Reeleejen: Which Religion/Faith do you follow?

I'm an atheist but I really agree and find the teaching of Satanism to be very true and even slightly appealing. Nothing to do with worshipping Satan, it basically says you are your own God/person, "Do unto others as they do unto you" kind of thing. Basically kind of relative to Misanthropy kind of, like man is an animal and stuff. And belief in vengeance rather than turning the other cheek. It pretty much says be responsible for yourself and help others if they deserve it. I'm pretty pessimistic by nature and I don't rwally have a great view of people. Nihilism would also tie in (not a religion)(belief that morals aren't based on instinct)

 

Im not very religious tbh
I'm shintoist by my own choice

 

a cross between the two above.

 

not religious at all unless you count my steadfast belief that religion is bulls***.

 

I do be an agnostic theist. To clarify agnosticism is a way of thinking, the religion part is that I'm a theist. Though I don't conform to any one religion, I do dabble in a few. At the moment I'm looking at Zen Buddhism.

 

I'm the same way Haresuno. I find that being agnostic is better suited for me than other religions

 

Christian here

 

I guess I'm kind of biased since I have a hatred of religion (Christianity, more so). I can't explain in, it's very personal, but I just hate religion/don't see a point in it. I randomly was looking at Satanism one day and thought the teachings agreed with who I was etc, but I still would never conform to one. Not that I don't have faith, there's a huge number of reasons why religion is bs

Like I said before, I have no problem with religious people, each their own imo. I just don't like when it's shoved in my face or when people take it to such a level that it's completely laughable

 

Similar here, being forced into christianity at birth basically and being brought up with its stupid teachings made me hate it, it got worse when I started asking questions which people never knew the answer to and died when I started to think for myself

agreed, people can believe what they want. As long as they leave me alone.

 

^^ Agreed

Atheist.

 

<.> I don't know why you put my name in that tag link Rawr. Anyways, all of you know that I'm a christian, but I really want to say something to WaytotheDawn.

First off, I never from my first stay on here to now that I ever shoved my belief into anyone's face. I never do say "IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW GOD, YOU SHALL BE DAMNED & (In a deep voice.) YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!" but you should not have more of a strong hatred against christianity. Don't you know that there are christians like me who don't shove the bible up in your face & want to make you stronger, not to make you be offended & take us the wrong way. Not only that, don't you know that there are "fakes" who goes around the world saying that they're christians when they're actually is just trying to lure you & trying to strike once they have the chance. I don't know what was personal that you don't want to talk about that made you want to hate christainity, but whatever religion flows your boat, I'll still respect you as a human being regardless.

Also Pulse, I don't know what you mean by being forced into christianity by birth, but it's up to you if you want to accept Christ into your heart or not. It's up to you if you want to be saved or want to dabble in a different religion. What may sound stupid to you Pulse in the bible might actually be helpful in your life without you even knowing it. If you ask the people in the church questions that they don't even know the answer to,just don't get steamed up about that. There are those who're more wise in God's power who might give you the answer. Anyways, that's all I have to say & that I'm a christian who loves God very much & will still respect & love those of other religions.

 

I didn't accuse you of shoving your belief in my face, did I? I just said I don't like it when it is

You never said I would go to hell, but that's how religion was preached long ago, and probably still is. Like rawr said, it was like you either choose religion or your gonna burn in hell blah blah. It's all based on fear, and as humans we just lead onto it, people were afraid years ago to speak out and ask questions. Now we have TV

And Brandon, I'm not saying all religion and people are like that, but relgion is/was preached like that by some people

Of course I know there are christians like you who are nice people (hey, I don't know you, but you seem fine to me )

If you read my post you'll see this. Here, lemme quote it

I said I had no problem with religious people, unless they try and shove it in my face or something

 

i'm a JW if anybody knows that religion.

 

A Jehovah Witness? Lord, the people who are JW around my house, get on my nerves.

 

Yes, my grandma gave me all this stuff to read about it and some of it made sense. i have most of my faith in the religion like 99%. but i'm still unsure.

 

O.O Do Jehovah Witnesses go around & knock on doors 24/7? XD THat what I was told in church anyways. I forgot what Jehovah Witnesses do or what they base their religion on because I don't dabble in that area. I don't find this a debate anyways Rawr & still don't want no debating, so you have nothing to worry from me. (-_- Ok, you might want to worry about Yukou a.k.a Morphine.)

 

What does that mean? Do you have something against me? If you do, say it. This thread is about religion and what faith you follow.

I follow Buddhism which comes from Hinduism.

In Buddhism we only have the Buddha. He is not consider as a God, well is some culture he is, but he is consider as a messenger. He pray with him and he give our prayer to the higher Gods. We have many Gods. From the God of Destruction to the God of Life and those Gods came from Hinduism.

In my religion we are taught to not and try to convert people or say harsh words about their religion and give them harsh statements.

So quite frankly, I don't care about other religions. Don't get me wrong, I respect other religions. I even read the Bible from time to time, just to get a better understanding of God, because, ironic as it sounds, I do believe that there is a God out there and Jesus.

But I stick to my religion. My religion do not require to meet every Sunday nor go out and try to get people to convert. When we do have a get together, it is BIG, when I say Big, means a couple of thousand people fled to the temples. And our donations are quite generous. Money for the monks and money for the temple, and it not just your simple dollar coins or coins. It is big bucks. We usually have a celebration lasting three days and two nights. Friday night, Saturday Morning, Saturday Night, and Sunday Morning.

We pray for hours and we offer food to our love ones and the monks and Buddha. We lit incense that last for hours.

And after all and said, we just dance.