I AM HINDU
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What is your religion?
MUSLIM!!
MUSLIM!!!!!!!!
Roman Catholic...but not in very good standing
Iam HINDU and a pure dravidian as same as you mega star.. but not from andra... Iam from kerala...
Am a Christian!
Protestant 4 life 
My Labels:
- CHRISTIAN---->CATHOLIC---->AMERICAN---->TIGER---->CRUSADER---->DAIGLE
Im CHRISTIAN!
Christian, I belong to the Catholic Church.
Well if we go by what I put on the last Australian census..
I Am Jedi
I Am Jedi
dont have one
lol jedi like that one. to me religion is spirituality, or in my view beleaving in ones self, does it have a name I am sure it does in many circles. Do i feel there is a higher spirit, of course I havent come across many in my life that dont. No i am not a preacher lol just a guy who thinks that putting a lable on religion is only away we as humans have to sperate each other. When in reality all is a basic beleave of a greater good.
I'm an instituted Acolyte of the Catholic Church, and a worship leader with the Charismatic Baptist, Evangelical and Conservative Protestant Churches. If anyone needs a short answer I'm a Charismatic Christian.
i'm a baptized roman catholic. but honestly, i do not know what i am now. i'm not really that concerned into fitting myself into a clique or label- religious or not. All I care about is that i believe there is a supernatural entity. that is all there is to it. simple.
I'm Catholic by baptism and birth, however I disagree with a lot of tenets of the Catholic church, so I prefer to see myself as a Christian, in the more general sense.
I am Hindu.
But the main concept behind religion is what u feel from inside and what you feel towards others.
Our main motto is "Live and Let Live".
But the main concept behind religion is what u feel from inside and what you feel towards others.
Our main motto is "Live and Let Live".
I'm a HINDU but I really don have any hard feelings for religion and caste. I respect ppl as individuals and except others to reciprocate in a similar way.
I am Buddhism.
It's a bit complex but here goes: I'm an eclectic, Irish-Celtic based Neopagan/Shaman Pantheist. Yeah, that's about as exact as it gets. For those that have english as a second language or even first) and not familiar with the word Pantheism which is where Pantheist comes from Merriam-Webster defines it thus:
Both of those definitions apply, though I don't be confused by the reference to the Roman Empire.
Geez, I think I have the longest reply concerning what my religion is even without the definition.
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| Main Entry: pan·the·ism
Pronunciation: 'pan(t)-thE-"i-z&m Function: noun Etymology: French panthéisme, from panthéiste pantheist, from English pantheist, from pan- + Greek theos god 1 : a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe 2 : the worship of all gods of different creeds, cults, or peoples indifferently; also : toleration of worship of all gods (as at certain periods of the Roman empire) |
Geez, I think I have the longest reply concerning what my religion is even without the definition.
I'm amazed that I'm the first person saying 'Atheist'.
Although as ever, absolute labels don't quite fit. I'd normally describe myself as an intensely cynical agnostic, or possibly a reasonable atheist.
I don't believe in god, as I have never been given the slightest reason to. But who knows what can happen in the future? Perhaps one day I'll come across a reason. I'll be intensely cynical of it, question every angle of it, and try to find other explanations. But just maybe I won't find any.
Until then, atheist.
Although as ever, absolute labels don't quite fit. I'd normally describe myself as an intensely cynical agnostic, or possibly a reasonable atheist.
I don't believe in god, as I have never been given the slightest reason to. But who knows what can happen in the future? Perhaps one day I'll come across a reason. I'll be intensely cynical of it, question every angle of it, and try to find other explanations. But just maybe I won't find any.
Until then, atheist.
I was raised Catholic by my father, but my mother took me to Christian church a couple of times as a kid, but we are all YORUBA (Santeria). And i do love my religion.
We dont have a bible per se, and we are not told too much about heaven and hell, we believe more in something like re-encarnation.
We dont have a bible per se, and we are not told too much about heaven and hell, we believe more in something like re-encarnation.
