Survey (Religion)

Previously known as DCALIFANO

first parish

funny atheist pic:

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I was born jewish but am mostly a non-practicing jew

7th Day Adventist......

"Observe the masses,and do the opposite."

The first type of Christianity.

is my religion. Collectivism is my enemy. Music is my life. Family is my soul. Ron Paul is my choice for 2008.

However, I haven't followed any religion in years. I firmly believe in Spirituality but not organized religion.

I believe there is much more than meets the eye, and I believe in the "beyond" but not necessarily harps and gates. I hope this doesn't sound too fruitcakey but I lean toward the possibility that we are much more powerful than we fully understand and that the next big leap in our "evolution" will be in our [cosmic] spirituality.

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"I killed the banks"

because he has delivered me from my sin. I guess you could put me in the "christian" category, but I try not to take on a religion or a label.. all I know is that in all of my darkness a light shines and all I've ever really wanted to say for the rest of my short life is that light is God! I'm tired of piety and religions and beliefs. all that has ever made me happy is my creator and his grace. and I dont judge other people for what they believe. that's not my business. I can't see someones heart.
i wholeheartedly agree with some of the posts: differences aside, we're all in this for freedom!

I am an unabashed follower of Jesus Christ. I usually attend a Southern Baptist church, but will sometimes attend an Assembly of God type church.

While I am happy to share Jesus with others, I have no desire to force my religious views on others. Jesus didn't either. When He told the rich young ruler the cost of discipleship, the ruler left sorrowfully. There is no suggestion that Jesus tried to follow him, offer a cheaper bargain, or try to persuade this young man that His way was worth the cost.

I am just stunned at the low percentage of "Christians" of all stripes supporting Paul. I am told that it was maybe 3% or so back when more candidates were in the race, and certainly well below the percentage of support in the general population. In my mind Christians ought to overwhelmingly support Paul. Actually, it is hard for me to see how a devoted follower of Jesus Christ can support a warmonger like McCain, period.

We need to find a way to get the support of more people who claim Christianity. God compares us to sheep, for good reason. Sheep have a herd mentality and follow their shepherds. I am convinced that the active support of Christian "leaders" would swing most religious people to Paul.

Oscar

But I will fight to the death to protect your right to choose to believe that we are here by some Divine Purpose, Random Chance or even Little Green Men....

God Bless you all.

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” - George Bernard Shaw

wants are unlimited, means are scarce...

Some time ago there was a mention of a survey on the radio that found that atheists tended to be people who were very independently minded. So that's something that explains why you would be likely to find a lot of atheists among libertarians.

On the other hand, there are a lot of very strongly religious people among the libertarians and similar freedom movements. Why is that?

I think the answer is that there is more than one way to express your independent spirit when it comes to religion. You can either reject it, or take it much more seriously than most people.

The fact is, an atheism is usually a good sign of a free-thinking mind because it is easy to accept the religion you were brought up into, and often hard to question what you learned at an early age. So most people persist in the beliefs of their parents, but only half-heartedly. They express piety to the extent that their neighbors demand it, but probably find it a burden. They say God is all powerful when in church, but never seriously entertain that he is the cause of anything material and don't expect miracles.

In this way we see that atheists, zealots and people who seek truth in religions they were not brought-up in have something in common. They all take religion seriously enough to take a decisive action of their own regarding it. They define themselves. They value their ability to worship or refrain from worship as their conscience dictates. They are likely to question other untouchable truths, or traditions handed down, the political party or philosophy of their parents and their community, reliance on the mainstream media, economic notions that "everyone knows" but that make no sense when you examine them.

I think a lot of us atheists think that C. S. Lewis made some serious philosophical mistakes, and that he mistook emotion for evidence at times. But a lot of us prefer his politics to those of Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchins.

Remember the past as you look forward to today...

a Messianic.

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. James Madison

Well, I do believe it's all a bunch of superstitious hooey.
The moral guidelines are O.K., but organized religions are used more as a controlling tool to keep people in line. What to wear, what to eat, how to look, make you pay, etc.

I find it interesting, judging from what I've read here, that the majority of Ron Paul supporters seem to be other than Christian. I suspected as much. I have to say I enjoy that fact.

Anyway, Pagan or spiritualist, whatever you may call it. No organized religion here. I try to stay away from the "opiate of the masses." I believe there is a life giving power of some sort that flows through everything. Our consciousness creates our reality. Quantum physics is starting to prove this. I believe we control our own fate. We, each one of us, are God. We are the creators and as such control everything. We don't necessarily understand how we do this, but that's part of the quest and faith.

The existence or nonexistence of gods and monsters is completely irrelevant to my life.
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Don't blame me! I voted for Ron Paul!

that we are so much against National Id and *for* Personal Privacy; yet we are quite willing to tell all online or even write personal diaries and call them blogs. Nothing is forgotten, deleted, or secure online. Is this wise?

Are U?

I was raised Missouri Synod Lutheran, but rejected to religion of my youth, and found as a young adult I had an affinity to eastern religion. I kinda follow my own religion now and practice meditation instead of attend formal services. I still find great meaning in the gospels of Christ, but see them in an Eastern light, and I've incorporated the concepts of reincarnation and non-violence, or "ahimsa," so I would have to say my religion is best described as "Hindu."

but I do believe that everyone is entitled to their own voodoo, or lack thereof.

contemplation,reflection, and observation a modified Deist.

somewhere between a baptist and pentecostle christian

Music is my religion.

I dont follow any sect, I follow the Bible.

"Gospell" is a contraction of "god's spell" and I believe allowing ourselves to be spellbound is a mistake. I am now a preacher of the Nospell. If anyone thinks this makes sense, congratulations, you are now a minister of the nospell too.
I see evidence every where of religion causing division. We can get a hearty fight going over what name to assign it, rather than be able to say "Jesus, Allah, Buddha, whatever." There is a concept that I will smile and nod too, but won't name. I try not to let the fight even get started. Besides, naming it is putting it in a box that is too small.

Is pretty much a scam..count me out

Presbyterian.

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Bible
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" the inscription on the Liberty Bell, taken from the Bible.

As in the literal translation: A(without) Theist(belief in God), without a belief in God. I am not against God, I just don't have one. If proof of God's existence were possible, religion wouldn't require Faith. My Morality is based upon rational self-interest, but I also think that since humans have evolved as complex social creatures, we tend to feel good about helping others for genetic reasons too. Beyond just feeling good about helping others though, I realize that a culture of smart, independent,creative, productive, rich happy people benefits me greatly, whereas a culture of poor, angry dependent people only hurts me. I like the principles of Jesus, whether he existed or not, but my experience with organized religion has been very negative and I think that it tends to increase the mentality of dependence and often low-self-esteem: Everything good that happens is attributable to God, but everything bad is your fault. I do not believe that obedience is a virtue, nor is loyalty for it's own sake. The funny thing is, in my experience, I have led a much more moral life than many of my Christian friends who tend to break a lot of their own chosen principles and then live life with a small but constant sense of guilt. This hypocrisy is most apparent to me among the War Mongers of the Christian Right. I believe that moral ends never justify immoral means and that the lesser of evils is still evil. Apparently some people are more open to compromise.