What is your religious belief and were you born with it? - Page 3 - Political Forum

Brother Oz · #21 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 11:13 AM

I am a Christian, but I used to be an Agnostic. My parents are Christians, but my sister and most of the rest of my family are not.

Oregon Elephant · #22 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 11:45 AM

I'm a christian (bet that's a big shocker) that grew up in a christian family, but both my parents are "passive" christians, that is they try to spread God's love through actions and not words. Through my highschool summers (spent at college), I became Agnostic because I didn't really know what the bible was and what it meant and who God really is. And I saw how other teen christians acted and I didn't like them and how they pretended on Sunday compared to who they were in school. Slowly, I went to Deist and than back to Christianity over the last years of high school and first year of college.

emptypepsi · #23 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by panteth4h2o

I used to visit a Messianic synagogue on Saturdays, which was a synagogue where Jews had accepted Christ as their Messiah, and there were actually a couple of Hispanic Jews there. (They spoke both Spanish and Hebrew) At the time, I didn't realize that was possible; but I think their mothers were Jewish, which made them Jewish too, even though their fathers were Hispanic. Or something like that.

Jews adopting Christ as a messiah? Interesting.

My family is largely from Spain, where Judaism is a bit more prevalent than it is in many Latin American countries. I'm not aware of any of my immediate relatives that speak fluent Hebrew, though we of course learned some phrases for Bar/Ba Mitzfahs and other such things.

I like your sig.

Matthew.lincoln · #24 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainMike

I actually can't find a label for myself these days. The best try would be Buddhist-Hindu-Druid-Native American. A Buddhindudrunatam? I definitely didn't start that way.

Hmmmm...so what church do you attend?

USViking · #25 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew.lincoln

I want to know if you decided at a some age you believed, or if it is something you follow cause your family does. So please post.

I was not born with religious belief.

I remember enough about my earliest years
of five and younger to say God played no role.

From about 6 I became aware of God because
my family was Churchgoing, and for the next
10 years I believed in Him.

At 16 or 17 I realized that an omnipotent God
would have to be an immoral God, so I rejected
the idea of God.

I have felt the same way ever since.

Matthew.lincoln · #26 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainMike

I meditate. That is my church. My favorite place for meditation is out in nature, especially next to a river or lake at sunrise or sunset.

Oh cool i was joking because you combined all those religions in one. But if that is really your religious belief then you are on my cool people list, because you are different.

Kazikli Bey · #27 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 08:04 AM

Every person is born without the knowledge of God, that is different to being athiest.

Brother Oz · #28 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 11:58 AM

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Every person is born without the knowledge of God, that is different to being athiest.

I think it is the same. Atheist means you don't believe in God. Babies don't believe in God. Or in fact anything outside themselves, as they have no conception of the internal self vs the external world.

Slartibartfas · #29 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew.lincoln

I want to know if you decided at a some age you believed, or if it is something you follow cause your family does. So please post.

I was raised as catholic and also visited the sunday mass each week with my parents.

I am not sure how old I was exactly when I came to the conclusion that I do not really believe. Perhaps I was 15?

Since then I am something in between an atheist and an agnostic.

Oregon Elephant · #30 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother Oz

I think it is the same. Atheist means you don't believe in God. Babies don't believe in God. Or in fact anything outside themselves, as they have no conception of the internal self vs the external world.

Babies would be considered Agnostic. Ahtiests believe that there is no God. They have thought about it and came to the conclusion that there is none. Babies just haven't considered it.