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No Hindi's on Dakka? We must find a way to market our British Mercantile goods to them!

 DemetriDominov wrote:
No Hindi's on Dakka? We must find a way to market our British Mercantile goods to them!

I don't recall that working too well when it has been tried in the past

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior .

Its a way of life, and not a religion. By accepting him into your life as such you get the free gift of life and grace (covering for your sins as no one can live up to the law.) That is what i believe, and i am a "Christian." I attend a local church as my home, just to be around fellow Christians just as you go to a local game store to fellowship with gamers so to speak. Do i sin and make mistakes? yes. Hopefully i can learn from them and strive to become a better person, however i am not condemned by grace. my 2 cents and who I am.

 Spacewolfoddballz wrote:
Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior .

Its a way of life, and not a religion. By accepting him into your life as such you get the free gift of life and grace (covering for your sins as no one can live up to the law.) That is what i believe, and i am a "Christian." I attend a local church as my home, just to be around fellow Christians just as you go to a local game store to fellowship with gamers so to speak. Do i sin and make mistakes? yes. Hopefully i can learn from them and strive to become a better person, however i am not condemned by grace. my 2 cents and who I am.

*twitch*

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All I'm going to point out is how many bhuddists burn themselves to death when they are wronged, and how many christians go on a lawsuuit spree of suing everyone, their dog, their dogs cat, their dog's cat's aunt, their dog's cat's aunt's second cousin and said dog's cat's aunt's second cousin's adopted quagga nephew. I exaggerate, but this illustrates what started me on my path toward first thinking more like a jew, then investigating more documents, more history, and other faiths, going back father in time and inevitably ending up atheist. This isn't a directed response, but a general complaint that I've grown an allergic reaction to. I think I can manage leaving that remark where it's at without spending the next six hours detailing why and just let it be...

all of that said, the result has been interesting. There is some very queer content that exists in many of the religious texts/cultural lore, and very queer stuff in the deleted/banned and forgotten, half-remembered, or partially surviving texts that make you scratch your head, because so much of the content across all of the records seems to point at what can be described as a child misunderstanding a parent, and seeing the mystical where something wasn't understood, or that the knowledge had unsatisfactory gaps that were filled in to explain things away... and I'm not pointing at judaism, christianity and islam as my source material here. There's an awful lot of stuff that comes from places that have nothing to do with any of the three that has these same strange undercurrents which to me hint at a dark age of knowledge, dark to us because it's hidden behind an age of ignorance or disaster.

I am a Dudeist and a follower of the flying spaghetti Monster but Trully Hello Kitty is the only God, Miffy must Die!

Seriously i am not really religious but i have affinity with Bhuddism

Atheist here, Whole family is atheist, and I've grown up being atheist.

I apologize but I have to ask this. Is anyone here Satanist? JUST ASKING! I AM A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND IM JUST WONDERING! OK? GOOD!

 Georgefancy wrote:
I apologize but I have to ask this. Is anyone here Satanist? JUST ASKING! I AM A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND IM JUST WONDERING! OK? GOOD!

are you even aware of what a true satanist is, not what these prissy emo dark weirdos do to get attention? Actually, i should probably tread more lightly, because there is that crazy wignut sect that insists on asserting that a complete inversion of the bible is true, which is beyond ridiculous.... but there are also the normal ones that don't ascribe to those things...

Define satanist? The actual concept of satanism in it's standard format boils down to enlightened self interest, then there's religious satanism which is actual worship of the christian devil.

Okay... can we just forget I asked that? I was just wondering!!! okay! lets pretend I never asked that.

Constantly switching between Hindu and atheist...at this moment in time I'd call myself Hindu, but by next week I'll probably be derisive of myself for that belief.

I was raised in the context of a Presbyterian church though I was never indoctrinated with any particular denomination in terms of liturgy or mindset since right now I go to my local Anglican Church. More or less a Protestant Christian but I prefer to be considered a follower of Jesus, church is great and all but to me the kingdom isn't the church and doesn't necessarily represent God or his will.

One thing I've always found interesting in terms of questioning whether or not God exists is that to me there's a reason why there isn't a definitive scientific source or empirical evidence that either verifies or denies his existence; free will. Being that we were given this option (which many might argue) alongside the fall of man resulting in us by and large rejecting him he hides us from his presence unless we seek him. If God revealed himself to us (in a more literal sense) that would mean that people have no option (realistically of course) but to admit he exists which ruins the whole point of giving us the ability to choose whether or not to follow him (again theoretically many still wouldn't but again its not a fair setting in which we are allowed to choose in a situation where there isn't an enormous amount of pressure from one side or the other). This also brings up the matter of having faith regardless of "supposed facts" of his non-existence and allows many to prove themselves in changing from the inside out to live like Jesus, love Jesus and lead others to him.

