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Post by Evil Inclination on Nov 27, 2008 9:04:29 GMT
TLR, those aren't religions, those are nations, there's a difference.
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Post by The Lone Ranger on Nov 28, 2008 11:06:45 GMT
TLR, those aren't religions, those are nations, there's a difference. Nations that had their own religions .
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Post by The Illusionist on Dec 7, 2008 15:44:09 GMT
I think that everyone's personal religion is their true religion. It's your choice. If it's right for you, then it's your true religion.
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Post by harmony on Dec 14, 2008 19:32:21 GMT
I think that everyone's personal religion is their true religion. It's your choice. If it's right for you, then it's your true religion. but how about if your personal religion involves the blood sacrifice of small children? would that still be "true" religioin?
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Post by The Illusionist on Dec 14, 2008 20:23:07 GMT
If it is right in the person's eyes, if it suits who they are, then yes, it is their true religion, and there's nothing I can say or do to change their minds. It's what they believe, it's what they feel is needed to become one with the universe, themselves, or thier diety/ies, then it's their true religion.
I'm not saying I support people who kill people religiously. I'm just saying that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and although I don't agree with many of them, it's their choice, not mine. And I need to respect their freedom to choose.
As for God's religion, by the Christian belief, he would be Jewish, since Christ, his son, was Jewish. However, I am not Jewish, or Christian, or even Muslim, and I do not believe in God. Therefore, God cannot have his own religion, because he does not exist.
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Post by spina on Dec 15, 2008 11:13:57 GMT
If it is right in the person's eyes, if it suits who they are, then yes, it is their true religion, and there's nothing I can say or do to change their minds. It's what they believe, it's what they feel is needed to become one with the universe, themselves, or thier diety/ies, then it's their true religion. I'm not saying I support people who kill people religiously. I'm just saying that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and although I don't agree with many of them, it's their choice, not mine. And I need to respect their freedom to choose. As for God's religion, by the Christian belief, he would be Jewish, since Christ, his son, was Jewish. However, I am not Jewish, or Christian, or even Muslim, and I do not believe in God. Therefore, God cannot have his own religion, because he does not exist. So your saying your atheist?
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Post by The Illusionist on Dec 15, 2008 15:29:13 GMT
There are religions other then atheism that don't support the theory of an all-powerful God, in case you didn't realize. Like my religion, or, as previously mentioned, Buddhism. I see no reason for you to assume I'm atheist, or any other religion unless I specify otherwise.
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Post by harmony on Dec 15, 2008 21:06:15 GMT
many of the polytheistic religions (e.g. asatru) dont subscribe to the theory of an all-powerful god...
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Post by spina on Dec 16, 2008 2:18:53 GMT
Yeah but an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a God.
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Post by The Illusionist on Dec 16, 2008 2:39:50 GMT
And in my religion, even though I do have a relgion that is not atheism, there is no God. Is it hopeless for me to convey this to you? Will you incorrectly call me an atheist five more times before you understand? Or will you realize that I can have a religion that is not Chrsitianity, Judaism, or Islam? That I can have a religion, with worship, that does not involve a God? Is it impossible for you to imagine a religion like that?
Hmm. I seem to be asking far too many rhetorical questions.
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