Why do you believe in your religion?

Mad Max · July 31, 2014, 03:19:12 PM

No, I don't mean why are you religious.

Why are you a Christian and not a Jew? Why are you a Mormon and not a Scientologist? Why are you a Lutheran and not an Roman Catholic?

Garem · July 31, 2014, 03:42:21 PM

Don't have a religion. I'm agnostic because humans here on Earth have no possible way of knowing whether there is or isn't a God.

Nascent Email · July 31, 2014, 03:48:56 PM

I'm an atheist so erm... *slowly backs out of thread*

Auspicious Rose · July 31, 2014, 03:52:56 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on July 31, 2014, 03:19:12 PM

No, I don't mean why are you religious.

Why are you a Christian and not a Jew? Why are you a Mormon and not a Scientologist? Why are you a Lutheran and not an Roman Catholic?

Most everyone here is a fedora tipper so don't expect too many religious replies.

Korra · July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM

Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.

Dopameme · July 31, 2014, 04:26:35 PM

Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM

Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.

I'm pretty much the same, I'm leaning more towards the Christian God, though. I've been raised that way.

Korra · July 31, 2014, 04:27:25 PM

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Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM
Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.
I'm pretty much the same, I'm leaning more towards the Christian God, though. I've been raised that way.

Me too I guess.

TB · July 31, 2014, 04:28:23 PM

Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM

Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.

This except leaning the opposite way of Christianity.

Korra · July 31, 2014, 04:31:03 PM

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Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM
Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.
This except leaning the opposite way of Christianity.

Opposite way?

TB · July 31, 2014, 04:32:45 PM

Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:31:03 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on July 31, 2014, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM
Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.
This except leaning the opposite way of Christianity.
Opposite way?

Spiritualism and Buddhism. (The idea, not the religion.)
It's more of the Universe being a living thing and everything being connected.

Korra · July 31, 2014, 04:33:40 PM

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Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:31:03 PM
Quote from: TBlocks on July 31, 2014, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM
Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.
This except leaning the opposite way of Christianity.
Opposite way?
Spiritualism and Buddhism. (The idea, not the religion.)
It's more of the Universe being a living thing and everything being connected.

Sounds nice.

TB · July 31, 2014, 04:36:29 PM

Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:33:40 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on July 31, 2014, 04:32:45 PM
Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:31:03 PM
Quote from: TBlocks on July 31, 2014, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: Avatar Korra on July 31, 2014, 04:23:46 PM
Agnostic, I think there is a Creator but we can't really proof his/her/its existence. Too high up in the universal hierarchy.
This except leaning the opposite way of Christianity.
Opposite way?
Spiritualism and Buddhism. (The idea, not the religion.)
It's more of the Universe being a living thing and everything being connected.
Sounds nice.

Eh, it's just a random theory I've pieced together.

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Crouton · July 31, 2014, 05:29:17 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on July 31, 2014, 03:19:12 PM

No, I don't mean why are you religious.

Why are you a Christian and not a Jew? Why are you a Mormon and not a Scientologist? Why are you a Lutheran and not an Roman Catholic?

No religion, Atheist (complete lack of religious belief.) The whole concept is silly to me, and I like to keep my fantasy labeled as fantasy, not as a guiding principle for my life.

Korra · July 31, 2014, 05:29:30 PM

Quote from: SoporificSlash on July 31, 2014, 05:11:04 PM

I'm agnostic

It's not our place as humans to determine if or if not there is an ultimate creator. I have bills to pay, a job to work, homework to do, etc. I don't have time to worry about the existence of a "God"

That is until we become the Forerunners of this galaxy.

Aether · July 31, 2014, 05:45:35 PM

I'm like semi-buddhist-esque non dualist because I agree with questioning everything, even wisdom and knowledge itself, and I connect rather well with more eastern-non Abrahamic views on the nature of consciousness.

Maybe a god exists, maybe one doesn't. What I focus on is 'the self.'

Yu · July 31, 2014, 05:55:40 PM

I don't like the idea that some being makes the rules, as an individual I am able to decide my morale compass and other things based on how I'm raised and my experiences. I don't need anyone or anything to tell me that.

Mox · July 31, 2014, 06:19:55 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on July 31, 2014, 03:19:12 PM

No, I don't mean why are you religious.

Why are you a Christian and not a Jew? Why are you a Mormon and not a Scientologist? Why are you a Lutheran and not an Roman Catholic?

I'm an atheist,uhmmm.*runs away quickly*

ಠ_ಠ · July 31, 2014, 06:28:40 PM

I'm agnostic as well. I awknowledge the possibility of a higher deity but I have my very serious doubts.

