what religion do you believe in? how long have you believed in it and what do you believe ?

Answer 1

I am a polytheist, I believe in reincarnation and a place called the Otherworld where souls go between incarnations. I believe that everything is the way it is supposed to be at this moment. I believe that my purpose here is to learn and grow. I believe in a form of karma but that karma is not an absolute law. I believe that to be in tune with the cycles of nature is to be in tune with my deities. I believe in many deities and spirits but I do not worship them all. I do not believe in any mainstream religion. I don't believe in sin, heaven, hell, the Christian Bible, the Muslim Quran, or the Hindu Vedas. I don't believe that any deity is all-positive, all-negative, all-powerful, or all-knowing.

I grew up with these beliefs and I still hold them today. I am in my early 40's.

Answer 2

Well first i was brought up roman catholic and I question alot of it and then found more of a religion which i am pagan wiccan. I have been for many years now. I believe in do no harm to no one. Knowledge is power. Learn all religions and what you can about cultures. Your world opens up so much that you realize you have more in common with more ppl

Second although I am pagan wiccan. It is not for all. A person can choose which religion suits them best. I think the more you push religion on someone the more you turn someone away, but if you give them the tools to seek the knowledge they can choose on there own.

Answer 3

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints(Mormons). I have been a member since I was 9 years old but did not have my true conversion til I was 30. That was 5 years ago . Before that I had kind of lived off of my families testimony. I'm glad I finally developed my own. Better late than never huh? We have what we call The Articles of Faith,there are 13 of them. They sum up our beliefs pretty well I'll give you the first 4 and let you find the rest if you choose to.
1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son,Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are;first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;second,Repentance,Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins;forth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Answer 4

As a Christian, I believe that Jesus Christ is God and my Savior from the penalty of sin.

Honestly, most religions have value for helping people live a good life. There are a few that do more harm then good. I am grateful for many religions, even though I don't subscribe to them, because they tend to make a more moral society and I get the benefit of that. I would much rather live next to a catholic, even though I do not subscribe to their religion, than some wacko who wants to blow up the neighborhood. The catholic (if he takes his religion serious) has a moral standard that makes for a better neighborhood. Having said that, I would much rather live next to people who take their Christian faith serious.

Answer 5

I don't believe in organized religion, but I like to think there are higher beings out there that have an effect on our lives. It took me a while to realize I didn't have to believe in "god" but it has been about 6 or 7 years since I came to that realization. Before that I thought everyone was supposed to go to church and believe in Jesus. I am much happier now and I don't care if people tell me I will go to hell.

Answer 6

My religion is the religion of being devoted to God. I have changed my religion a few times (from Christian to Jewish to Hindu) but in reality, it is always only God that I was seeking.

I've been a Hindu for 4 or 5 years, but I've been devoted to God for as long as I can remember.

I believe we should have compassion on others and do things which improve ourselves. We should live a moral life, and make all our actions as offerings to God.

Answer 7

I don't believe in religion, I believe in God though. He is all there is to it. Religion and God are not the same thing. I kinda grew up with it, but then once I got older, I chose for myself that I wanted to continue with God. He's as real to me as the sky, my socks, this computer I'm typing on. I've seen His works in my life as well as others, I've heard Him speaking to my heart (not an audible voice, it's very subtle, He likes to whisper ;) When I've decided to do things MY way rather than His because I wasn't sure, my way always ends up screwy. He's right there to help me through, and when I do go with His way, I'm a lot happier. I could go on and on about how awesome He is, but I guess ya get it :)

Answer 8

As a Baha'i, I believe there is only one God, the Source of all revealed religions. I believe that He has sent us Messengers from time to time to draw us back to Him when we have strayed and teach us how to live and how to treat each other. I believe the most recent of these Messengers was Baha'u'llah, the Glory of God, who appeared in Iran in the 19th century. He taught that the earth is one country and that all divisions -- national, racial, religious -- are man-made and not of God.

I've been a Baha'i since my late teens.... quite a while ago.

Answer 9

Deist. For about 30 years. I believe in God the Creator. I believe in science, evolution and gravity. I don't believe in an afterlife. I don't believe the soul is separate from the body or eternal. I don't believe in spirits, demons, devils, ghosts, shadow people, or other such entities. I believe that when you die, you just stop living like a light being turned off.

