What is your religion?

[yo]

I'm an atheist, but I still celebrate Christmas and Easter and everything. The rest of my family aren't Christian, but I'm the only one who doesn't believe in the possibility of any deity.

[NautilusWolf]

I was raised in an Irish-Italian family, so you could imagine i was Catholic. I however am an Atheist. My family is all cheistian, whether it be baptist, mormon, catholic, whatever.

[Paradox]

I could write something putting the faith of my parents( which is what I comment on knowledgeably) in context regards that statement, again - but as a general point, consider the question of weather an entirely 'neutral' politic is either possible or desirable. Can we expect to avoid grappling with what constitutes a 'human life', with all the rights and protections thereof? Should we truly expect to be of one accord pertaining the meaning of marriage? Even the laws of a republic will be in some part determined by the sum of philosophies and personal motivations of the voting public; And so long as some minority differs from the majority on matters of import and universal scope, I fear the beliefs of some will intrude on the lives of others. It is what it is - life.


PS: Sorry for the mini-lesson in hermeneutics, but these kind of statements show up all the time in comment sections and editorials; And - meaning no offense to Paradox - it's quite frustrating. I couldn't skip an opportunity to provide a little correction! :-/



Nah man, no offense taken!

Huh, though I missed a huge breakdown of my earlier posts by... somebody! Hehe, oh well.

[Trixsie Vixen]

Atheist.  Technically an agnostic atheist because I do not think non-existence can be "proved".  However I think the various deities and other supernatural accounts of the world are incompatible with the actual world.  So I class myself as a strong atheist or hard atheist because the lack of evidence is as thorough a disproof as is possible by inductive reasoning. 


It isn't what I chose to believe, nor how I was raised nor what gives me comfort.


As for whether atheism is a religion, well, it's actually a bit tricky to pin down a definition of religion with any consensus, so for simplicity I lump them together.  Though the joke that atheism is to religion as bald is to hair colour I find the clearest analogy.


Nice to see this thread playing nice, I tend to not talk about religion on TFF because it can be such an emotional subject, so well done everyfur!

[NautilusWolf]

Religion, gender, sexuality, all are very delicate topics. So its good to see we're all mature enough to respect other peoples' views and beliefs. Its actually interesting hearing from the other sides of the fence, ya know? Different perspectives.

[CrazyCat]

Religion, gender, sexuality, all are very delicate topics. So its good to see we're all mature enough to respect other peoples' views and beliefs. Its actually interesting hearing from the other sides of the fence, ya know? Different perspectives.

It's a refreshing break from pretty much the rest of the internets.

[Dagmar1177]

Religion, gender, sexuality, all are very delicate topics. So its good to see we're all mature enough to respect other peoples' views and beliefs. Its actually interesting hearing from the other sides of the fence, ya know? Different perspectives.

I like to consider this a nice neutral zone, if you will. I like to believe everyone on here will try to be respectful and understanding of your opinion even if it clashes with their beliefs.

[Trixsie Vixen]

At this rate we could even talk about gun control and health care

[CrazyCat]

So been thinking about my beliefs and I have to say that while I like to think that there is a Creator, that there is a superior and benevolent being watching over us, there is no way of finding out for sure whether s/he exists or not, and there is now way of totally disproving his/her existence. So I guess that makes me agnostic leaning towards theist.

[Tempest (Red Panda)]

I believed in the Christian god as a child, then became an atheist, and I'm now Wiccan. I have to hide it from my mother though because her Christian fiance told her that Wicca is "wrong" and "not a real religion" but nonetheless I love it ^~^

[Obey138 (Matthew "Fluffy")]

Brain is fake.

Brain is just a connector between your soul and your assigned body.
Brain imitates/pretends that it's doing the thinking and it does it so well, looking so naturally, that it makes you and others think that soul doesn't exist.

[yo]

I once had a lot of fun Googling are athiests bad, and why?
I then spent the next ten minutes laughing my head off.