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Interests => Religious Discussions => Topic started by: soleil on October 08, 2010, 05:42:07 PM
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Really just curious where everyone falls religion-wise assuming that you belong to a religion.
I was baptized as a baby in the Episcopal church. I got married in the Episcopal church (boy do you have to jump through some hoops to do that :p , but a couple of years ago my husband and I converted to Methodist. I really enjoy the Methodist church. I feel quite comfortable there. It isn't too different (ceremony-wise) than the Episcopal church I went to. We baptized our baby girl in the Methodist church.
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I'm Methodist also. My wife was dead set, die hard Baptist but didn't go to church often when we started dating. She changed over and goes every Sunday now. She teaches a kids Sunday school class, sings in the choir, is on several committees and a couple of other things. Several people have told me what a blessing she has been to the church.....the old heathen scored a good one.... :-)
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I'm Methodist also. My wife was dead set, die hard Baptist but didn't go to church often when we started dating. She changed over and goes every Sunday now. She teaches a kids Sunday school class, sings in the choir, is on several committees and a couple of other things. Several people have told me what a blessing she has been to the church.....the old heathen scored a good one.... :-)
That's great. We have a husband and wife team as preachers of our church. The wife grew up hardcore Baptist. She changed to Methodist when she met her husband and is an excellent preacher. So inspiring.
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I am a cradle to grave Catholic -- like pretty much 80% of the MA population.
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I am a cradle to grave Catholic -- like pretty much 80% of the MA population.
My grandfather was Catholic until they demanded he send his daughters to Catholic school. He wanted them to go to public school. They did elementary at the Catholic school, but for high school, he thought the best education lied in the public school. They threatened to excommunicate him if he didn't send them to the Catholic school (true story, long time ago, but true), so he left the church and went with what he thought was the closest thing to it, which is how I ended up being baptized in the Episcopal church.
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Baptized Catholic.
In my 20s, I decided I knew more than 2,000 years of tradition and fell away from the church.
I'm back.
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I am a Christian,I believe that Jesus is God in the flesh of a man sent to atone for our sins by His willing sacrifice/death on the cross.
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Baptized Catholic.
In my 20s, I decided I knew more than 2,000 years of tradition and fell away from the church.
I'm back.
Everyone has to find themselves. I don't think it is a bad thing to step back and observe and think. Many of us were raised in a certain religion, and that was all we knew. I knew my church was very different than the Baptist churches. I had a friend that I would go to her church with on Sundays when I spent the night with her. Finally I asked her to come to church with me. Her mother refused to let her come to my church. I didn't understand it at the time. I thought "it is church, why not?", but now I see. My mother always let me see what other churches were about. I realized my church was actually more traditional than hers when I went to Methodist and Catholic churches. And I also realized I will never deny my child the chance to see what other churches are like. If I do my job as a parent, she will be instilled with what it takes to make a good decision when she is older.
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I am a Christian,I believe that Jesus is God in the flesh of a man sent to atone for our sins by His willing sacrifice/death on the cross.
And in the end, that is all that matters.
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I am a Christian,I believe that Jesus is God in the flesh of a man sent to atone for our sins by His willing sacrifice/death on the cross.
Ditto.
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Give you a hint. I help secretly control the world... :uhsure:
Answer in my sig line. :-)
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Raised Baptist (but then I got saved.) Sorry, couldn't help it.....was raised Baptist, never got baptized because I got kicked out of Baptist school, for being petulant and disrespectful. I was EIGHT! So, since then, I have attended Catholic Church (I can say a rosary in French!), Methodist, Unity, and some others I am forgetting, but am not a member of any church. I don't think I ever will be either. Nothing against organized religion, or church....it just doesn't seem to be my "thing."
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I was baptized in the Presbyterian church, but I'm now Orthodox Christian. I attend a Greek Orthodox church, but don't have smidgen of Greek in me, but then neither does about half the congregation. The Priest and his family are Korean.
IassaFTots, I learned the Hail Mary in French at my Catholic high school, I only remember the first line now, but that is about all I know in English as well. I can almost say the Lord's Prayer in Greek.
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I can say the Lord's Prayer in Old English; as extinct languages go, I like it better than in the Latin!
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Raised Baptist (but then I got saved.) Sorry, couldn't help it.....was raised Baptist, never got baptized because I got kicked out of Baptist school, for being petulant and disrespectful. I was EIGHT! So, since then, I have attended Catholic Church (I can say a rosary in French!), Methodist, Unity, and some others I am forgetting, but am not a member of any church. I don't think I ever will be either. Nothing against organized religion, or church....it just doesn't seem to be my "thing."
I gotcha, and I kinda agree with you. I did want my daughter to have a church to go to. I found one that I think fits me best. My husband agrees. She will be free to make her own mind up when she is ready.
