Religious affiliation

[Stella_Omega]

United Church of Nonsense (reformed), owing to the Taoist/Unitarian/Anglican splinter of 1859.

Also, I believe strongly that the chairs on one's porch should be made of actual wood, and not molded plastic.

What-- on everyone's porch?

The would mean we'd have to trim the number of everyones-- to match the number of trees. Or the number of porches, for that matter.

 

[midwestyankee]

United Church of Nonsense (reformed), owing to the Taoist/Unitarian/Anglican splinter of 1859.

Also, I believe strongly that the chairs on one's porch should be made of actual wood, and not molded plastic.

Wouldn't enforcing this notion be a pain in the apse?

 

[midwestyankee]

Reformed Catholic and Methodist, now a practicing agnostic. I no longer need an imaginary friend, virgin or otherwise but I retain the right to fantasize about real people.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

What-- on everyone's porch?

The would mean we'd have to trim the number of everyones-- to match the number of trees. Or the number of porches, for that matter.

We are willing to have an ecuminical dialogue with the priests of the Temple of Recycled Porch Furniture Materials, Tabernacle Church of Living Holiness No. 3.

But we will not compromise our core beliefs. We are "in this world of porches," but not "of this world of porches."

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Wouldn't enforcing this notion be a pain in the apse?

No. We have serious apsehats for that.

 

[Chiara_searches]

We are willing to have an ecuminical dialogue with the priests of the Temple of Recycled Porch Furniture Materials, Tabernacle Church of Living Holiness No. 3.

But we will not compromise our core beliefs. We are "in this world of porches," but not "of this world of porches."

What if we want porch swings, not porch chairs? Does that violate your tenants?

 

[teknight]

What if we want porch swings, not porch chairs? Does that violate your tenants?

Whoa. This furniture church rapes people?! *snerk*

 

[Chiara_searches]

Whoa. This furniture church rapes people?! *snerk*

I love when my problem with homophones brings laughter to the world. Ya caught me. You can educate the girl but you can't make her keep her words straight.

I think I'll leave it there with the hopes others laugh, too. I know I am.

Yep, still laughing

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Whoa. This furniture church rapes people?! *snerk*

While we do ship our spiritual wares to sinners worldwide, we do not condone this kind of moving violation.

I love when my problem with homophones brings laughter to the world.

The bible states unequivocally that homophones are an abomination unto the Lord.

It's Adam and Eve, not Atom and Eave.

 

[ImOnIt]

The religion that would get my "Like" click, would be the roman catholic church, for their persistence/stubbornness in refusing the change of their dogma just because people in the 21st century have a problem with it.

I know, right? People having a problem (proliferation of aids, rape of children, past crimes, and accumulating wealth while preaching the opposite) is just so modern of them. The pope and his entourage have a whole plane to themselves.

Commendable.

 

[teknight]

While we do ship our spiritual wares to sinners worldwide, we do not condone this kind of moving violation.



The bible states unequivocally that homophones are an abomination unto the Lord.

It's Adam and Eve, not Atom and Eave.

Crap. Mine's got typos in it then. Who do I address for a refund?

 

[DVS]

My mother was Catholic, my father was Methodist. I was brought up Methodist. As a young boy, I went to church out of respect for my dad. I don't go to church, today. One of my sisters is very religious and goes to church every Sunday. She is a retired music teacher and plays the piano and organ for Sunday services, but even if she didn't, I think she'd still go to church.

Many years ago, I was an atheist. As I got older, I felt there was something out there, and I changed to agnostic. Today, I'd classify myself as a believer. What I believe in is the difficult part. Because of what I've experienced personally, I know there is a higher power, and because of my background, I like to say that higher power is God.

I believe in the basics of evolution, but with help from that higher power. I also believe there is a life after death. It's not physical, but more of a spiritual existence. I believe in a lot of things that aren't part of any established religion. A lot of what I believe in is pretty specific and probably wouldn't make sense to anybody else.

It doesn't offend me for someone to say there is no God. I know everybody is entitled to their own opinion. And like other sensitive topics, someone's religious choice can be very personal. Like I said, I've had experiences that altered my beliefs and I've done a lot of thinking on the subject, as well. So, I believe what I believe. You might even say I've developed my own religious affiliation.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

I know, right? People having a problem (proliferation of aids, rape of children, past crimes, and accumulating wealth while preaching the opposite) is just so modern of them. The pope and his entourage have a whole plane to themselves.

Commendable.

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Crap. Mine's got typos in it then. Who do I address for a refund?

Every penny of your donation goes to spreading the gospel to the infidel plasticites. We're sorry, but no refunds are possible. Would you care for a religious tract about Jesus and the miracle of the adirondack chairs?

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

I have spent a lifetime wandering up and down and sampling bites off of the all you can eat soup and salad bar of religion. I don't have any favorites, but I crave and devour the study of it...every little nibble. I would say that I am not religious at all, but I am spiritual. What I am leaning towards right now might be best summed up as... We are all one. We are always connected. I am God, and so are you.

 

[BondageKink]

I am an Asatruar. The path of Asatru is an ancestral path of the germanic/scandinavian people. These were my Ancestors and my Gods and Goddesses of the North and I am proud to be part of such a path.

