religion

[therealhebm]

what religion are you or were born into originally. i know there are atheists aplenty here, im just curious about what we all are/were to start with.

i was born catholic, but now id just say im christian in general, no specific denomination.

[charly horse]

i was born catholic......so i guess im catholic

[evil zach]

My mother is jewish and my father is anglacin

[xTSTLx]

Originally posted by therealhebm
what religion are you or were born into originally. i know there are atheists aplenty here, im just curious about what we all are/were to start with.

i was born catholic, but now id just say im christian in general, no specific denomination.


i grew up presbatrian(i dont think i spelled that right), but im a currently atheist, religion was never forced on me, i went to church every sunday and shit like that, but i eventually grew out of it

[yeat182]

i was protestant, congregationalists i think, but my family was never really into it, i only went when i was real young, and even then it was only really on holidays. now i am agnostic.

[amishman]

Born into a Chatholic/Protestant home. Raised Christian, I am a Christian.

[bossydacow]

I was baptized and confirmed Catholic. I've been going to Catholic school since the 3rd grade (I'm an 11th grader now), so the ideology of that religion is deeply rooted in my religious beliefs, because it is an everyday part of my life. However, I could care less about the pope, and some other things. So I'm not quite sure what I am. I'm definitly a Christian, and I took this test at Beliefnet.com that figures out what religion you're beliefs are aligned with and I got Mainline Liberal Protestant or something.

[yeat182]

Originally posted by bossydacow
I was baptized and confirmed Catholic. I've been going to Catholic school since the 3rd grade (I'm an 11th grader now), so the ideology of that religion is deeply rooted in my religious beliefs, because it is an everyday part of my life. However, I could care less about the pope, and some other things. So I'm not quite sure what I am. I'm definitly a Christian, and I took this test at Beliefnet.com that figures out what religion you're beliefs are aligned with and I got Mainline Liberal Protestant or something.

no offense, but you shouldn't have to take an online test to determine your religion.

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by yeat182
no offense, but you shouldn't have to take an online test to determine your religion.

it was only out of curiosity and boredom. I didn't take it seriously. I know no matter what, I'll go a Catholic church for worship, send my kids to catholic school, and follow their traditions as well.

[charly horse]

Originally posted by bossydacow
it was only out of curiosity and boredom. I didn't take it seriously. I know no matter what, I'll go a Catholic church for worship, send my kids to catholic school, and follow their traditions as well.

though i consider myself catholic....i dont go to church..personally i think catholic traditions are to strict.....catholic school can seriously mess kids up

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by alsublimereject
though i consider myself catholic....i dont go to church..personally i think catholic traditions are to strict.....catholic school can seriously mess kids up

hasn't messed me up. Do you go to catholic school?

[charly horse]

Originally posted by bossydacow
hasn't messed me up. Do you go to catholic school?

no... but in the end...u will be messed up and turn out to be some psyco killer......believe me...i have friends that go to catholic school...or did at one point

[Safetyin#]

Christian.

[amishman]

Originally posted by Safetyin#
Christian.

This may not be the best place to say this, but I love your sig. Kevin Smith is a genious.

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by alsublimereject
no... but in the end...u will be messed up and turn out to be some psyco killer......believe me...i have friends that go to catholic school...or did at one point

okay,well my entire family has a history of catholic school and no pyschos have come out of it. Also, I only know Catholic school kids, and they are pretty normal now. School don't produce killers unless its the School of AMericas

[charly horse]

Originally posted by bossydacow
okay,well my entire family has a history of catholic school and no pyschos have come out of it. Also, I only know Catholic school kids, and they are pretty normal now. School don't produce killers unless its the School of AMericas


u dont live in america?

[bossydacow]

no...I live in America. The School of Americas is in Georgia and it trains latin americans to kill and torture.

[charly horse]

Originally posted by bossydacow
no...I live in America. The School of Americas is in Georgia and it trains latin americans to kill and torture.

oh i see... i still think that catholic school messes u up...just not for leginamate reasons because ive seen it from experience

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by alsublimereject
oh i see... i still think that catholic school messes u up...just not for leginamate reasons because ive seen it from experience

Speaking from experience, I'd say attending Catholic school does not mess you up. Whoever you know that is messed up didn't become messed up soley from going to Catholic school. there has to be other factors.

[xTSTLx]

Originally posted by bossydacow
no...I live in America. The School of Americas is in Georgia and it trains latin americans to kill and torture.


ya!!! georgia, we have all the good reputations

[ms y o o n]

i was born christian
and i'm still christian. yea no denomination, i personly dont agree with denomination rules or whatever.

[ms y o o n]

oh and about schools messing with your mind...
i dont go to a christian school, and would definately not want to. i feel it doesn't allow you to experiance 'sin'.... and everyone sins. and ya to those who believe that. but God said that we would be faced with sin everyday, but at a Christian school, everything would be 'perfect' and you don't get to experiance the world on your own or whatever.

