Poll: Whats Your Religion?

[DuncanRR]

I'm an agnostic. I feel that some sort of omnipotent presence exists, and I call it "God" because I have no other name for it. But the Bible's always felt like a work of fiction to me, kind of in the vein of Aesop's fables. To put it another way, "more like 'guidelines' than actual rules". Something that has some moral value to it, but shouldn't be considered a document to blindly follow to the letter.

And I've never felt the need to confess any action I've taken that the Bible considers "sins", or that committing them will damn me to Hell. I'm just gonna try and be the best person I can, and whatever happens to me after I die will be up to God to decide.

 

[Dr_Baron_von_Evilsatan]

Christian...

Protestant Lutheran to be exact.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

I've decided to be agnostic because all the atheists around seem to act like douchebags.
I just sort of have a personal religion that I don't feel like explainin 'cause it would take to long to type and I'm lazy.

Yah but at the same time all the theists around seem to act like douchebags. Actualy reason: People are just douchebags.

True enough.

 

[geldonyetich]

I like Buddhism. It's founded by a guy who one day said, "shit - why's everybody, regardless of station in life, so miserable" and then went out to do something about it, and eventually came up with the answer, "because they're being oblivious twits who aren't paying attention and talk themselves into being miserable." Hardcore. Buddhism and cognitive psychology have a lot in common.

In a way, I consider Buddhism to be Atheism or Agnosticism taken a step further. With Atheism, you refuse to believe in God. With Agnoticism, you try to keep an open mind. With Buddhism, you vow to try to pay better attention to life, and in doing so you gain a certain religious-reverence towards it. Buddhism often doesn't disagree with another religion, there's quite a few books written by Christians urging Buddhism virtues and vice versa, it just suggests paying more attention in life.

Though I'm not really a hardcore Buddhist - I throw out all the cosmology of it and keep the cerebral aspects. I'm probably closest to Zen Buddhism, but clearly not the same. Some would say that means I'm not a Buddhist at all, but I would say it's merely a different interpretation. Mainstream Buddhism has three major branches of interpretations, in fact. Who knows how many hundreds of interpretations of Christianity are out there? So yeah, I voted Buddhist - close enough.

 

[latenightapplepie]

Religion is a bit too much of a time commitment for me. Between my studies, going out, video games, movies and my (very) part-time job, I just don't think I could sqeeze it in. Oh well. In a few years I'll consider it.

 

[TheDean]

Whats is YOUR religion? and Why?

Why am i an atheist? Because i have the ability to think about things.

And this folks is a perfect example of why I dont consider myself an Atheist; this retarded aura of arrogance.

wel if i'm being honest i actually consider myself a non-theist. so neither of us are atheists.
And i'm not arrogant. I#m stating facts. religion is blindly accepting something that is so impossible, and then forcing yourself to believe it.

 

[fletch_talon]

Whats is YOUR religion? and Why?

Why am i an atheist? Because i have the ability to think about things.

And this folks is a perfect example of why I dont consider myself an Atheist; this retarded aura of arrogance.

wel if i'm being honest i actually consider myself a non-theist. so neither of us are atheists.
And i'm not arrogant. I#m stating facts. religion is blindly accepting something that is so impossible, and then forcing yourself to believe it.

And yet by saying it is impossible, are you not blindly rejecting something? I'm not taking the side of religion, I think faith based belief is a silly idea*, but that doesnt mean you claiming the impossibility of a higher power is much better.

*Especially since religions and religious people seem to get to chose what they have faith inand when. If faith is so important then why am I not able to convince people that I am thesecond coming of Jesus. They should believe me, its the foundation of their religion to believe without the need of evidence so why are they able to say something I claim is inferior to something that was claimed ages ago by someone they've never met.

 

[AuntyEthel]

Atheism, Agnoticism and Buddhism aren't religions.

 

[MissShortosity]

I was raised and baptised christian, but turned atheist about 2-3 years ago - organised religion doesn't suit me. I feel more comfortable making my own moral decisions than from texts that are outdated and don't fully apply to our time any more.
Mind you, I know people who believe being a christian makes them feel better. Hey, if it stops them jumping off a cliff...

 

[Nerdfury]

You could technically call me an Atheist, but open to seeing proof. I've decided that until a god approaches me and convinces me he or she exists, then they do not and until then I allow myself to be my own moral compass. There are three quotes I employ in life:

"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated."

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence."

That being said, I embrace the Flying Spaghetti Monster as my lord of hosts. May his noodly goodness touch you all. RAmen.

 

[KSI Hellboy]

Jedi, because I CAN!

 

[cuddly_tomato]

You could technically call me an Atheist, but open to seeing proof. I've decided that until a god approaches me and convinces me he or she exists, then they do not and until then I allow myself to be my own moral compass. There are three quotes I employ in life:

Letsee....

"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated."

Try telling that to the victims of Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin.

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

This assumes that God is just a very very very powerful human, with exactly the same kind of ethical codes/definitions of good, evil, as human.

It is rather like ants saying they don't believe in humans because humans don't go around building homes with their own saliva.

"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence."

Yep. Got to agree with that.

 

[TheDean]

Whats is YOUR religion? and Why?

Why am i an atheist? Because i have the ability to think about things.

And this folks is a perfect example of why I dont consider myself an Atheist; this retarded aura of arrogance.

wel if i'm being honest i actually consider myself a non-theist. so neither of us are atheists.
And i'm not arrogant. I#m stating facts. religion is blindly accepting something that is so impossible, and then forcing yourself to believe it.

And yet by saying it is impossible, are you not blindly rejecting something? I'm not taking the side of religion, I think faith based belief is a silly idea*, but that doesnt mean you claiming the impossibility of a higher power is much better.

*Especially since religions and religious people seem to get to chose what they have faith inand when. If faith is so important then why am I not able to convince people that I am thesecond coming of Jesus. They should believe me, its the foundation of their religion to believe without the need of evidence so why are they able to say something I claim is inferior to something that was claimed ages ago by someone they've never met.

It's because they are silly. If Jesus was real and did come back, no one would believe him. That's why this whole thing is so much the lolz.
And i'm not saying a higher being is impossible. I'm just saying i see no reason why there would be a higher being, and if there was, why instead of coming down adns howing himself to us does he have to hind for centuries and play games with us? They have to believe in me even though they have absolutely no reason to. Seriously, JERK!

 

[Zani]

Atheism.
Even though it isn't a religion.

 

[Zersy]

im the one in the list on the poll

 

[WheresMyCow]

I believe in a nice brew of multiple religions.
Although i most confess it leans toward a Buddhist christian combo with some other influences.
Although on the other hand Buddhism is more of a philosophy, like Confucianism.

 

[ar4yyyy]

I'm an atheist. It's not a religion, but its on the list just because.

I'm an atheist, because some dude creating an infinite space just for the pourpose of making life on 1 planet out of an almost infinity of others to create little ants on that planet, and punish them for their daily decisions is just nonsense to me.

 

[ar4yyyy]

Jedi, because I CAN!

Haha, nice.

 

[asteroth21nox]

My religion is unrecorded and would take hours to explain. Why? because in my mind nobody includeing myself has it completly right and so religion to me is a primitive way of trying without success to explain the unexplainable in insultingly simple ways and terms. I've studied relgion, the occult, and the paranormal for years and years and I got only this to say about religion. Dumb dumb sheep baahing at the shadows of shadows of shadows.