Monday, 13 May 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
While people finish the required reading for the World Religions thread, here’s a place where MuseBloggers can warm up by talking about their own religions or other religions they’ve experienced.
Date: May 23, 2006
Categories: Life, The Universe
hello?
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Hello, FF! You’re a Muslim, correct?
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yep
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Wow. There are alot fo differnt relgions on Museblog. A lot of disorders too, for that matter.
My bat mitzvah is postponed. Gonna be memorital day 2007. Wh00T!
Hebrew school is tough, fi you pay attention. Unlike the boys n the class…..
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Hi! We could make a list of religions!
Muslim– FantasyFan
Jewish– Copper Bigfoot, me (I consider myself Jewish), Pheonix
Lutheran–
Catholic– me (used to be)
Hindu–
Buddhist–
Mormon–
Tell me what else to add or if I spelled your religion’s name wrong.
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E~A,
You’re not the only non-Jewish MBer who considers herself Jewish. I’m curious about that. Jews don’t even want to convert others to Judaism. What is it that attracts you?
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5 I’ll ad to that list I’m Christain. Thus the name ninja for Christ
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on the world religions thread Veralidaine said she was mormon. (lds)
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Hi dudes. I’m Reconstructionist Jewish. Yahrooo for choklit matzah!!
6- weeell, it just seems we are just happy the way we are, and plus, sometimes prothsetizing gets on peoples nerves. (no offense to anyone who does it, p*ease dont zap this)
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Add Quaker (Friends) to the list and put me under it
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Add Orthodox to the list and put my name under it please whoever is keeping a list.
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Eastern Orthodox (Greek, Russian, etc.) Christian, or Orthodox Jewish?
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6- I’m not? Who else? I dunno. What makes everyone else what they are? Basically, I believe in Jewish beliefs.
here is the updated list:
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great
Lutheran-
Catholic-
Hindu-
Buddhist-
Mormon-
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda
Christian- Ninja for Christ
Considers self Jewish but isn’t officially- elassë~adael, someone else that Robert mentioned…
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I’m probably mistaken. You said it twice.
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12- If it is Orthodox Jewish it goes under the “Jewish” category. Phoenix is also Orthodox Jewish and therefore under that category.
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I’m an atheist.
I hate it when teachers ask you about your religion. It’s personal, and I don’t want to announce it in front of the class. Convo:
Teacher: And Juliette? What’s your religion?
Me: With all due respect, madam, I would prefer not to announce my denomination in so public a manner.
Teacher: You’re Jewish, right?
Me: No, madam. I refer to my earlier comments about the reluctance to announce my personal beliefs.
Teacher: Juliette, if you don’t tell me whether you’re Christian or Jewish, I will detain you.
Me: Very well. Neither, madam. I am an atheist.
Jack: Wait. What’s that?
Me: Uf!
Teacher: Yeah. Ditto.
Me: It means, as anyone knows, dear lady, that I do not believe in a god or a religion. *bow*
Teacher: Woah. We-eird.
Jack: What? I still don’t get it. Like, dude.
See what I have to contend with? DO YOU SEE?!?!
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I’m catholic. But i’m gonna stop talking now because i haven’t read the book yet. *gasp*
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For all the jews out there: Shavouts coming, have you got any good cheesecake recipies?
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im wiccan. anyone who crosses me gets turned into a spotted toad!
jk. i cant do that
one of the best things about my religion is the many forms of meditation relating to it. meditation could be the best form of spiritual medicine out there.
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My mom told me to make the comment above
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Agnostic oppressive wall, platypus parasol.
At least, that would best describe me. I’m a bit of a drifter…
But mi madre is in denial and still drags me to church. And I go to Catholic school. Today I asked my teacher if anyone ever drowned when people were baptized in rivers. She got annoyed, but I think it’s possible.
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Hi everyone. My Parents are Agnostic. But pernsonally I couldn’t agree with QJ more. Except it’s a well-known term in my skool, so people just try to hit me. 
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We’re supposed to have read the book for this thread to? [insert random swear]! Sorry. I still can’t find one.
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(16) Your teacher actually said that? jeez. What an idiot. And. I thought my teachers were mindless.
I am also an atheist. It isn’t a relgion, but could you add it to the list? That and agnostics, I think.
Religion is one of my favorite topics to talk about. What do you guys think about your religion? (ok, it’s a very broad question, I don’t want to be too specific)
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However, I sometimes get in really nihilistic moods…
Epistemology is completely amazing. And the theory of justified true belief. *is fascinated*
Well, this isn’t all that religion-y; ah, well.
Fideism can be used to explain many things.
Then againe, there’s always pantheism…
*ponders*
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I’m a Quaker as well. Good to see there are more Friends around the blog. I was feeling lonely.
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5 I’M HINDU!! 
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16- some people are ignorant and disrespectful. I respect everyone’s views, though they may differ from my own. Personally, two of my very good friends are atheists. That doesn’t bother me. What annoys me is people who believe that what they believe in is what everyone should believe in. Everyone is different. We can’t all have the same beliefs, just look at the list below! We get along!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great
Lutheran-
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu-
Buddhist-
Mormon-
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda, Zallie
Christian- Ninja for Christ
Considers self Jewish but isn’t officially- elassë~adael
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene, Darth Yoda?
Atheist- Queenie J, Darth Yoda?, Skipper Nancy
Wiccan- emogrl
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I’m an Orthodox Jew.
Judaism is very different from Christianity. As an orthodox Jew, everything you do reflects the Jewish beliefs. It’s constantly part of your life.
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oh and Darth Yoda has question marks because I couldn’t tell if you were agnostic or if you were atheist. Sorry.
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Wow. I never knew so many religions even exist. Haven’t heard of half of them. Weel, that’s what Wikipedia’s there for.
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maybe this belongs on the hot topics thread, but since it relates to religion, what do people think of the judah (or is it judas?) manuscript? the one that said he didnt betray jesus after all, and was acting on orders?
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16- maybe if you didnt talk like that, they would listen to what you were saying rather than HOW you said it.
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16…. also, you’re teacher is kinda retarted for not knowing what atheist means. just kind of. ha ha.
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let’s talk about our religions…what the beliefs are, etc.
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whats agnostic??
35- Hindus are peaceful accepting people 
ha ha
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I’m atheistic.
agnostic is when you’re not sure whether or not a deity exists.
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Where religion is concerned, both atheists and agnostics fall under the category “none.” Interestingly, many (or perhaps most) Buddhists also count as agnostics, because they don’t have a god.
DY (23),
No, for this thread, you don’t have to have read a book. That’s the other thread, World Religions. I hope many of you will read and start to post over there. For this one, though, you can just talk about what you already know.
All right, you’ve told us what you call yourselves. Now, for the benefit of people in other classifications, would you like to explain what the words mean?
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What about Unitarian Universalists? My friend follows them…
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Robert? Please answer. I kno you’re out there. You’ve been folowing me around as I post.
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Gurr. Well, I ahve to go now. Goodnight, Robert.
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I haven’t been following you. I’m just here (briefly). Unitarians are a church, but I don’t think they insist that you believe anything in particular. One recently said to me, “Oh, yes, we’ve got the Buddha-tarians, we’ve got the Wiccans…”
By the way, if you like quizzes, the Belief-omatic (that’s a link) over on beliefnet.com first asks you your opinions about certain Big Questions and then tells you which religions your beliefs most closely resemble. It’s interesting.
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I waffle between Buddhist, agnostic, and atheist. It really depends on my mood, oddly enough. Occasionaly I get a bout of Daoism or Zen, too. I feel more than a bit strange talking about religion like it’s just something that happens to me, but that’s the best way for me to describe it.
The idea of different religions mixing seems very weird to most Westerners, but the lovely Cartoon History of the Universe section on China says that most people there didn’t subscribe to one specific religion. Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism just kind of melted together, and different people believed what they believed and didn’t sweat it much what category it fell under. That’s kind of how I feel about religion: I don’t believe in any sort of a god, but I’m not sure what else is out there.
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I’m Jewish
Conservadox (sort of a mix between Conservative and Orthadox, really more Conservative, as I go to a Conservative synagogue)
my bat mitzvah is in July!!!! hehehe I am mucho excited
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#42: hehe, that sound neat
#25: whoa…big words. what do those mean?
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I’m Mormon. Also known as LDS (Latter Day Saints). That’s kinda the official term. Any other LDS/Mormons out there?
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I took the test. Wow, it was sort of right.
1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (90%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (79%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (77%)
7. Bah�’� Faith (76%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (74%)
9. New Age (73%)
10. Islam (68%)
11. Sikhism (65%)
12. Mahayana Buddhism (61%)
13. Jainism (59%)
14. New Thought (58%)
15. Scientology (57%)
16. Secular Humanism (56%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
18. Seventh Day Adventist (48%)
19. Theravada Buddhism (48%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (47%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (47%)
22. Hinduism (45%)
23. Taoism (44%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (42%)
25. Roman Catholic (42%)
26. Jehovah’s Witness (35%)
27. Nontheist (33%)
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(32) Actually, the gospel of judas has been brought up on the hot topics thread.