I have been to many different churches. I think that has helped me decide which one fit me best. Or which one I felt the most comfortable and agreeable with.
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Mine is the religion that says God created man in His own image.
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Baptized in the Episcopal Church when very young, grew up attending a "High" Episcopal Church.
Went to Catholic Church all through college and after until I married another Episcopalian. Kids were baptized as infants in the Episcopal Church and raised Episcopalians. Older one now attends one of those mega-non denominational churches which works for them as her husband was raised Baptist. Younger one still an mostly non-practicing Episcopalian.
Went back to Catholic when M and I started dating almost 17 years ago, and cannot see changing as the Catholic Church we attend is most like the Episcopal Church I grew up in, unlike the southern Episcopal churches I have attended NC and here in TN.
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My grandfather was Catholic until they demanded he send his daughters to Catholic school. He wanted them to go to public school. They did elementary at the Catholic school, but for high school, he thought the best education lied in the public school. They threatened to excommunicate him if he didn't send them to the Catholic school (true story, long time ago, but true), so he left the church and went with what he thought was the closest thing to it, which is how I ended up being baptized in the Episcopal church.
Who is "they." You are young so I would imagine your grandfather is probably younger or about the same age as my mother -- I therefore am shocked by this story. Excommunicated for attending public school? I can't imagine that happening.
There are a lot of reasons to leave the Catholic church, but this one is hard for me to believe.
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Who is "they." You are young so I would imagine your grandfather is probably younger or about the same age as my mother -- I therefore am shocked by this story. Excommunicated for attending public school? I can't imagine that happening.
There are a lot of reasons to leave the Catholic church, but this one is hard for me to believe.
I, too, am a little shocked by this story. When I was in Kindergarten, we had a kid from the local Catholic Church enrolled there. He was a spoiled little brat and I ultimately wound up kicking his ass. The Kindergarten was run by the Episcopal Church.
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Who is "they." You are young so I would imagine your grandfather is probably younger or about the same age as my mother -- I therefore am shocked by this story. Excommunicated for attending public school? I can't imagine that happening.
There are a lot of reasons to leave the Catholic church, but this one is hard for me to believe.
He would be 88 if he were alive. It happened. I am not making it up. He was a big contributor to the church, and they demanded (they being the heads of this particular church) he send his children to Catholic school, and he refused. He left the church.
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He would be 88 if he were alive. It happened. I am not making it up. He was a big contributor to the church, and they demanded (they being the heads of this particular church) he send his children to Catholic school, and he refused. He left the church.
He's about 9 years older than my mother. He should have just complained to the Bishop -- if steady Teddy was never excommunicated, your grandfather certainly never would have been.
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He's about 9 years older than my mother. He should have just complained to the Bishop -- if steady Teddy was never excommunicated, your grandfather certainly never would have been.
I am sure he wouldn't have been excommunicated. It was probably an empty threat, but it made him so mad, he left. He changed his whole feelings on the Catholic church because of that. He ended up being extremely happy he left and found the Episcopal church. He was a very prominent person in the community, and I think that is what made the church mad. Either way, if that hadn't happened, I may have been Catholic as a child.
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I am sure he wouldn't have been excommunicated. It was probably an empty threat, but it made him so mad, he left. He changed his whole feelings on the Catholic church because of that. He ended up being extremely happy he left and found the Episcopal church. He was a very prominent person in the community, and I think that is what made the church mad. Either way, if that hadn't happened, I may have been Catholic as a child.
When my French Grandfather was on his death bed he requested a Priest. The intire family was stunned and confused.
He had been excommunicated when he married my Protestant Grandmother.
All those years he had attended weddings, funerals and Protestant baptisms of his family but would not step foot in a Catholic Church for any reason.
This was a few years after the Vatican changed the services to turn the priest around to face the Congregation and abolished the Latin service.
A young Progressive Priest showed up and to our amazement told all of us that even if the Church had ticked him off, he should have attended another Christian Church, but he administrated the last Rites and it put my Grandfather so at ease he recovered until his death a couple of years later.
Mother told me that to be born a Catholic was to die a Catholic but I have found this one of the few times she has been wrong.
Hubby was one of 7 born into an Irish, Italian family in the Boston area, 3 boys 4 girls.
Out of all those kids only 2 of the girls attend Mass. The rest of the kids believe in GOD or so they say but none can explain WHY or give it a thought.
It is embarrassing for me to on a religious occasion, wedding or funeral, that Hubby depends on me to say the Hail Marys as few of his siblings can remember them.
I knew this as I sent my kids to Parochial schools and this was part of their homework.
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I converted to Buddism over the weekend......looking into monastic tours of Tibet for next years vacation......
doc
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I converted to Buddism over the weekend......looking into monastic tours of Tibet for next years vacation......
doc
What's wrong with Asatru?? :fuelfire: :-)
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What's wrong with Asatru?? :fuelfire: :-)
Nothing really....I just thought their "prayer wheels" were cool......plus I can identify with a fat, bald guy......
