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Faith and Religion

BroloBrolo BroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
edited June 2008 in Social Entropy++
Pretty sure most of the people posting here are either non-religious or don't worship traditionally, but I'm also guessing most of you were raised under some kind of organized religion. I want to know if that's changed, and why.

If you are a religious guy, what religion do you follow? Why do you keep following? Or why did you switch to a different faith?

If you were religious at some point but aren't any more, why did you stop?

And if you were never religious, do you ever wish things were different? Have you accepted some kind of faith?


This being SE++, I understand the desire to make really clever and funny comments when it comes to talking about SERIOUS BUSINESS on the internet. While D&D is :arrow:, think of this as a rare opportunity to reflect before you post that image macro or make that gay for Jesus joke: are you really as funny as you think you're being? Don't be a dick unless you really have to.

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    i was raised hindu, but when i was like nine, my brother told me he was an atheist and i wanted to be like him

    over time i've gotten agnosticker

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I am agnostic.

    I don't really mind any religions so long as they don't get in my face about it.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
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    (hail satan)

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm agnostic. I was raised Orthodox however I never went to church since my parents didn't go, so I got my knowledge of Christianity from TV and my peers.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    catholic for a while

    not sure about it now, to be honest

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  • NORNOR Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fallout wrote: »
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    (hail satan)

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Agnostic

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Killjoy wrote: »
    i was raised hindu, but when i was like nine, my brother told me he was an atheist and i wanted to be like him

    over time i've gotten agnosticker

    What's your background, Killjoy? And where are you posting from?

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  • cheshirecheshire Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I was raised Jehovah's Witness cause that was what both my grandmas were and that's what my parents thought we should be raised as.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I am my own personal jesus

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  • honkymcgoohonkymcgoo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm Catholic. I stopped going for a few years after my confirmation, but then during college got back into it. I enjoy the traditions and it sorta clears my head to go to mass. I usually attend the mass they do in latin, thats how I prefer to roll. So, I guess it centers me.

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  • BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    LaVeyan

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Rolo wrote: »
    Killjoy wrote: »
    i was raised hindu, but when i was like nine, my brother told me he was an atheist and i wanted to be like him

    over time i've gotten agnosticker

    What's your background, Killjoy? And where are you posting from?

    i'm south indian, but i lived around bombay most of my childhood. then my family came to toronto when i was eleven, and i've lived here ever since.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    NOR wrote: »
    Fallout wrote: »
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    (hail satan)

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Anjin-San wrote: »
    catholic for a while

    not sure about it now, to be honest

    h5

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I guess I was born a christian, and I've attended church a few times, but over the years, my family stopped going, and it's really open ended, I suppose.

    I have too many questions and uncertainties to be tied to a religion, but I enjoy religious discussion because I learn and I also bring the pain on you misinformed fools.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Religion rules.
    you don't mean that

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    don't really follow mine now

    it's half and half with me

    sister theresa from our church was a great person, who did nothing but help my family through some tough times

    after she went back to boston (she had a thick boston accent) it wasn't the same

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    raised christian

    gotten what you could call agnostic, sort of

    i pretty much believe in a god, i just don't pretend to have any idea what he's about

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Religion rules.

    I think you mean Jesus owns.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Raised Lutheran, now an atheist.

    Whatever.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Raised southern Baptist.

    Still go, but not as often and I'm not as involved.

    Mostly don't go as much anymore because a lot of people I knew that attended have moved away, it's mostly just me and my girlfriend now and late Saturday nights turn into late Sunday mornings. I still like going, but I also like sleeping.

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  • Filler Inc.Filler Inc. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I was raised subrurban. Which means I celebrate christmas and easter, but have never set foot in a church.

    I'm agnostic though.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i mean, after she left it seemed like our church was less about people

    and more about instilling stupid ideologies in people

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  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Catholic, but also somewhat agnostic

    I'm kind of used as a spiritual guy by most of my friends

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i find atheism as unbackupable as religion

    it doesn't make sense to be absolute either way, but at least there's a payoff for religious folk if they're right

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i find atheism as unbackupable as religion

    it doesn't make sense to be absolute either way, but at least there's a payoff for religious folk if they're right

    Only if you pick the right religion.

    Or are you just trolling Pasal's Wager to try and be funny, Bemis.

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
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  • Cold Salmon and HatredCold Salmon and Hatred __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Atheists tend to be such assholes about their atheism

    like you even mention that you're catholic and they get right up in your face

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i find atheism as unbackupable as religion

    it doesn't make sense to be absolute either way,

    why not
    but at least there's a payoff for religious folk if they're right

    only if they chose the correct religion and adhered to it correctly

    i'm not going to hell no matter what 8-)

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm Agnostic. My parents aren't religious and neither is anybody in my immidiate family.
    One neat thing is my Grandpa is a German Catholic while my Grandma is a Russian Jew.
    Even they aren't religious but we all still get together for Christmas, Hanukkah , and the like.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Killjoy wrote: »
    Rolo wrote: »
    Killjoy wrote: »
    i was raised hindu, but when i was like nine, my brother told me he was an atheist and i wanted to be like him

    over time i've gotten agnosticker

    What's your background, Killjoy? And where are you posting from?

    i'm south indian, but i lived around bombay most of my childhood. then my family came to toronto when i was eleven, and i've lived here ever since.

    Ah, another Toronto resident - do you have the same kind of "what on earth is my culture supposed to be" ennui that I get as someone who's pretty much rejected all of his traditional familial heritage?

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i'm not being funny

    just IMOing over here

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Raised Louisiana Catholic, sent to Catholic school for a good while. When it came time to get confirmed, I said no. I find the ceremony culturally provocative but totally detrimental to personal development. I'm now a hyper-lapsed Catholic with no morals and a creeping proclivity for nihilism.

    and a propensity for big, fancy, smart-guy words

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    berk that is inexcusably hilarious

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    teefs did you have a road to damascus moment for real?

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