What my grandfather always used to say about unitarians is that the “believe in at most one god”. I don’t mean to offend any that are out there. That was just his way of explaining how they don’t insist on believing in one specific thing.
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I’m aiethest. I guess i was a little vague. Where can i get the book online? If anywhere?
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Atheist. It’s spelled atheist, people. Can we get this right? I’m sorry if I sound like your English teacher, but it really bugs me when people spell it ‘athiest’. Or ‘aiethest’. Herr Yoda! *cough*
My results:
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. Nontheist (91%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (88%)
5. Liberal Quakers (86%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (71%)
7. Neo-Pagan (62%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
9. Taoism (51%)
10. Reform Judaism (51%)
11. Bahá’à Faith (50%)
12. New Age (48%)
13. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (47%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (46%)
15. New Thought (44%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (38%)
18. Scientology (38%)
19. Jehovah’s Witness (34%)
20. Sikhism (32%)
21. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
22. Jainism (26%)
23. Islam (25%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (25%)
25. Hinduism (17%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)
Religion isn’t like a buffet. You can’t say, “I’ll have a little bit of the pacifism and the thing with the lettuce, but none of the genuflection, that always gives me gas.” Still, nothing is so sacred that you can’t make fun of it.
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my top 3 were sikh, orthodox judaism, and then islam. its kind of funny.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (98%)
3. Sikhism (96%)
4. Reform Judaism (95%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (79%)
6. Bah�’� Faith (75%)
7. Neo-Pagan (74%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (68%)
10. Islam (67%)
11. New Age (66%)
12. Jainism (65%)
13. Secular Humanism (63%)
14. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (60%)
16. Hinduism (56%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
18. Taoism (47%)
19. Scientology (47%)
20. New Thought (45%)
21. Jehovah’s Witness (41%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
23. Roman Catholic (36%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
25. Nontheist (35%)
26. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (30%)
This test is warped. I am DEFINATLY, INARGUABLY a conservative jew.
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See, I’m culturally and ethnically Jewish (and would count as a Jew since my mom is one) but we don’t believe in the religion part so I’m an atheist for my religion, but a Jew for my culture/ethnicity (along with Japanese).
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Sorry. I’m extremly good at finding spelling mistakes but i make them all the time.
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MY RESULTS:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (93%)
3. Neo-Pagan (87%)
4. Reform Judaism (87%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
7. New Age (79%)
8. New Thought (73%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
10. Bahá’à Faith (71%)
11. Scientology (68%)
12. Jainism (65%)
13. Hinduism (64%)
14. Secular Humanism (63%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (61%)
16. Taoism (60%)
17. Sikhism (59%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (56%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)
20. Islam (50%)
21. Nontheist (35%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (33%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
25. Jehovah’s Witness (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
27. Roman Catholic (18%)
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I had a hard time with the “Pick one option” because my beliefs encompass more than one. For example, I believe in eveloution, but I think the way the bible puts it is a metaphor. Just don’t take it literally.
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I was raised Liberal Protestant. I think Religion is a bewildering thing and no one is right and no one is wrong.
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19–emogrl, you’re Wiccan! (Is that capitalized?) That’s AWESOME!
Put my name under Quaker. I’m P.Panda’s sister.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (91%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%)
4. Liberal Quakers (81%)
5. Secular Humanism (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (71%)
7. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
8. New Age (69%)
9. New Thought (65%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
11. Nontheist (52%)
12. Bah�’� Faith (52%)
13. Taoism (49%)
14. Scientology (47%)
15. Sikhism (44%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
17. Hinduism (41%)
18. Reform Judaism (41%)
19. Jehovah’s Witness (39%)
20. Jainism (38%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (31%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (4%)
26. Islam (4%)
27. Roman Catholic (4%)
42- Coolness.
50- “nothing is so sacred that you can’t make fun of it.” awesome quote.
I do agree with most Buddhist beliefs…yay.
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Almost everybody got Unitarian Univeraslism as #1. Suspiscious?
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You mean, did Unitarians design the quiz to make everybody look like a Unitarian? I doubt it. You can get very different results if you answer the questions differently. (Besides, Beliefnet.com almost certainly isn’t run by Unitarians.)
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I got Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants as #1 (100%) which kinda confused me at first (especially because the Quaker religion was #2) but when i looked under it there was other churches including the United Church of Christ, which is where my family goes. I’ve never be one to get into church, (we dont go every sunday and there is no youth group and my friend and i usually write notes to each other during sermons (we have an ancient paster)) but i guess i believe kinda the same stuff so thats cool. sometimes i do feel more like an atheist though and get all skeptical. my friend and i sometimes talk about the existence of god and was jesus real and stuff and then be like “oops, we’re going to hell,” later, but i dont think its really bad to question your religion sometimes
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Woah. I got
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
3. Liberal Quakers (85%)
4. New Age (79%)
5. Neo-Pagan (76%)
6. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
7. New Thought (73%)
8. Secular Humanism (73%)
9. Scientology (64%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (63%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
12. Reform Judaism (60%)
13. Taoism (59%)
14. Bahá’à Faith (56%)
15. Nontheist (45%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
17. Sikhism (41%)
18. Hinduism (40%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (36%)
20. Jainism (32%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (29%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
23. Jehovah’s Witness (20%)
24. Islam (20%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)
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Why “woah”?
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Because Catholic is at the bottom, and I was baptised Catholic.
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Here is mine:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (97%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
4. Reform Judaism (77%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (76%)
6. Neo-Pagan (72%)
7. New Age (70%)
8. Bah�’� Faith (63%)
9. Secular Humanism (60%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
11. Theravada Buddhism (58%)
12. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (55%)
13. New Thought (55%)
14. Sikhism (54%)
15. Seventh Day Adventist (52%)
16. Hinduism (51%)
17. Taoism (50%)
18. Scientology (50%)
19. Jainism (49%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (47%)
21. Roman Catholic (47%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (45%)
23. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
24. Islam (40%)
25. Nontheist (33%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (19%)
Updated list:
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robbin
Lutheran-
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- Shriya
Buddhist-
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Ovrlord
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- Ninja for Christ
Considers self Jewish but isn’t officially- elassë~adael
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie J, Darth Yoda, Skipper Nancy, Lizzie
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Are we complete yet?
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well, unitarian universalists dont have any specific beliefs – as far as i know – so that might be why everyone can fit into that religion.
…ill take that test when i *gasp* actually hav some spare time.
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I have a question for you atheist
if you don’t belive in anything what’s the point of life???
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Zyviva and Sphinx are also Jewish.
Are there only 27 religions?
I’ve taken this test before, but here’s a more recent run.
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Islam (91%)
3. Sikhism (88%)
4. Reform Judaism (87%)
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (76%)
6. Jehovah’s Witness (76%)
7. Bahá’à Faith (74%)
8. Orthodox Quaker (74%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (73%)
10. Roman Catholic (73%)
11. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (65%)
12. Liberal Quakers (64%)
13. Seventh Day Adventist (61%)
14. Jainism (56%)
15. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (54%)
16. Hinduism (52%)
17. Unitarian Universalism (49%)
18. Neo-Pagan (39%)
19. Mahayana Buddhism (31%)
20. Scientology (27%)
21. New Age (26%)
22. New Thought (24%)
23. Secular Humanism (21%)
24. Theravada Buddhism (19%)
25. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (19%)
26. Taoism (12%)
27. Nontheist (10%)
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Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Fan, my mom told me Quakers are pacifists. Now, I don’t meant o offend you, but HOW can you participate in the pie wars?
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68- is God everything in life? do you have enjoy life at times that God isn’t involved with? I beleive in God, but you don’t need to believe in God to enjoy life. Just because you believe in God doesn’t mean everyone else has too.
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robbin, Zyviva, Sphinx
Lutheran-
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- Shriya
Buddhist-
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Ovrlord
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- Ninja for Christ
Considers self Jewish but isn’t officially- elassë~adael
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie J, Darth Yoda, Skipper Nancy, Lizzie
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
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personally, I believe god is a sentient something able to be in everything at once.
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That test was fun. *looks into Theravada Buddhism*
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I took that test once. My results were Liberal Quaker, Unitarian Universalism, and then everything else was really low. I’m not a religious person at all. If it weren’t for the fact that most of the Wiccans/Neo-Pagans that I know (except Musebloggers, of course) are so annoyingly twinky, I might be more interested in that sort of stuff.
And, about the pie wars, I simply don’t participate. (Although, to be fair, this has nothing to do with my religious beliefs and everything to do with the fact that I think pie wars are just silly.)