:lmao:
doc
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Nothing really....I just thought their "prayer wheels" were cool......plus I can identify with a fat, bald guy......
:lmao:
doc
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Nothing really....I just thought their "prayer wheels" were cool......plus I can identify with a fat, bald guy......
:lmao:
doc
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Nothing really....I just thought their "prayer wheels" were cool......plus I can identify with a fat, bald guy......
:lmao:
doc
So, if you had to convert from Christianity into another faith, what would you choose and why beside the old fat bald man.?
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So, if you had to convert from Christianity into another faith, what would you choose and why beside the old fat bald man.?
My quip about Buddhism was an admittedly snide attempt to avoid MrsSmith lugging her 600-pound cross (adorned by her husband) into every religious thread that I hazard a post in........which gets old and tiresome, especially since I'm the moderator in these forums, and part of the job is to stimulate discussion and debate on such topics. I suppose that my main complaint is that for someone that is so conversant in the "truth" in Christianity, she rarely (spelled never) actually starts a thread in here........just jumps in to disagree with everyone else that does.
That said......to answer your question (as well as soliel's), I actually wrote a brief dissertation on this subject, in the OP here:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,42336.0.html
The bottom line being that I could never see myself being anything other than a Christian, however of the "Gnostic" variety........my problems have never been with the teachings of, or my relationship with Christ.......my problem is with the "Church", and what it has morphed into over the centuries.
In my further opinion, the "Church" as we see it today is the result of two factors: First, the Council of Nicaea was, most certainly, a "political" rather than a spiritual gathering, having absolutely nothing to do with imparting "Divine inspiration" to the Canon, and further, that IMO, the Apostle Paul was likely the most talented huckster and con man of his age..........were he to be alive today, he would be a television evangelist........
:fuelfire:
doc
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Christian. I'm currently a member of a local Baptist Church, but if push came to shove I'd be classified as non-denominational. I cannot get comfortable with all of the denominational added dogma and I fall back on the Bible it'self. The local, has some good study classes and that's why I'm there. I believe that through Christ we are saved.
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So, if you had to convert from Christianity into another faith, what would you choose and why beside the old fat bald man.?
Judaism.
Had Jewish friends growing up and attended Temple with them, and spent a summer in college working at a private camp in Maine, for Jewish girls. Mandatory attendance to Friday night services, for the counselors, regardless of our religion. RB is Jewish and my son has a Jewish godfather.
While there is the obvious difference between Catholic and Jewish, of Jesus Christ being the Savior as opposed to Prophet...there is a great deal of similarity in the two. Faith, family, goodness and kindness, adherence to the laws of God....are common in both. I like the ritualism of both religions. The inherent faith that God will hear the prayers of the petitioner.
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Baptized Methodist, husband is Lutheran. Married Lutheran and my kids were baptized Lutheran. I am Lutheran now.
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Born, baptized, raised, confirmed and married in Presbyterian church so I'm already pre-destined for a fiery afterlife (or not); add Conservative to that as the double-down! :evillaugh:
Husband is Catholic but is not active. Our son was baptized Presbyterian but has mostly participated in non-denominational Christian activities until this year. He is now attending a Catholic high school and is having some difficulties in his Religion class, being able to expound on Catholic theology, etc. to the nun who teaches it. He's trying his best -- all I can ask.
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I attend a Vineyard Church. It is pretty much non-denominational. It was started by surfers in Cali who weren't welcomed into other churches because of their appearance. So they formed their own church that welcome people to come as they are and just worship God. The worship band has electric guitars and banging drums. Our preacher dresses casual and you really can come as you are. I was raised Presbyterian, but I didn't like having to be quiet. Some who attend my church may relate it to a Pentacostal Church because of the loud singing and praising. It works for me, though, because I grew up on loud music (80's hair bands) and I love to sing and dance.
I live in Ohio and I don't know why, but there are more Vineyard Churches in Ohio than anywhere in the US.
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Was raised Catholic. Learned the Mass in Latin and Gaelic. Remember them both, but the last two popes turned me off to the Church. Now, no religion whatsoever.
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Methodist. Mom is a German Lutheran though, so I grew up in both Churches.
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Was catholic.
Gave it all up and just became a Christian.
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Was catholic.
Gave it all up and just became a Christian.
Haters gonna hate.
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Haters gonna hate.
Who's a hater? Not me.
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My religion is love of (most) humankind, and all animals.
Seriously, I was raised Missouri Synod Lutheran, which isn't your kinder gentler Lutheranism, or wasn't 35 years ago.
Married a Mexican-American ex-Catholic manchild who had converted to Judaism at age 19 and got circumcised at that point. :thatsright: Talk about religious extremism.
