What Religion are you?

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What Religion Are You?

Christian based	11%	[ 19 ]
Christian based	11%	[ 19 ]
Catholic	4%	[ 7 ]
Catholic	4%	[ 7 ]
Jewish	2%	[ 3 ]
Jewish	2%	[ 3 ]
Islamic	1%	[ 1 ]
Islamic	1%	[ 1 ]
Athiest (don't believe in God)	8%	[ 14 ]
Athiest (don't believe in God)	8%	[ 14 ]
Agnostic (don't know/care if God exists)	12%	[ 21 ]
Agnostic (don't know/care if God exists)	12%	[ 21 ]
Jehovah's Witness	1%	[ 2 ]
Jehovah's Witness	1%	[ 2 ]
Hindu	1%	[ 1 ]
Hindu	1%	[ 1 ]
Buddist	2%	[ 3 ]
Buddist	2%	[ 3 ]
Other (please Specify)	9%	[ 16 ]
Other (please Specify)	9%	[ 16 ]

Total votes : 174

Sarcastic_Name
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03 Aug 2005, 2:01 pm

A different translation does not mean a different Bible. Personally, KJV is fun for me sometimes. That, and NIV. NLT seems to be becoming popular, and I don't like that one. But you could use whatever translation you like, it's still the same Bible. If their are no added or subtracted books, it's the same.

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04 Aug 2005, 9:31 pm

Am I really the lone Buddhist here at WP??? I wouldn't have thought so.

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05 Aug 2005, 12:01 am

Sarcastic_Name wrote:

A different translation does not mean a different Bible.

Not necessarily. Different translations can lead to different interpretations of what has been said. To get the most accurate words, one would have to go back to the original Hebrew and Greek and study from there.

Sarcastic_Name, I think what Paula was trying to say was not that the JWs have a different translation of the Bible, but rather that they have a different Bible altogether. Many parts are similar, and even the same, but things have been changed.

For example, in John 1:1
in the NIV, it reads that "the Word was God", with an implied the right before the word God, but in the JW Bible, it reads that "the Word was a God". See the difference that one letter makes?

If anyone else has other examples of major differences, I would like to know about them. Studying comparitive religions is one of my favourite areas of study.

stlf, even if you are the only Buddhist here, you're still always welcome. It's cool that we can have so much diversity within the WP community.

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05 Aug 2005, 12:33 am

stlf wrote:

Am I really the lone Buddhist here at WP??? I wouldn't have thought so.

I think techstepgener8tion might be as well.

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05 Aug 2005, 9:30 am

stlf wrote:

Am I really the lone Buddhist here at WP??? I wouldn't have thought so.

I used to be a Buddhist if that helps

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05 Aug 2005, 12:14 pm

*HOWL!*

have just noticed the ad to the left of this thread - can i stop laughing?

i used to be a Catholic, if THAT helps. (probably not, but i might explain a few things, eh?):twisted:

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05 Aug 2005, 5:16 pm

I am not very religious but I was brought up in a Christian family. I believe the bible is a good book and try to live by what it says but I find some things it says a bit too far fetched.

vetivert wrote:

*HOWL!*

have just noticed the ad to the left of this thread - can i stop laughing?

LOL

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05 Aug 2005, 8:03 pm

vetivert wrote:

*HOWL!*

have just noticed the ad to the left of this thread - can i stop laughing?

i used to be a Catholic, if THAT helps. (probably not, but i might explain a few things, eh?):twisted:

Weird, for whatever reason I never get any google ads.

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06 Aug 2005, 2:56 am

well, here it is, in case anyone's missing out...

http://religion.coffeehousetheology.com

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06 Aug 2005, 6:59 am

I was raised Pentecostal (someone else explained this) but now I really believe what I believe. I totally believe in God but I will not go to a church. The holier than thou syndrome is too much for me plus, I want to believe in something that touches my life not the life of people that think they are better than me. I keep thinking that if there was a bar-b-q church (redneck style) I might be able to cope with that.

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06 Aug 2005, 1:33 pm

Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair color............................

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06 Aug 2005, 7:47 pm

Theologically, I'm an agnostic.
Philosophically, I'm a Satanist (see >here< for more information.)

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07 Aug 2005, 1:55 am

Tak wrote:

Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair color............................

hahahahaha! nice one, Tak

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08 Aug 2005, 1:15 pm

thatrsdude wrote:

On another forum I once went to, a member said "I'm not any religion, not even athiest or agnostic". So what does that make him? :roll:

A decent Aspie, I'd say. People can sometimes be a bit of a drag, especialy when ranting about beliefs.

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09 Aug 2005, 4:43 pm

I still do not understand how anyone with AS can be religious?

Granted that people may have been told to believe in something when growing up, and perhaps that has become indelibly imprinted? But surely people understand that religion is an emotional response to the complexity and uncertainty of the universe in which we live, rather than an actual understanding of what the reality is?

I'm not trying to troll, but I really don't understand how anyone can hold religious belief. FYI, I have strong sympathy for the positive aspects of religious (and I particularly admire Buddhist philosophies), but I can not comprehend why people actually regard the spiritual and belief aspects of religion as real and as important and tangible as those things we can actually see and measure and test in the world.

:: Mark

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09 Aug 2005, 5:02 pm

y can't ppl with AS be religious?

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