I believe in God and Jesus and the devil and all that, but I just don't have a religion because I want to believe what I want to believe, not what a certain religion says I have to or I'm going to hell. My friend says it's agnostic but I'm not sure...It's like neutral theism or something of the sort....
2007-03-06 09:35:32 · 24 answers · asked by sassie384 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Intelligence.
2007-03-06 09:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Agnostic is a pretty close description of your philosophy. An agnostic believes that it is not possible to prove that there is a god. It also sounds like you lean toward Christianity in that you believe in Jesus. That makes you a borderline Christian. You are smart not to just blindly follow a religion or denomination (eg. Baptist). I personally try to follow the Bible to learn what can keep me on the path to heaven and out of hell. Without some standard like the Bible it is difficult to be at peace with your religion when all you rely on is your conscience.
2007-03-06 17:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by The man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And so welcome to the club. I have never belonged to any church. I believe in God and Jesus just like you do. You are not neutral though. You are a Christian. The Christian faith is all about believing in Jesus Christ, just as you do and I do. You do not have to have a religious denomination although some Christians would say that you do. Surely you can be just as you are and not go to any church.
Faith is faith and I don't think my God and your God really cares much about that anyway. So I am happy to hear that you are a believer. Don't worry about having a church if you don't want. God loves you no matter what.
God Bless
2007-03-06 17:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm the exact same way. I believe all of the things that you do, but I still don't involve myself in any organized religion at all. I think organizing religion and going to church impersonalizes the relationship a person can have with their God.
You aren't an atheist and you aren't agnostic. Actually, neutral theism is a good way to describe it, but it's not accurate enough in that it doesn't define any of your beliefs.
I would perhaps just call myself a "spiritual" person, rather than a "religious" one.
2007-03-06 17:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by Samantha 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, you're not an atheist/agnostic. You're just a simple believer without any religion. You and I belong to this class of people. If we were living in the Middle Ages, we could have been persecuted and burned at the stake. Sad.
As for the term non-denominational, yes, it is a fitting description.
2007-03-06 17:47:30 · answer #5 · answered by Dowland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agnostic. That is the name for someone who believes in God but is unsure of which Religion to Choose, if any. An Atheist is someone who believes there is No God at all.
2007-03-06 17:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by January00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Free Thinker. If you are really serious with your conviction, just follow the golden rule. True way of believing in God is not normally found in what you think is comfortable or convinient for you to follow or not. You can only be certain that you are living in God's grace if you do things righteously and oftentimes being righteous put one's life on edge. You create your own destiny, you choose the path to whichever journey you want to take, God will give His grace to every right thing you do and surely will not be there if you turn away from His laws. You do not blame Him for your failures because your fate is what you make your life with it. It is either you make it right or you made a wrong judgement on the choice you picked. For every failure, learn from it and that is what makes one near perfect. Live in the present moment, strive to be happy and free. Respect the right of others and stay away from being judgemental.
2007-03-06 18:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some sort of Christian deist?
Why put yourself through all this nonsense? Don't you ask what the point is of believing in the devil if you don't believe in hell? Why leave out Mohammed or Zeus? It's up to you what you believe but I sympathize with religionists insofar as they seek to make their beliefs somehow internally consistent. (They fail, but the idea of a pick-and-mix religion just seems bizarre.)
2007-03-06 17:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pretty close to agnostic. more like a christian agnostic.
*shrug* u pretty much falling into christianity with jesus though.
id probably call u a non-denominational christian.
but that would depend if u believe the bible or not. i would assume u do if u believe in jesus. otherwise he was just a man to everyone. bible is the only account that he was "godly"
2007-03-06 17:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in Christ as God, you are Christian. If you don't follow any particular sect of Christianity, you could call yourself a non-denominational Christian.
You're not agnostic - that's something else.
2007-03-06 17:40:16 · answer #10 · answered by Dim 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An agnostic is someone who doesn't know whether or not God/a god exists. Maybe you're a theist...maybe I'm wrong=)
2007-03-07 05:05:21 · answer #11 · answered by paTROLLer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