I worship the divinity of me.
I'm enough of a universe of profound and trivial to fufill my faith. For when I sense or learn anything, it ultimately starts and ends within.
I spend every day seeking food, water, input, shelter, and security for me. How could any God do anything more then be a intermediate between me and myself?
He couldn't! If I did worship him, it would just so he could give me something I couldn't get...for ME. I can get everything I want or need, so his purpose is sadly moot.
I laugh and mock the God(s)(ess), for they will know me as me!
I'm enough of a universe of profound and trivial to fufill my faith. For when I sense or learn anything, it ultimately starts and ends within.
I spend every day seeking food, water, input, shelter, and security for me. How could any God do anything more then be a intermediate between me and myself?
He couldn't! If I did worship him, it would just so he could give me something I couldn't get...for ME. I can get everything I want or need, so his purpose is sadly moot.
I laugh and mock the God(s)(ess), for they will know me as me!
I am Buddhist. I belongs to Buddha's ethnic ie. Aryan. I am atheist like most buddhists.
| megastar wrote: |
| I AM HINDU |
I am a Christian and I am proud to be one.
it writes muslim but l can say l m a bad muslim....
100% Muslim.
You?
You?
Christian -> Protestant -> Lutheran ->WELS (soon to be LC-MS)
I don't much like the conservative Christians, but that's what I was born into. :sigh:
I don't much like the conservative Christians, but that's what I was born into. :sigh:
Christian...but was raised catholic...didn't agree with lots of things there...so now consider myself Christian
Christian, protestant.
I'm catholic CHRISTIAN. I know that people forced me into it though... I'm from Lithuania. (EUROPE)
| dwcnps wrote: |
| I LOVE GOD!!! |
I like this one. This is my religion too. I'm a Zen/Taoist/Druidic/Nagualist/Lamaist/Hindu/Christian/Jew.
I don't have a religion, I believe in God... 
Lots of people seem to be confused. Remember, Catholicism is part of Christianity. All Christianity is somehow derrived or traced back to the Catholic Church.
Christianity
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Roman Catholic
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Catholic (aka Orthodox) Same beliefs as Catholic Church, without Pope.
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Protestant (some 300 different Churches)
Christianity
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Roman Catholic
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Catholic (aka Orthodox) Same beliefs as Catholic Church, without Pope.
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Protestant (some 300 different Churches)
Roman Catholic
Zen Buddhism
Moslem.. I'll keep it never changed, Moslem for enitre of my life. Moslem I'm proud of it. The Real Pure Moslem
I'm proud of it. The Real Pure MoslemBorderline christian(Jesus is my savior, but I disagree with almost all of the old testiment(and a fair amount of the new))
My religion is simple:
The Golden rule:
Do Onto others as you would have them do onto you
As for others, as long as you dont hurt anyone or impose your belifes on anyone...whatever you want to believe is fine by me.
Lets stop worrying about the specifics of our religions and just agree to disagree.
The Golden rule:
Do Onto others as you would have them do onto you
As for others, as long as you dont hurt anyone or impose your belifes on anyone...whatever you want to believe is fine by me.
Lets stop worrying about the specifics of our religions and just agree to disagree.
Personally I guess you could call me a Zen Druid (though I have only started on my spiritual path) My patroness is the Goddess Brighid, Goddess of Bardcraft, Smithcraft and Healing.
Athiest, but not anti-spirituality.
i dont belive in a thing called God, but i dont rule out a higher power.