Answer 10

Most of yall ain't gonna agree with me on my religious beliefs because attention is paid to race in some aspects but what the hay-
here goes:

I believe most of the new testament is bogus and was written long after Jesus or any of the apostles have already died.
I believe the bible was miscanonized and wasn't even fully canonized due to the fact that the council of Nicea finished prematurely because they were paid in advance for copies and then rushed to complete the job.
I believe Yeshua (Jesus) was a human black man.
I believe he was a religious reformist because the church leaders were fleecing the people by selling them sacrificial animals in the church n' then givin' the money to the Romans (white people who occupied the promised land that was given to the Jews upon the end of Egyptian captivity).
I believe he was a political revolutionary and was sentenced to death as such on the cross (today it would've been the electric chair) and the church leaders who really worked for the romans urged some jews to rally against Yeshua but since the new testament (which was written by Greeks - white people) made pilate look like a just man who didn't want to kill Yeshua, alot of people think the Jews killed Jesus but Pilate's historical persona is pretty evil and he had plenty reason to prevent a rebellious uprising.
The nazarenes were black and the early ones were even called ebionites - go look it up in the catholic encyclopedia it's true that they existed.
They followed him personally and didn't believe he was immortal or even born from a virgin mother.

I don't believe in a second coming or judgment day because the church I grew up in denounces muhammed (founder of Islam) as a false prophet or anyone else who claims to be a prophet during this new faith based era because he was called after the crucifixion and this means John of Patmos (the author of Revelations) is also a false prophet in the same rite.

I don't believe in life after death because in the book of Job it explains death like this: your body goes to sheol (the grave) and becomes wormfood and your conciousness is no more. It didn't say anything about a second coming from the messiah although the old testament did speak of a messiah I don't think Yeshua truly filled those prophecies for many reasons - look up biblical contradictions.

I don't believe Noah's flood covered the whole earth because geologists claim that from observing rock formations around the world it just never occurred although there was evidence of an ancient flood in Sumeria and a folk tale about a hero called Gilgamesh whom the story of Noah was taken and altered.

I believe Moses, the Egyptians, and the ancient (true) Israelites were black. I also believe the ten commandments are just a narrowed down version of the older 48 laws of maat which is Egyptian in origin.

I believe white people are a product of the curse of Gehazi which is stipulated in 2 kings 5:27. His descendants are to be white as snow with leprosy forever and ever (biblical leprosy is today's vitiligo or Michael Jackson's skin disease) as spoken of in leviticus chapter 12.

I believe the curses of the pharoah were all side effects a volcanic eruption proven to have taken place at the time. I seen the history channel verify how this occurred scientifically.

The above statements are my views about the bible but I also have different views that are outside the box such as:

Black people had religions before they ever came into contact with other religions and these were such as Yoruba (the African version of Voodoo) and this is the type of religion that we should emphasize into our culture as a people.
Other religions that are super ancient are still in use by the most ancient peoples in Africa such as the pygmies who belief there's a great spirit in the forest in which they live and in the nearby lakes and also the khoi-san bushmen who worship the moon which is a celestial object. The ancient Egyptians who had a deity for every aspect of nature called Ntr (hence the very word - nature) although their real god was invisible. As a matter of fact the Egyptians (kemetians gave Israel much of their belief systems found in the bible today). Nature worship is the key here. In the beginning before "man made god in his image" people worshipped nature and tried to live in harmony with it because that was what was good for their survival in such a dangerous time and place. Eventually the leaders (or witch doctors) of these religions realized they could control the village (and the only way to beat a con is to ask questions right?) and that's why it's so important today not to question god (which is basically the bible because in the beginning was the word and the word was god but no one recognizes that the bible has lost it's original meaning due to translations and revisions and the fact that anyone can argue any point on any subject here or there thru interpretation and the one usually interpreting the bible is a greedy gut pimp preacher). Organized religion is a scam because it offers you a deal you can't refuse- roll with us and have it all but go against us and you'll burn forever yet still god loves you more than your own parents do. Yeah right my parents wouldn't burn me eternally for making mistakes (sins) and not attempting to correct them.

As far as worshipping a higher power goes, well, who's to say if nature has a supreme mind or not? All I know is I have a mind and since I'm a part of nature I'mma believe in my self and not let some sheep who's being led to the collection plate by some pimp preacher tell me what's really real when I got common sense.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the descendants of the romans who killed Jesus are Italians. This doesn't mean all Italians are bad or are the descendants of the actual roman soldiers that executed christ but I think you get the picture here. The vatican is where? Rome, Italy! The catholic church has mafia ties and hid the nazis during the holocaust. Catholicism began as a hoax to control and solidify all the places they conquered and is heavily influenced by the earlier roman religion of zoroasterism. All today's christ based religions are offshoots of catholicism (baptist, pentecostal, methodist, etc...). So the question is can a bad tree bear good fruit? I don't think so...

This may be upsetting to some but I'm entitled to my belief and if your beliefs holds more common sensical weight than mine then you'll notice a change in my belief system.