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I am a reconstructionist Jew, or at least I was raised that way. I already had my bat-mitzvah is April 2005. I got lots of $$$.
Here’s My Results:
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Reform Judaism (90%)
4. Neo-Pagan (88%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
6. New Age (76%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (75%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
9. Secular Humanism (73%)
10. Sikhism (72%)
11. Bah�’� Faith (71%)
12. Jainism (68%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
14. Taoism (64%)
15. Scientology (56%)
16. New Thought (55%)
17. Islam (50%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (50%)
19. Hinduism (49%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
21. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (41%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
24. Nontheist (36%)
25. Jehovah’s Witness (28%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (28%)
27. Roman Catholic (28%)
I found the entire test rather confusing.
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#67: guess i was wrong. here are my results.
Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (84%)
3. New Age (80%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (77%)
5. Jainism (70%)
6. Hinduism (68%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (62%)
8. Liberal Quakers (62%)
9. Reform Judaism (61%)
10. New Thought (58%)
11. Scientology (53%)
12. Sikhism (53%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (47%)
14. Taoism (46%)
15. Bahá’à Faith (44%)
16. Secular Humanism (43%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (41%)
18. Orthodox Quaker (37%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (37%)
20. Islam (31%)
21. Nontheist (24%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (14%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (13%)
25. Jehovah’s Witness (10%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (5%)
27. Roman Catholic (5%)
figures. i thought the last bit was funny, b/c i “tried” to be catholic for 3 yrs (the 3 years i went to a parochial skool). @ least i know ive found the right faith now!
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“Oh, I hadn’t thought of that,” says God, and promptly disappears in a puff of logic.
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
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77- yay HG2TG!
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Wasn’t it “We apologise for the inconvenience”?
*gasp*
No, you probably knew that. Still, i feel special. I just pwned the QUEEN! Except not really. But let me live with my delusions, ok?
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79- Yes. Go on living in you’re happle little world. It’s probably much nicer there.
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My scores:
1. Bah�’� Faith (100%)
2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (98%)
3. Jehovah’s Witness (95%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (95%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (94%)
6. Orthodox Quaker (86%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (83%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (82%)
9. Eastern Orthodox (78%)
10. Roman Catholic (78%)
11. Liberal Quakers (67%)
12. Hinduism (65%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
14. Jainism (64%)
15. Islam (63%)
16. Sikhism (59%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (51%)
18. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
19. Unitarian Universalism (48%)
20. Reform Judaism (46%)
21. Neo-Pagan (34%)
22. New Age (33%)
23. New Thought (31%)
24. Taoism (22%)
25. Scientology (21%)
26. Nontheist (20%)
27. Secular Humanism (20%)
It got it pretty right.
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Oh, good. I was tired of watching it crank out Unitarians.
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Yes, we’re pacifists, but Pie wars aren’t really wars ,
they’re fun….and they’re just throwing pies…
I think it’s fine.
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My results:
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (87%)
4. Reform Judaism (86%)
5. New Age (81%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
7. Neo-Pagan (79%)
8. Bahá’à Faith (77%)
9. Jainism (77%)
10. New Thought (73%)
11. Taoism (72%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (72%)
13. Hinduism (69%)
14. Scientology (68%)
15. Sikhism (67%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
17. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (59%)
18. Secular Humanism (58%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (57%)
20. Islam (50%)
21. Nontheist (36%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
25. Roman Catholic (11%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (7%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (7%)
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My results- wow, this is sort of accurate….
1. Reform Judaism (100%) (moi)
2. Sikhism (91%)
3. Liberal Quakers (88%)
4. Islam (85%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (85%)
7. Bahá’à Faith (82%)
8. Jainism (72%)
9. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (64%)
10. Neo-Pagan (61%)
11. New Age (56%)
12. Secular Humanism (56%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
14. Mahayana Buddhism (52%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (44%)
16. Hinduism (44%)
17. Scientology (42%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (39%)
19. New Thought (39%)
20. Nontheist (36%)
21. Jehovah’s Witness (36%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
23. Taoism (32%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (26%)
26. Roman Catholic (26%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ- Science) (25%)
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I don’t know what in the world I am. I say prayers every night, and I want to believe that there is a God, but I can’t seem to be able to logically convince myself. I also think that even if there isn’t a God, then we should still try to be nice to each other and set good examples for other. And that we should look up to people with strong moral values. Hmm… maybe I’m a type of Confucia-Christian or something like that. Can one of you please give me a psychoanalysis?
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For what it’s worth, you sound to me like a decent person who is thinking things over, and not at all abnormal (except maybe for the “thinking” part).
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I got 100% Mormon! (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) (LDS) Which is what I am. Way cool.
LIttle side-note= I know everyone you know calls us Mormons, and we call ourselves that, but only because no one know what LDS is. ‘Mormon’ was originally a derrogotory(?) name, and we really prefer LDS. So make people think you’re really smart and get it right.
Thank you.
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Well, as usual, I’m going to stick my head in and comment on the religion thread. No, I can never resist.
For all of you who are really trying to find answers, and want to understand what Christians believe, why, and logical explanations for it, PLEASE read “Mere Christianity”, by C. S. Lewis. For me, it was life changing. If you are really trying to find God, please read this book. Seriously, I’m begging you. Please, just read it with an open mind, and consider what he’s saying. I’m not asking you to convert to Christianity, and I’m not asking you to read a justification for something that doesn’t makes sense. It’s just a great book. It’s really easy to read, and really logical.
I’m trying to take that “Belief-O-Matic” thingie, but it’s taking FOREVER. I’ve been waiting ten minutes on the second page. Oh, wait, things are going better now.
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
2. Orthodox Quaker (92%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (84%)
4. Roman Catholic (84%)
5. Seventh Day Adventist (80%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)
7. Islam (60%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
9. Liberal Quakers (49%)
10. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (48%)
11. Sikhism (43%)
12. Bahá’à Faith (43%)
13. Reform Judaism (43%)
14. Unitarian Universalism (38%)
15. Hinduism (38%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (36%)
17. Jehovah’s Witness (35%)
18. New Thought (30%)
19. Scientology (29%)
20. Mahayana Buddhism (28%)
21. Theravada Buddhism (28%)
22. Nontheist (27%)
23. Jainism (25%)
24. Neo-Pagan (23%)
25. New Age (21%)
26. Taoism (20%)
27. Secular Humanism (18%)
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I am possibly buddhist, but i don’t know what sect i want to follow (Mahayana, Theravada, or Tibetan, i’m not much into Zen buddhism) glad you’re still around, MG.
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(68, Ninja for Christ)
I have a question for you atheist
if you don’t belive in anything what’s the point of life???
Here’s my answer: Does it make a difference whether I believe in anything or not? My point in life is to change this world for the better, because I’m tired of seeing all the suffering. If I fufill my point in life, humans who live afters will live better. Does it matter that I don’t believe my soul will be around to see it happen? I don’t believe, in a cosmic sense, that there is a point to life. But it’s here, and we should do the best we can with it, sense, as we can all clearly see, suffering is bad. I hope I explained myself well enough.
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91-To make the world happy u just have to make them walk down 42 roads
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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (83%)
3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (75%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (74%)
5. Reform Judaism (73%)
6. Bahá’à Faith (69%)
7. Orthodox Quaker (66%)
8. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%)
9. Neo-Pagan (62%)
10. New Age (56%)
11. Sikhism (54%)
12. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (54%)
13. Islam (53%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (53%)
15. Jehovah’s Witness (52%)
16. Secular Humanism (51%)
17. Mahayana Buddhism (51%)
18. Theravada Buddhism (50%)
19. Taoism (48%)
20. New Thought (47%)
21. Scientology (46%)
22. Eastern Orthodox (37%)
23. Roman Catholic (37%)
24. Jainism (37%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)
26. Nontheist (27%)
27. Hinduism (23%)
Wow. I had a feeling about the liberal Christians part, but I had no idea about all the rest. I can’t believe I scored so high in the LSD category.
Just what IS Sikhism and Jehovah’s Witness?
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And Jainism?
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Oh, thank you MAP. I forgot to say that before. Nothing like a GAPA to get your self-esteem up.
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in my religion, we believe that all the wrongs one does come back at them 3x.
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89-aha! once a mb-er always an mb-er. you cant stay away
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(92) Hehe. But the question is, which 42?
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89-I thought “Mere Christianity” was abysmal, Monty. I really, really, really did. I respect C.S. Lewis, but I could only read it a few pages at a time. Maybe it was connected to reading “The Blind Watchmaker” previously. Oh well.
