Poll: Are you religious?

[JoesshittyOs]

Keep it respectful guys. We don't need people bashing religion right now.

OT: No, I'm not. I used to be Catholic but stopped because I hated going to church. Now I'm nothing.

I've kinda gotten into Quantum Mechanics and there was recently a video that came out that explained it pretty well to me.


The way I see it, Science hasn't explained emotion in a logical way yet. And from what I think, I doubt they ever will be able too.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

I'm a Darwinian Christian and I'm quite strong in my beliefs...However, I dislike all the hate religion I see now - well maybe hate isn't the word. I feel ashamed sometimes of being religion when I hear people say "religion-x is dumb" or "religion-y is a load of lies" especially if that religion is my own...And I'm kinda worried I'm gonna get some hate for this post

 

[Mudze]

Agnostic atheist here... So... I chose 'no'. Because agnosticism has nothing to do with the question.

 

[Balobo]

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Cupcakes. That is all.

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Friendship is magic after all.

¬_¬ I hate you

And I love and tolerate you.

Hey I know you're a Brony and you can't help it... but, can you stop posting ponies in every post you make in this thread? Thanks.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

Am I Religious? This would have to depend on what your definition of Religious is. If you find that Religion is were a group of middle-class white men talk about how much jesus hates gays, atheists, and other people's religions than this is not what I am. If you believe religion is a place where priests and pastors abuse children and write it off as "Gods will" then I am not religious. If you define Religion as people gathering to learn to love people and be considerate and kind while they follow jesus and learn to be like him. Thats what I am a part of.

 

[blankedboy]

I'm a Pastafarian, so yes.

 

[chadachada123]

If you're agnostic, that doesn't answer whether or not you're religious...

I'm atheistic, in any case, and also, strictly-speaking, agnostic.

 

[martin's a madman]

I'm a Darwinian Christian and I'm quite strong in my beliefs...However, I dislike all the hate religion I see now - well maybe hate isn't the word. I feel ashamed sometimes of being religion when I hear people say "religion-x is dumb" or "religion-y is a load of lies" especially if that religion is my own...And I'm kinda worried I'm gonna get some hate for this post

Nah, no hate. You're allowed to dislike it, as long as you're not actively trying to prevent people from criticising your, or any religion; it's fine.

 

[Marble Dragon]

When people ask, I always say my religion is poetry. I know, I know, it's an obnoxious thing to say. But it's honestly what makes the most sense to me.

There is something that connects everything in our universe, otherwise it wouldn't be called a universe. And that connection is the closest to God my beliefs will ever come. I don't believe in a man in the clouds looking down on us. That seems stupid to me. But I think the simple fact that our tiny planet contains so much warrants more than just a shrug. That volcanoes could erupt, lightning could strike, and -- dare I say it -- life could evolve, is enough to make me spiritual. That amazement is my spirituality. Writing is how I worship, if you will.

Pretty damn weird, I guess.

But if poetry doesn't seem like a valid religious belief to you, (and I don't blame you) I guess I'm agnostic.

 

[Bento Box]

Well, this is a question I could probably answer by writing an Essay of 6 or 7 pages thick, but I will try my best to keep it short.

I think I am religious, I like to think that there's someone or something that made us, maybe not literally like it is said in the bible. I don't believe in the bible, since it was written by a bunch of Pre-Medival men, they are human and the bible was translated so many times it could have been easily mistranslated or some of it lost in the ages. I like some of the ideas in the bible, and the example of Jesus, but I won't defend it like some crazy cul-de-sac crusader.

I like to think that there is this higher force or a being that watches over us and protects us, but I don't know what it looks like or what he/she is like.

And before I get hit by the shitstorms of atheists and theists alike, let me just tell you :

You are both probably wrong, and you will probably never know the truth. Deal. With. It.

OK, I know it's a little cheap of me to poke at you while you're suspended, and for that I do apologize in advance, but I really have to point at that last bit.

One way or the other, either the 'theists' (in the broadest sense of the word) or atheists have to be right. What are you positing otherwise? There is one, or there are many, half-gods? There is no middle ground between "Gods exist," and "Gods don't exist."

 

[fnzeta]

i find religion as a path to answer the more intangible questions (and act like a decent human being) in life, but the path is an averaged point of view from a select number of people. It doesn't take into account of the skewness of their beliefs or the different types of cultures which have allowed for the writings to take form and now. needless to say there are people who are outliers (and cultists) who take select readings from religious texts and disregard sections which do not fit in their mind or actively analyses the texts and disregard their own personal thoughts.

 

[Extragorey]

If you really believe death leads to eternal bliss, why are you wearing a seatbelt?

Because life is a gift we shouldn't squander.

 

[JehuBot]

Well , goddman , that's alot of atheists in one gaming forum ! XD

personaly , I'm religious , but not strictly religious.

sometimes I suspect that I might be an agnostic in the closet , but sometimes I become certain about the beliefs I suppost to believe in.

you can say plain lazyness plays a role here. -_-"

that's why I decided not to vote.

 

[ImmortalDrifter]

No, but as Nietzsche said "the child that learns to fear hell never truly stops".

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

OT: No, I'm not. I used to be Catholic but stopped because I hated going to church. Now I'm nothing.

Man, I'm Catholic and I have to agree going to church is a total *****.

There used to be an awesome priest that our church had that told the best homilies.
One was about buying underwear, another was wanting to strangle his friend for getting them lost in the woods, another how he got in a H-E-Buddy suit and firefighters had to come because the suit's feet melted on the concrete.
I could go on and on.

Unfortunately he went to another church.

