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donnie_darko
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27 May 2010, 3:48 pm

I'm a Christian, but not a conventional one. I think Jesus is the direct connection to God the Father, but that we are all children of God and that He came here to teach us how to achieve our full potential so we can build his Kingdom on Earth. I also do not believe in Hell.



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27 May 2010, 7:03 pm

donnie_darko wrote:
I'm a Christian, but not a conventional one. I think Jesus is the direct connection to God the Father, but that we are all children of God and that He came here to teach us how to achieve our full potential so we can build his Kingdom on Earth. I also do not believe in Hell.


You would make a fine Unitarian.

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27 May 2010, 7:11 pm

ruveyn wrote:
donnie_darko wrote:
I'm a Christian, but not a conventional one. I think Jesus is the direct connection to God the Father, but that we are all children of God and that He came here to teach us how to achieve our full potential so we can build his Kingdom on Earth. I also do not believe in Hell.


You would make a fine Unitarian.

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Or Mormon.


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27 May 2010, 11:50 pm

new-age.



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28 May 2010, 3:13 am

My logic circuits do not allow me to have thoughts about belief.

Only observation of reality counts.

Everything not proven by observable means is status quo until solved or remains unanswered until more data on the subject has been collected.

I do have an interest for those things you fleshlings call mythology though. Reading about it amuses my imagination regarding what humans can possibly come out with. <.<

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28 May 2010, 10:07 am

druidsbird wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
donnie_darko wrote:
I'm a Christian, but not a conventional one. I think Jesus is the direct connection to God the Father, but that we are all children of God and that He came here to teach us how to achieve our full potential so we can build his Kingdom on Earth. I also do not believe in Hell.


You would make a fine Unitarian.

ruveyn


Or Mormon.

Or Jehovah's Witness. They don't believe in Hell.



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28 May 2010, 10:26 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5DaTIF1a0[/youtube]


Doug Stanhope sums it up pretty accurately. Warning: some strong language....Doug is a Boston working class kind of guy.


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28 May 2010, 12:07 pm

Meh, skafather84, the title of the video pretty much sums up an aspect of my anthropology of the religion class. =/ People nowadays can construct their religious life the way they see fit.



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28 May 2010, 12:19 pm

Pagan-Atheist. :)


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28 May 2010, 12:28 pm

Agnostic-theist. I believe in God.



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28 May 2010, 12:59 pm

MissConstrue wrote:
Pagan-Atheist. :)


So am I.


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28 May 2010, 3:26 pm

Episcopalian Christian...we believe in Jesus AND Logic. :)



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28 May 2010, 3:45 pm

No faith/religion can be applied to me. :)



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28 May 2010, 6:20 pm

atheist.


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31 May 2010, 6:21 am

Atheist since 12.



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31 May 2010, 7:29 am

Wuffles wrote:
Atheist since 12.


Most male atheists I have met became so between the ages of 9 and 15. At that age young buckos are trying out their mental powers and the first thing they realize is that religious faith is based on wishes, not facts. That is the start of doubt which often ends up as disbelief in God, god or the gods.

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