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Post by The Last Airbender on Aug 20, 2012 23:35:58 GMT -5
I would say I'm 'searching' right now for a solid religion. I like the reason and science emphasis in Diesm, the submission to G-d, peace, monotheism, omnipotence of Islam, the noble eightfold path of Buddhism, and the monotheism and direct word of G-d in Judaism, so i have no idea where I fit.. I really like Islam but I dislike the idea of Shariah Law. Your thoughts? Feel free to critique me..
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Post by odee on Aug 21, 2012 2:49:28 GMT -5
I dropped a line for other. Technically I am a Uniting Christian and I do believe in the ideals of Christianity and that there is some kind of driving force in the galaxy, maybe even driving enough to make us evolve over millions of years. On the flip-side I don't believe in Biblical creationism, smitings or organised religion.
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Post by youxia on Aug 22, 2012 17:35:05 GMT -5
I chose buddhism, I'm not buddhist but I've read quite a bit on zen/chan. It just seems to make the most sense. I might be buddhist if I had a teacher, so maybe one day.
And Airbender, I used to have a good friend who was Sunni, and apparently Shariah law isn't as bad as it's made out to be (at least that's what he told me, and there are supposedly many different variations/interpritations of it), and most Muslims don't agree with it anyway.
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Post by jwbulldogs on Aug 23, 2012 0:22:09 GMT -5
I'm a Christian, non denominational. Having no denomination means different things to different people. As far as I am concerned I closely relate to that of Judaism and the early Christians.
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Post by The Last Airbender on Aug 23, 2012 10:35:56 GMT -5
I'm a Christian, non denominational. Having no denomination means different things to different people. As far as I am concerned I closely relate to that of Judaism and the early Christians. Sounds like Quakerism.
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Post by rollingrock128 on Aug 23, 2012 11:13:27 GMT -5
well i guess i am catholic because i have had my confirmation. but that was just because my parents said i had to when i was younger. now a days i feel as though im agnostic.
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Post by the tank on Aug 23, 2012 14:19:20 GMT -5
I was raised Roman catholic, became atheist at age 15. I call myself agnostic now.
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Post by Chef Samurai on Aug 23, 2012 18:40:47 GMT -5
I'm not sure if I'm agnostic atheist or an atheist agnostic with eastern & western influences but definitely not just agnostic or atheist.
I see it like this if god did really create the universe we would never be able to find him unless he wanted us to because after all apparently he created the universe so he would be able to create a new one and hide there or whatever he wanted.
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Post by jwbulldogs on Aug 23, 2012 19:48:45 GMT -5
Not at all like Quakers. Quakers are protestants but they still hold many of the traditions that started with Catholicism.
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Post by The Last Airbender on Aug 23, 2012 20:07:29 GMT -5
Not at all like Quakers. Quakers are protestants but they still hold many of the traditions that started with Catholicism. Not really. But if that's the way you want it, you must mean like the Gnostics.
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Post by kokoro on Aug 24, 2012 1:50:04 GMT -5
i use to be a roman catholic but the i converted, now i'm a seventh day adventist
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Post by rollingrock128 on Aug 24, 2012 2:06:00 GMT -5
i use to be a roman catholic but the i converted, now i'm a seventh day adventist and what is that?
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Post by The Last Airbender on Aug 24, 2012 10:13:39 GMT -5
i use to be a roman catholic but the i converted, now i'm a seventh day adventist and what is that? A Christian church that formed in the U.S from the Millerites (group of Christians who followed the teachings of William Miller and his teachings about the end times prophecies)
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Post by jwbulldogs on Aug 24, 2012 16:16:00 GMT -5
No you are way off on the Gnostic thing. LOL
If I had to describe myself I would describe myself as spiritual Jew. I believe the Christ is the Son of God. But I adhere to many of the teaching that are taught in Judaism. I believe we are supposed to keep the Sabbath. When people hear that I keep the sabbath that automatically assume 7th Day Adventist. But they assume wrong. We share some similar beliefs or practices. I adhere to the dietary law. So most people think i don't eat pork. This is true. They think Muslim, They are wrong. The dietary law includes more than pork that we refrain from eating. In the book of Leviticus you will find other meats that we do not eat. We don't eat them out of obedience to God. He called them unclean. There are those that believe they the dietary law was changed and we can eat pork, catfish, etc. They often use the scripture that here Paul was fasting and god gave him a vision of a variety of unclean food and told him to awake and go and eat. Paul didn't understand. He knew he wasn't going to eat anything that was unclean. But after giving him the same vision over God opened Paul's understanding and let him know he wasn't talking about food. It was only symbolic. The Jews considered all Gentiles to be unclean. God was tell Paul to preach the Word of God also unto the Gentiles. Afterwards Paul was instructed to go to the house of a Gentile. There he preached Jesus. The gentiles there accept Christ as their savior. Paul then realizes the God is not a respecter of person, salvation is for anyone that will accept Christ and God's way of doing things.
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Post by kokoro on Aug 24, 2012 21:31:34 GMT -5
airbenderder jsut about summed it up. in short, we believe in the literal translation of the bible
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