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What are your religious views?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by dyl pickle, Feb 16, 2017.

  1. Aussie792

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    I'm a non-believer. I do, however, hold dear the quasi-religious moral sentiments I ended up with an austere, Lutheran background I am fortunate enough to have been brought up with.
     
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    I don't follow any sort of religion, but I am accepting of the idea of a god of some sort (though not like the all-knowing type others like to picture). I am constantly questioning my beliefs, but agnostic sounds about right
     
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    I am an anti-theist and an atheist. No, it doesn't mean I am militant, I just believe that religion does more harm than good.

    I am an agnostic atheist, of course, but I find saying that pretty redundant. So I just say atheist.
     
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    Atheist here, with a Buddhist phase in my early 20s.
     
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    I'm not too sure, though I'd guess I'd be an agnostic deist.
     
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    I'm an Agonistic that believes in past lives and I care more about sciences and philosophies but I respect everyone's beliefs.
     
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    I am an atheist, but I was raised a Christian. I just think that it's human nature to want answers about our existence and we're all afraid to die. Religions, in general, are coping mechanisms, IMO. I feel like Christianity had a negative impact on me growing up. Why better myself if I can receive forgiveness unconditionally? My parents' obsession with Christianity made it easier to walk away from it. On my senior year of high school, my dad decided to move 5 hours away to preach full-time. He would've moved us all up there if doing so wouldn't have set me back a year in school. My mom and I had to drive up there every weekend. I was not allowed to stay at home unless I could find a ride to church on Sunday. I definitely don't resent them for it, but this whole situation was kinda silly and it made me realize how delusional my family can be. Also, I feel it's worth mentioning that I didn't know I was gay until after I graduated and moved out.
     
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    I couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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    I'm mostly an atheist myself... I'm open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena such as reincarnation, spiritual healings, chakras etc... only I can't see any proof for it myself :slight_smile:

    Was raised as a Jehovah's Witness for some time, then temporarily embraced Roman Catholicism before rejected all that and becoming a staunch atheist... now I'm more of a chill atheist who practices Buddhism and studies what is good about taoism and Christianity :slight_smile:
     
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    OK so I've just found out that what I described is closer to secular humanism than atheism, so I guess I'm humanist not an atheist.
     
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    Grew up Baptist

    Now I am Agnostic or Episcopal.
    I'm still exploring.
     
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    I was raised as a Christian but felt agnostic while in church most of the time. Now I've recently watched Greenleaf (the new series from Oprah) and oddly enough, I am quite tempted to go back to church. I miss the feeling of communion and togetherness that comes with being part of a religious community. But I also think that religion is something that I try to hold onto so I can escape reality and deny how it actually works. So I avoid it.
     
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    Raised kind of Christian because my parents weren't and aren't very religious. I'm an atheist now.
     
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    Agnostic with some pagan tendencies, too sceptic to believe in anything though. Raised christian orthodox.
     
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    I have always been an atheist.
     
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    Semi non-practicing Catholic.

    I still attend masses during specific times (Christmas, funerals, memorial masses, etc) but I'm by no means a regular. I do believe in a higher power, spirits/angels, and past lives.
     
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    I like reading the Bible as a story, I have the children's copy so it's full of pictures. I also like Lucifer, the netflix/amazon show.
     
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    I was raised Christian. The church we went to had mixed Catholic and Protestant views, but also had some cult-like tendencies. In my late teens I realised that Christianity wasn't for me and I spent a few years learning about other religions, only to come to the conclusion that even if some stuff in the bible is real, it has been corrupted by mankind. I freed myself from the church's indoctrination and now I believe that we simply can't know. I'm an agnost and I try to go through life as a good person with my own norms and values.

    Fun fact: There have been a few Bishops on my father's side of the family.
     
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    Primarily nature based. No specific path, that I know of, so far. I don't believe in the worship of deities. I believe that religion enslaves humans and is holding them back.
     
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    Atheist, but respectful of religious people's opinions, as long as they are open-minded.