Religious ID

@ubermik wrote:

@lil fek wrote:

If you don’t practice a religion, but identify yourself as a member of that religion does it mean you have been influenced by your family or maybe have a need to believe in something other than yourself…what does it mean and is there a name for this?

As much as I think Islam is like a cancer within civilised society I do have to admire the dilligence with which they practise their faith. same too for sikh’s.

I have a lot of respect for consistency and integrity even where its a consistent integral doctrine I dislike, whereas hypocrisy and double standards I dislike whatever denomination

I also reckon that if there IS a god of some description, one that does expect the basic common decencies outlined in pretty much every major religion and even in most cults I dont reckon many if any members of the main religions such as judaism, catholocism, islam or christianity would be doing anything less than burning in hell for the b’stardised interpretations of their faith they follow as they have all been twisted by mortal men to control, direct and manipulate their followers into doing the bidding of the driving forces in those faiths for eons even when those actions clearly contradict the gist of the religion itself making its membership null and void in relationship to any actual good there might be

So I’m pretty much on the fence with this topic really lol :lol: :lol: :lol: 8)

Yes, you definately are on the fence and shouting loudly from both sides Uber!

Im not religious, I believe in an afterlife, spiritulism.

I say rest in peace because I believe the soul is such a powerful force it goes to another place to live on in some shape or form.

I happy with my spiritual belief, but have a hatred of todays religions that result in war and killing.

@anita Gofradump wrote:

@token_male wrote:

I think that alot of religion is held by people because it makes things sound easier..

how many atheists? on this board have ever posted about someone dying and said something like

Rest In Peace youv gone to a better place now with angels and blah blah blah.

religion makes the idea of a family members death easier because you hold onto this belief that they dont just get put into a box and into a fire or into the ground to rot away.
I honestly believe thats why alot of people have a small part of religious belief in them.

Im a Catholic by the way!

As an athiest, no i havent, people take whatever they need from religion as comfort as you said, rest in peace etc, im sure religion means different meanings for everyone, but i say f*ck em all, you gonna burn in hell!

but hell doesnt exist for you, so they wont do anything at all, for an atheist surely they cannot refer to the devil or anything like that such as burning in hell etc etc?

as they dont believe in there being a place where people go after death

what an image!!!! everyone dancing to cheesy 70s disco in heaven! its enough to make you want to be religious!

@forumhostpb wrote:

I’m an Evangelical Agnostic.

I go round knocking on stranger’s doors and say “I don’t know … what do you think???”

IM A HELLS ANGEL MORMON I TURN UP SUNDAY MORNING BANG ON UR DOOR AND TELL YOU TO F**K OFF. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
HOW BOUT THAT…..