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Are you religious?

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Do you believe in God? Do you believe in religion? Let’s hear what you believe and why.

I’ll respond later but I will start with I have studied religion to a certain degree.
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No. None. But I do have theories that to me make logically more sense if God were to exist. But it doesn't. Yes I think Jesus existed. But do I think half the shit that happened that he did, of course not.
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If I had to put a label on it, I guess I'd say I follow the buddhist religion more than anything else. Still not sure I believe in the idea of reincarnation but I try to follow their guidelines for a happy and non-suffering life. Changing my outlook with the help of many buddhist audiobooks has done as much for my mental health as therapy, if not more.
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Religious? No.
Do I think there is something greater than us? Sure. I don't know who or what that is or what to call it but I think there is "something"...whatever that may be. And it may be different things to different people yet still part of the larger "something".
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"If there was no God there would be a need for man to invent one" - Voltaire
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BigRedRetard wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:22 pm There never was a "Jesus" and there is no god. We are meat that reasons. Nothing more.
Idk I think Jesus was probably a real person who did a lot of good in his day but the "miracles" attributed to him in the bible are blown way out of proportion.
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stonedmegman wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:48 pm "If there was no God there would be a need for man to invent one" - Voltaire
Not true. Organized religion is very much a way to control the humble masses. It's also used to alleviate man's fear of death.
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CHEEZY17 wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:19 pm Religious? No.
Do I think there is something greater than us? Sure. I don't know who or what that is or what to call it but I think there is "something"...whatever that may be. And it may be different things to different people yet still part of the larger "something".
Thats where I am. I think the term for it is deist.
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Nope. I grew out of having imaginary friends
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I was raised in the Southern Baptist Church. I'm pagan, Earthy spiritualist, with beliefs that would make you all roll your eyes.
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JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:33 pm
stonedmegman wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:48 pm "If there was no God there would be a need for man to invent one" - Voltaire
Not true. Organized religion is very much a way to control the humble masses. It's also used to alleviate man's fear of death.
Sir, I agree with you
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:lol: sir. Did you just assume my gender?
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JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:16 pm :lol: sir. Did you just assume my gender?
Assumptions were made yes. Noted for future reference
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Hydroseismic wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:23 pm
JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:16 pm :lol: sir. Did you just assume my gender?
Assumptions were made yes. Noted for future reference
Perfectly understandable. :shocked: :shocked:
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JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:16 pm :lol: sir. Did you just assume my gender?
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JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:33 pm
stonedmegman wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:48 pm "If there was no God there would be a need for man to invent one" - Voltaire
Not true. Organized religion is very much a way to control the humble masses. It's also used to alleviate man's fear of death.
That's what the quote says.
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and the more fucked up a society is, the more strict their religion will be. Case in point, Islam.
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necronomous wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:16 pm
JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:33 pm
stonedmegman wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:48 pm "If there was no God there would be a need for man to invent one" - Voltaire
Not true. Organized religion is very much a way to control the humble masses. It's also used to alleviate man's fear of death.
That's what the quote says.
Ya I was just aboot to correct her. :devil:
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Yeah I misread the quote, I realized that after I posted. Im a product of the American education system, I'm glad I can read at all.
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I'm more agnostic. I don't like organized religion.
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BigRedRetard wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:37 pm
JCW wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:31 pm
BigRedRetard wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:22 pm There never was a "Jesus" and there is no god. We are meat that reasons. Nothing more.
Idk I think Jesus was probably a real person who did a lot of good in his day but the "miracles" attributed to him in the bible are blown way out of proportion.
Very enlightening
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Atheist, pure and simple. Is there some kind of ultimate force behind the workings of the universe? Maybe, but if so, it has bigger worries than someone on their knees wishing for more money or a masculine child. So there's no point in trying to worship it. It's not concerned about you. Anything more is just conceit.

By the way, I am a card-carrying minister of the Church of the Subgenius *and* a Pastafarian. :P
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Personally I believe Jesus existed and was who he claimed to be. I also think that organized religion sucks, therefore I don't take every thing the Bible says at face value and rarely attend church.
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I have trouble finding any flaws in the Noah's Ark story. So, for that reason I'm pretty sold on all of it.
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I was raised Russian Orthodox but I bailed on it when I was 14. In 2015 I accepted President Donald J Trump as my Lord and Savior.
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