Sikhism, for those of you who are ignorant, is a form of Hinduism. Sikhism shares many of the beliefs of Hinduism but follows a different guru. Sikh men take the last name “Singh”, which means lion. They wear turbans and long hair (out of the belief that power lies in the hair) and are always armed. Always. I do not know how exactly they go on airplanes or through security, but every few years a Sikh child is taken to court over the wearing of the ceremonial dagger and it splashes over the Web. I have no idea how you have managed never to meet a Sikh, but there you have it. It’s pronounced “seek”, by the way.
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Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robbin, Zyviva, Sphinx
Lutheran-
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- Shriya
Buddhist-
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Ovrlord
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- Ninja for Christ, MontgomeryGurl
Considers self Jewish but isn’t officially- elassë~adael
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie J, Darth Yoda, Skipper Nancy, Lizzie
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
For my answer to post #68 see #71.
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#88 – someone who goes to school is Mormon/LDS, and she considers herself “Mormon.”
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68 (NfC)- Since when has the supposed ‘point’ of life been believing in God? I say God because we atheists can believe in other things. For example, the very defenition of ‘atheist’ means that you believe there is no god.
And since when has life had a point? We’re just alive. There’s no higher purpose to it– we’re just here. Life is completely pointless, but it’s more interesting than the alternative. (Actually, I don’t believe that’s a quote. Correct me if I’m wrong.)
This may sound harsh, but it’s one of the things I, an atheist (more or less) believe in. I’m not saying that atheism is the One True Pathe of Life or anything. It’s how I choose to live (more or less), and I’m sick of misconceptions about it.
The Great and Pentatonic One, signing out.
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my christian friends dragged atheist me to this christian camp with them for a week because they like converting me. It was HORRIBLE! no offense to christians, or anything, but seriously, CULTURE SHOCK MUCH? there was this UGLY missionary who kept going on about how evolution is not true. i wanted to punch him in the face (and in a few other places). but the ice cream was heavenly (ha-ha)
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Once, at the county fair, my friend allowed us to be dragged into a tent of evangelists. This woman told us a story about Jesus, and then asked us if we had accepted him into our lives yet. It wasn’t so bad for my friend, cause she’s episcopalian, but I wanted to die the whole time. Then the lady asked us which church we attended, and I just sort freaked out and ran away.
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I am not catholic ut I am lutheran.
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I am not catholic I am lutheran.
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I am not catholic. But I’m Luthran. If you want to know the diffrence, ask!
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My results. They kind of surprised me, as I expected to get Nontheist or some kind of Buddhist first. And I’m 42% Christian Scientist? Gag me with a spoon…
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (92%)
3. Liberal Quakers (89%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
6. Neo-Pagan (66%)
7. Nontheist (65%)
8. Taoism (60%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
10. Bah�’� Faith (51%)
11. New Age (49%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)
13. Sikhism (45%)
14. Jainism (43%)
15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (42%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (41%)
17. Reform Judaism (41%)
18. Jehovah’s Witness (34%)
19. New Thought (34%)
20. Hinduism (33%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)
22. Scientology (28%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (19%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
25. Islam (15%)
26. Orthodox Judaism (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)
E~A, may I be on your luverly list under Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs?
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68- i have absolutely no idea why i’m here, or any of us for that matter, but i’m going to try and leave things as i found them, or better.
i know a Sikh…
Jainism branched off from buddhism. aren’t they the ones who believe in not killing ANYTHING, and walk aroung wearing veils so bugs don’t fly in their mouths and die?
one time these scientology people tried to get us to go into the church. but we didn’t.
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Secular Humanism (95%)
3. Neo-Pagan (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (86%)
5. Nontheist (79%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)
7. Theravada Buddhism (72%)
8. New Age (71%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (67%)
10. Reform Judaism (65%)
11. Taoism (61%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (51%)
13. Jainism (48%)
14. Bah�’� Faith (48%)
15. New Thought (45%)
16. Sikhism (44%)
17. Scientology (39%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (35%)
19. Hinduism (32%)
20. Islam (30%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (30%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (25%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (20%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (10%)
26. Roman Catholic (10%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (4%)
In reality i am a Roman Catholic but stopped going to church a long time ago (age 7 i think)
I always considered meself an atheist!!!
#108
Deffintly “gag me with a spoon”!
Seventh Day Adventist (25%)????? (no offences intended)
Can I go on the list as Atheist???
*wow*
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some time ago my “friend” told me i was going to hell b/c i wasnt a baptized christian. then she freaked out when i said i didnt want to be baptized & said she would miss me a lot in heaven…ha. i didnt know whether to be extremely flattered – or incredibly offended.
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I know it was probably just a typo, but could you please not spell “LDS”, “LSD”? Little OCD me here. La-lala-lala…
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Here are my results.
I’m using a different computer…does that make a difference?
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (91%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
4. Reform Judaism (88%)
5. New Thought (82%)
6. Bahá’à Faith (81%)
7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (81%)
8. New Age (75%)
9. Jehovah’s Witness (68%)
10. Neo-Pagan (64%)
11. Scientology (63%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (62%)
13. Sikhism (62%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (61%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (59%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (53%)
17. Islam (52%)
18. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (49%)
19. Jainism (45%)
20. Secular Humanism (45%)
21. Hinduism (37%)
22. Nontheist (36%)
23. Taoism (36%)
24. Orthodox Quaker (35%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (18%)
26. Roman Catholic (18%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (14%)
Unitarian Universalists was not my #1, and I’m sorry my Roman Catholic was low
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My results were…
1. Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (93%)
3. Eastern Orthodox (93%)
4. Roman Catholic (93%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)
6. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
7. Islam (70%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (70%)
9. Sikhism (56%)
10. Liberal Quakers (56%)
11. Bahá’à Faith (55%)
12. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (51%)
13. Reform Judaism (46%)
14. Jehovah’s Witness (46%)
15. Mahayana Buddhism (45%)
16. Hinduism (45%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (45%)
18. Jainism (42%)
19. Unitarian Universalism (42%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (39%)
21. Neo-Pagan (33%)
22. New Age (31%)
23. New Thought (30%)
24. Scientology (30%)
25. Nontheist (25%)
26. Taoism (23%)
27. Secular Humanism (21%)
Interesting that my first result is Quaker, since unfortunately I know very little about them. I go to a Southern Baptist church right now, but I don’t consider myself to be a Baptist, nor am I Protestant. My parents go to a Catholic church, which I sometimes attend, but I don’t think of myself as a Catholic, either. I’m a Christian, but I haven’t found a specific denomination to associate myself with yet. Maybe I will eventually.
24 – For the most part, I am very happy with my religion, but there are two things that annoy me about it. One is that when I say that I’m a Christian people ask me “what kind of Christian”. They’re not satisfied when I tell them that I follow Christ but I don’t have a denomination; they insist that I must be Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, or something else. Why can’t I just be a Christian without a specific label attached? The other thing that annoys me is when Christians start attacking other religions without knowing anything about them, which happens much too often.
103/104 – I feel your pain. No offense if there are any Southern Baptists here, but I had to go to a Baptist summer camp and I absolutely hated it. Everyone there was extremely narrow-minded. If I so much as mentioned the name of any religion but Christianity, people would be shocked and start praying for my soul immediately. The teachers spent the whole week insulting other religions they knew nothing about and insisting that we must all believe exactly like them or rot in Hell (okay, they didn’t say it quite like that, but that’s what they meant). Ugh.
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I would just like to say that I LOATHE Billy Graham Jr. His stupid televangelist programs happen a lot around where I live, and they’re usually during my favourite shows. Last time, he ruined an ALL NEW episode of Criminal Minds. It was painful.
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The test was weird. It had interesting questions.
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I don’t understand why a lot of religions have the impulse to convert everyone to what they believe. I say leave people alone to discover what they believe in without you pushing them to believe in what you believe.
105,6,7- I am guessing you are the same person. Right?
108- Of course!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Pheonix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robbin, Zyviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- Shriya
Buddhist-
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Ovrlord
Orthodox- Dragonsrock828
Quaker (Friends)- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- Ninja for Christ, MontgomeryGurl, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie J, Darth Yoda, Skipper Nancy, Lizzie, penguini
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Mixed bag of random beliefs- Pentanonikk
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1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3. New Age (97%)
4. Hinduism (95%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (94%)
6. Liberal Quakers (89%)
7. New Thought (89%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
9. Neo-Pagan (86%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (84%)
11. Scientology (82%)
12. Orthodox Quaker (68%)
13. Reform Judaism (66%)
14. Taoism (58%)
15. Jainism (56%)
16. Secular Humanism (55%)
17. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (52%)
18. Bahá’à Faith (49%)
19. Sikhism (48%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (40%)
21. Roman Catholic (40%)
22. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (36%)
24. Jehovah’s Witness (35%)
25. Islam (28%)
26. Nontheist (27%)
27. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (23%)
i’m protestant. or at least that’s what church i go to. i feel slightly like elassë~adael, cause i feel jewish for some reason….
