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

vetivert
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20 Aug 2005, 12:16 pm

nope - sorry - still laughing!

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20 Aug 2005, 1:07 pm

vetivert wrote:

nope - sorry - still laughing!

Your GPS coordinates have been determined. Jack will soon be arriving to save you with his newest tract Jim Laughed and Then He Died and Went Straight to HELL!! ! It's the story of a man named Jim who liked to laugh. One day he laughed so hard that he DIED! Unfortunately for Jim, when he died, he was laughing at a man who was trying to explain the worldwide Satanic conspiracy. He wakes up in HELL and sees this:
:evil:

The last pages describe in vivid, loving, excruciating detail Jim's ETERNAL DAMNATION and his realization of just how WRONG he was to laugh!

Don't let this happen to YOU!! !

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20 Aug 2005, 1:40 pm

too late - am unsaveable...

...and loving every minute :twisted:

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20 Aug 2005, 11:25 pm

vetivert wrote:

too late - am unsaveable...

...and loving every minute :twisted:

That's OK. Mr. Chick would probably consider me unsaveable too; unlike his target demographic, I have studied history and can read big words. :nerdy:

I recently read a hilarious thread on another forum in which a guy proves (using Chick-think) that Jack Chick is actually a Jesuit agent. :twisted:

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21 Aug 2005, 12:18 am

LOL

come on - where's the link?

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21 Aug 2005, 12:40 am

What are you two talking about?

GA

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21 Aug 2005, 11:31 am

GalileoAce wrote:

What are you two talking about?

GA

Jack Chick is a guy in California who 'evangelizes' by way of comic books and illustrated tracts. He is most known for his wild anti-Catholic conspiracy theories and lack of historical knowledge. His stuff has been tossed from most Christian bookstores because it is considered 'hate speech' by many.
People collect the tracts, which are full of gruesome images and hilarious stereotypes.

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21 Aug 2005, 11:32 am

I find his comics lying around college all the time.

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21 Aug 2005, 11:45 am

vetivert wrote:

LOL

come on - where's the link?

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=68467&highlight=jack+chick

It starts to get good around post #19. The tract "The Death Cookie" is brought up a few times. This is probably the most paranoid, whacked-out, historically inaccurate piece of cage-lining that Chick ever produced. Chick has a website where you can read some of this stuff for yourself.

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21 Aug 2005, 2:37 pm

Ok I know this may be a bit strange but you could say I believe a little bit in wiccan/agnostic yet also some christianity, let me explain.

*I use a type of magic called symbolism which is a branch off the wiccan religion

*I believe many gods and goddesses exist, this also includes the christian god

*I believe when we die we become angels or demons of different elements, this does not mean that demons are bad or angels are god, this is like racism or sexism to me, I think most of either are neautral because they come from people and demons are like the night and angels like the day, many people are scared of the dark yet it is there and it can be beautiful and bad things can still happen in the daylight, it is a choice. I believe this is the next matter we posess but it cannot be seen as such and so they are interpreted as ghosts.

*The reason I wont worship a god: although I believe they exist and I hold a great deal of respect for them I believe they are the next stage of existance for the soul after the death of their angel/demon form (yes I believe angels and demons die, thats why we aren't over-ridden by ghosts, because afterwards when they go into the third and final stage and become a god/goddess/devil/deviless they go onto the nesxt plane of existance.

*But as I believe gods/goddesses/devils/devilesses were all human they are like us.

*However I do believe religion works because I believe the gods to be like elder and therefore very wise and able enough to help with problems. I do take council with them but as an elder and as a friend not a a servent or as a follower/worshipper.

Generally I don't torlerate religious fanatics that believe there religion is the right one. Everyone has a right to their own religion and no one should trample anothers beliefs.

Things I find wrong with the christian religion:

1. There is only one god: as I've explained I believe there is more than one god etc

2. Animals are there for us or are lower than us: I believe animals are equal to humans and don't agree with the mindless slaughter of animals just for our own gain, I believe we should respect them and only take what we need.

Oh and don't think I'm against christians because my best friend is christian and it's her belif and I respect that.

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21 Aug 2005, 2:54 pm

That's pretty impressive Yameretzu, alot of that matches my own beliefs. I find it extremely hard to believe the "Jehovah" is the only God... It was probably propaganda spread by him to destroy any favor the other Gods may have hard... He's like the Bill Gates of the Gods; Microsoft of the Pantheon.. :lol:

I also have heavy belief in Fate and Choice....

Just a little taste of my intricate beliefs

GA

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21 Aug 2005, 2:58 pm

I also believe theres no such thing as predeterminded destiny but that we pave our own destiny.

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21 Aug 2005, 3:07 pm

Yep, same.

We don't have predetermined destinies as such. We have to choose our own path, Fate will try to guide us to go down certain paths, but in the end it's entirely up to ourselves where we go....

As Captain Planet said, "The Power Is Yours!" :lol:

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21 Aug 2005, 3:11 pm

Yup

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07 Sep 2005, 2:39 am

Mark wrote:

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.

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At some level fundamentalism is a part of all religion, since by definition religion is ultimately differentiated by the position of simply "having faith" in some concept rather than regarding that concept as something that is testable or which might be changed if you learn something new.

My thinking tends to be very rooted in what I can interact with and I don't understand how someone can hold a position of unquestioning faith.

So basically, you can't understand how other people can think differently from you. Clever lad. Well, I guess that's not so bad. I mean, I can't understand why countless people are entertained by watching grown men play silly games, but maybe that's me.

But here's a sliver about faith. It isn't unquestioning, unwavering, passive, unintellectual, or set in stone. In this sense it is a verb, not a noun.

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07 Sep 2005, 2:42 am

Sarcastic_Name wrote:

I guess if I had to be some sort of Christian, I'd have to consider myself a somewhat Liberal Christian. Wow, that almost sounds like a contradiction given the current mainstream Christian beliefs.

Not really. Go to the belief-o-matic and read their descriptions of "Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants":

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

For Catholics, there is this handy quiz:

http://www.beliefnet.com/section/quiz/i ... urveyID=95

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