Tell me about your religion.?

Question

I am a christain. What are you? And no I am not going to give you a thumbs down if I don't like your religion. Tell me all about it and if you are a non- christain tell me why you dont believe in God. Please do not put anything dumb down like you believe that Spongebob created you. and do not cuss. I am a Christain and I want to know about you. and if you would could you leave an email so i can ask you more about it?
Thank you!

Answer 1

I am a Christian also. I believe in the one true living God who created this whole universe. I dont know how you could be an atheist and not believe in God. If there is a painting on a wall do you think that the paintbrush just walked over there and painted the picture itself, no there was an artist who picked up the paintbrush dipped it in paint and drew it on there. I believe that Jesus died for our sins on that horrible cross, because he loves us and doesn't want us to go to a devil's Hell.

Answer 2

I'm a pagan and a Taoist and an atheist. I never did like the Christian concept of their deity, and throughout my wide and varied spiritual path I defined 'God' in many different ways.

I came into my inability to believe that deities real while studying some descriptions of near-death experiences. It was interesting, that such descriptions from people who were not brought up in Western Culture were completely different than the descriptions from people who were.... on the surface. The project was an exercise in rhetoric and in studying the words people used and finding meaning in their experiences, it seemed that most people experienced very, very similar things, only in the context of their dominant religion or culture.

I came to the conclusion that deities and all the other supernatural entities are not actually real, but are metaphors for something our human minds can't comprehend - an attempt to define the undefinable.

In doing further research into various world religions I became enamoured of the concept of the Tao, which I thought was an apt description of what I always believed in my heart. I'm still studying this concept.

Meanwhile I am also a pagan because I enjoy the way pagans celebrate life, and their symbology really speaks to me.

Answer 3

I'm Wiccan as well, but I'll tell ya why as that's part of your question. My sister tried to convert me to Catholicism when I was 18, I tried at it but it just didn't feel right to me. I went to church a couple of times and it just didn't suit me, or my views on life, specially the whole creationism thing, it just irks me, but I'm not going to put it down, everyone has their own beliefs. ya know? So I went on my own path. I looked a Judaism but that too was a little too... organized for my liking. But I feel at home with paganism and Wicca, it just suits me and my personality. It's not that I don't believe in god, I just believe in more than one god. To me it makes more sense, I mean one god would have an overload if he had to deal with the billions of people on this earth. I just genuinely try to be a good person and hope everyone else is a good person, no matter their religion. my e-mail is [e-mail] (If I don't get back to an e-mail right away it's probably because I only check my e-mail about once a week, so it's nothing personal lol)

Answer 4

I belong to Sikhism. People who follow this religion are called Sikhs. Many people do not know about this religion because they confuse Sikhs with Muslims. Sikhism was founded 500 years ago by Guru Nanak Dev Ji(1469-1538). At Sultanpur, he received a vision to preach the way to enlightenment and God. He taught a strict monotheism, the brotherhood of humanity. He rejected idol worship, and the oppressive Hindu concept of caste.
The SIkh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the worlds 5th largest religion. Sikhism preaches a message of devotion and remembrance of God at all times, truthful living, equality of mankind and denounces superstitions and blind rituals. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

If you want to know more about it-
http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/

Answer 5

Scientology.

Here's a factual description for you:

Scientology is an applied religious philosophy. When I say "applied" I mean you actually use it in your life to change or improve existing conditions. It is a very practical religion.
All religions if you learn about them have a basic philosphy, but they also have certain dogma, rituals and observances, and a certain faith or belief is required. There is nothing wrong with this, but Scientology is not that kind of religion. It does not intrude on anyone’s faiths of beliefs in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual as part of his life.
It is also not a messianic religion. This means there is no worship of prophets or messiahs in Scientology. It is not belief or faith based. A truth should be true according to ones own observation and experience.
The dictionary definition that applies:
Religion: The spiritual or emotional attitude of one who recognises the existence of superhuman power or powers.

The most basic principle of Scientology is that YOU are your own immortal soul, that this is not a "thing" you HAVE but what YOU actually are.
The whole purpose of Scientology is to increase an individual's understanding and awareness of himself. and life.And to rehabilitate his native goodness, abilities and potential.
When you do this the sphere and zone of his positive influence increases and moves outward into his life, his family ,his friends, his groups and mankind which he is part of.

How this result is achieved is the "technology" of Scientology, which was developed by L.Ron Hubbard after his extensive research and the discoveries he made, about the human spirit. The basic religious philosophy and knowledge of Scientology is very old, going back 10,000 years at least to the Veda or Vedic Hymns from the East. L. Ron Hubbard researched and made new discoveries about the human spirit. He developed technology from these discoveries to apply to increase spiritual awareness and ability.
He completed his research before his death in 1986 and left all of his results and copyrights
to the Church of Scientology along with most of his considerable personal estate, when he died.

He published a book in 1951 to communicate the basic principles he discovered called: " Scientology The Fundementals of Thought"
There are currently over 10 million Scientologists in more than 163 countries world wide. However we are a new religion, only 53 years old.
The true story of Scientology as a religion goes like this:
1. A philosopher developes a philosophy about life and death.
2. People find it interesting.
3. People find it works.
4. People pass it along to others.
5. It grows.

This is just an overview.
L. Ron Hubbard explained fully the theology and technologies of Scientology in more than 500,000 pages of writings, including dozens of books and over 2,000 tape-recorded public lectures.

Answer 6

I am a Theravada Buddhist. We believe that our suffering is caused by our attachment to worldly things. When we dislike something then we become unhappy when it is present and when we like like something we ecome unhappy when it is absent. We believe that happiness is just an lack of suffering and that true happiness, or Satori, is the abscence of suffering. We believe that in order to cut our attachments to worldly things we must change ourselves, and that when we cut the root of desire, which is the ego, we attain Nirvana, which is eternal Satori.

I do not believe or disbelieve in god. Buddha thought that theism and atheism were equally foolish and illogical, and believed that as long as we were corrupted by worldly desires we would never be able to fully comprehend the concept of god. He said to look for god after enlightenment.

I can be emailed through my profile

Answer 7

Geez... she's a hard act to follow (the Mormon Girl)

I'm Jewish, Conservative Jew actually...

I enjoy it so much because it's what I grew up with. I cannot explain my connection to my religion because it is more than words can describe. I would suspect that you would not be able to explain your connection with christianity or a muslim's connection with Islam.

Our religions are not what define us, it is our actions that tell people who we are. The fact that I do not believe Jesus Christ was a messiah should not matter, moreso my belief in charitable acts and going that extra mile to make someone smile... THAT'S what matters in this world.

Answer 8

I'm a pragmatist. I think there may be a creator(s) because it seems likely that life did not develop spontaneously. But I don't know who or what the creator(s) are. I'm not convinced that the churches know. Unlike the church people, I'm honest enough to admit that I don't know what I don't know. I think the theory of Intelligent Design is as close as we have come to understanding to great mysteries.

Answer 9

I am a Christian, a religion that believes in the true God and loves good but hates evil (This does not apply to people).

Answer 10

I am a bokononist. This is the creation story from the first book of Bokonon:

All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.

In the beginning, God created earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness.

And God said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done." And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close as mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely.

"Everything must have a purpose?" asked God.

"Certainly," said man.

"Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this," said God. And He went away.

(Bokonon says of his first book: "Of course it's trash")

As bokononists we believe that it is human nature to ask questions:

Tiger got to hunt,
Bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder, 'Why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep,
Bird got to land,
Man got to tell himself he understand.

you can email me on my profile page. See the link below for more info on Bokononism