I was 3 weeks older than 20 when we married, with my parents yelling and crying about him going to hell and taking me with him, his parents thinking I was gonna reconvert him to Christianity if not Catholicism, and right after the marriage HIM deciding me staying Lutheran wasn't gonna work-I needed to convert to Judaism.
Oh yeah, and my pastor wouldn't marry us and his rabbi also refused, so we got married by a nice Methodist or Baptist Air Force chaplain (he'd become a 2LT earlier that year). I was almost finished with ROTC at my college, a Catholic university in San Antonio.
Married on December 23rd-hubby insists on having the Christmas array draped in a white sheet-his mom and mine spent the wedding boohooing, and NOT in a happy way.
We got divorced within two years because he decided he wanted an open marriage and I decided I wanted a faithful hubby. Plus he was plain crazy, and that's all I'm going to say, except I ALMOST was murdered by him at age 22.
I'm not anything these days, nor are my husband or children. We try to live good lives and not judge others for what they believe. But when people go crazy fanatical and kill others in the name of their religion, those people need to be taken out and shot, period.
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I am a cradle to grave Catholic -- like pretty much 80% of the MA population.
BINGO! Same for me. :cheersmate:
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Hardcore old school Roman Catholic, totally adherent to Biblical principle and the magisterial teaching of the Church.
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From birth, Church of the Brethren, then a Congregational Church. Confirmed Congregationalist. Attended a local Methodist church for awhile. Have attended a mega-Christian church that is from Baptist roots. Don't attend a church at the moment. Joined a Read the Bible in a Year group on Facebook last January and have kept up. Almost done! That is one accomplishment I always wanted to complete.
My favorite pastor was George Whitefield (1714 - 1770).
My favorite church was my childhood Church of the Brethren.
I am basically a Christian Protestant.
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I've decided that I'm changing my religion to Asatru..... :tongue:
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I've decided that I'm changing my religion to Asatru..... :tongue:
I'm going to hate myself in the morning but here goes... What is Asatru.... :tongue:
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I'm a don't-give-a-stuff-lets-go-fishing-ian. :-)
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I am glad I asked this question. It just proves how wrong people at DU are. The whole all rightwingers are all crazy evangelical fundies....
I didn't ask for that reason btw. I asked because I wanted to know. I always find it interesting to see what others believe. Not so I can ridicule them and tell them how wrong they are. I know what I believe. I know what I think is true. Others see it differently. I pass on what I want people to know as far as what I believe. What they do with that information is up to them, and I don't and will not judge them for it.
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Great ammunition for attacks from atheists as well as reason to believe, can be found in this witty satire:
The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life, Death and Atheism by Mary Eberstadt
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I'm going to hate myself in the morning but here goes... What is Asatru.... :tongue:
Yes, you will.......
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/BigRobT/9b0ac456.jpg)
http://www.erichshall.com/asanew/newtotru.htm
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Yes, you will.......
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/BigRobT/9b0ac456.jpg)
http://www.erichshall.com/asanew/newtotru.htm
See I knew eventually in the morning I would regret asking this question! By the way for the record I think Google is part of the evil empire.
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See I knew eventually in the morning I would regret asking this question! By the way for the record I think Google is part of the evil empire.
Perhaps it is, but it STILL accesses a LOT of information........ :hammer: :hammer: :fuelfire: :tongue:
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I've decided that I'm changing my religion to Asatru..... :tongue:
Amen, brother. You kind of get to make it up as you go. The only reason I never got into Wicca is the last thing I need is another Gawd dammed woman telling me what to do. At least with Asatru we can pretend the god is a dude.
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28 year student of the Urantia Book.
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What? No one belongs to the Flip Wilson "Church of What's Happening Now"?
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Does God Hates Bunnies count as a religion?
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Roman Catholic. I fell away for a while, but married a Missouri Synod Lutheran, who wanted me to go back to the Catholic Church. Our daughter was baptized a Catholic. I sing in my church's choir and cantor for them.
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Was born and raised Catholic; was a nondenominational Protestant for a year in my late 'teens while I explored all the Protestant churches I could, came back to the Catholic Church, lapsed in my mid-late '20s following some major personal upheavals and began a three-four year exploration of paganism (mostly Asatru, but also Wicca, Satanism, and too many to even want to try remembering), Buddhism, atheism, and agnosticism, ended up frustrated beyond words with all of them, and came back to the Catholic Church yet again.
Though I still admire Deism (mayhap a little more than I should), despite my recent past. It's the only other thing I could be, were I not Catholic.
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I was christened in the Church of England, however after we came to the states, we became pretty much non-practicing Christians. After 5 years in a Catholic school(4th to 8th grade) got sick of the hell and brimstone talk and blatent hypocripsy from the nuns, went to public hs. Today I am a non practicing Christian.
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Roman Catholic.
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I feel left out after reading this topic and part of the minority. I'm an atheist.
