Somewhat of a religion poll

[venusinfurs]

I'm anti-religious. No, I don't think telling my beliefs matters anymore.

Well, I have this one belief that I can't stop spouting off...the one where I think religion is a bad thing. I think people should just believe what THEY really believe, and not let other people tell them how to believe. I think we should be able to institute good ideas and morals without being asked - or sometimes silently expected - to swallow a whole bunch of other stuff that goes with. <_< Bah.

Yeah...knickers to religion. It's just given a lot of crazy people an excuse to hurt or kill other people, and doesn't really cost decent people anything when they move past it. Don't go to temple, you're just gonna get fleeced. Bah.

Mhm.

Personally, I'm an agnostic who studies religion, and believes somewhat in Pascal's wager.

[Ander]

quakerish, although mostly agnostic
i see im not the only one... has anyone ever played wink?
the best part of any quaker gathering (although in canada we only play it at cym cause their are not enough teens at any other one)

[Kai Reddtail]

None. You could call me atheist , but seeing as some people have started calling Atheism a religion I choose to just say I have no religion. I was born into a Christian family, and I gave it a good old try, but I just felt like I was talking to walls when I prayed. I never felt like anything was there. That, and a few other significant events in my life, lead me to disbelieving in any god(s).

Buddhism is the only religion I've ever considered converting to, but it still didn't quite do it for me. I'm not 100% sure what I believe about the afterlife and all that, but I'm leaning towards reincarnation.

I basically live by one general rule: If you're not hurting or causing problems for anything or anyone (unless under certain circumstances they consent, ex. BDSM) people can do whatever they please. Whether I like it or not, I won't stop them under those conditions.

[SarahNicole]

Once upon a time I was Anglican... however I've fallen very distrusting of religion in general. I know that it helps a lot of people, and I know that there are many sane religious groups out there... but the constant shit I've seen in the media about the Westboro Baptist Church just make me want to shoot somebody. Yes, I realize they're extremist... but there are many religious leaders from regular churches that condemn homosexuality and transgenderism. People who feel the need to preach their faith really get under my skin, even if they're tolerant of everything under the sun.

I do hear that a lot of trans people are wiccan though. I may one day look into that, but I just can't stand religion right now.

[Lyn Aven]

I, for one, am glad that Westboro exists. I don't like what they do, but their existence and activity means that more people with beliefs like mine (I'm Christian) have an impetus to band together to say "these people don't represent us" instead of quietly getting associated with the absurd behavior of more isolated extremists.

[handlebar_moustache]

I am an athiest.
Was raised Roman Catholic untill I was about thirteen where I looked into pagan religions [wicca mostly] & then decided that athiesm fit the best with me.

[Invader GIR]

I don't have a religion. I was raised Christian (Church of Christ), but I was never really that commited to it. I dropped the faith not too long ago because of disagreements (seriously, why do they think homosexuality is so bad?) I never picked up anything else, though, and I really don't care to *find* a religion. Thinking about taking up Buddhism, but I haven't even looked into it. I'm just fine without a religion, thank you.

[Sougishiki]

We don't have a religion. Rather, we have a set of evolving beliefs about the world(s) and our own morality. Anyone else like that around here? -Gabriel

[FLO]

new age, neopagan spiritual not religious very pluralistic. very anti conservative chistianity

[Lluvia Gris]

I don't remeber if I posted here before... I am a protestant Christian, basically.

[Dio Fra Le Donne]

I have never been religious in a serious way, and stopped altogether at the age of about 12.

My atheism has been further confirmed by the experiences I've had in my short life already (I am 19) and it is actually liberating to not be stuck to a circular logic belief system anyway.

@Gabriel That is pretty much how I feel.

[WriggleMunch]

At the moment I identify as Agnostic. I've gotten to the point where I don't care what other people are doing with religion and I don't care what I'm doing either. It's not worth the effort. I basically try to do the best by myself and the people around me and leave it at that.

As a child I was raised Christian by my parents. I loved church and whatever apparently when I was younger. But I only remember trying over and over again to get in touch with God and not feeling him. Night time and dinner time prayer felt like words I was just saying. If I actually tried to pray for something it just felt like I was talking to myself. I think I was in sixth grade when I expressed that I no longer wanted anything to do with church/Christianity. My parents were alarmed and hurt and angry. They were convinced I was going to hell. I think I even made my dad cry.

When I was in middle school I got my first girlfriend. If my disbelief in religion had not already turned me off to Christianity the reactions of my mother and my peers did. My mom took me to a therapist because I was having an "inappropriate relationship". Was I co-dependant? Yes. I think most people are that way in their first relationship. But my mom wanted them to un-gay me. She took me and my girlfriend out for ice cream one day and sat us down with these packets that said how we were being horrible human beings and that we were going to hell. I think she went through the entire bible looking for things to help her point. By then I didn't even believe in the bible, but my mother's constant attempts to destroy something that made me happy has ruined any sort of trust I used to have with her or with her religion.

I also believe that their strict religious practices are why I am denied most things deemed personal expression. I am not allowed to get a tattoo, pierce anything, wear any sort of not "normal" clothes (I.E. bondage pants, anything sold at Hot Topic, etc., clothes of the opposite gender), not allowed to have a sex life, not allowed to do things that do not match my sex (mowing the lawn, extreme sports, etc.). The list continues. All these things are considered "weird" in the same way that homosexuality is considered "weird" by my parents.

They also hate transgender people. I don't know what Christianity says about that or if it even says anything about it. But when I tried to come out to them about being gay, they were all like "what about your boyfriend?" I told them, "He's transgender, so really a girl". My dad was all like, "if that's the case you're never seeing him again." IDK. They must have just thought I was being a crazy or something because they act like nothing happened and no punishments were exacted.

My mom has harassed me several times because of my choices over the past year to wear only boy's clothes. Saying that my partner is doesn't like it, w/e. What does she know? My partner buys me most of the clothes she harasses me about. u___u;;

/end rant
Basically. I have just decided religion in not for me. Though a variety of things.

[Dio Fra Le Donne]

That situation where your mum talked to you and your girlfriend sounds horrible Wriggle. Like I said, I've never had much room for religion in my life - seeing as it hardly ever tolerates things that differ from the norm I don't see why I should tolerate it in return.

My sister still embraces christianity but I think she only does it half-heartedly - especially after she came out, she started to grow pretty disillusioned with it, partly due to the reactions of religious relatives upon finding out she had a girlfriend.

[not_quite_pie]

I'm a Realist (as in, I'm with the Church of Reality).

[Shippo]

My religon is so unpopular as to have no name but that of the godess. The star-eyed.