OT: I'm sort of religious I guess. I mean, I'm more of a deist than anything tbh.

edit: Wow there are so many dicks in this thread, I'm overwhelmed.

 

[Vykrel]

im liking these results. its nice to see a community with a rationality rate that is above 50%.

i would like to see another poll for the people that did vote that they are religious. it should ask why they are religious.

the options would be something like, 1. I was raised in a religious family, 2. I am fearful of punishment in the afterlife, 3. I willingly chose my religion later in life, 4. Other

i have no idea what could possibly qualify under "Other".

 

[sukotsuto]

I personally find it hilarious that people assume that God is "a guy above the clouds watching us", as well as the opposite assumption that "there is lack of sufficient physical evidence to prove that there is a god". I personally believe that if there is a God, He is amused at how we assume all sorts of crap about his existence (or lack thereof) and once we lose the gift of life, He has full dominion of whatever afterlife we couldn't comprehend in our living state. And again, if there is a God, he may perhaps be beyond human comprehension, just as how a dog can never comprehend the internet nor your worker ant being unable to comprehend anything we human beings even say or feel.

Even though I say I'm religious, I totally respect the opinions of atheist that actually have legitimate arguments (particularly the type of argument that wasn't done ad nauseum), unlike like 95% of other self-proclaimed atheists who never did their research in both sides of the argument. In the other side of the coin, this assumed statistic of 95% also applies to other religious people talking out of their ass thinking what they say is according to religion without actually doing their own research as well.

It's funny that I was never really that religious back then (I wasn't even in a practicing religious family - and I was annoyed at the religious side that exists in some of my relatives), but my faith just skyrocketed the more I try to know about the things around me, and all the anti-God arguments seem to actually magnify my belief of a possibility of a greater incomprehensible being that is many leagues beyond our mental capacity letting us live our life until it expires and eventually takes us over beyond the grave. With all the scientific advances we've had, he have little to no idea on what's actually beyond the universe yet, and whatever void that may await us, which just proves to me that whatever science we may have, it's still primitive to said ultimate being given that most of our advances in science and technology are still pretty much grounded within our own planet, with a few studies outside of our orbit here and there.

EDIT: In other news, I'm drunk as f*ck while I was typing all this lol.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Nah, that whole idiotic money scam and testament to the gullibility of humanity isn't for me.

Sort of. I'm Catholic, but I don't blindly accept everything. If there is a policy or teaching I think is stupid or makes no sense, I will call them on it.

I don't understand this position. If you believe that The Bible is the word of God then what right do you have to disagree with it. If it's the work of a perfect divine being then it isn't wrong on anything. If The Bible's true then you'll be damned to Hell for having the audacity to put yourself before God and rewriting his most holy book to suit your whims.

I'm not a religious man, but if I was I'd be a fundamentalist. If I was a Christian I'd be in the WBC, if I was a Buddhist I'd be a monk, because those are the only intellectually tenable positions for a religious person. I don't see how you can disobey your God while still thinking that you follow Him and are in his good graces.

If you were a fundamentalist you'd be a hypocrite anyway, because most religious texts are very contradictory of their own writings.

Well yeah, that's one of the many problems of religion. However, if I were a fundamentalist I could minimize if not eliminate that problem only following the prohibitive and proscriptive options when a contradiction arises. For example, The Bible says that it's not acceptable to divorce and that it is acceptable to divorce. If I were a fundamentalist christian I'd have to think that it's not acceptable to divorce, because if the correct interpretation of The Bible is that divorce is bad I would've be correctly following The Bible whereas if the correct interpretation is that divorce is acceptable then by not divorcing I would've still not violated The Bible because that interpretation would still mean that not divorcing is still acceptable. The real problems lie when a book makes proscriptive and prohibitive decrees that are directly contradictory (e.g. that killing is always bad and that killing should be done under certain circumstances.) Not being hugely well versed in religious texts I do not know of any such drastic contradictions, but there probably are a few.

Nevertheless, being a fundamentalist is still a more intellectually tenable position than being a moderate. Even if a fundamentalist can't follow his holy tome perfectly, the fundamentalist's attempt to do so is still more honest than the moderate's rewriting of his proclaimed perfect text.

 

[stutheninja]

i have faith, and i believe (RC btw) but the whole institution of the chruch... im not such a huge fan of that. and yeah, i think you gotta believe in something, even if you believe that there isnt any kind of cosmic design, still counts as faith in my book, just dont be a dick about it hahaha

 

[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

Am I religious in the sense that I disregard all science that threatens my faith as nonsense and "FROM TEH DEVIL!!!"?

No,nonononononononono NO!
As was previously stated by another user, I am merely spiritual.

You see, from my point of view it's absolute nonsense to say that "there is no evidence for a God so why should I believe? No one should believe as it's nonsense because there is no evidence".

With all your paragraphs of evidence against/lack of evidence for God you bring out you failed to take into account some very simple and obvious text from the bible that has been around for centuries, that and basic logic that your biased views have made you overlook.

If there was evidence for a God, if I had reason to safely believe that there is hope and life after death, then it would not be faith. Faith is believing in something that you have no reason to hope for so what exactly are you accomplishing from stating the obvious lack of evidence?

Now for the text:

"for without faith it is impossible to please God"
-Hebrews 11:6

From this it is clear that a lack of evidence is to be expected, as well as reason to doubt.

This is just my point of view and I don't care if you think it's nonsense. I don't believe because I think it's all fact, I believe because I want to hope that despite the evils and chaos that surrounds us, there is still hope and good to bring things to order. I want to hope that our lives aren't meaningless and unfair, I want to think that something that we can't comprehend has everything under control and that there was purpose all along in our struggles.
If I didn't, I'd go mad with depression.