well said

Believe and trust only in the Baphomet.

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I am a Christian.
Jesus is just alright with me :)

I am wiccan, and I chose my pagan lifestyle from many years of research in organized religion, and a long time asking myself what I truly DID believe.. .So instead of trying to find a religion to feed me beliefs, I found out what I believed within myself, then found a belief system that was already in accord with that.

I'm pagan and proud of it.

I am roman catholic.. I was even an alterboy... LOL

But these things make me laugh!

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I m a the Messiah that jewish are waiting for :glugglug

No, I tell them I'm one of those godless heathen atheists!! :thumbsup

I have zero problems with religious people. My wife believes in God more than anyone I know. I DO have prolems with people that want to put their religion in your face constantly and want it everywhere ingovernment, etc.

VERY good point!!

People of faith don't bother me one bit. People of religion are another matter altogether.

I'd keep well away from Dogwoods then :)

I believe >>> Big Guns

Oh father high in heaven - smile down upon your son
whose busy with his money games - his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save me!
And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
and made his name in Hollywood
to set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves - well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon
His cross was rather bloody
He could hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!

" If current trends continue, Christianity will become a minority religion in the U.S. about the year 2042, and in Canada about 2023."

True Scotsman Fallacy:
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html#scots

Used by Atheists to point out problems with religions

Yep, but he's insanely overrated. His miracles are hype, his philosophy sucks. He had some good PR people and spin doctors, that's all

i think everyone can agree that the ten commandments are pretty basic rules to live by

keep your hands off my wife and quit coveting my escalade and i wont kill you or steal

fair

is that due to the immigration polices? or Jimmy Swaggart?

"Religion ist das Opium des Volkes."

I've always wondered how things like religions get started.

One theory of mine: 2,000 years ago, paranoid schizophrenics were not diagnosed, drugged, or put in hospitals. They just wondered the earth telling everyone about the wonderful voices and visions they had...

Not all schizophrenics are violent and without the knowledge of it being a sickness, they could easily believe their visions as truths -- and determine that a "higher power" was talking to them.

Coveting thy neighbor's goods. As George Carlin says... That is just plain fucking stupid. Coveting keeps the economy in line. Your neighbor gets a turbo-charged vibrator ejaculating dildo... you wanna go get one too. Coveting is good, leave it alone.

i am not christian, nor was i raised to be so. i do believe in a higher power, and i don't believe that a higher power would have a gender - why would it have, when gender is about reproduction?

i am constantly amazed at the number of people who say they are christians when they do not follow the word of christ - which is fully available to all in the bible.

i have only known a few people who consider themselves christian who i also consider christian. or that's the way i'm reading it, and i have read the bible. people who do not judge, do not live for money or power (whether over their own children or over a larger group) and who love unconditionally - as jesus says to in the bible. if you're willing to kill for ANY reason, you are going against the commandments - and this ain't court. your ultimate intentions count, not just having an excuse.

george carlin narrowed it way down and he is correct for our current societal state

the simple fact of the matter is, in a perfect, ideally utopian (albeit communist) society, people would be content with what they have and live to serve others. i wouldn't mind being a doctor working for free helping to stitch a farmer up because that farmer picks food so i don't have to.

etc etc etc jesus saves

Islam is on the rise. Probably from 12clicks recruiting practices.

Wrong

I am.

Son of god start that shit, and he ask his sons to be our kings and lead us like sheeps :thumbsup

Don't they usually ask if you are Prostestant, Catholic, Jewish, or other?

You ask 50 people "what is a Christian" and you will get 50 different answers....

And of course, I don't worship George Carlin. The Coveting line was written before assembly lines. So coveting a neighbor's goods meant that you were coveting one paticular thing on the earth that could not be duplicated -- so the only way to possess that good was to steal it.

Nice society, yep a little too communist and ultimately flawed.

:thumbsup :thumbsup

Religion at its basic root is Paganism. It all can be lumped into one heading which would be Pagen. To say you are Pagen as to say you are set apart from "traditional" religous practices is nieve. This is not ment as an insult at all.. I hope you understand that. Every form of religion is based on a pagenistic belief system.

i'm not religious, too cynical to take a 'leap of faith'..

would be nice to believe i'm sure, but I can't do it.

which reminds me of this quote from Bush Sr.

Nah, you just call yourself one ;)

"Peganism" is often referred to by Pegans as "the old religion", or "the ancient religion". Its no secret that most religious practices stem from Pegans (i.e.- the YULE log, Xmas trees). Its the other beliefs that are uninformed...Pegans are usually equiped with this info while studying.

:2 cents:

That's neopaganism. There's a slight difference. A Wiccan is not the same as a Druid, or an Asatru'er or a Kemetic, etc. There isn't one old religion there are many.

Eclectic Dianic Wiccan, with some Discordian thrown in there to spice things up. Hail Eris!

satan rulz

I am an Assembly of God Pastor's son. I've been raised in BS all my life.

Christian Literally means (according to the Bible) "Christ Like". Therefore, there are VERY FEW Christians.

And there are NO Christians in this business, no matter what one wishes to believe. Christ would not be involved in this business. He may hang out and be non-judgemental of people in the business, but he wouldn't be involved in it.

Religion is just a psychological way for people to deal with certain issues. Take death for example: if your 3 year old was just killed by a random drive by, you WANT to believe you'll see him again. The reality of the senseless loss would screw up too many people's heads. Religion allows people to cope with day to day realities without going crazy.

The reality of life is that there may or may not be a higher power (I believe there is) but even if there IS a higher power, it doesn't give a shit about us and there will NOT be an afterlife.

Karma

technology is god

Actually I know exactly what you mean.. in fact a lot of major "religious" holidays have their basic roots in paganism. However the belief systems are much different, as are the beliefs about the "afterlife" and the "godhead" itself.

They integrated paganism into "organized" religion to make it more appealing to the masses who were already entrenched in paganism and had been for centuries. Myself, however, and many like me DO have different belief systems. I simply choose to categorize it as "pagan" as oppossed to any specific camp of wicca or earth religions, because everyone has their own way of communing with the powers that be, and I prefer not to have any restrictions put on my beliefs by stereotypes. What I believe and how I practice is between myself and mother earth.