( Non dogmatic)


Some gods and godesses you may know from the Germanic paganism route are: Thor, Odin, Freyja,Freyr, Loki, Frigga.

 

[teknight]

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Every penny of your donation goes to spreading the gospel to the infidel plasticites. We're sorry, but no refunds are possible. Would you care for a religious tract about Jesus and the miracle of the adirondack chairs?

a) 6.775 billion
b) That sounds attractive.

 

[ImOnIt]

Chick tracts yeahhhh.

6 billion miracles is too many. NB. is cellular division also considered a miracle?

 

[teknight]

We are always connected. I am God, and so are you.

Umm... no. Your thinking that doesn't make it so. And that just caused a disconnect between you and I.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Chick tracts yeahhhh.

6 billion miracles is too many. NB. is cellular division also considered a miracle?

Everything is a miracle, to a believer. Belief is the place marker for "knowledge should go here" but unfortunately it fits that place far too well, being one amorphous blog that snugs into all the corners and crannies of the holes in our knowledge, while knowledge has to be fitted in piecemeal, and doesn't always fit perfectly.

Belief is so purely satisfying that most of us aren't inclined to replace it with knowledge.

 

[teknight]

Everything is a miracle, to a believer. Belief is the place marker for "knowledge should go here" but unfortunately it fits that place far too well, being one amorphous blog that snugs into all the corners and crannies of the holes in our knowledge, while knowledge has to be fitted in piecemeal, and doesn't always fit perfectly.

Belief is so purely satisfying that most of us aren't inclined to replace it with knowledge.

FWIW, knowledge is a bitch. Science doesn't prove anything (especially on the iterative level of each published study), it disproves the null hypothesis (the status quo). And there's always so much knowledge you don't have... and beyond that, there are the unknown unknowns.
Then, you have to question the sources of information. Knowledge would seem to be constant questioning, and that can be tiresome, if totally AWESOME.

Still, I'll take knowledge over belief any day. Just the facts, please (even when they come with caveats).

 

[Avellan13]

Knowledge is power. Science is the truth. It has provided actual evidence about many different things, and yet religion is always attacking science. Just look through history.

Many scientists during the Renaissance, when the Church was at the height of it`s power, were killed or torture by the Church for telling the truth!

The theory of Gravity was real, gravity is real and yet the Church it was all lies.
Galileo said the earth revolved around the sun, but the Church said he was speaking lies and got rid of him.

The list goes on and on, and what really pisses me off is that he Church has never apologized for what they did, and they use the ideals and beliefs that they had originally ssid was wrong! The Vatican have an observatory, but didn`t damned religious nuts get angry at Galileo when he used an observatory? The Church is using TECHNOLOGY which they had always said was evil and wrong, yet there using it now!

The Vatican have a lot to pay for and until they do, they`ll never have my respect.

 

[bhndblueyes88]

I don't know what label I would have.

I indulge in spiritual practice because it helps me find my balance and makes me feel warm and fuzzy. I like to take concepts and beliefs from religions and mesh them into my life because they act as a springboard into thought and contemplation about ethics and philsophies. And some of them have aesthetic appeal. I am aware that these are the reasons and I do not deceive myself about their truth, nor their practitioners as to my status as a believer.

I don't take anything as fact if it is not proven.

I trust my intuition that there is more to this universe than I am capable of perceiving that may be interpreted as what we call spirituality, divine forces, etc...etc..., but that it is likely still a "scientific" occurrence. It's just one that's beyond our present science and appears as "supernatural"

I believe in the power of the human mind, both with logic and with instinct. My "gut feeling" comes out right too frequently. There is no reason I would know my mother is on the phone that's ringing, but I do. There are many coincidences that logic and science can not yet explain. That doesn't mean they are not true, but it does not mean they are "magic" (so to speak).

I believe that organized religion has generally failed man kind, and that we do not need it. We should find our community spirit in sustaining one another, and we should find our moral strength within ourselves.

I maintain awareness that ALL codes of belief and ethics require a certain amount of faith. We can not truly KNOW everything. We are always making a degree of assumption. Nothing is immutable, and doubt should create tolerance for the beliefs of others. We are all disbelievers, sinners, saints and angels. We are all teachers and students.

We are all human, animal, flesh and bone. We are dust and we are ash, and we will be gone long before the universe realizes our existence. We are proud of our triumphs and we are humble in their insignificance.

And "We" are rambling far too much and we shall shut up now.

PS. The porch furniture discussion brings me much amusement. Win.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Umm... no. Your thinking that doesn't make it so. And that just caused a disconnect between you and I.

What a compelling argument. I am moved. Deeply. I feel so much closer to you and the TRUTH now. Thank you.

Namaste

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Knowledge is power. Science is the truth. It has provided actual evidence about many different things, and yet religion is always attacking science. Just look through history.

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” ~ Albert Einstein

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Also, I believe strongly that the chairs on one's porch should be made of actual wood, and not molded plastic.

You know, from what I hear Jesus was a pretty cool and forgiving guy, but I doubt that with him being a carpenter of 30 years that he could have condoned anything but real wood for porch sittin either. Important work you are doing, thank you...