Undecided, taking a stand on organized religion |
| *islandgirl4eva* |
 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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Jan 22 2005, 06:57 AM
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 i'm susan  Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
Ahh this topic is gona be deleted? okay dokie
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Jan 22 2005, 07:14 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
huh? :confused:
Did a mod delete the original post or something? |
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| *islandgirl4eva* |
Jan 22 2005, 11:03 AM
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No, I had deleted it. I read it and it didn't sound right, but I was too tired to edit it. I fixed it today.
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Jan 22 2005, 11:09 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,882 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,064 |
I have my own opinion about religion...but i guess everyone does to an extent. My grandma always tries to preach to me lol but i don't really alter my opinion for someone elses...
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Jan 22 2005, 11:14 AM
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 and they say imitation is flattering Group: Member Posts: 1,337 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 27,269 |
I live in North Dakota. It's not exactly the liberal capital of the United States, so religious ideas different from the norm are rather taboo. I don't get treated differently for having my own thoughts about God, but the topic doesn't come up a lot in conversation anyway. Besides, I go to a small school and no one really cares. At my brother's school it's a lot bigger and a few kids have told him he's going to Hell. But, yeah, no problems with me.
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Jan 22 2005, 11:17 AM
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 Day's Nearly Over Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 |
Religion is what keeps people going. I don't know why. I'm semireligious. *shrugs* I'm not really opinionated..
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Jan 22 2005, 11:19 AM
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 tower over me Group: Member Posts: 1,190 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 77,717 |
You can follow whatever religion or beliefs you want.
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Jan 22 2005, 11:23 AM
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 WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
yea. my friend's started looking at me differently and talking to me less when they found out i was atheist. most everyone here believes the same thing about religion (as also a large majority are highly christian) so any other view is almost absurd.
i'm so lonely here. i need to move.. |
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Jan 22 2005, 08:21 PM
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 Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
I think everyone reaches a point where they don't know what they believe in or question their faith. I'm kinda at the same point. I asked my mother if I became a Muslim (cuz I have been thinking about it, but I didn't tell her that) if she would buy me Christmas presents. She basically asked if I was joining a cult. Crazy woman.
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Jan 22 2005, 08:28 PM
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 NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
i don't think organized religions are necessarily good because they get labeled. i'm a christian, and many people think of the label that that's where people believe in God and they go to church, but it's much more than that, and i choose to believe that it's more than what it seems to other people. i wish people wouldn't force religions on others or be hostile to others because they have different religions..it makes me so sad
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| *islandgirl4eva* |
Jan 23 2005, 11:24 AM
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You know, I respect the concept of organized religion, but I also think about think.
Since the beginning of time, wasn't organized religion the cause of a lot of major wars? Example: The Crusades...The war on Terrorism (delusional people whho claim it to be in the name of Allah) I don't know, my teacher and I were discussing it in AP Psychology (he's a Tibeten Buddhist, so he doesn't believe in God). When we came to that thought, we both could only shrug. Didn't wanna take it any further for fear of offending someone. |
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Jan 23 2005, 12:42 PM
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 kristin Group: Member Posts: 5,705 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,985 |
poeple don't really know about what i think abotu religion. i sort of keep my ideas to myself. i dont read the bible...i sort of have my own ideas on things i guess. i feel like the bible is not something people should get obsessed over...only because god didn't write those words himself..=/
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| *stephinika* |
Jan 23 2005, 02:17 PM
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i don't even know what i think about religion anymore...i'm a baptized catholic as well and i even go to a catholic school but right now, i don't know what i believe in.
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Jan 23 2005, 04:21 PM
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 heh, that poor girl Group: Member Posts: 234 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 64,896 |
omg religon heh yeah
I was brought us as a Baptist Christian. Since I was liek 6 or 7 though I always though about it and could never really grasp the whole concept of it. I myself don't belivein god or jesus and what not. My parents hate me for it and will try to make me go to church every once in a while. I tried wicca for a while but decided that was kinda gay too. Currently I am agnostic. Meaning: I belive it is impossible to prove that there is or isnt a god. So not atheist but not christian either, just undecided. Ive always been interested in Buddah and Taoism/Daoism though. |
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Jan 23 2005, 04:23 PM
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heh, that poor girl Group: Member Posts: 234 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 64,896 |
I also think of the bible liek the greek myths. Maybe Jesus was real.........people just like made extremes out of him. And well used it as a story to make people have good morals and stuff. Give people a reason to live
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Jan 23 2005, 04:31 PM
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 Holla if ya hate me Group: Member Posts: 2,386 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 80,819 |
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? ----- Denisaurus Rex >=] |
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| *islandgirl4eva* |
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? ----- Denisaurus Rex >=]  Niiice. I've been thinking that for a while. Just never had the balls to say it. |
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Jan 23 2005, 11:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,541 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 44,332 |
QUOTE(islandgirl4eva @ Jan 21 2005, 10:48 PM) 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? That is exactly me right there.  Gosh, I thought I was the only... |
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Jan 24 2005, 12:12 AM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
Well, I use to be a total hater on religion. I was 100% Athiest. but now, as i look at people's religions and such, i became an unitarian. I dont believe in all that god and stuff like that, but it doesnt mean i dont respect people's beliefs.
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Jan 24 2005, 03:40 AM
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i follow the beliefs of my religion
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Jan 24 2005, 07:54 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
yeah i have my own opinions on religion. i'm only semi-religious.
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Jan 25 2005, 11:38 AM
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i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
Oh cool this topic was supposed to be deleted, but now it came back like it came back from our bury ground
 anyways... i guess everyone always have their own opinions on religion, right? i mean i have my own opinions on religion. I have few mormoms friend and they look at me like I have a bad religion. I'm Christian and they just like "Susan, being a Christian doesn't mean you will get closer to God. You're just pressuring yourself too much just to be like Jesus. And that's bad" .................. I was like wtf? get away with me!! hehe... but yeah believe what you believe in! you don't always have to believe someone else's belief. what ever comforts you, then believe and follow it! |
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Jan 25 2005, 01:30 PM
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 WANTED..for sexyness Group: Member Posts: 1,050 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 77,290 |
Well, i just do what im told. i am catholic though.
I have some jewish friends and i treat them like everyone else. i think religion shouldnt matter. its personality basicly and how you treat people. |
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| *islandgirl4eva* |
Jan 25 2005, 04:19 PM
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QUOTE(xGlovex @ Jan 25 2005, 1:30 PM) Well, i just do what im told. i am catholic though. I have some jewish friends and i treat them like everyone else. i think religion shouldnt matter. its personality basicly and how you treat people. I've always thought that myself. Why can't other people see that? |
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