Kinder Graham · July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM

Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

Crouton · July 31, 2014, 06:53:05 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM

Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

Details pl0x, I may be an atheist but I always like a good story.

Mad Max · July 31, 2014, 07:13:32 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM

Because I know God is the creator of life

How do you know this?

Sandtrap · August 01, 2014, 09:20:41 AM

Officially, I have no religion. But it doesn't mean I'm without a belief. When I look at the universe around me, and the way it functions, what occurs to me only seems natural. There's bits and pieces of Buddhism and Hinduism strewn about in what I believe, but overall my simple and core belief is that the universe, on some form, is a consciousness. It is the closest thing we could ever know to being and fitting the label of "God." And we are simply a part of it, bound to our own relative perspective. Time and again, the universe likes to show that it's a mirrored system, a cycle with an end, and then a beginning once more. Renewal and dispersal.

Consciousness is something that exists in many forms, and I think, it's something that will always hold an element of mystery to us. We can figure out the physical aspects of it, the what and the how, but there's a barrier, always in the way. As I'm thinking right now, I know my thoughts are based off of chemical reactions, and the sparks of neurons sending signals to my brain. And yet, in the background, sealed off, is an inkling of something else. A presence, as if what I am is very much here, but in some sense, seperate.

The product of consciousness, comes though the interactions of many things on smaller levels. Our bodies are made up of atoms, which in turn make up every single cell in our body, which give shape form and function to everything. With this knowledge in hand, I believe the larger systems of the universe do exactly the same thing, many smaller systems working in tandem to create one as a whole.

But the universe isn't an angry god, or a selfish god. It simply is. It picks no favorites, and asks of nothing, just like we do to cells in our body. We know they're there, but due to our level of perspective, we can't singularily focus on one alone. So in that regard, that's how the universe operates as well.

More Than Mortal · August 01, 2014, 03:07:51 PM

Quote from: Mad Max on July 31, 2014, 07:13:32 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Because I know God is the creator of life
How do you know this?

He obviously doesn't, it's a barefaced lie.

Kinder Graham · August 01, 2014, 03:12:33 PM

Quote from: Crouton on July 31, 2014, 06:53:05 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

Details pl0x, I may be an atheist but I always like a good story.

It's just a mystery that I think will only be solved once a person dies. But like the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics states that mass can't be created or destroyed, right? So how could of that small point of mass which caused the big bang exist? Where did it come from?

I'm not a science guy but just questions like that can push the thought that a super natural force, like God, is exempted from the rules and can create such

Magos Domina · August 01, 2014, 03:12:50 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM

Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

You're Gods not a very nice man, has a temper on him

Mad Max · August 01, 2014, 03:26:27 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on August 01, 2014, 03:12:33 PM

Quote from: Crouton on July 31, 2014, 06:53:05 PM
Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

Details pl0x, I may be an atheist but I always like a good story.
But like the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics states that mass can't be created or destroyed, right? So how could of that small point of mass which caused the big bang exist?

Same could be said for God. If something can't come from nothing, what did God create the universe from?

More Than Mortal · August 01, 2014, 03:27:47 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on August 01, 2014, 03:12:33 PM

Quote from: Crouton on July 31, 2014, 06:53:05 PM
Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail

Details pl0x, I may be an atheist but I always like a good story.
It's just a mystery that I think will only be solved once a person dies. But like the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics states that mass can't be created or destroyed, right? So how could of that small point of mass which caused the big bang exist? Where did it come from?

I'm not a science guy but just questions like that can push the thought that a super natural force, like God, is exempted from the rules and can create such

Because the scientists working on a cosmological model for decades haven't thought of the second law of thermodynamics.

Super Irish · August 01, 2014, 03:41:27 PM

Because despite being taught in a Catholic school, my parents never encouraged religious belief. In fact in my teens my Dad explained that he didn't make me a Catholic because he went through the whole thing and was expected to believe without question, and he thought "why?".

He became an Atheist later in his life and thought it better that I start off that way instead of figuring out for myself. While that sounds bad written down, in my mind I'm thankful he did. as for other religions, I wasn't really exposed to them (I lived in the back-end of Ireland, Catholic Central. Even being Atheist is a bit "odd" there) so I wasn't exactly aware of other religions until I already was rooted in my own beliefs (or lack thereof).

Korra · August 01, 2014, 05:37:35 PM

Quote from: Kiyo on August 01, 2014, 03:12:50 PM

Quote from: IchEsseKinder on July 31, 2014, 06:34:46 PM
Because I know God is the creator of life

Notice I said life. Big Bang can still of happened but how it happened and what caused it.......well I won't go in much detail
You're Gods not a very nice man, has a temper on him

More like badass.