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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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Old 11-12-2009, 08:39 AM   #201 (permalink)
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That's why I have faith, because I know he was sent to Earth to save us and even for those who arn't Christian or even religious, living as he did wouldn't be a bad thing for the world. My dear I think you've explained it quite well.
sometimes we're best served by cutting through the crap.
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Old 11-12-2009, 10:24 AM   #202 (permalink)
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Religious? In a word. No.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:24 AM   #203 (permalink)
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Old 01-11-2010, 07:30 AM   #204 (permalink)
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theres way more athiests on here than I expected.
that has a lot to do with musicians NOT wanting to sing worship music
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Old 01-11-2010, 11:00 AM   #205 (permalink)
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Agnostic. Anyway, as Heinrich Heine said: "God will forgive me; that’s his job."

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that has a lot to do with musicians NOT wanting to sing worship music
And sometimes even singing AGAINST worship:



Ouch!
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Old 01-11-2010, 11:20 AM   #206 (permalink)
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i'm an agnostic, but i'm spiritual... i'm pretty religious when it comes to art and nature
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Old 01-11-2010, 02:35 PM   #207 (permalink)
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Actually, what best describes my opinion are these words by Marcus Aurelius:

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"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:23 PM   #208 (permalink)
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Actually, what best describes my opinion are these words by Marcus Aurelius:


"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
i disagree.

hypothetically, wouldn't religious precepts define the virtues of man, and a just god? isn't that the reason for them? an unjust god would be one that'd let anyone into 'heaven', because the measures of evaluation are bypassed. furthermore, there's no true representation of a good life unless it is individually defined, or based on a point of authority. if your life is good on your own terms, you can do anything you want. the conscience isn't collective; hitler thought what he was doing was right, and he was remembered for it...
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:30 PM   #209 (permalink)
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i disagree.

hypothetically, wouldn't religious precepts define the virtues of man, and a just god? isn't that the reason for them? an unjust god would be one that'd let anyone into 'heaven', because the measures of evaluation are bypassed. furthermore, there's no description of a good life unless you're basing it from a point of authority. if your life is good on your own terms, you can do anything you want. hitler thought what he was doing was right, and he was remembered for it...
So you'd only want to live a "good" life if you were rewarded for it? Religion isn't the only guide on how a good life should be led I think.
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Old 01-11-2010, 03:39 PM   #210 (permalink)
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So you'd only want to live a "good" life if you were rewarded for it? Religion isn't the only guide on how a good life should be led I think.
is that what you gathered from my reply to that quote? my point was that the quote seemed ironic in that he described a "good" life, considering virtue and the value of it, when we are unable to objectively determine them.

what is a "good" life? they are different things for you and me. what would be a pertinent reward and who besides yourself decides what the reward is? there are no guides on what a "good" life is, no answer; to live is to figure that out yourself, although your "answer" will be constantly changing. happiness? enlightenment? purpose? truth?

even though i know i will never know in this life, i'll keep searching, because to me, that's what makes life worth living.
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