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Anglican - Calvinist.
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I feel left out after reading this topic and part of the minority. I'm an atheist.
Fool
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Fool
Nice to know.
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Nice to know.
I am sorry. I was quoting Scripture. Psalms 14:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God"
That is not your fault. You think "christians" are a sorry lot, but yet..you think the muslims are to be respected right??? RIGHT????? Do you know what a Dhimmi is? ....well you are a DHIMMI
In your PC world, you can't criticize them on your forums, right?
They'll chop off your head if you disagree with them. Wait! That's not Christianity. That's some other religion.
They have a plan for taking over the world and forcing everyone to become Christians...OOPS!
No, wait! that's not it. That's another religion.
Well, I'm sure they believe that if they die fighting to spread Christianity, they'll get seventy virgins, right? No, It's that other religion I can't think of the name. Thinking..... :whistling:
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Even though often I don`t live the life as I should I am a born again Christian,saved by His blood and sacrifice on the cross.
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I am acapella Church of Christ.
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I am sorry. I was quoting Scripture. Psalms 14:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God"
That is not your fault. You think "christians" are a sorry lot, but yet..you think the muslims are to be respected right??? RIGHT????? Do you know what a Dhimmi is? ....well you are a DHIMMI
In your PC world, you can't criticize them on your forums, right?
They'll chop off your head if you disagree with them. Wait! That's not Christianity. That's some other religion.
They have a plan for taking over the world and forcing everyone to become Christians...OOPS!
No, wait! that's not it. That's another religion.
Well, I'm sure they believe that if they die fighting to spread Christianity, they'll get seventy virgins, right? No, It's that other religion I can't think of the name. Thinking..... :whistling:
You're assuming a lot. Just because I'm Atheist means I hate Christians and I like Muslims? I don't think so.
I have problems with extreme ends on both groups yet I have no problem with the average person from each. Every group will have it's radicals Islam just seems to have more. I have no problem saying good and bad things about either.
I find it amusing you assume so very much about me.
Also I knew you were referring to Psalms 14:1, I get it quoted to me quite a lot.
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I'm Agnostic.
"Officially" I'm a member of the United Church of Christ.
Personally, I don't believe in organized religions, and people should find God, through their own experiences.
A-lot of good comes out of Organized Religion, but a-lot of bad.
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I'm Agnostic.
"Officially" I'm a member of the United Church of Christ.
Personally, I don't believe in organized religions, and people should find God, through their own experiences.
A-lot of good comes out of Organized Religion, but a-lot of bad.
My faith believes that if any religion or faith causes harm to humanity, then we are better off without that belief. It is better to have no God then to harm others in His/ Her name.
We believe that If a family has 4 male children and 1 female, the female should be educated first.
We believe that there is just one GOD and and because of different languages God has many names, God is God regardless of the name we use for Him/Her.
We believe that every day Science shows that there is a GOD, and Thy will be done.
We believe in researching other faith to find parallels with ours. We believe any house of GOD be it a grass hut to a huge Tabernacle is to be respected.
We believe the Muslim faith to be valid, it is not the faith but the false prophets that make the faith in some cases worthless. Muhammad was a a pervert and disgraced the faith.
We except Jesus and follow the history of his---Gods people--- his ancestors the Jews.
We believe that Tradition and faith in GOD are two different things.
Strange we are as we insist our members become educated in the faiths of others, to understand why and how religion itself came about.
Most impotent we believe that the life of humans are like the wings of a dove, one wing is science the other religion. If one wing is lost then mankind will die.
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Most impotent we believe that the life of humans are like the wings of a dove, one wing is science the other religion. If one wing is lost then mankind will die.
Why will man die without religion?
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We believe the Muslim faith to be valid
Think and think again.
(don't know why I'm posting this)
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/chapter.aspx?g=401&i=41003
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We have come to find the Methodist church our home. We are going through classes right now to be members. Yes, I go to church :tongue:
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Church of Christ here.
I'm also a Sacred Harp singer if anyone knows what that is. Not really a religion, but it is a religious activity that's kind of exclusive to being it's "own thing". I love it! :yahoo:
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Church of Christ here.
I'm also a Sacred Harp singer if anyone knows what that is. Not really a religion, but it is a religious activity that's kind of exclusive to being it's "own thing". I love it! :yahoo:
H5 for CoC.
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Atheist and Secular Humanist.
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Baptized Catholic.
In my 20s, I decided I knew more than 2,000 years of tradition and fell away from the church.
I'm back.
I like that post.
Have you read this yet?: Pillar of Fire Pillar of Truth (http://www.catholic.com/library/pillar.asp)
Its probably the best brief encapsulation of Catholicism I have ever found.
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Simply a conservative, pro-life, Republican atheist. I said atheist, NOT Atheist. That difference is a sore spot with me. Michael Newdow can take a long walk off of a short pier.
