What is your religion and what does it believe? Just curious to know. Serious answers please?

Answer 1

I'm a Christian of the Roman Catholic variety.

Theologically, we believe in God the Trinity -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus was the Son of God, and that He was crucified, died and rose again to win eternal life for us. All Christians, Catholic or otherwise, believe this.

Catholicism differs from other forms of Christianity in other ways though. We believe in the communion of sins, the sacraments, papal infallibility, Mary's perpetual virginity, Mary as Mother of God (and not just as mother of Jesus' humanity only), purgatory, prayers for the dead, and the intercession of Mary and the other saints in heaven.

There are other things that many people, due to misconceptions and misinformation, think we believe and do -- but we don't. For instance, we don't worship Mary. We don't worship statues. We don't worship the Pope. We don't have to do and believe everything the Pope says (it depends on what he's talking about). We don't believe that salvation is attained through good works. Many people think these things, and others, are part of Catholicism -- but they most definitely are not.

I believe the Catholic Church is the one established by Christ Himself in Matthew 16. I believe and trust in His words when He said that not even the powers of hell would prevail against His Church.

The powers of hell sure have tried -- wars, schisms, inquisitions, crusades, bad popes, corrupt bishops, priests who molest kids, apathetic laity, financial difficulties, a lot of bad press in the secular media both in the US and abroad -- yet the Church still stands strong.

It stands strong and it still serves today as the world's single largest provider of charitable and humanitarian services.

Answer 2

Religion is a way of life; I find my own as I go.

This is a sample of my beliefs:

People are generally good, and the ones that seem not to be generally don't realize what hurt they cause.

My life is my own creation . . . Though I may not control what situations I'm in, the past, or the future, I'm in full control of my actions and decisions here and now.

The only bad experience is the one you don't learn from.

The secret of the truth is simple yet unknown; It does not fade with time, and always stands alone.

The truth will set you free, the truth is hard to find; Those who refuse to see will never free their mind.

Love unreservedly, live like you're dying.

Give everything an empty box - - Let everything be what it is.

Now is the only time I'll ever have.

Everyone believes in their own beliefs for a reason.

Truth is universally applicable.

The more I learn, the more there is to learn, the more I want to learn.

There are different levels of knowing.

Everything of survival quality will survive, and every destructive tendency will kill itself off.

I am here to answer the big questions, and ask the bigger ones.

Our hope lies in ourselves and eachother.

I have nothing to fear.

Adaptation is survival.

Change is good.

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness are enduring.



Whether or not these will always work is not as important as changing them if they don't.

Answer 3

I was born a Catholic and grew up one. However, as I got older I became disillusioned with the Catholic church and all other churches for that matter. They are more pre-occupied with making money and condemning people and praising the Lord instead of doing good and avoiding evil. Do you know how many billions of dollars does the Catholic Church and all other churches have? To be compassionate just like they preach why don't they spend most of it to help and sick and feed the hungry. There should be more like Mother Theresa. Even Bill Gates and Buffet do more to help mankind than most churches. I believe that there is good God - call him/her Allah, Buddha, God whatever but there is a god that gave us common sense and choice and wants us to do good and avoid evil.

Answer 4

I'm a muslim. Islam is the religion of peace and forgiveness.
we believe in one god (Allah) and the prophet Mohammed. It's the guide for a healthy happy life and protects man from his own sins. Even if man sins, no matter how bug this sin is, there's always a way to repent and Allah always forgives if ur real intention is repentance.

Answer 5

Celtic Reconstructionist (neo-pagan)
I am a polytheist who honors deities from the Celtic-speaking areas during the Iron Age. I believe in reincarnation but I really don't believe in karma. I do not believe that any deity is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-positive, or all-negative. For more information: http://paganachd.com/faq/index.html

Answer 6

My religion is the religion of Peace. It is Islam. Which means "PEACE acquired by submitting your will to ALmighty God ALLAH"

In fact, Islam is the way of life. It is not just rites and rituals. It teaches me how to live. How and what to eat, sleep, deal with neighbours, what are my rights and duties, how to be kind not just to my family or human beings but even with the animals,

Know more about it...
www.harunyahya.com
www.irf.net

Answer 7

I am Pagan, drawing heavily from Wicca. I believe there is a Higher Power that transcends gender and consciousness as we know it - I usually refer to it as "The Higher Power", "Deity", or "Universal Energy". I feel that it is an energy that permeates the universe and everything in it, as opposed to a sentient, omniscient, omnipotent Being that is sitting somewhere watching us all. I usually view the Deity as aspects of masculine and feminine energy, the God and the Goddess.

The similarities between various world pantheons in the types of Gods and Goddesses (Love, War, Fertility, Home, Death, etc.) leads me to believe that the various Gods and Goddesses of the various religions are all aspects of the same Higher Power, "broken down" by man into something that we can relate to, and to help deal with whatever needs dealing with at that point.

I have two general guiding principles that I try to be mindful of and to follow with my actions. One is the Threefold Law which, broadly stated, is "What energy you send out, for good or ill, comes back to you threefold." You could look at it as an equivalent of "you reap what you sow" in Christianity. The other is The Wiccan Rede which, in short form, reads "An it harm none, do as ye will." This means that when I am considering my actions and its ramifications, I have to consider not only how it affects me, but how it affects others, either directly or indirectly.

Since what I do comes back to me, coupling the Rede with Return can also be viewed as analogous to "Do unto others as you would have done unto you". By doing unto others, it *is* being done unto me.

I do not believe in the Christian concept of Hell, nor in the Christian concept of Satan (which means that I'm not a Satan worshipper). I believe that when we die, the energy that is our Spirit is returned to the greater pool of Universal Energy. "We all come from the Goddess, and to Her we shall return, like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean". That energy is then used - in whole or in part - for another being who has yet to be born. Think of a glass of water poured back into a pitcher, then re-poured into another glass.

I don't believe in reincarnation in the traditional aspect (i.e. your soul stays pretty much intact throughout the incarnations). In this, I differ from many other Pagans and Wiccans.

Answer 8

I guess I was brought up christian and confirmed (I do believe christian values I think) but if I was to choose I would say some sort of American Indian "religion" would be best... they seem to worsip the sky, the sun, the earth, natural things... real things

Answer 9

I believe in Jesus and I have no religion in the sense that I follow all these rules to atain my salvation. I know my God looks at the heart not what you do or don't do. I love God, love others as I would myself and live life to the fullest!

Answer 10

I am buddhist, although i wouldn't really call it a religion.

its hard to explain, but a really watered down explanation would be that this life that you are in now is a karmic life, and you are here to be kind and moral to those around you, and to accept that this life is just 'suffering' and that after this life you will be sent to a place(Depending on your karmic duties) where all of your desires are filled.

you should look into it.