Well at least that's my take on it. The only thing that disgusts and sickens me about many of today's modern churches is how it's been so changed and altered by consumerism of the Western culture as now it's a matter of religious goods and services in providing "afterlife insurance" and "good feelings" rather than what it should focus on being a life of discipleship and helping change the world through the principles of Christ.

Verses wrote:
Constantly switching between Hindu and atheist...at this moment in time I'd call myself Hindu, but by next week I'll probably be derisive of myself for that belief.

You Hindist

I have trouble finding information on the Eldar God Isha, so alas I am left to wait for a proper figure to present itself.

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
I have trouble finding information on the Eldar God Isha, so alas I am left to wait for a proper figure to present itself.

given that a lot of eldar lore has been raped off of wicca, you may want to look there.

the fact that the non-religious is the biggest group makes me happy : )

 Georgefancy wrote:
I apologize but I have to ask this. Is anyone here Satanist? JUST ASKING! I AM A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND IM JUST WONDERING! OK? GOOD!

Used to be, years ago. I never actually sacrificed any goats or burned any churches.

Atheist.

I grew up in an immediate family that was pretty lax on religion. Didn't really find out what my parents believed in until I was around 16. My mother's an atheist, I'm not completely sure about my father. Either way, it's largely irrelevant.

My grandfather (father's side) is one hell of a bible thumper, but his belligerence never pushed me in one way or the other.

I feel that the lack of emphasis of any religious elements in my life have made me a lot less sour about religious institutions than a lot of atheists who grew up in religious households, and were originally forced into a specific religion.

All I'm gonna say is, a church with a lightning rod on its roof shows a lack of confidence.


As does a bullet proof pope mobile.

Was baptized and entered into the Lutheran church as a matter of tradition - my parents were never very religious. Most people in Finland aren't - they go to church on their own behalf three times in their life and on two occasions they're carried in. Baptism, marriage, burial.

When I turned 18 I went to the church office and told them to sign me out. No reason to pay tax for supporting an organisation that does nothing for me. I'll help my neighbors or a stranger in need, and I don't do it because Jesus said so or for the promise of Heaven. I just think it adds up, as people also help me when I need it.

Belief? We have theories on how the universe came about - adding a creator who did it just adds another question to the things we don't know. Like where he came from, for starters.

This thread is Heresy!

If I had to pick one, i'd go with the Imperial Cult. I mean... chainswords, the priests wield chainswords!!


Back in reality I'm an atheist. Kinda impossible to study history and religion (not theology) on a university level and not be one.
Atheism really does liberate me on a philosophical level. Sexuality without any judgemental add-ons. No morality and ethics influenced by stone-age "thinkers."

I prefer the open discussion between everyone, open in a sense that everyone has a right to believe what ever the hell they want. -> BUT! <- that also means that everyone has a right to criticise said belief. Nobody and nothing should be immune to criticism. =D

I guess I'm Atheist, since I don't believe in anything even remotely supernatural and don't acknowledge the existence of any kind of god. I even facepalm internally every time I see people believing in day to day superstitions like luck, karma or bad fortune.
This probably has to do with that both my parents are highly educated and atheists, so the only religious influence I had for my entire childhood was my gradmother who tried her best (and failed) to make me a christian.

I do however pride myself in being very open minded and tolerant, so I am always very nice to people, not matter their background or religion. If people treat me with respect, I treat them with respect.
Some times it does get a bit depressing not having any religion to find comfort in, because the world is a cruel place, and people are mean to each other all the time.

Taoist philosophy but not religious. There is a difference.

Wiccan, so i put pagan.

Christian here.

Although I really don't like the term "religious," as it more often than not just gives it a bad name. My christianity is more of a way of life, rather than a religion I follow.

I believe in something, from some of my past life experinces but what I do not know. Is there something more to just life? something tells me yes, everything else tells me no.

All joking aside there should be an extra option stated as "this should not be on Dakka" because despite the innocense of your post I can see the religious question causing a lot of feud which is an argument usually born of peoples idiocy. If it helps though I have answered the poll.

YOU ARE ALL HERETICS, THE GOD-EMPEROR IS THE ONLY GOD, THE ECCLESIARCHY IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION! FOR THE EMPEROR!

...lol sorry xD

 russthebus wrote:
All joking aside there should be an extra option stated as "this should not be on Dakka" because despite the innocense of your post I can see the religious question causing a lot of feud which is an argument usually born of peoples idiocy. If it helps though I have answered the poll.

Except it should be on Dakka as this thread has lasted 4 pages with little to no drama.

Often we are just a bunch of savage trolls out for blood, but we have been known to have a civilized discussion from time to time.