.

 

[cultcross]

Christian progressive. Basically, the following of the teachings of Christ and the search for the positive influence of Christianity, not overly focused on the supernatural elements.

I am not overly fussed on the objective existence of a god, religious faith works just as well as a human created element. People use the fact that religion is/maybe human created as a sort of final dismissal, as if that means it is all meaningless, but fictions of this type underpin and sustain our entire society. Money is a fiction, it doesn't exist outside of human minds (a £10 note is only paper and ink, until imbued with value by the human mind), and yet we are so utterly trusting of the truth of the value of money that it becomes a driving force in our entire lives. We live and regulate how we live by a system of laws and morals which is entirely fictitious and exists only in our minds as a species - the law has no objective existence outside of mankind, but it is extremely powerful and influential on your life. Humans aren't creatures of pure rationality, and the scientific/historical truth of a religious doctrine is only one aspect of its impact. Whether the Bible is 100% true, total hogwash, or something in between, the effect it has had and continues to have is undeniable and can't be simply dismissed like a discredited journal article.

 

[Tim Walker]

Recently came across the term apatheist-from "apathy" and "-theist". Designates someone who doesn't care if there is a God or not; someone who is apathetic regarding religion.

 

[Miss Chicken]

There is also igtheism which takes position that before there can be any meaningful discussion of God there needs a clear, concrete agreed-on definition of what God is.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Afterlife/survival of the soul, to be reunited with ones loved ones, that life has a purpose ? It's all appealing.

True. But at least I can do something about that last one.

Or possibly even Misotheist.

Atheist since before i heard of the term, so around 8 or 9 years of age...

Same here. Eight years old and I thought I had made a great discovery. I couldn't wait to tell my family. It didn't go as I envisioned.

 

[Amaris]

True. But at least I can do something about that last one.





Same here. Eight years old and I thought I had made a great discovery. I couldn't wait to tell my family. It didn't go as I envisioned.

Indeed. I remember when it finally clicked, and by that I mean I was at work repairing a broken VGA cable, when I heard an audible snap, like that of a switch being flipped, and then I just blurted out loud "God isn't real at all! It's completely fake!", which is, of course, the perfect place to have received such a revelation.

My co-worker, who was standing nearby monitoring a workstation, looked at me, frowned, and said "don't be silly. God's real," and so I kept the rest of that idea to myself until I could investigate it further. I had found the answer, but it had taken years for my brain to study and scrutinize on every level, all in the background while I went about normal business. That was in 2008. So while the process took several years, the actual moment of discovery was instant and, unfortunately, ill-timed.

 

[auntiehill]

I think I always knew that God wasn't real, that it was a fairly tale, like Santa Claus or the Easter bunny. I remember playing with a neighbor kid--must've been when I was in first or second grade. She had lost her doll, and when she couldn't find it, she got down on her knees and prayed for God to bring her doll back.

I just stood there, dumbfounded. I looked down at her and said, "You know that's not going to work, right? If you want to find your doll, we have to go and look for it ourselves."

My friend got mad at me and told me to leave. I walked home and told my mom, "This whole God thing is stupid."

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I identify with the Christian faith and believe that God is bigger than humans try to define Him.
My own style of faith was molded by exposure to different facets of the faith. It was also molded by having people of the cloth in my family. I see clergy as all too human; therefore, I know they're looking for answers as I am.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I identify with the Christian faith and believe that God is bigger than humans try to define Him.

What are we talking here, like Jolly Jehovah Green Giant size? God-zilla size? Galactus? Could giant God create a rock so heavy He could not lift it?

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

I think I always knew that God wasn't real, that it was a fairly tale, like Santa Claus or the Easter bunny. I remember playing with a neighbor kid--must've been when I was in first or second grade. She had lost her doll, and when she couldn't find it, she got down on her knees and prayed for God to bring her doll back.

I just stood there, dumbfounded. I looked down at her and said, "You know that's not going to work, right? If you want to find your doll, we have to go and look for it ourselves."

My friend got mad at me and told me to leave. I walked home and told my mom, "This whole God thing is stupid."

That's what I've always thought: God is Santa Claus for adults.

 

[Crow T. Robot]

I'm very much an atheist. I used to consider myself agnostic, mostly because I didn't really care one way or the other. But when it comes down to it, I actually do believe that there is no god or gods, and I actually do believe that organized religion is a bane to humanity as a whole. Especially after having seen how it's holding us back, and even moreso after seeing what's been going on in the United States for the last few decades. Not only in politics, but just in general as a whole. Trying to outlaw the teaching of Evolution, while simultaneously trying to force schools to teach Creationism? Yikes.

It makes it pretty embarrassing to be an American at times.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

That's what I've always thought: God is Santa Claus for adults.

I still believe in Santa Claus