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*stirs up some Controversy*
Catholicism: 0
Christianity: 0
Orthodox Christianity: 1
Judaism: 0
Buddhism: 0
Islam: 0
Hinduism: 0
Shinto: 0
Taoism: 0
Confucianism: 0
Pagan: 0
Agnosticism: 0
Atheism: 1
Other: 0
Some very mainstream religion I forgot: 0
Go. Feel free to get into a very heated argument about why your religion is the correct one, it's why I made this topic.
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"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!" ~Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Message last edited by Kenri of the Yuri on 3/1/2007 at 07:11:42 AM
Liberal Arts Major
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Editor
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"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!" ~Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Liberal Arts Major
And don't you forget it!
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Editor
I was going to guess Romanian Orthodox, btw. >_>
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"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!" ~Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Liberal Arts Major
EDIT - For some reason I said Western Orthodox. :\
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Message last edited by Silvas on 3/1/2007 at 10:08:33 PM
Legend
Liberal Arts Major
At least the Pope acknowledges that Evolution and Religion aren't mutually exclusive. Well, Pope John Paul II did at the very least.
Not to say there aren't problems within the Church.
All that said, "Other"/"Agnosticism"
Even I don't fully understand what I believe. >_>
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"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Editor
Welcome to religion.
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"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!" ~Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Liberal Arts Major
Not if Christianity contains Lutheranism etc. Catholicism just sucks without the Protestant reformations.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
Modern Catholicism > Modern Protestantism
And my Modern Protestantism, I mainly mean what the majority of the US is. Not necessarily some elements within the Protestant movement.
If I new more about Modern Orthodox, I could include them, but... =/
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
Eastern Orthodox religions are the most lax authoritarian religions that still go by the old rituals of Christianity: the priests rely on an individual's faith in the religion, which is usually very strong, and generally avoid applying any sort of pressure on an individual outside of simple pressures such as "come to church now plx" and "don't be a Mormon". Hence they are winner.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
But they have really neat hats.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
Liberal Arts Major
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
The Greek Orthodox Church had the Hagia Sophia, which was pretty cool. And now it has Will Kinnas, which is even better.
Liberal Arts Major
You're right. It doesn't.
The Orthodox Church was the result of a split between those in the Christian Church who favored a strong central ruler - a Pope - and those who thought that was just generally a bad idea. Luther was a Catholic who had the same opinion several hundred years later.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple
So yeah, that's ample evidence for the disproof of all forms of Christianity, evar.
Liberal Arts Major
I'd imagine that'd be even more true if what you said were actually accurate.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
Anyway . . . has anyone here read any comparative religion? Namely, Joseph Campbell? It's pretty gnarley, even though he posits Freudian psychology as the origin of many of the shared aspects of religions.
Liberal Arts Major
Yes.
Maybe.
...has anyone here read any comparative religion?
All scientific religious studies are bound to turn up the fact that religion is a human fabrication. Therefore no, I don't care.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
Examination of your beliefs makes them more valuable. Saying, "Pah! I've already decided that I am entirely right, and refuse to consider anything that might support the contrary!" puts you in the same league as GW, or most of Mormonia (and a certain Mormona with whom you're familiar).
Liberal Arts Major
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Legend
Of course it's biased, as is everything (including rocks and plants), but as an independent mind the reader can take this into account and arrive at what possible truths may lay behind an author's assertions.
I personally have examined my beliefs and arrived at what I believe is a satisfying conclusion.
Constant, deep examination of your religion is far more reverent than stagnant faith. Anyway, although we can't explain the entirety of our experiences and how they've led to our beliefs, maybe you'd like to share why you're so sure of yours?
Editor
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"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!" ~Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Legend
Legend
*Sees "Luther was a Catholic"*
= O Did you know that Jesus was a Jew?
All scientific religious studies are bound to turn up the fact that religion is a human fabrication. Therefore no, I don't care.
That's why Dmons are cooler then humans = ] They don't have religions and they torture humans for having religions.
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Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands! - Auron (FFX)
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You suck! -Crowd
Your mother taught me how! -Kurt Angle