i dont belive in fate, or faith, or prayer. I belive in science, and mathematics. I belive in the big-bang theory. They bible on the other hand, is a great peice of literature, and i do not deny its authenticity from its ancient day, but i do deny certain aspects of it. I belive in spirits, and i belive in the subconcious that guides us at times, even if we do not wish to be guided. Sometimes something feels right, but i do not think its because of a higher power calling you upon it, i think its a subconcious decision towards something with potential. I belive in the earth, and a chance for life outside of this earth, because if theres one, thers gotta be another with the same/similar habitual features. I believe soaly in inner peace, meditation, intraspection + retrospection to calm the mind and consume + learn from past and unthought about events. Great ideas are sprung from the people who take the time to look into themselves and find the logic in whatever they are looking for. Most people don't really find themselves, so they have someone (God) else do it for them, but really its just them focusing on something else, but with just as much passion. I belive what i can see, and i cannot see your God, but i presume you cannot see my spirits, but my spirits dont run everything around me.. science does.
i dont belive in a thing called God, but i dont rule out a higher power.
i dont belive in fate, or faith, or prayer. I belive in science, and mathematics. I belive in the big-bang theory. They bible on the other hand, is a great peice of literature, and i do not deny its authenticity from its ancient day, but i do deny certain aspects of it. I belive in spirits, and i belive in the subconcious that guides us at times, even if we do not wish to be guided. Sometimes something feels right, but i do not think its because of a higher power calling you upon it, i think its a subconcious decision towards something with potential. I belive in the earth, and a chance for life outside of this earth, because if theres one, thers gotta be another with the same/similar habitual features. I believe soaly in inner peace, meditation, intraspection + retrospection to calm the mind and consume + learn from past and unthought about events. Great ideas are sprung from the people who take the time to look into themselves and find the logic in whatever they are looking for. Most people don't really find themselves, so they have someone (God) else do it for them, but really its just them focusing on something else, but with just as much passion. I belive what i can see, and i cannot see your God, but i presume you cannot see my spirits, but my spirits dont run everything around me.. science does.
I'm proud to be a CHRISTIAN! I'm from Roman Catholic Church, the first and original church founded by Jesus-Christ and Saint Peter as the first pope! I'm proud of it! Da Vinci Code?! No way!
I consider myself as "None religiors"
I don't bind myself to a religion, I'm free to belive anything i ever want.
I'm smart enogth to make my own belives and views on my life and the world.. I don't need a religion to define what to belive and trust.
I don't bind myself to a religion, I'm free to belive anything i ever want.
I'm smart enogth to make my own belives and views on my life and the world.. I don't need a religion to define what to belive and trust.
I am a Roman Catholic. I believe in what the church says and actually, although having some doubts, I have faith on this religion.
(I figure this is a good a place as any to start posting.)
People generally call me "atheist", which I don't think is really true. Do I believe we were created by some entity ("God")? No. I believe it's the other way 'round, which is probably why I'm labelled "atheist": we are the ones who've invented "God", by creating a non-corporeal entity (a concept if you will) and attributing to it different capabilities.
Now, do I think "God" is real? Yes. Anything that has the ability to affect anything else is, in some way, real. But I don't think "God" is all-powerful (obviously). "God" has power to the extent that we grant "it" power, and can affect us to the extent that we allow "it". However, "God" cannot act on it's own, but only through us.
I think there's a lot of good in religion though. Religion is a way of creating a framework for life, a way of arranging the information we recieve from the world around us. These frameworks are how we interact with, an essentially create, our world.
Everyone lives in the same world, but they view it differently. Asking how the world was "created" is to apply a human concept in a non-human world. We can ask how our world was created, and describe it in terms of sociology, psychology, physics, systems theory, economy. But these disciplines can only explain how their respective worlds was created.
The World (i.e. the all-encompassing, not just "our", world) is, and has always been, and lacks value and reason. But to say this is not to diminish the importance of value, reasons, meanings, it is just to point out that what is valid in one framework (or "reality tunnel" to use Timothy Leary's words) is not necessarily valid in another.
Long way of saying that I believe we all create our own reality, but that every individual reality is firmly, and by necessity, rooted in the World - a reality which we are incapable of observing "as-is".
People generally call me "atheist", which I don't think is really true. Do I believe we were created by some entity ("God")? No. I believe it's the other way 'round, which is probably why I'm labelled "atheist": we are the ones who've invented "God", by creating a non-corporeal entity (a concept if you will) and attributing to it different capabilities.
