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Undecided, taking a stand on organized religion
*islandgirl4eva*
post Jan 22 2005, 01:48 AM
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Hmmmm, how do I start this off? Lemme see...

I myself, was born a Catholic. I went to church, was baptized, but that's about it. The majority of my family is highly religious, but I am not, in the sense that I don't feel the need to go to church and strictly follow how I am told to live. I live my life in a way that lets me experience the most of it. It's not sinful, per say, but I'm no saint.

Anyway, I have my own ideas to what religion means to me. A lot of people that I know don't like that. They try to preach to me that I should "turn back to the Lord." I have God...they just don't see that though. I don't care though, they can judge if they want to. That's on them.

Do you have your own ideas about what religion is? Have people treated you differently because of it? What do you think of people who do have their own ideas?
 
 
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post Jan 23 2005, 04:31 PM
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I was baptized and taught to follow christianity but heres my views...

Religion is for weak-minded people who need something to rely to get through life, rather than muster the strength to do it themselves. I don't need a contradictory storybook to tell me how to live.

Some people in this world shouldn't even be religious. They use it as an excuse for invading other peoples' lands, with grandiose illusions of an afterlife that can't be proven. They also use religion as a device for shielding their own ignorance and mental instability. What good are confessions when one can commit the same crime and repent several times over?

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post Jan 23 2005, 11:51 PM
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QUOTE(Funky Buddha @ Jan 23 2005, 4:31 PM)
I was baptized and taught to follow christianity but heres my views...

Religion is for weak-minded people who need something to rely to get through life, rather than muster the strength to do it themselves. I don't need a contradictory storybook to tell me how to live.

Some people in this world shouldn't even be religious. They use it as an excuse for invading other peoples' lands, with grandiose illusions of an afterlife that can't be proven. They also use religion as a device for shielding their own ignorance and mental instability. What good are confessions when one can commit the same crime and repent several times over?

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Niiice. I've been thinking that for a while. Just never had the balls to say it.
 

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islandgirl4eva   Undecided   Jan 22 2005, 01:48 AM
angel-roh   Ahh this topic is gona be deleted? okay dokie   Jan 22 2005, 06:57 AM
niez_cho   huh? :confused: Did a mod delete the original post...   Jan 22 2005, 07:14 AM
islandgirl4eva   No, I had deleted it. I read it and it didn't ...   Jan 22 2005, 11:03 AM
Nicolatofu   I have my own opinion about religion...but i guess...   Jan 22 2005, 11:09 AM
sporadic   I live in North Dakota. It's not exactly the l...   Jan 22 2005, 11:14 AM
Days Nearly Over   Religion is what keeps people going. I don't k...   Jan 22 2005, 11:17 AM
sammehmyst   You can follow whatever religion or beliefs you wa...   Jan 22 2005, 11:19 AM
sammi rules you   yea. my friend's started looking at me differe...   Jan 22 2005, 11:23 AM
Madame C   I think everyone reaches a point where they don...   Jan 22 2005, 08:21 PM
avalon*   i don't think organized religions are necessar...   Jan 22 2005, 08:28 PM
islandgirl4eva   You know, I respect the concept of organized relig...   Jan 23 2005, 11:24 AM
iheartsimba   poeple don't really know about what i think ab...   Jan 23 2005, 12:42 PM
stephinika   i don't even know what i think about religion ...   Jan 23 2005, 02:17 PM
WhiteLadyOfRohan   omg religon heh yeah I was brought us as a Baptis...   Jan 23 2005, 04:21 PM
WhiteLadyOfRohan   I also think of the bible liek the greek myths. M...   Jan 23 2005, 04:23 PM
Funky Buddha   I was baptized and taught to follow christianity b...   Jan 23 2005, 04:31 PM
islandgirl4eva   QUOTE(Funky Buddha @ Jan 23 2005, 4:31 PM)I w...   Jan 23 2005, 11:51 PM
WhiteLotus*   QUOTE(islandgirl4eva @ Jan 21 2005, 10:48 PM)...   Jan 23 2005, 11:57 PM
tungtwista   Well, I use to be a total hater on religion. I was...   Jan 24 2005, 12:12 AM
xxruinedsoulxx   i follow the beliefs of my religion   Jan 24 2005, 03:40 AM
yanners   yeah i have my own opinions on religion. i'm ...   Jan 24 2005, 07:54 AM
angel-roh   Oh cool this topic was supposed to be deleted, but...   Jan 25 2005, 11:38 AM
Spirited Away   QUOTE(angel_roh @ Jan 25 2005, 11:38 AM)Oh co...   Jan 25 2005, 07:02 PM
xGlovex   Well, i just do what im told. i am catholic though...   Jan 25 2005, 01:30 PM
islandgirl4eva   QUOTE(xGlovex @ Jan 25 2005, 1:30 PM)Well, i ...   Jan 25 2005, 04:19 PM
SFoT_Freak   I was born as a mormon, so i have been a mormon my...   Jan 25 2005, 07:38 PM
lolthissiteisfunny   QUOTE(SFoT_Freak @ Jan 25 2005, 6:38 PM)I was...   Mar 28 2005, 11:44 PM
iwannalosemybreath   I myself don't have much faith in the bible......   Feb 10 2005, 09:37 PM
Just_Dream   QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Jan 25 2005, 4:02 PM)I ...   Feb 10 2005, 11:27 PM
islandgirl4eva   That makes sense Christina. I mean, I wonder mysel...   Feb 10 2005, 11:47 PM
azn_r4pf4n   thank goodness we don't have established relig...   Feb 11 2005, 02:43 PM
racoons > you   religion is different for each individual. if it i...   Feb 11 2005, 03:15 PM
Just_Dream   QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Feb 11 2005, 12:15 ...   Feb 11 2005, 07:01 PM
OriskybusinessO   Lemme tell you a story... i dont believe in god, a...   Feb 11 2005, 05:37 PM
Shattered_Hope   I, myself, like everyone, have a different viewpoi...   Feb 11 2005, 06:24 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   That isnt really nice, they're too obess w/ th...   Feb 11 2005, 06:32 PM
sheepy   well my parents are buddist. i grew up in a cathol...   Feb 11 2005, 06:33 PM
racoons > you   i have no objection to toehr people's religion...   Feb 11 2005, 06:42 PM
sunissed14127   Maybe this should be in debate?? Anyways, I unders...   Feb 11 2005, 07:49 PM
islandgirl4eva   QUOTE(sunissed14127 @ Feb 11 2005, 7:49 PM)Ma...   Feb 11 2005, 09:36 PM
islandgirl4eva   OH MY EFFING GOD! I'm so furious right now...   Mar 28 2005, 11:11 PM
juliar   Eh, I'm agnostic, and no one really cares. In ...   Mar 28 2005, 11:13 PM
xd0rkette   I don't know. Well. I can say I'm Christia...   Mar 28 2005, 11:15 PM
lolita kitty   hm, im confuzed i guess i uh... ok.... i have my o...   Mar 28 2005, 11:18 PM
souldreamers   Yea I have my own beliefs I guess. What I believe...   Mar 29 2005, 01:34 AM


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