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i took the test again, just to see (the first time i was rushing through the last questions). here are the results:
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. New Age (98%)
3. Liberal Quakers (94%)
4. Neo-Pagan (94%)
5. New Thought (92%)
6. Reform Judaism (92%)
7. Scientology (84%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)
10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
11. Bah�’� Faith (67%)
12. Secular Humanism (66%)
13. Theravada Buddhism (66%)
14. Hinduism (62%)
15. Jainism (61%)
16. Taoism (59%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
19. Sikhism (51%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Nontheist (32%)
22. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (29%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
24. Jehovah’s Witness (26%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)
i think these results are more acurate.
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117–I agree (about conversions to religions)
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Interesting. I’m surprised that the Christianish things are higher than the Jewish things, because I tend to favor Judaism when I speak of religion. I’m half Catholic and half Jewish, practice neither, and celebrate almost all the holidays.
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (96%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%)
4. Secular Humanism (93%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (77%)
6. Neo-Pagan (75%)
7. New Age (71%)
8. Nontheist (69%)
9. Taoism (68%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (64%)
11. Bahá’à Faith (64%)
12. Reform Judaism (60%)
13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
14. New Thought (56%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (53%)
16. Scientology (48%)
17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%)
18. Jainism (37%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (37%)
20. Sikhism (32%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (30%)
22. Islam (25%)
23. Hinduism (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Jehovah’s Witness (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
27. Roman Catholic (14%)
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109 (Yup)- No, according to Mr. Gonick, Jainism started around the same time as Buddhism but they were never connected (except in vying for donations). The two beliefs aren’t very similar, either, except that they both believe in nonviolence. (No offence, but I find Jains a little extreme about the whole killing bugs thing. And I’m vegetarian.)
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I took the test a while back but I never posted my results.
1. Secular Humanism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (92%)
3. Nontheist (77%)
4. Liberal Quakers (71%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
6. Neo-Pagan (60%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (58%)
8. New Age (45%)
9. Reform Judaism (44%)
10. Taoism (38%)
11. Mahayana Buddhism (35%)
12. New Thought (33%)
13. Scientology (33%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (29%)
15. Sikhism (29%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (25%)
17. Bahá’à Faith (22%)
18. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (17%)
20. Eastern Orthodox (14%)
21. Hinduism (14%)
22. Islam (14%)
23. Jainism (14%)
24. Orthodox Judaism (14%)
25. Roman Catholic (14%)
26. Seventh Day Adventist (11%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (7%)
Sounds about right. Except the Unitarian Universalists bit (“Unitarians believe in at most one God”.)(I most decidedly do no believe in any god.)
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New, Updated List of MuseBlog Religions!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?)
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist-
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Sikhist-
Jainist-
Taoist-
Unitarian-
Humanist-
Adventist-
Scientologist-
Eastern Orthodox-
New Thought/New Age-
Mixed Bag of Random but Nonetheless Benign Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
Would all People Who Are Not on the List Please State Their Beliefs if They’re Comfortable With It?
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you can put me down for buddhist, and yup sound’s like he’s atheist
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Probably too late but, Stalking torch singer: I have tons of cheesecake recipes. They come in this little book that you can write in to philly cream cheese to get. but if there’s no time for that, tell me what types to flavor you would like in your cheesecake (or just plain ultra creamy or s/t) and i will post a suitable recipe.
92: the whole “how many raods must a man wlk down” comes from Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan
I am Jewish and extremely proud of it.
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Funny, isn’t it, how most of the people who are atheist or agnostic got Unitarian Universalism as their #1? I’d Google UU, but I’m too lazy. Could someone please tell me what it is?
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NEWER, Updated List of MuseBlog Religions!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Sikhist-
Jainist-
Taoist-
Unitarian-
Humanist-
Adventist-
Scientologist-
Eastern Orthodox-
New Thought/New Age-
Mixed Bag of Random but Nonetheless Benign Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
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My favorite version of “Blowin’ In The Wind” is Joan Baez’s. Though I will admit that the Bob Dylan version is also good.
126-Ew. Cheesecake.
Why do people hate Scientologists so much? Their beliefs are no more irrational than that of any other religion. See Bop Ad’s famous speech on radical atheism in The Salmon of Doubt.
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What is Scientology, anyway? See prev. post about Google and laziness.
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The Bob Dylan version is horrible. Come on. He’s Bob Dylan. He can’t sing. But i listen to it anyway, just because it’s Bob Dylan. If that makes any sense whatsoever.
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when you get your results for the religion quiz thing, you can click on any of the things, and they will tell you what it is.
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I am Jewish, and I am still NOT listed. I feel so ignored.
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Robert commented on Unitarian Univeralism in post 42.
Basically, if I understand it correctly, it’s people who want to be religious, but don’t want to commit to any one idea.
Scientology is a religion that evolved from some pulp fiction writer. It’s based of the idea that life it full of traumas, and that all pain is psychological, I think. That’s what I remeber from last time I wikied it.
I think you could take “humanist” category off the list. It’s basically the same as atheism or agnosticism. Humanists are just more spefically interested in the importance of people.
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NEWEST, Updated List of MuseBlog Religions!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Sikhist-
Jainist-
Taoist-
Unitarian-
Adventist-
Scientologist-
Eastern Orthodox-
New Thought/New Age-
Mixed Bag of Random but Nonetheless Benign Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
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ChinTsu, you weren’t ignored, you just didn’t say to add you.
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant-
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
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put me down for protestant. or jewish, or taoist, or quaker, or unitarian, or whatever. but mainly protestant.
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Way cool, Skwerl Overlord. I’m used to being the only one!
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#12:
American Orthodox
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137-Thou seemest confused, book_addict.
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Who took my name off the list?!?
Could whoever’s doing the list add No particular Background Orthodox?
In my church we have:
Serbians
Greeks
Americans
I think a couple of Russians…
nope, no Russians.
Anyway…
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141-Out of curiosity, what are the beliefs of your church?
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Gwendolyn must have taken your name off. Sorry!
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Orthodox- Silver Dragon
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant- book_addict
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
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orthodox what?
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#140 one might sayeth so. one might also sayeth that i wanteth coffee and donuts, so shall stick to the current church… (jk).
i’m surprised how many different religons people have here. most of the people i know are jewish, atheist or christian, with a buddhist or others tossed in there.
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not that thats bad. i respect everyones religon.
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we should get some discussions going
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Don’t forget the World Religions thread.
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145-Most of my friends are atheists, but I do have a good friend who’s a Sikh, a couple Jews, and one Unitarian.
Why are people so unaccepting of Scientologists? Their beliefs are just as irrational as any other theistic religion. So why do so many people hate them and think they’re insane?
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1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
3. Reform Judaism (87%)
4. Liberal Quakers (87%)
5. New Age (82%)
6. Mahayana Buddhism (78%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
8. Bahá’à Faith (69%)
9. Jainism (67%)
10. Secular Humanism (64%)
11. New Thought (61%)
12. Scientology (59%)
13. Sikhism (58%)
14. Hinduism (56%)
15. Theravada Buddhism (56%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (52%)
17. Taoism (52%)
18. Islam (48%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (48%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (43%)
21. Nontheist (31%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (25%)
23. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (22%)
25. Jehovah’s Witness (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (9%)
27. Roman Catholic (9%)
i guess that describes it. ^^
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p- uh oh… i almost said the name… my town has SO many churches! i think they are all branches of cristianity though. I don’t have a religon. Tons of people in 3re and 4th grade tried to convert me and i yelled at them all and was fuming for the longest time.
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Queenie J, most people doin’t accept scientologists because they don’t beleive in psychiatry. If my family were scientologists, I would be dead.
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uh. whats a “scientologist”? i don’t come from some awsome place where they welcome different and new ‘religons’ so i don’t know much. *pies self*
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153- you know, most people/places don’t actually welcome different and new religions. They just pretend they do.
Unrelatedly, I remember in eighth grade once I was working on a history project in a group with two other people. For some reason, they were discussing religion- the girl was (and probably still is) christian (probably baptist or something) and the boy was/is Baha’i (I think that’s how it’s spelled). And so the girl asks me what I am. And I sort of answer vaguely that I don’t believe in anything in particular, so she asks me if I believe in Jesus and I say no. And so then she doesn’t talk to me for the rest of the assignment.
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i dont like it when ppl become preachy about their religion. b/c – + im just incredibly surprised at the number of ppl who dont realize this – there is no religion that is “better” than all the others.
but i may be a bit hypocritical right now, b/c i love telling people about my religion. although i try not to “preach.”
