POLL: Are you religious or have faith?

Religion?

  • Don't Know

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Yes

    Votes: 13 35.1%

  • No

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Agnostic

    Votes: 6 16.2%

  • Atheist

    Votes: 10 27.0%

  • Other / Deist / Buddhist / Pastafarian etc.

    Votes: 3 8.1%
  • Total voters
    37
I am Atheist in that I have no theology. Theology essentially says, this god or that god says this, therefore you must live this way or that way.

I am Agnostic in that I don't know whether god exists. I have no evidence either way, so this is really a scientific position for me.

I am Moral in that I live by a code of ethics. In a sense, it could be said that I have a form of secular spirituality.
 
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I vote on spiritual & believe God!

I am already bapitist and christian

I don't remember on long time 2003 /2004
 
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I am not a post-theist. I would like to be.

Nor am I an atheist.

If one really think about it, atheists are practical agnostics. However in essence, we are all agnostics; just some are not willing to acknowledge the possibility there might not be a deity; the non-theists are willing to forego the idea of a deity altogether in the absence of proof positive; and others still struggle with trying to be the middle of the road.

To be an atheist implies one likes the concept of a supreme being, yet is willing to confess there isn't one.

But self-confessd agnostics are so wishy-washy. Blah.
 
deafbajagal said:
I think there's a big difference between being religious and being spiritual.

I'm not a religious person but I am a very spiritual person. I do follow some of the teachings of a specific religion (to a degree) but the religion does not define me for who I am and what I do.
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It is my experience that religion does not define anyone, unless they are clergy(pastor, priest, etc). Even then, their religion is but a small part of who they are.

I am Muslim. I was Muslim before I lost some of my hearing & have chosen to remain a Muslim.

There is a BIG difference between being Spiritual & being religious...I refuse to pass judgement on a person regardless of how or what or who they believe in. I believe that if a person is going to be judged, judge them for who they really are, not what they appear to be.
 
souggy said:
I am not a post-theist. I would like to be.

Nor am I an atheist.

If one really think about it, atheists are practical agnostics. However in essence, we are all agnostics; just some are not willing to acknowledge the possibility there might not be a deity; the non-theists are willing to forego the idea of a deity altogether in the absence of proof positive; and others still struggle with trying to be the middle of the road.

To be an atheist implies one likes the concept of a supreme being, yet is willing to confess there isn't one.

But self-confessd agnostics are so wishy-washy. Blah.
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I define myself as agnostic atheist.
I am an atheist guided by reason, instructed by science, motivated by kindness.

Although Penn Jillette's book 'God, NO!' had inspired me thought several reasons. One of is the quote below:

There is no god, and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
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Whether one can live their lives without thinking of their purpose here on earth-problematical. Whether one can consider the existence of this massive universe as "starting by itself-some point in the past" hardly fits "science"? The existence of something called "time" started from-itself again?

Nothing new - been debated since time immemorial-conclusion?

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My natural inclination is to be an atheist - it's the worldview that I find most comfortable. I like the idea of belonging to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (link). I'm not very comfortable with religious people as many of them are narrow-minded and lacking in compassion. But I like to read widely and read of people that don't share my way of looking at things. And I have to say that I found Jesus to be a most remarkable person, very different from some of the religious people who claim to be his followers. The more I read his stuff, the more I liked him. Having researched Jesus's life for myself, I made a judgment call that the historical evidence we have support the gospel stories as being truthful records. I don't consider myself to be religious, but I do hero-worship Jesus these days and consider Him trustworthy. However most people would say that having faith in Jesus is the same as being religious so that's what I voted as, but I echo Reba's comments earlier.
 
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