What is your religion?

[New England]

short answer. i don't feel like being chastised by reedickyalluss for a long ass post that few will read. furthermore, i'm not even sure exactly what it is that i believe.

i believe that the universe is ordered by a higher intelligence. call it god if you'd like.

i also believe that people should be compelled to do whatever good they can. i believe that humans are greater than the sum of their physical componentry. if you like, you can call that a soul.

[Steven Adams]

catholic

[talip bin osman]

Yes.

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one of the people credited with the theory of the big bang was a theoretical physicist named george lemaitre...

he was a roman catholic priest...

very difficult to say that he was a subhuman ******...

[UglyPug]

short answer. i don't feel like being chastised by reedickyalluss for a long ass post that few will read. furthermore, i'm not even sure exactly what it is that i believe.

i believe that the universe is ordered by a higher intelligence. call it god if you'd like.

i also believe that people should be compelled to do whatever good they can. i believe that humans are greater than the sum of their physical componentry. if you like, you can call that a soul.

This is a good post.

The more I think about things, and look around me, the more I am led to believing there is some sort of higher intelligence.

But I still don't buy into that completely. Really, I just don't know, though. And I just can't take a stance either way.


I do believe that we are the guardians of this planet, and it's our duty to take care of the planet, each other, and all other life forms.

[paulf]

I think all religion is manmade and thus fiction.

Nothing wrong with it. Psychological studies have shown that religious people are for the most part a small bit happier than those who are not. Good for them, but I just don't buy it.

[ZeeBrah]

one of the people credited with the theory of the big bang was a theoretical physicist named george lemaitre...

he was a roman catholic priest...

very difficult to say that he was a subhuman ******...

Believing in any kind of higher power automatically makes you a subhuman ******. So yes, Lemaitre was.

[UglyPug]

I think all religion is manmade and thus fiction.

Nothing wrong with it. Psychological studies have shown that religious people are for the most part a small bit happier than those who are not. Good for them, but I just don't buy it.

This. .

All oragnized religion is clearly "manmade," IMO.

But I don't think anybody who does choose to believe in these religions, and have faith through them, are any less worthy of respect than myself.

Unless, of course, they try to shove it down my throat, and judge others. . Which ironically, is the exact same thing I see a lot of people doing who reject religion. . .

[talip bin osman]

Believing in any kind of higher power automatically makes you a subhuman ******. So yes, Lemaitre was.

ok dude...

[Russian Crushin]

This. .

All oragnized religion is clearly "manmade," IMO.

But I don't think anybody who does choose to believe in these religions, and have faith through them, are any less worthy of respect than myself.

Unless, of course, they try to shove it down my throat, and judge others. . Which ironically, is the exact same thing I see a lot of people doing who reject religion. . .

Asking for equality is not "shoving it down our throat".

"Ohhhh look at those atheists shoving gay marriage down our throats"....wait so its wrong to parade for equality?

I have no problem with people believing in god, its mainly religion that i dislike.

[UglyPug]

Asking for equality is not "shoving it down our throat".

"Ohhhh look at those atheists shoving gay marriage down our throats"....wait so its wrong to parade for equality?

I have no problem with people believing in god, its mainly religion that i dislike.

What are you talking about mate? You don't think there's plenty of religious people who have no problem with gay marriage? Lol, there's even a lot of christian gay people who have their own churches now. . .

A lot of our laws, and social policies have their roots in Anglo-Saxon religion, which of course is Christianity. . . They did after all found the country.

That has nothing to do with individual religious people. . . I know a lot of people who are against gay marriage, and hate gay people who are not even religious at all.

I don't know what you mean here. . . I agree with you - everybody has the right to believe what they want to believe, and if that includes following a religion, so be it. And NOBODY has the right to tell somebody else what to believe, and force their beliefs on somebody else.

As long as that person does not try to inhibit my beliefs, or my life, I'll grant them the same respect. . . Again, you just can't classify all religious people as the ones who are trying to force their beliefs on you.