What's your religion?

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That may be true, but in a way atheism is a belief now too. As a group they do all still operate like a cult, there are some atheists who follow Darwin like Christians follow Jesus. And they can be just as extremist as any other religion.

Do you have examples?

There are certainly follower types, like those who think Linux is perfect and embarrass those of us with more legitimate reasons to reject the more popular brand.

But Darwin is not a prophet, and I don't see anyone acting like he is one. When you see a Darwin fish on the back of a car, it's not to idolize Darwin but to spoof the Christian fish.

Darwin got some things about evolution wrong. It's the nature of science to try to prove other scientists wrong. Atheists (AKA skeptics, AKA scientists) are "extreme" about not accepting anything as gospel. Everything is subject to question. Even questioning itself. With religion, certain things (perhaps most things in the magic book of that religion) are beyond question. Perhaps what you perceive as extremism is the denial of faith as a valid epistemological system.

Ignostic [sic]

Agnostic.

I believe in three goddesses. That's probably the shortest way to sum my belief up.

agnostic.

We probably need a "What do you mean by 'agnostic'?" thread.

I believe in a background field of consciousness which is the wellspring of all consciousness, and that when we die: the conscious aspect of our being doesn't die; rather it returns to the BFC like a drop of water returning to the pond.

The best description of my beliefs would probably be "quantum mysticism."

One part Ásatrú (polytheistic); one part Vipassana/Zen (non-theistic), three parts agnosticism.

gnostic = agnostic

Now I'm Atheist.

Atheist.

Strangely enough, I would say that I would be a mix of Monotheist, Agnostic, and Atheist.

You see, I was born into a Jewish family. 1/4th of my DNA is German Jew. So I consider myself a Jew because of that. Lucky for me, my family isn't a very religious bunch like me. We celebrate stuff like Hanukkah and have fun, but we don't go to church. That's where my Monotheist side is from (Jewish religion is Monotheist). However, it's way different belief-wise.

I would say that I have a mix of Agnostic and Atheist belief-wise. I don't feel any will to bow down and pray to whoever made the universe, if any. And sometimes I'll queston the things that happen in religous storys such as the bible. But on the other hand, I sometimes wonder if there is a god or not, but very rarely. So I'm a mix of the two. Strange, eh?