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is a protestant christian
muahahahah
its not only the best religion in the world,
but its like
true
theyre not liars
but i must say
that muhamid is a liar
(check out revalations, it says the bible wont be added on to)
and those morman dudes
just cuz i dont agree with other peoples beleifs, doesnt mean i hate them
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it’s kinda weird. when i was little my family wasn’t religios (we celebrated christmeas and easter but none of us went to church or believed in god) and nobody i knew was very religios, so i was somewhat suprised when i started meeting people who were deeply religious. (not that there’s anything wrong with those people or anthing)
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my sis has a huge book on religion
i dont know where it is
but sorry to say emo girl
that not all religions go to heaven
only those that have accepted jesus christ as their lord and savior and believe that came he died on the cross to forgive our sins and so that we can live go to heaven
sorry
but thats the truth
trust me
my family is very religious
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wuts a reconstructionist jewish?
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Hi there! I’m new here, so you probably do not know me… Just ignore that sad fact and pretend you’ve known me since… I was two. But anyways, Millie (me) is a Druid reconstructionist. I find it slightly odd the religion appealed to me. I mean, I’m not Irish at all.
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156, 158-VZ, dahling, can I ask you something? Do you agree with the Vatican’s decision to absolve the Jewish race of all guilt in the death of Jesus? I only ask because I’m interested in the fact that shortly after that decision, the DocMartens company received an order for 11 pairs of boots from the Vatican, including a size 9 pair in white. Also, it’s Mohammed. I never understood why Christians disagree with Muslims-they worship the same god and the same prophets and to me it makes as much sense as the death penalty for attempted suicide.
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142:
What do you mean by beliefs?
143:
It’s all right. I forgive Gwendolyn completely.
144:
No particular back ground all kinds of heritages christian Orthodox.
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158-I think all kinds of religions can go to heaven. See old hot topics threads if you’re really interested, typing up this same old rant is getting old
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I don’t really know what I believe in. I used to be Christian, but I came to the conclusion that if there is a god, and he personally created me, then he wouldn’t have let my life suck this bad. After leaving Chrisitianity, I tried atheism. That just left me too depressed, and luckily I found a kid at my school that had been in a similar situation before. He went through what I was going through, and felt the same things. He also said that in atheism he got so depressed he started taking crack. Then several major things happened that some how changed him. I don’t know what they are, but they were big, and big enough that he doesn’t want to talk about them. Anyway, he told me everything he knew about seeing, illusional worlds, and all of his other beliefs. It sounded alot better than what I was heading for, so I accepted his beliefs as my own. Even so, it’s not really a religion, just a set of beliefs. So I guess you could say that I am a spiritual atheist. I don’t believe in any “god”, but I do have spiritual beliefs.
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One other thing:
I believe that when you die, that’s it. You’re dead. So my advice to all of you people is to live your life to the fullest.
Live for the present, because you will be dead in the future.
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I perosnally believe the relevations was wirtten thousands of years after the death of jesus just to scare people into chirstianty.If Jesus IS the son of god (Which I doubt he is, since he admitted being a fraud before his death) then the “Apocalypse” concept would just make hima angry. Makes for some awsome movies, though.
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156- why do you say they are liars? no religion is “right” or “wrong” it all depends on what you feel comfortable with.
158- that isn’t necissaraly true to everyone. You may believe that it is true, but you have to be open to other beliefs. Remember, we are all Musers here. Just because you believe that doesn’t mean that I do. I don’t. I’m Jewish. Why do you have to be right all the time? Others could be right and believe what they believe is right. There shouldn’t be any right or wrong in religion. except that I think we can all agree that right is treating others in was that are kind to them.
updated list:
Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Orthodox- Silver Dragon
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant- book_addict, VanZepplin
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
Druid Reconstructionist- Millie
Spiritual Athiest – The Bev
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156, 158- It’s interesting how you believe that everything you believe religiously is true and everything contrary to that is false.. I mean, and your use of the Bible to prove that Islam isn’t “true” or something is alson interesting, since how do you know the Bible isn’t lies? How do you know that the whole thing isn’t a bag of made-up fantasy, or that everyone’s gotten it wrong and God is really a chicken who will doom all meat eaters to Hell for all eternety?
As for me, personally, I believe that life ends at death. You die, and that’s the end, basically. Then you get buried/cremated and the materials that make up your body go on to nourish other creatures. So I suppose you could say that you get reincarnated in that way, since you go on to build up the tissues and whatever of another living organism..
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there are many different ideas of “eternal happiness.” heaven is christian of course, then theres valhalla, the otherworld, etc
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Queen J, i didnt really understand the first part of your question, but im pretty sure i can help u with the sencond one.
its true that muslims and christians worship the same god, but mohammid added stuff to the bible, which isnt supposed to happen. i studied muslim and other worldy religions in 7th grade(like martin luther and muslim and buddhism and stuff) but its kinda hard to remember, even tho it was last year. emo girl, to answer your question about being baptized, you will NOT go to hell if you are not baptized. being baptized is a way of letting others know of your faith in jesus. i am not baptized, and i dont know if i am ready to get baptized. getting baptized is between you and god, u can do it wen ur ready. she might be 7th day adventist, cuz i think they beileve if u dont get baptized that u go to hell. ok lizzie. now for you. the bible isnt lies. there is proof to back it up. and when u die, you either go to heaven or hell. and there you will remain forever. hell=eternal pit of fire and flames and sin. heaven=being with got forever.
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168: I believe the Bible is true because of what I’ve been taught, what I’ve read, and how I’ve prayed to find out if it is or not. I realize, though, that lots of controversy in the Bible is because the people who translated it into English probable made one or two mistakes. They were only human. Because of the way Jesus told parables and other some-such, changing one word could change the whole meaning.
I also believe the Book of Mormon to be another Testament of Jesus Christ. It tells about the peoples who lived on this continent throughout the ages, which really isn’t as far-fetched as people initially think. If God loves all men, wouldn’t he try to reach people who weren’t living in Europe or Asia? For some periods of American history they believed in him, but finally they rennouced him.
I strongly encourage you to read it. Unlike Psalms, there are some really funny/good stories in there. Once you get past the thees and thous and such.
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Eternal happiness in my book is found in a single individual that would die for you, and vic-versa. So kind of like if you’re married, and you don’t divorce or cheat on your spouce, you got eternal happiness right there.
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VZ – you can’t say that things are wrong . It just depends on what you believe
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i don’t believe in hell or the devil, it’s all just a state of mind…
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I’d like to point out a couple of problems with words:
(156) You might disagree with what Muhammad/Mohammed said, but that doesn’t make him a liar. Liars know they’re not telling the truth. If Muhammad believed what he said, then he was not lying. I haven’t heard any evidence that he was not sincere.
(173) Beliefs can be wrong. If I believe that I’m George Washington, or that the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, or that water freezes at 100 degrees Celsius and boils at zero, then I’m wrong. (If I believe that I’m Jack the Ripper, then I’m dangerously wrong, and they’ll probably put me away.)
So–careful with those words, please.
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I meant that you can’t say that what Muslims think is wrong…(as an example)
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Well, can you or can’t you? And why or why not?
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Before I raaaant.
Results:
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (89%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
4. Baha’i Faith (71%)
Let me point something out. People wrote the Bible. Not God. The Bible is a symbol, not a universal truth.
Also, it’s odd to say that Muhammad is wrong for adding things to the Bible, whilst Christ, on whom the ENTIRE New Testament is based, is not wrong.
And I’m Catholic, but not very…into it, I suppose? I can be religious though, but perhaps I’m in the wrong church. Huh.
Harrumph. I get worked up.
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I mean, you can’t say that someone can’t believe someone.
oh, nevermind!
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175- THANK YOU! *hughughug*
And in the study notes our theology teacher gave us for the exam. “The Bible is objective history. This means that it is unbiased.” That just annoyed me, because, well, everything literary is written from a certain viewpoint, therefore making it biased. AARGH!
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the bible shouldn’t be the base for a religion, because it was written by so many people and translated through different languages that it wasn’t even what it originally was. and, personally, why would god be telling people to write a passage about bodily discharges? (seriously, it’s in leviticus somewhere.)
my german teacher said that the actual hebrew version of the bible didn’t say that Mary was a virgin, just “unmarried”, which could mean anything.
if you go to babelfish or some other translator, translate a block of text in english into a couple different languages than back to english, and it will not make any sense.
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Bleah. It all happened so long ago…..I’d say that it’s pretty much impossible to know what really went on.
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175- facts can be wrong but people can believe different things. I agree with the Muhammad/Mohammed bit though. It isn’t as if he was trying to tell lies and for all I know what he said was true.
178- I agree! The bible was written by people. There are probably mistakes.
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im terribly sorry mr. admisistrator, for accusing things. i think mohammid might have been mislead. and your right. he probably thought that he was right. your older and wiser. sorry. =/
and in response to the book of morman, i dont believe it is all true. i dont really know much about mormanism, but i do know that a man wrote, within the past couple hundred years. but its kinda suspicious that he was the only one that saw the angel give him the book(or whatever happened).
and i deeply apoligize for some things ive said that may have upset other musebloggers. ill keep my ears(or shall i say eyes) more open. and listen more carefully.
