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View Poll Results: What religion do you follow? | |||
Christianity | 38 | 20.32% | |
Buddhism | 3 | 1.60% | |
Hinduism | 1 | 0.53% | |
Islam | 2 | 1.07% | |
Judaism | 4 | 2.14% | |
Wiccanism | 1 | 0.53% | |
Other established religion (feel free to post about it) | 6 | 3.21% | |
Self-defined | 25 | 13.37% | |
Don't follow any religion & don't believe in deities (atheist) | 68 | 36.36% | |
Not Sure, undecided, don't know or don't care | 39 | 20.86% | |
Sikhism | 0 | 0% | |
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10-11-2009, 10:29 PM | #151 (permalink) | |
carpe musicam
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Seriously? I heard they don't do Christmas, no decorations - nothing. And you don't have to buy anyone a birthday present, you can receive birthday presents but you don't have give them.
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10-12-2009, 06:18 AM | #154 (permalink) | |
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P.s. if you think you're confused, sometimes I mistake my comments for his!
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10-12-2009, 07:38 AM | #155 (permalink) |
Juicious Maximus III
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I know some Jehova's witnesses, but I try not to discuss religion with them. Either way, you wouldn't know they were Jehova's witnesses unless they or someone else told you. They are pretty much like "regular" protestant christians in that most of them (that I know) seem to have a very relaxed relationship with their religion. For example, they swear and get drunk like the rest of us.
All I know about their beliefs is they believe heaven can only hold so many people and that Jehova's witnesses are eligible for gettin' in there .. and then I think they don't believe in hell, but rather that when you die you go to Gehenna(?) which is a place (city) where it's not nice to be for eternity but I don't think you're being tormented by demons. Someone might have to correct me here, but that's what I think I know
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10-12-2009, 07:45 AM | #156 (permalink) | |
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And I've heard about Jehova's witnesses being the only ones eligible to go to heaven ... and that's why they have to save us all.
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10-12-2009, 07:58 AM | #157 (permalink) |
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I'm not religious, i respect those who are and i believe it is possible there is some sort of "higher power" watching over us and an afterlife ect but i chose not to follow any religion simply because i think it has more negatives than positives.
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10-12-2009, 08:41 AM | #158 (permalink) | |
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However, they do not believe that humans have a soul that survives independent of the body, and so when humans die, they believe that the “soul” dies as well. They don’t go anywhere, they simply cease to exist. But, they also believe in a resurrection that will occur after “Armageddon”. The “Gehenna” you speak of is symbolic, not literal. It represents permanent death. Those who go to “Gehenna” will not be resurrected. That’s it in a nutshell anyhow.
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10-12-2009, 09:27 AM | #159 (permalink) | |
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10-12-2009, 11:57 AM | #160 (permalink) | |
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I'd talk more but that gets into explaining a pretty lengthy and I don't want to come off as preachy to anyone. |
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