[Stompemplay]

Born Jewish, not anymore.

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by krazee_k0rean
oh and about schools messing with your mind...
i dont go to a christian school, and would definately not want to. i feel it doesn't allow you to experiance 'sin'.... and everyone sins. and ya to those who believe that. but God said that we would be faced with sin everyday, but at a Christian school, everything would be 'perfect' and you don't get to experiance the world on your own or whatever.

Christian schools dont mess with your mind. You watch too much tv. If anything, it opens to door to discuss controversial topics that we are allowed to debate within the walls of school, with each other, that you can't debate at public schools (at least not at the public schools that I know of). Everyone at my school has different ideals, and looks at Catholicism in a different way.
We study social justice, Hebrew Scriptures, World Religions among others. All of these classes integrate the ideals of compassion, understading, and tolerance. We learn to recognize that people make mistakes, but that we shouldn't turn our backs on them. And its only once a day, 5 days a week. My other classes don't speak of religion often at all. I am by no means a devout Catholic, but I feel like my stay at these schools has greatly benefited me. And they arn't strict, either.

[Alex Djaferis]

Im a christian. Protestant. I beleive in god and Jesus. Was born into a christian family but i only became one a bout a year ago.

[charly horse]

in class today our teacher asked us who we would all like to live next to out of this list of types of people

the person i most wanted to live next to was an atheist medical doctor....my teacher was like why...then everyone laughed... i said because they're a doctor and they could help me if i ever needed help. Then my teacher said so the fact that hes atheist doesnt bother you. I said no. because personaly it doesnt...just because hes atheist doesnt mean hes a bad person.. hes a medical doctor for christ sake he saves peoples lives....no i dont understand why people care about other people's religon or lack of it.....its their own personal choice...just a thought

[evil zach]

Originally posted by bossydacow
Christian schools dont mess with your mind. You watch too much tv. If anything, it opens to door to discuss controversial topics that we are allowed to debate within the walls of school, with each other, that you can't debate at public schools (at least not at the public schools that I know of).
What topics you discus that wouldn't be at a public school?

[charly horse]

wouldnt u think u would be able to discuss more controversial issues in public school than in catholic school?

[ms y o o n]

Originally posted by bossydacow
Christian schools dont mess with your mind. You watch too much tv. If anything, it opens to door to discuss controversial topics that we are allowed to debate within the walls of school, with each other, that you can't debate at public schools (at least not at the public schools that I know of). Everyone at my school has different ideals, and looks at Catholicism in a different way.
We study social justice, Hebrew Scriptures, World Religions among others. All of these classes integrate the ideals of compassion, understading, and tolerance. We learn to recognize that people make mistakes, but that we shouldn't turn our backs on them. And its only once a day, 5 days a week. My other classes don't speak of religion often at all. I am by no means a devout Catholic, but I feel like my stay at these schools has greatly benefited me. And they arn't strict, either.

actualy i dont watch tv.
my friends, but assume whatever you want.
and also, as a Christian, i personaly wouldn't like to learn all of this stuff, which i already learn at church, but its ok if you go to one

[the grey race]

Originally posted by evil zach
My mother is jewish and my father is anglacin

hahahaha what a jew

[evil zach]

sieg heil!

[Safetyin#]

Originally posted by evil zach
sieg heil!

i told you, you were headed towarrods facism.

i hear them coming...............goose step.........goose step,

[evil zach]

HAHAHAHA
Your a funny guy

[Safetyin#]

Originally posted by evil zach
HAHAHAHA
Your a funny guy :D

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by alsublimereject
wouldnt u think u would be able to discuss more controversial issues in public school than in catholic school?

I don't know about public schools nation wide, but the ones in the area where I am from - the teachers refuse to talk about things, and do certain stuff because of the union they are in, or something. The teachers in my school don't have a union. The teachers can teach us more personally because they can add there own moral and ethical insights, whereas in a a public school, which is funded by the state, and functions under state laws, teachers cannot because they have to abide by certain boundaries in order to respect a students personal morals and beliefs. Also, I had a teacher who originally taught at a public high school, and she was younger, so we felt we could speak frankly with her about anything under the sun, and she would always tell us that she would get fired from her old job for having open converstations like this with us. Again, this is all where I come from.

[ms y o o n]

Originally posted by bossydacow
I don't know about public schools nation wide, but the ones in the area where I am from - the teachers refuse to talk about things, and do certain stuff because of the union they are in, or something. The teachers in my school don't have a union. The teachers can teach us more personally because they can add there own moral and ethical insights, whereas in a a public school, which is funded by the state, and functions under state laws, teachers cannot because they have to abide by certain boundaries in order to respect a students personal morals and beliefs. Also, I had a teacher who originally taught at a public high school, and she was younger, so we felt we could speak frankly with her about anything under the sun, and she would always tell us that she would get fired from her old job for having open converstations like this with us. Again, this is all where I come from.

yea thats true, otherwise the public school teachers would get fired
but then its... pretty biased.. or whatever. only based on Christian concepts isn't it?

