Theist, Non-Theist, or Miso-Theist?

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This is not a debate or bait thread. Just state what you are by the general categories I've made:

Theist: believes in God, a god, many gods, or that everything is a god.

Non-Theist: is indifferent towards religion, neither for or against.

Miso-Theist: campaigns against religion of any form (although usually against Christianity in particular.)

Deist - against religious institutions and dogma; open to the possibility of God(s); belief through experience.

I'd be in the Genus: Theist; Species: Christian; Denomination: None.

Theist

Miso-Theist

The third.

The only thing God is good for is keeping people sane in their 9 to 5 jobs.

Hey look, a thread asking a simple question and specifically stating it sin't for debate turns into "LAWL GOD IS FAKE AND FOR DUMMIES" in just under ten posts.

I'm a theist of no specific category, or I suppose all of them depending on how you look at it.

I chose theist.

Theist. My view of God is basically panentheistic.

We used to eat miso religiously. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso) But someone in the family has problems with soy, so now use yogurt, kefir and cheese instead. I could still eat it myself, but it is to much hassle to cook two separate meals.

I really HATE the fact that Christians force their beliefs down people's throat!! Just look at this thread and how many of those christians have...ruined...this...thread? Wait a minute!!


Anyways,


To answer this thread: Neti neti.

Miso-theist.

[I didn't even know there was such a word, but I'm happy you brought it up.]

I was raised Roman Catholic and sent to 10 years of religion classes. I am a Confirmed Catholic [entirely against my will]...and I think that being forced to believe in god is part of the reason I despise religion in general.

I don't need a so-called "god" to tell me what to do. I can figure it out on my own.

And I think I've actually got stricter morals than a lot of theists out there. I don't eat meat of any sort, I don't believe in [and sometimes protest] war...and above all, I believe in accepting people for who they are, not trying to "convert" them to my own beliefs because I'm trying to "save them from hell". That was my major issue with being forced to be Catholic.

I was once thrown out of a religion class for telling the priest that I didn't think Christianity was the one "chosen" religion, and asking why Catholics seemed to be so hung up on converting people who obviously didn't want to be converted [pagans, etc].

Okay, rant over.