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Simply a conservative, pro-life, Republican atheist. I said atheist, NOT Atheist. That difference is a sore spot with me. Michael Newdow can take a long walk off of a short pier.
Can I ask you a question, resident grandpa?
And it's not a slight or snarky question or meant to be.
athiest don't believe in an afterlife or Heaven, right?
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Hardcore, old-school Roman Catholic to the point that I prefer the Latin Mass over the novus ordo. I used to be a Notre Dame fan - back when it was a Catholic school. The many violations of the magisterial teaching of the Church have made Notre Dame more secular than many state schools. Bloody shame.
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Can I ask you a question, resident grandpa?
And it's not a slight or snarky question or meant to be.
athiest don't believe in an afterlife or Heaven, right?
I'm technically an agnostic - but no. I don't believe in an "afterlife".
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Catholic.
Raised Church of England, embraced Anglo-Catholicism at University (the part of the C.ofE. which holds to teaching in line with Catholicism), then accepted the Holy Father's offer in Anglicanorum Coetibus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanorum_Coetibus) to become a proper legit Catholic while keeping that part of Anglican heritage which is compatible. Received into the Church on Spy Wednesday this year.
I now serve at Mass for both the Ordinariate (of former Anglicans) and at a local parish which has the Traditional Latin Mass.
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Catholic.
Raised Church of England, embraced Anglo-Catholicism at University (the part of the C.ofE. which holds to teaching in line with Catholicism), then accepted the Holy Father's offer in Anglicanorum Coetibus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanorum_Coetibus) to become a proper legit Catholic while keeping that part of Anglican heritage which is compatible. Received into the Church on Spy Wednesday this year.
I now serve at Mass for both the Ordinariate (of former Anglicans) and at a local parish which has the Traditional Latin Mass.
I was raised Episcopalian, and am becoming a "legit" Catholic the same way. :hi5:
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I was raised Episcopalian, and am becoming a "legit" Catholic the same way. :hi5:
Hopes and prayers for the speedy erection of the American Ordinariate - everything I've heard suggests you'll be next.
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To me religion is a complete and utter waste of time and energy.
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To me religion is a complete and utter waste of time and energy.
I find that interesting, since you are from the very cult site that organized a troll attack against us last week.
principlediscordia and eris bar and grill. Are you denying worship of eris? Or is you merely a proponent of anarchy hiding behind a false house of worship?
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To me religion is a complete and utter waste of time and energy.
Yet you have the time to comment about it. If you truly felt it was an utter waste of time and energy, you would have never bothered to click the link to this thread.
So you are a proven liar after a mere 16 posts.
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Yet you have the time to comment about it. If you truly felt it was an utter waste of time and energy, you would have never bothered to click the link to this thread.
So you are a proven liar after a mere 16 posts.
Heh. My thoughts exactly. Hi-5.
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Yet you have the time to comment about it. If you truly felt it was an utter waste of time and energy, you would have never bothered to click the link to this thread.
So you are a proven liar after a mere 16 posts.
Hahahaha. I enjoy discussing religion.
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Hahahaha. I enjoy discussing religion.
Then perhaps you should post something more in depth then it being a waste of time for you.
I'm not religious in any sense but I think your simply trying to cause trouble.
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Then perhaps you should post something more in depth then it being a waste of time for you.
I'm not religious in any sense but I think your simply trying to cause trouble.
I will as soon as I no longer need to defend myself due to my association with some who have caused trouble here.
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Hahahaha. I enjoy discussing religion.
So then you don't find it an utter waste of time and energy. So were you lying then, or are you lying now?
Generally speaking, people that find something an utter waste of time and energy, don't bother discussing it.
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So then you don't find it an utter waste of time and energy. So were you lying then, or are you lying now?
Generally speaking, people that find something an utter waste of time and energy, don't bother discussing it.
What I was referring to was the participation in any religion. The topic itself is fascinating.
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Hahahaha. I enjoy discussing religion.
Discussing or ridiculing?
Many who disbelief tend to unpack lengthy indictments against that which they profess as being non-existent.
That is not to say this describes you but the pattern is so prevelant as to garner reflexive consideration.
I myself am very irreligious--even sacriligious at times--but because *I* enjoy discussing religion I will entertain what-if-it's-true points of view to accomodate the dialogue.
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Discussing or ridiculing?
Many who disbelief tend to unpack lengthy indictments against that which they profess as being non-existent.
That is not to say this describes you but the pattern is so prevelant as to garner reflexive consideration.
I myself am very irreligious--even sacriligious at times--but because *I* enjoy discussing religion I will entertain what-if-it's-true points of view to accomodate the dialogue.
Ridiculing is counter productive to conversation. The only religion I ridicule is mine, I am a Discordian and we are never sure if we have a religion disguised as a joke, or a joke disguised as a religion.