[nubi nere]

i follow the christan beliefs and morals but i dont consider myself christian. i have had way too many bad experiences with the church and i feel a lot of christians are extremely hypocritical. i also dont see how if i have the same beliefs as someone, but since i dont attend a church, im going to hell and they are going to heaven.

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by krazee_k0rean
only based on Christian concepts isn't it?
I'm not sure what you mean.

[ms y o o n]

christian views, christian rules, stuff like that
i like being a Christian and also learning about this world we live in.
i feel that if i were at a christian school i would be locked up. thats what i FEEL. im not saying you are. im sure you are free as free peopel can be. but thats how i feel.

[atomic_youth]

atheist

[Shatter590]

i follow a religion of my own creation that merges doctrines from christianity, islam, buddhism, native american spirituality, astrophysical sciences and celtic mysticism. that might not sound as if it works, but it does.

To paraphrase Tillich, religion is the ultimate concern that gives you a sense of ultimacy and grouding in your spiritual life. WHich means that in the end, religion cannot be organized, as each person would hold their own beliefs differently. Even among members of the same chruch you see subtle differences that make a lot of difference in the end.

for all purposes, call me buddhist since that is the path i follow closest. but I am many things, yet nothing at all.

and to answer the inevitable question:

I do not believe in a higher power per se
but I do believe in a higher reality

[bossydacow]

Originally posted by Shatter590


To paraphrase Tillich, religion is the ultimate concern that gives you a sense of ultimacy and grouding in your spiritual life. WHich means that in the end, religion cannot be organized, as each person would hold their own beliefs differently. Even among members of the same chruch you see subtle differences that make a lot of difference in the end.


I totally agree with that. Religion is entirely personal.

[Matthew]

Im agnostic. to take an Operation Ivy quote horribly out of context, "all i know is that i dont know"

[yeat182]

Originally posted by ScreamoEMOBoy
Im agnostic. to take an Operation Ivy quote horribly out of context, "all i know is that i dont know"

well put

[evil zach]

Originally posted by ScreamoEMOBoy
Im agnostic. to take an Operation Ivy quote horribly out of context, "all i know is that i dont know"
not to disrespect you or anything, but its been my expirence thaj most people who say that they are agnostic, only say that around religious people, but when with their friends they are more or less athiests

[yeat182]

well i know that i personally don't believe there is a "god", and i certainly don't believe in any religions, but the difference between aethists and agnostics is that aetheists believe there is no god whatsoever no matter what, where agnostics, myself included, would believe in god if it was proven to be true...not a huge difference between the 2, but there is a difference

[evil zach]

I knew the diference, but just from my own expirence, friends who claimed to be agnostic, only say that when around religious people, the rest of the time they basicly there is no god atall and therfore, its existance cannot be proven

[yeat182]

Originally posted by evil zach
I knew the diference, but just from my own expirence, friends who claimed to be agnostic, only say that when around religious people, the rest of the time they basicly there is no god atall and therfore, its existance cannot be proven

gotcha

[decisionpending]

different question:
despite all of these different religions, who believes in a God that is omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent?

[sigh]

if God is omnipotent, can he create a boulder he cant lift, or a man he cant control? Thus if he can he is not omnipotent, but in the first place then he couldnt create such a thing, but then he would be omnipotent.

Do you get it?

[decisionpending]

yeah... i am not saying that He is omnipotent, i am asking other people if they think He is

[sigh]

i understand, but i thought that was interesting. Read it in a logic book

[decisionpending]

yeah, i've heard all of those problematic things to do with God...
i am studying philosophy
:(

[vizo]

i was raised catholic but quickly grew apart from everything related to religion. i just dont feel like any of it actually helped me or will help me in the future. my girlfriend is mormon on the other hand, so everything revolves around it one way or another for her. i'm basically agnostic towards it all now, i dont believe anything is out there to help me, but there is something out there to help her. kinda wierd ;\

[SayNo2daBunny]

Originally posted by alsublimereject
i was born catholic......so i guess im catholic
me too! though i stopped going to church!

[Alex Djaferis]

believing in nothing is in a sense beleiving that there is something not to believe in.

[tyte emo]

When I was born, my dad was Agnostic and my mom Buddhist.

When I moved to Thailand at age 2, I was thrown into going to Buddhist temples, etc.

For a long period of my life I was Universalist Unitarian with a stronger belief in Buddhism than anything else. Now I am Buddhist. I believe in whatever Buddhist teachings that I want (as that is one of the aspects of Buddhism), whatever I agree with or helps me in my spiritual life.

[Matthew]

Originally posted by sigh
i understand, but i thought that was interesting. Read it in a logic book

Basically: IF GOD IS ALL_POWERFUL COULD HE MICROWAVE A BURRITO SO HOT THAT HE HIMSELF COULD NOT EAT IT?