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eabaker wrote:I have no religion. I do not accept the label "atheist," however, because I do not endorse of the notion that I must be defined relative to other people's theism.
Pretty much this right here.

Though, given after I’ve moved to japan I’ve been visiting a lot of shrines and sort of sacred places, and nature stuff, as “hippyish” as it sounds I’ve developed a genuine admiration for nature and sort of understand a lot of Shintoism now.
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Rhedosaurus wrote:Christian. Kind of a born again one too after I did something VERY stupid and should have been thrown in prison for.
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LSD Jellyfish wrote:Though, given after I’ve moved to japan I’ve been visiting a lot of shrines and sort of sacred places, and nature stuff, as “hippyish” as it sounds I’ve developed a genuine admiration for nature and sort of understand a lot of Shintoism now.
What is Shintoism anyhow? I'm really interested by shrines, nature, and hippie shit, would be interested in hearing more. Like, the Shinto philosophy as you understand it?
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Fish Cakes wrote:
Mr_Goji_and_Watch wrote:Normal
Unironically the best answer possible.
LSD Jellyfish wrote:Though, given after I’ve moved to japan I’ve been visiting a lot of shrines and sort of sacred places, and nature stuff, as “hippyish” as it sounds I’ve developed a genuine admiration for nature and sort of understand a lot of Shintoism now.
What is Shintoism anyhow? I'm really interested by shrines, nature, and hippie poop, would be interested in hearing more. Like, the Shinto philosophy as you understand it?
It’s a general reverence for nature and nature spirits. It’s way more informal and casual as a religion, then things like Christianity. Most people I interact with seem to follow it or agree with it to some extent, but they themselves don’t really believe it in a super serious way.
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LSD Jellyfish wrote:It’s a general reverence for nature and nature spirits. It’s way more informal and casual as a religion, then things like Christianity. Most people I interact with seem to follow it or agree with it to some extent, but they themselves don’t really believe it in a super serious way.
Sounds like what a religion should be. You know, a philosophical system of beliefs. I dig it. uwu
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Destoroyah of Worlds wrote:
Rhedosaurus wrote:Christian. Kind of a born again one too after I did something VERY stupid and should have been thrown in prison for.
I'm glad you found redemption in the Lord. If you ever want to share your story about what happened, i'd be happy to listen.
I'd rather not...It's rather embarassing...

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Currently Agnostic, I guess. Undecided. I don't disregard the possibility that there is a god or gods of some sort, but none of the religions I've looked into so far provide satisfactory explanations for anything. I was more or less raised Christian, went to Christian schools for a few years, and followed that belief system into my late teens. For the last few years of it, though, I was having to try to ignore my nagging doubts and questions, and eventually it all completely stopped making sense for me, both in terms of the internal narrative and because it doesn't allow for things like evolution. Admittedly the pathetic behavior of the Christian educational system played a role in driving me away, too. I generally go with a mainstream scientific kind of view of things now, though I'm fully aware that modern science has a lot to learn.
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Atheist. I'd like to believe in a higher power, but I just don't. I used to pretend to be Christian to make the family happy, but I eventually came clean.
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I come from the religion of my lord and savior Godzilla thank you. :P

But really,agnostic.
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Protestant Christian. Raised as a Lutheran, sort of a Baptist now. I say Protestant, as I cannot get behind Catholicism, because I do not believe that any particular person speaks with the authority of God, or Jesus. The whole Pope thing is screwy to me. I also do not believe in the literal 7-Day Creation. After all, it was written by a man, Moses, and he was NOT there when it happened. Adam & Eve did not show up til' the SIXTH Day, so what constituted a "day" before that? God has no beginning, and no end, so what would be a "day" to such a Being?

Jesus, on the other hand, is another matter. He lived, he died, and he DID rise from the dead. There is an IMMENSE amount of proof that documents this. Anyone who doesn't think so, should check out the book, "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel. Or watch the movie, it'll do. Strobel was a journalist - and an atheist - before investigating Jesus' story. He is now a Christian...

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I feel like religion is a security blanket for people who have wronged, people who have lost loved ones, or people close to death.

With that being said, none of us know what's out there, what could've happened that far in the past (outside of what our current science has shown us), could've been anything from the supernatural to the extraterrestrial to the purely scientific.

So essentially, I believe in all religions, and no religions.
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^ That's called being an agnostic...

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I am a "unique" christian, in the way that I do not follow several values of the general church.
I believe the resurrection of Jesus, but do not believe that Jesus was a prophet sent by heaven, and not an earthly prophet. I believe that Jesus was God in human form, 100% human, and 100% God.
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I am surprised a thread like this exists. Anyways, I am not religious at all.

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MandaSaurus wrote:^ That's called being an agnostic...
Okay lol, I never really put much thought into the labels.
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I decided to start believing in fortunes, spirits, myself, charms, karma, all that dumb hippie bullshit.
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I'd say I fall in the category of atheist, though I have a few hypocritical quirks.

I have something of a self styled numerological belief. While in China I engaged in the placing small amounts of money on several religious statues and places, why I did that I'm not shore. I always count magpies because of the old poem.

I don't give much credence to any of this, there just little rituals and ideas I've engaged in despite my more material world view.
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atheist, but I do agree with ideas like the Ten Commandments or the idea of karma
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Question: I’m atheist and so is my father, the rest of my family are christians. How do I go across telling them?
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VoyagerGoji wrote:Question: I’m atheist and so is my father, the rest of my family are christians. How do I go across telling them?
Depends, do they hate atheist or are they apathetic about them? Ask yourself this, would they be upset if you told them you were gay? If the answer is yes, probably not.

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