Religion is an emotional topic for many and things can get heated in a heartbeat. I myself was religious for the first 40 years of my life, then just lost the taste for it. As I mentioned in my introduction grilling :wink: I am spiritual, just not religious.
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Waitamiute Hawk.....
So if you don't worship a make believe eris....why do you hang around those boards? Are they just poser sites?
When I poked around I didn't really pick up any sense of reverence or anything over there.
So the eris thing is all just a fraud, right?
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Waitamiute Hawk.....
So if you don't worship a make believe eris....why do you hang around those boards? Are they just poser sites?
When I poked around I didn't really pick up any sense of reverence or anything over there.
So the eris thing is all just a fraud, right?
Yes, to the majority of us Eris is just a joke. Some take her seriously though. Trying to get Discordians all on the same page is exactly like trying to herd cats. Eris is important because of the original snub and the resulting chaos. One thing most of us do agree on is that the imposition of order will also increase chaos.
As far as poser sites, no. Discordia is very real. There is a group dynamic that can explode when we're not eating our own. :hyper:
Now my site is not a Discordian site like PD is. We're just an eclectic bunch of misfits.
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Figures that professional trolls would come from a pair of sites that are in fact, a lie.
and also as I thought both sites are just a front for good-for-nothing anarchists.
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To me religion is a complete and utter waste of time and energy.
Unfortunately, you don't think trolling a religious forum is a complete and utter waste of time and energy.
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Speaking of an utter waste of time and energy.............. ::)
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Okay, this is getting funny now. I am trying to have civil discussions on this board, but you guys are so convinced that I am trolling, that you are now trolling yourselves.
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So belittling religion (utter waste of time and energy) while throwing out anti-Christian/pro-Islam comments ISN'T trolling?
What would you call it?
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So belittling religion (utter waste of time and energy) while throwing out anti-Christian/pro-Islam comments ISN'T trolling?
What would you call it?
Bottom feeding?
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So belittling religion (utter waste of time and energy) while throwing out anti-Christian/pro-Islam comments ISN'T trolling?
What would you call it?
Islam is a religion, is it not? Therefore I hold it in the same regard as any other. I have made no pro-Islam comments other than from a common sense stance that a handful of extremists have cause so many to hate every single person who may be a Muslim.
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I find that interesting, since you are from the very cult site that organized a troll attack against us last week.
principlediscordia and eris bar and grill. Are you denying worship of eris? Or is you merely a proponent of anarchy hiding behind a false house of worship?
Sorry I missed this. Cult? Anarchists? I have already discussed Eris ITT.
Are you personally responsible for what the other members of this board do? Also, although several member cross post between PD and EB&G, the latter was not a part of what happened here last week.
I can assure you that neither site is a cult or anarchists. Quite the opposite in fact.
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Charley Brown
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Re: The Spiritual Crossroads.
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2011, 09:31:40 PM »
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I look forward to trolling your asses.
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Re: Turns out Al-Qaeda are into 2012 as well
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Wouldn't that just piss the Christians off if Islam got it right?
I'm cheering for them. I haven't had a decent purging since my last colonoscopy.
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Hahahaha. I enjoy discussing religion.
Translation: I enjoy belittling the beliefs of others. I do not embrace diversity.
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You can do better than that. I have several thousand posts at PD and at the Bar, and at MW and countless other posts at countless other forums. Go dig up DiseasedMind at PoliticalForums. Look in the religious section.
I have not denied trolling, what I have said is that I am not here to troll, reading comprehension 101.
Now, since this all seems to be about me now, where do I go to try and have reasonable conversations about religion?
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You can do better than that. I have several thousand posts at PD and at the Bar, and at MW and countless other posts at countless other forums. Go dig up DiseasedMind at PoliticalForums. Look in the religious section.
I have not denied trolling, what I have said is that I am not here to troll, reading comprehension 101.
Now, since this all seems to be about me now, where do I go to try and have reasonable conversations about religion?
It might be a good start (and get this thread back on topic, and prevent me from locking it) if you actually described your religious beliefs. I've studied religions (as an academic amateur) for over 30 years....all over the world, and frankly, I've never heard of Discordia......perhaps, you might enlighten us.
Our members have quite an array of religious leanings, ranging form atheists, agnostics, nihilists, to Jews, Christians, Buddhists etc.
I'd be cautious about drawing parallels between Islam, and the other "Great Religions".......I know quite a bit about Islam, having lived under Sharia in an Islamic country for several years, and studied the Koran, and Islamic history under scholars in its Mosques (in it's original Arabic).
Broad-brush, and patiently untrue statements such as comparing atrocities and deaths promulgated under religions, to nonreligious (Atheist) genocides committed by the likes of Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, etc., will likely result in ridicule here..
Failing that, you are free to start a new thread in this forum on any religious topic you choose to address.