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but i remember reading in the bible(revalations) that in the end of the world Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone with the Beast(whos number is 666) and the false prophet.
but who is the false prophet?
and again i totally regret wut i said. because many muslim people believe alot of stuff that christians do. and i think there will be muslims in heaven. mohammid was a christian. sorry. please forgive me.
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VanZeppelin, are you new?
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The Beast! Like X-Men…yeah, I’m sad.
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185- Kudos for maturity. =D
And I forgot to close the itlaics tag. Dang.
Anyway. I personally feel that I don’t need the Bible to be close to God or however you want to phrase it, as long as I know the message, it’s good. Here’s something my brother said on his Xanga which I found and now read. >D
God isn’t an excuse
God is a goal
You’re the reason
Not the byproduct
Religion isn’t a superstition
Christianity isn’t a superstition
It’s a faith.
SIDENOTE: As before stated, I’m Catholic. Never make the mistake of saying Catholics aren’t Christians. I belive in Jesus Christ; therefore, I am Christian. Saying Catholics aren’t Christian is like saying cattle aren’t bovines. -_- Don’t do it.
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I just re took the quiz as I had last taken it in March I think. It is somewhat accurate. I consider myself Jewish though I have not decided whether I am conservative, reform or orthodox yet. Probably conservative or reform or a combination of the two. I’m not technically Jewish though as I haven’t officially converted. Technically, I’m Catholic. If I was anything else, I might be Quaker.
1. Liberal Quakers (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Reform Judaism (95%)
4. Neo-Pagan (91%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
6. Bah�’� Faith (79%)
7. New Age (79%)
8. Mahayana Buddhism (76%)
9. Sikhism (74%)
10. Jainism (69%)
11. New Thought (66%)
12. Scientology (65%)
13. Islam (64%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (64%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (64%)
16. Theravada Buddhism (64%)
17. Hinduism (60%)
18. Secular Humanism (56%)
19. Taoism (51%)
20. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (46%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (41%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
23. Eastern Orthodox (33%)
24. Roman Catholic (33%)
25. Nontheist (32%)
26. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
27. Jehovah’s Witness (21%)
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This is such a cool thread…
VZ, that wass very muser-ish to apologize and to decide to be more open. *virtual tchoqlit* It’s nice to hear what you believe, though.
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190- I agree. It is muser-ish do decide to be more open and yes, we do appreciate hearing about what you believe. You helped to get the discussion going!
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I took that quiz but lost the results. I do remember that it told me i was quaker though. then moderate to liberal protestant. Catholic, which is my actual religion, was 5th on the list.
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VZ-Joseph Smith didn’t write it, he translated it. And no, there weren’t any witnesses. That’s what faith is for.
This is the most mature thread on here, I think, because people understand religion is very close to the heart. We know we’re treading on thin glass. Or whatever that phrase is.
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Joseph Smith….he started the Mormons, right?
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193- I think the expression is treading on thin ice. But we should still remember that we are all musers here.
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ehh
im somewhat new, some one asked.
i feel as though the bible is not the most important thing in religion,your right whoever said that. the bible is more of a guideline, it guides you and helps you on your walk
how do you take the quiz??
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196- Yay! Newbie! *pies VZ* The link in in comment 42..ah..here.
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194: You could put it that way, yes.
195: Ah. I knew I was close!
196: I think it’s important, but yeah. It’s like a handbook, but not the dumb ones that were translated from Thai and don’t tell you anything. Like the good ones.
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I think it’s good to have discussions, but we have to remember “we’re all musers here”
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so how about everyone describes their religion/a religion and what the beliefs of that religion are. (not necessarily your beliefs, just the beliefs of that religion)
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As far as history goes, the Catholic Church has kind of a suckish reputation. I mean, maybe in it’s simplest form it’s okay, but throughout history, there have been figures who have mutilated it into excuses for genocide and other rather nasty things. Like the Spanish Inquisition and the Reconquista. I’m not saying that people in other religions haven’t done that, but it seems like historically the Catholic Church has had the biggest impact when they do things like that. I mean, they were the people who repressed scientific and creative genius during the Middle Ages (I suppose the feudal system also had a lot to do with that, but at the heart of the feudal system was the Catholic Church). You’re chronically frowned upon for that. I just thought I’d put that out there. History plays a much bigger part in religion then several people care to think. The things that people did thousands of years ago when they were driven by their faith seriously affects today’s world. I mean, if it weren’t for the Crusades, Muslims and Christians would probably be getting along like peanut butter and chocolate right now! Okay… probably not, but they’d be getting along better.
I’m terribly sorry if this offends any Catholics. I just thought I’d put it out there.
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no offense taken says the technically-Catholic-but-considers-self-Jewish-girl. Those people were alive a long time ago and most Catholics now don’t exactally agree with the stuff they did then.
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You know, we so need a new hot topics thread, so I can argue with whoever wants to argue while the other people carry on a nice polite discussion out here… =p
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201- Yay, Gwen! *applause*
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(207) I understand where you’re coming from, but the Crusades are sort of all of Christianity’s fault since there were no other churches at the time. The reason the Catholic church has “the most impact” is because it was the first church, founded by Peter.( I think. Hahahaha my knowledge of my own church is lacking. -_-;; )
Catholic means “universal”. It’s the oldest, and so has had a lot happen to it.
But as E~A said, that was some time ago. I’m not saying “Let’s forget the Crusades and have some chips” ,I’m saying don’t judge me for my grandfather’s mistakes- and that goes for all religions, since more than just the Catholic one have indeed persecuted.
I doubt you meant to offend, but it comes off a bit harsh. I’m technically Roman Catholic, but more really just consider myself spiritual. -endrant-
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#201: i concur w/ that. what i dont understand is why this nvr occurs to ppl.
i agree with some Christian beliefs, but…some others i think are just awful / amoral
ok, im sorry if this offends anyone…but this is what turned me away from christianity:
*in the Bible, women were not given half as much respect as men received
*the belief that if youre not baptized – even if you are a “nice” person – you will not have eternal happiness in the afterlife
*then theres the belief that there is no such thing as luck, magic, karma, etc – that God controls absolutely everything. in my opinion, that just takes a lot of fun out of life.
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Yeah, I’m technically Roman Catholic, baptized and all of that other fun junk…I go to a Catholic school…but I consider myself agnostic. I mean, hello, I’m the kid who asks random questions in theology class like, “Just wondering, has anyone ever drowned getting baptized? Like when they did it in the rivers?” [teacher: “NO! YOU CAN’T DROWN IN THREE FEET OF WATER!!!”] “Actually, you can, if you’re held under long enough…” [teacher: *makes weird face and changes topic*].
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I meant 201 ahahaha Axa is stupid. -diesinacorner-
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(addition to 207) And it doesn’t make much sense to me. But I don’t have time to type all of my reasons.
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*is proud of self*
Yay! I just got a new disscussion started!
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211- HAHAHAHA! We did that!!!!
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Our Social Studies teacher was telling us about someone who had their head chopped off 3 times, or he chopped 3 people’s heads off..something like that, I don’t remember exactly. Anyway, he was telling it in greusome detail…Sometimes, there are visitors at our school who just watch the classrooms for a minute, and when they visited, he stopped telling the 3-head story and asked one of the students if he was doing the scoreboard for the basketball game. When the visitors left, he said, “did you see how I changed topic when the visitors came?”
That probably doesn’t sound funny at all, but it really was funny..
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213- I can see that that would be funny.
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My friend thinks I’m budhist *Laughs* It’s becuase I wouldn’t hurt a fly and won’t eat meat UNLESS it looks like it’s not real meat. (Baloney, Bacon Etc.) But I’m not really.
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206-
women were not not given respect. they were not addressed as much because many women could not read. and women back then were not like women now. they were the home makers and got water and stuff. its not fair of you to judge the bible like that, because women had differnt stattus back then.
and there is no such thing as luck or karma.
and knocking on wood will do you know good
and if ur not baptized it doesnt matter. im not baptized and i dont care. ill get baptized if im ready. and getting baptized will not change how much enjoyment u have in the after life. every one who goes to heaven will be happy.
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216- And women could not read because the nasty chavunists would not teach them. *mutters*
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217- yes. sadly.
im having quite a fun time right now. these mormon dudes are at my door, and my dad(who is a minister and just got a masters degree in christian studies i believe) and what they say, he can over throw, and hes right. funny aint it??
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216: woulnd’t it be better to say you don’t beileve in karma and luck than to say it doesn’t exist?
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216 – are you saying that’s what something believes or something? If not, it doesn’t sound very nice…
we’re all muser’s here
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220- *pies* Because of the last sentence.
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201- Well said, Gwen.
