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What religion are you?
Roman Catholic 6%  6%  [ 20 ]
Roman Catholic 6%  6%  [ 20 ]
Protestant 5%  5%  [ 18 ]
Protestant 5%  5%  [ 18 ]
Jewish 2%  2%  [ 7 ]
Jewish 2%  2%  [ 7 ]
Agnostic / Atheist 19%  19%  [ 62 ]
Agnostic / Atheist 19%  19%  [ 62 ]
Buddhist 2%  2%  [ 6 ]
Buddhist 2%  2%  [ 6 ]
Hindu 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Hindu 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Mormon / Jehova Witness / Evangelical Christian 3%  3%  [ 10 ]
Mormon / Jehova Witness / Evangelical Christian 3%  3%  [ 10 ]
B'Nai Brith / Quaker 0%  0%  [ 1 ]
B'Nai Brith / Quaker 0%  0%  [ 1 ]
Wiccan / Druid / Gaian / Non-denominational spiritualist 6%  6%  [ 19 ]
Wiccan / Druid / Gaian / Non-denominational spiritualist 6%  6%  [ 19 ]
Jetson didn't list mine.... 7%  7%  [ 24 ]
Jetson didn't list mine.... 7%  7%  [ 24 ]
Total votes : 334

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27 Apr 2005, 4:21 pm

Fundamentalist Christians are a form of Protestants.


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27 Apr 2005, 5:28 pm

You can say that, and you can't at the same time. =P

Fundamentalists are more of a non-denomonational.



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22 Jan 2006, 10:24 pm

I was born Roman Catholic, in My twenties I became a Mormon, in My thirties became a Jehovah's Witness


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23 Jan 2006, 8:40 pm

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How does "Atheist" get put together with "Agnostic?" There is a very clear differance between the two.
Both are non-religious, so of course they go together. But I've found that most people calling themselves 'agnostics' are essentially lazy atheists, so perhaps that's just as well.

Now Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Evangelicals, on the other hand, are three very different denominations.


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23 Jan 2006, 9:09 pm

Thagomizer wrote:
Both are non-religious, so of course they go together. But I've found that most people calling themselves 'agnostics' are essentially lazy atheists, so perhaps that's just as well.


I'm agnostic (with somewhat Deist leanings), and I am definitely not a lazy atheist. I disagree with atheism as much as I do with any other religion. I think that saying/believing a certain kind of god definitely exists or definitely doesn't exist and those who don't believe that are wrong is stupidly obstinate. I think it's impossible to know for certain that there is/isn't a God or gods, and that no certain belief system is the only correct one. I think it's impossible to know iwhether God exists or not.



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23 Jan 2006, 9:25 pm

everyone is so picky here. Most, and I mean most, people concider any form of chrisitanaty that isnt catholic to be prost. You could break that down in a zillion ways. methodist, united methodist, baptist, southern baptist, free-will baptist, pres., non-deonm, AME, CME, independant (fill in the blank), Nasarene, Church of God, Epispocal, minnonite, the list can go on and on. Then there are those that will debate if mormans, and 7th day adventests are to be concidered prostiants or some other branch, and where do the Greek Orthodox and Christian Science folks go?
youd have to do 10 polls to get all the different branches and affiations.



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23 Jan 2006, 10:15 pm

Bec wrote:
I'm agnostic (with somewhat Deist leanings), and I am definitely not a lazy atheist. I disagree with atheism as much as I do with any other religion. I think that saying/believing a certain kind of god definitely exists or definitely doesn't exist and those who don't believe that are wrong is stupidly obstinate. I think it's impossible to know for certain that there is/isn't a God or gods, and that no certain belief system is the only correct one. I think it's impossible to know iwhether God exists or not.
Well, from your post I'd say you are probably a 'true agnostic'. I would think 'true agnosticism' is more along the lines of dedication or resignation to uncertainty rather than merely admiting that you could be wrong. The 'lazy atheists' who I mentioned above don't believe in a god or anything spiritual/supernatural, but don't want to call themselves atheists because they're afraid of sounding closed-minded or intellectually dishonest.


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24 Jan 2006, 1:50 am

I've been - by personal choice - an Atheist for as long as I can remember.



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24 Jan 2006, 3:15 am

i was a christan but it dident work out for me and if i continued i wouldent have my only friend any more cause i started getting a bit ubsessive. but thanks to metal and a hell of a lot of study on evolution im now an Atheist and thank my life i am.



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24 Jan 2006, 5:13 am

I am a christian, Methodist accually, but ther eare so many things in other religions that make sense and so many things in Nature that I have come to respect, that I accually am less methodist than I am pagan in some things. but I go at it with an open mind and I am okay with that.



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24 Jan 2006, 10:54 pm

Laura wrote:
i was a christan but it dident work out for me and if i continued i wouldent have my only friend any more cause i started getting a bit ubsessive. but thanks to metal and a hell of a lot of study on evolution im now an Atheist and thank my life i am.
Why should the fact of evolution or the silly cliches of the metal genre cast any worthwhile reflection on religion? I'm a christian and I listen to metal and firmly believe that intelligent design has no place whatsoever in public schools. This does not make me a paradox or a hypocrite either.


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25 Jan 2006, 8:55 am

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Jehovahs witnesses, mormons, and evangelicals have nothing in common, I think you meant charismatic. =P

Fundamentalist Christianity fits under protestanism, barely.


Well, you can be a fundamentalist of any religion, theoretically. But I think what is most commonly THOUGHT of as fundamentalist christian is some form of protestantism.



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25 Jan 2006, 10:22 am

I think agnostic applies the most to me even though I'm "supposed" to be Catholic. I'm really not into going to church, reading the bible, saying grace, etc. I'm also skeptical as to whether Jesus Christ was really our savior, so that would rule me out as a Christian. I don't think it can be proven whether or not God exists, but I'm definitely leaning towards some form of higher power since I believe in spirits. I think that different religions are interesting, but I can't see myself choosing one because that's like saying that religion is right while all the others are wrong, and there is no proof of that. I thought everything Bec said was right on the money.



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02 Jun 2006, 2:21 pm

Jehovah's Witness here! 8) It's good to know there are others here (Kevv and Lottie).


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02 Jun 2006, 7:13 pm

I'm supposed to be a Christian Orthodox, but I dont care that much...
Sometimes I do believe in a God, but never in a specific religion



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04 Jun 2006, 10:58 am

I have my own religion I guess you could say... Or more like a non-religion... I think the little grey alien dudes put us here as an expirement.... It goes into the Illuminati and 1 world gov't and what not....But the bible was a UFO cover-up, all the "miracles" were advanced technology. The great white light from the heavens or however most religions wanna explain it, it's a UFO.