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New thread started. As far as Discordia, I will start a thread about that as well, just remember that no two Discordians view it the same way.
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New here, I'm Roman Catholic
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New here, I'm Roman Catholic
Born into Catholicism (had no choice)...Born-again Christian.... :panic:
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Christian Protestant of no particular branding. I listen to a wide variety of preachers.
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Grew up catholic & even raised my 4 kids in the church w/ total respect & love for the Jewish religion.
These days not really practicing, but focusing on jesus' teaching of peace and kindness & also learning Tibetan Buddhism to make myself a better person.
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Really just curious where everyone falls religion-wise assuming that you belong to a religion.
I was baptized as a baby in the Episcopal church. I got married in the Episcopal church (boy do you have to jump through some hoops to do that :p , but a couple of years ago my husband and I converted to Methodist. I really enjoy the Methodist church. I feel quite comfortable there. It isn't too different (ceremony-wise) than the Episcopal church I went to. We baptized our baby girl in the Methodist church.
Lutheran. I was baptized in the ELCA as a baby. Looking into LCMS.
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Lutheran. I was baptized in the ELCA as a baby. Looking into LCMS.
Missouri Synod is what I was raised in. Very conservative, Bible based teaching. I've (jokingly) referred to it as Southern Baptist on steroids. :)
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Missouri Synod is what I was raised in. Very conservative, Bible based teaching. I've (jokingly) referred to it as Southern Baptist on steroids. :)
God help you. I was raised SB. I can't even imagine.
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Bounced around a lot as a child. Went to a private conservative high school that was connected to an indpendent Baptist church, but the school was nondenominational.
My parents joined a Missouri Synod Lutheran church, the ones I knew of in my area were not all that Bible based. Lots of money go to the Synod. Joined a Methodist Church in IL and was active in many ministries there, most of them were youth programs in which I was a youth leader. It was a small town of 6,500 with over 20 churches...it was a huge rural farming community with a lot of small towns bordering.
When I moved to Nevada it took some church shopping. But I finally locked in and joined a non denominational Bible based Christian church. The Methodist church here was much different and the youngest person was about 130 years old... :rotf:
I've just been a member for a few weeks and have found myself fairly active. I'm speaking in a couple weeks.
My focus continues to be on young people and eventually the entire family is there. If I can just keep one young person from making the same mistakes I made as a young adult, it's all worthwhile to me.
It's amazing in which ways God uses me.
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Was baptized Mormon because they took me to church with them every Sunday and no one else ever did. I went for a few years but it wasn't my cup of tea. I just couldn't hang my hat around Jesus hanging with some lost tribe over here. However, since I'd almost never been to church before that I've always been grateful for giving me an introduction to Jesus.
We used to go to Disciples of Christ when my kids were small but they're a bit too liberal for me. The one thing I did like was the Communion every Sunday that was open to everyone because they truly believed Jesus meant do this "whenever two or more are gathered in my name". I appreciate that Catholics do it every Sunday and the Mexican half of my family are all Catholics but in my own beliefs I don't feel Jesus doesn't expect people to take a class before they're eligible and I wouldn't feel right taking Communion there and violating the tenets of their faith.
I go to a garden variety Christian Church right now that I love. It has a very strong women's ministry and since my children are grown and my husband works Sunday it's nice to have that kind of support. Plus I have misgivings about a more liberal church that allows women to be pastors ever since my sister pointed out to me (can't remember the passage right now but it's in the NT) that women shouldn't even be elders.
If I could find a church that does Communion more than once a month I'd probably go a few times to see if it was a good fit. In the meantime I'm in a wonderful place.
Cindie
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Fallen away Lutheran....Started being disenchanted with religion when as a kid we were asked to put money on both sides of an offering envelope. One side for missionary work, one side for the physical church. I never put money in the missionary side. One day my pastor (whom i liked a lot, by the way).asked me why I never put money in the missionary side. I told him that while I would support our own church, I would not condone forcing our religion on someone else ( I was around 11 at the time). It has gone down hill from there.
I married a Catholic in a Catholic church and raised three Catholic kids, none of whom practice their original faith today. Which is fine with me. I wanted religion to bring a sense of morality to their upbringing. For myself, I have my own Golden Rule. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Not sure if its the exact wording. But they way I wrote it, is what i mean. It usually works too.
I don't believe in organized religion anymore. It appears to be more of a reason for strife in this world than the original intent of of peace, love and harmony with one's fellow human beings.
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After many months of soul-searching and being honest with myself, I've returned to Deism. I just could not live with the doubts and problems I've had with Christianity (Catholic or otherwise). Trying to be dishonest with myself is flippin' unbearable.
Heathenry is also near and dear to me, but it's more in terms of secular values and mores than theology. I can almost rationalize Heathen gods coexisting with a Grand Architect of the Universe - almost. Calling me a "Heathen Deist" ain't too far off the mark.