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Hey, thought I'd start up another debate thread seeing as everyone seemed to enjoy the last one; I know I did!
My question is: do you believe in a god (of any sort) or are an atheist? Or a complete agnostic?

I personally go down the route of deism.
Anyone care to debate?

(PS: I've seen how heated the God debate can get in the past, so while I may have partaken in some quite heated moments in previous treads, I'm going to make an effort to be less volatile, given how much people tend to invest in religious beliefs. I would appreciate everyone else doing the same, and refrained from making any (I'll use the word colourful) remarks. Thanks!)

This won't end well.
But anyways, I'm a Christian. I believe in God and go to church on a semi-regular basis, but I still believe in things like evolution and the big bang theory.

I believe in a higher power...

Maybe all the religion in this world is some sort of manifestations of that one higher power.

We are talking about Alanis Morissette, right?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/fullcredits#cast

How can you be a complete agnostic?

I am an atheist. I also disbelive in all forms of spirituality, the healing power of crystals and quackery in general.

Christian.

Gotta say though. Being in the club kind of sucks these days. They got rid of the free punch at the functions cause they're too busy going on about gay marriage or something.

I just want my punch bro...

Agnostic atheist.

...well... there's not much to discuss here then...

Atheist here.

Athiest.

LordofHats wrote:Christian.

Gotta say though. Being in the club kind of sucks these days. They got rid of the free punch at the functions cause they're too busy going on about gay marriage or something.

I just want my punch bro...

wait... seriously?!?

I hope that punch is worth it...

No lol

I'm just being sarcastic about the punch. Mostly an analogy there that I wish some Christians would just let live so I wouldn't have to deal with the fall out of their behavior.

I don't believe in God, but recently, having been translating the Gospel of John from the original Greek, I've been thinking about Christianity and what Jesus had to say about the world.
I'm still atheist, but I don't know...atheist Christian?

I doubt this will end very well..

But while I'm here, Atheist.

Agnostic. I'm going with a wait-and-see approach.

Testify wrote:I'm still atheist, but I don't know...atheist Christian?

Just cause there's a religion about doesn't mean there wasn't anything worthwhile said. Take and leave what suits you imo. Its what most people do

LordofHats wrote:

Testify wrote:I'm still atheist, but I don't know...atheist Christian?

Just cause there's a religion about doesn't mean there wasn't anything worthwhile said. Take and leave what suits you imo. Its what most people do

Yeah, the moment I realised what religion actually *is*, and what it always has been, was when I started wondering.
There were plenty of people in the middle ages who denied the existance of God yet were stalward Christians. I know many catholics who don't give a gak about virgin birth or papal infallability.

Devout Atheist... work that one out

Formosa wrote:Devout Atheist... work that one out

How about born again atheist, practicing troublemaker?

Devout Atheist... work that one out

Only time you find religion is when someone trying hard to kill you and your only armed with chopsticks?

How 'bout "The Church of What's Happening Now?"!

Bah church...Pantheon where its at I declare all next week Bacchus Week

In before the lock!!

Not directed at anyone above me, just betting on how things go in these threads. We should just sticky the best religious thread and when someone wants to make a thread on religion have them read the saved one as punishment! It is not like the same arguments do not get thrown around/avoided on a consistent basis.

But in the spirit of the thread, I am an atheist. I have no beef with religion it just has never seemed valid to me.



Next week Bacchus week? Can we settle on Dionysus? Greek vs Roman!

J-Roc77 wrote:Next week Bacchus week? Can we settle on Dionysus? Greek vs Roman!

The Romans stole their Gods from the Greeks...

Bacchus? Pfht. Get a real diety.

I give you Sanguine, the Daedric Prince of hard partying



Look at that troll face

The Romans stole their Gods from the Greeks...

We have the Coliseum though bring on the gladiators!!

Pantheist.

You know, we get all caught up on the whole monotheism and polytheism thing, but can't we just give henotheism a try? For the children.

LordofHats wrote:You know, we get all caught up on the whole monotheism and polytheism thing, but can't we just give henotheism a try? For the children.

I will admit my knowledge of Greek failed and I had to google that.

Fun Fact: Ancient Judaism, like most Mesopotamian religious traditions, was originally Henotheistic.

The more you know

I actually completely forgot that word for about 4 years trying to remember it and it totally just now came back to me

That's "traditional" judaism right there. Not "my God is the only God" but "my God is better than your God". Won't solve any problems. Could be fun, though.

I'm a deist. A good author does not appear in their work.

What I think we need in the world is more cults. Evil cults, that do ritual sacrifices and stuff. When a major religion does violence because of their religion we have to take them seriously and say "oh, they're just extremists." I don't like it.

Edit: Ninja'd

Speaking of Cults, why can't there be any that just end well you know? Why we gotta spike the punch with rat poison and cyanide culties? Can't we just mix in some Mike's Hard Lemonade and make it about flowers and rainbows or something?

Don't gotta get into the whole mass suicide, or hold up against the FBI and ATF thing guys. I mean, if your gonna be 'non-conformist' how about actually being different from all the other cults?