Guys, you know it’s OK to argue, right? I mean, we should all be respectful, but people should be able to state what they believe without having draw it out and sugar coat it. We’re all mature- we can handle people stating things we don’t belive are true.
like (216) no, VZ doesn’t need to say it like that. Both phrasings mean the same thing. If that’s what VZ believes, than s/he (sorry! are you a boy or girl?) can say it and other people can accept that’s what s/he believes and choose not to get offended. Acceptance and respect is just as much the job of the listener/reader as it is the speaker/writer.
I’m not sure if that’s very clear but I’ll leave it at that.
I was actually going to say something about religion but I think I’ll just stop here.
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218- That’s awfully rude. Those LDS missionaries give up 2 of their best years to share the gospel with others, because they believe it with all of their heart. I know how they feel. And I’m betting your dad isn’t shooting them down quite as well as he thinks he is.
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I’m not sure I understand the conversation, but personally, I find it really annoying when you make it clear that you want to end a conversation with door-to-door people and they don’t stop talking. (Again, I don’t really understand what the 218/223 argument thing is about, so if I am completely off topic, pie me)
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I just never answer my door. Or phone. And I mostly never answer my cell phone. At least that one has caller-ID
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222- Who said I’m mature!?!?!?!?! They Lied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey GAPAs! What religions are you? Just curious!
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We usually only pick up the phone after we heard half of the person’s message and decide we want to talk to them. If they don’t leave a message, they will probably never get to talk to us.
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Nobody calls us unless we know them, so we always pick up the phone. That, and the ringer is really obnoxious. Make it stop!
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One question – What if your religion (or former religion) isn’t in the recommended read?
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There are different threads for “World Religions” (which has required reading) and “MuseBloggers’ Religions” (which anybody can post on without special preparation). So you can still talk about your religion, even if we don’t formally “study” it.
By the way, I’m about to get “World Religions” going again now that enough people have read about Hinduism. I’ll start the new WR thread in a day or two.
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WHAT???? I FINALLY finished reading the Hinduism section yesterday (I had to read it twice) and NOW, when I’m LEAVING you start it up?? grrr. Oh well. I’ll read a bunch more of the book at camp and then I’ll come and clog up the thread with super long, in-depth, philosophical posts for revenge. mwhahahahahaha…
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It’s interesting how many wars have started via faith. For example:
All crusades
Children’s crusade
ummmmm…
if anyone thinks of any others, let me know. I’ll keep a running list.
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Well, religions are what people believe, and most wars do get started about differences in opinion. World War II, for example wouldn’t have happened if Hitler didn’t believe in promoting the arian race and Japan didn’t believe in spreading thier form of government. Wars are often started by people trying to get other people to live thier way of life, and religion used to be and sometimes still is the government in many places. The U.S. was founded on christian principles.
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I tend to stay out of these discussions, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call World War 2 and the American Revolution religious wars.
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About WWII, I was just trying to show a connection, I wasn’t saying it was religious.
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American Revlution Religious Wars…hehe. I’ve never heard it either.
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well, the holocaust sort of counts as a “religious war” although a lot of the ones that people call “religious wars” (including the crusades) are sort of more like “sneak up and massacre people in the name of a deity”.. to me, war sort of implies playing fair and all that..
218- how do you know he’s right?
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I’m Jewish…I went to Hebrew School because….*blushes*My Best friend went there, my parents are Jewish, and i rarely saw that best friend. WOW……my family is a mix if Jewish and Christian people, with Jewish being 89% and Christian being 11%.
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I got:
1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Theravada Buddhism (94%)
3. Jainism (93%)
4. Neo-Pagan (93%)
5. Hinduism (90%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
7. New Age (85%)
8. Liberal Quakers (83%)
9. Bah�’� Faith (74%)
10. Taoism (72%)
11. New Thought (67%)
12. Scientology (64%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (63%)
14. Sikhism (63%)
15. Reform Judaism (60%)
16. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (57%)
17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
18. Secular Humanism (53%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (52%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Nontheist (35%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (33%)
23. Jehovah’s Witness (29%)
24. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
25. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (21%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (11%)
27. Roman Catholic (11%)
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emogrl, I believe iin Wicca too!! I learnd about it from a book series called Circle of Three.
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Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu, FairyDragon
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Orthodox- Silver Dragon
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant- book_addict, VanZepplin
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas
Druid Reconstructionist- Millie
Spiritual Athiest – The Bev
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FairyDragon: Hey there, are you new?
Never heard of that book…
I taught myself Wicca from a book called Wicca: The Complete Craft. It’s a relly useful book, b/c it has both of the moon rituals, the Initiation ritual, and the holiday rituals in it. And half of it is actually a spell book…yeah, inc useful.
Ah, I see this thread hasn’t calmed down any…I stopped coming here a while ago…no offense, but some ppl here seem a bit too anxious to pick fights…
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Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu, FairyDragon
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Orthodox- Silver Dragon
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl
Protestant- book_addict, VanZepplin, Otzi
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas, Otzi
Druid Reconstructionist- Millie
Spiritual Athiest – The Bev
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206: umm… not to pick any fights…… If you would define which types of christianity you are referring to, it would be useful. The different sects share almost nothing in common except the bible and the name.
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I would like to be put on the mixed bag section. For future reference
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234 (SO)- NONONONONONONONONONO! (I’m sorry. I had to get that out there because it’s a particular pet peeve of mine.) The United States was not founded on Christian principles. Yes, most of the Founding Fathers were Christian. (Franklin wasn’t, though. He was deist and ‘as for Jesus Christ, I have some doubts as to his divinity*’.) However, the U.S. was founded on the principle that people could speak and practice their beliefs freely, which means it was based on the ideas of no one religion.
Sorry for the rant. I just really, really, hate it when people say that.
*Actual quote.
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Can you be in 2 at once? Cause I’m also practicing Wicca.
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yeah, and I also consider myself a Jew.. as I think of it, atheist covers my religious beliefs. Jewish covers the rest of it..
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My sister got a book from the library about Wicca last year..it looked interesting.
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Muslim- FantasyFan
Jewish- Copper Bigfoot, Phoenix, kiki_the_great, Jessie, Brave Sir Robin, Zylviva, Sphinx, elassë~adael, Quintessentia (?), groundhog22, Anata~ChinTsu, FairyDragon, Lizzie
Lutheran- Queen-o-random
Catholic- Ebeth
Orthodox- Silver Dragon
Hindu- ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥
Buddhist- 100% cotton
Mormon (LDS)- Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine
Quaker- Purple Panda, Zallie, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Christian- MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought
Agnostic- Sweet Melpomene
Atheist- Queenie, Skipper Nancy, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, Yup
Wiccan- emogrl, FairyDragon
Protestant- book_addict, VanZepplin, Otzi
Unitarian-
Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs- Pentatonikk, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas, Otzi, Axa, elassë~adael
Druid Reconstructionist- Millie
Spiritual Athiest – The Bev
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#248: Have you had any interesting meditations yet? Or done any spellwork?
…Sry, don’t mean to be interrogating you, but I’ve nvr met anyone else who is (seriously) practicing Wicca.
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I know a girl who recently became a Wicca priestess.
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I’m going to do a meditation tonight.
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how did it go? what do you do in a wiccan meditation?
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I’m a Luciferian. It’s like being atheist but having spiritual non-religious interests and being actively against most religions rather than just being neutral.
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what don’t you like about religion?
i have nothing against most religions in general, just their exacution. religion should be about m,aking yourself better to bring up the par, not destroying everything that (according to your religion) is below par to bring up the average.
is that your problem or do you have a different one?
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Religions are imposed on people and etablish a line of thought that may not be best for them (and probably isn’t).
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I have nothing against other religions. I have freinds who are Mormon, Methodist, Lutheran, Buddhist, and Wiccan and they’re still my freinds. I’m Christian. I don’t really like how some people are so discriminate against people who don’t have the same religion as them. People shouldn’t be hurt or shunned because of their beliefs.
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Ok, I’m Asatru. Which is a neo-pagan religion like Wicca, but… Umm… Actually what gods does Wicca worship?
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260 – I think that it’s more like nature or something. I don’t have many details, but I know that my freind goes to ceremonies and rituals and stuff. That’s about all I know.
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260 – Oops. I stand corrected. It is based on witchcraft and magic, with the basic preinciple of “If it harms none, do what you will” Lots more info at Wikipedia.
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Ok, looked it up… Hmm, interesting, although it doesn’t really seem like a religion at all.
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New religion thread perhaps?
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My Random Views…
Im a Catholic. But that dosnt mean I belive lots of the stuff that catholics belive. I think religion is more like a way of life, and belife is just a small part. I think God is no gender or anything, he’s just kind of like a spirit. He shows Himself when appropriate. He knows everything. That sounds like magic, but its really not.
Just wondering. Can someone give me the scoop on Quakers? I really dont get it, and although Ive looked it up on wikipedia, it really gives no explanation. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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