Now, do I think "God" is real? Yes. Anything that has the ability to affect anything else is, in some way, real. But I don't think "God" is all-powerful (obviously). "God" has power to the extent that we grant "it" power, and can affect us to the extent that we allow "it". However, "God" cannot act on it's own, but only through us.
I think there's a lot of good in religion though. Religion is a way of creating a framework for life, a way of arranging the information we recieve from the world around us. These frameworks are how we interact with, an essentially create, our world.
Everyone lives in the same world, but they view it differently. Asking how the world was "created" is to apply a human concept in a non-human world. We can ask how our world was created, and describe it in terms of sociology, psychology, physics, systems theory, economy. But these disciplines can only explain how their respective worlds was created.
The World (i.e. the all-encompassing, not just "our", world) is, and has always been, and lacks value and reason. But to say this is not to diminish the importance of value, reasons, meanings, it is just to point out that what is valid in one framework (or "reality tunnel" to use Timothy Leary's words) is not necessarily valid in another.
Long way of saying that I believe we all create our own reality, but that every individual reality is firmly, and by necessity, rooted in the World - a reality which we are incapable of observing "as-is".
I'm atheist
I respect people who believe in god, but I hate all monotheist religions.
I respect people who believe in god, but I hate all monotheist religions.
cant really pin it down to one but I am a pantheist as someone else said earlier, so I celebrate the forces of nature and read about various gods and godesses, it just fits best with the way I see the world, and I am open minded and respectful of anyone elses beliefs as long as they do likewise.
I'm an atheist. I only believe in myself.
Still, I respect people who have their own beliefs and usually avoid getting on the subject, because someone might take offense for some of my thoughts.
But if I'm allowed to state them, I think men invented superior being(s) (A.K.A. Gods) to try to find explanations to things they couldn't understand completely and to try to set some rules to what was acceptable or not in their society, claiming that the almighty creator(s) would punish those who ventured out of the "right path" and rewards those who stay in it and abide by his/her/their words.
Still, I respect people who have their own beliefs and usually avoid getting on the subject, because someone might take offense for some of my thoughts.
But if I'm allowed to state them, I think men invented superior being(s) (A.K.A. Gods) to try to find explanations to things they couldn't understand completely and to try to set some rules to what was acceptable or not in their society, claiming that the almighty creator(s) would punish those who ventured out of the "right path" and rewards those who stay in it and abide by his/her/their words.
I'm Catholic, not very good at it though, I love god and I couldn't live without him, but I think some people of my religion are misunderstanding him.
| Nikkori wrote: |
| I'm proud to be a CHRISTIAN! I'm from Roman Catholic Church, the first and original church founded by Jesus-Christ and Saint Peter as the first pope! I'm proud of it! Da Vinci Code?! No way! |
doesn't the Bible say something about being proud?
| a_dubDesign wrote: | ||
doesn't the Bible say something about being proud? |
It's "excessive pride." Surely you must be proud of yourselves in things you do and things you accomplish. You must be proud of your faith in God. It's when you become too proud and put yourself before God, that's when the deadly sins start.
i am what u call a "spiritual minimalist", rely on the principal of "less is more"; less distraction, less cynicism, less entertainment, less pleasure seeking for its own sake, less indiscriminate consumption of information and fantasy [with the exception of a good orson scott card or octavia butler book], and more inner silence, more concentration upon our own nature and being, more unmediated sharing of one another's simple human presence, more development of our innate human qualities of friendship, nurturing, awareness, sensitivity, humbleness, and awe of Absolute Being.
I am not really anything,
I am in a limbo between atheism and agnosticism (sp?)
speaking of religion though, I saw a really funny movie with Stephen Colbert "roasting" president bush...I thought it was funny!!
(here is the link to the movie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879)
anyway, in that video colbert says:
"he is a supporter of all religions there are infinite ways of accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior"
though that isnt true of all christians...it is for some...
Giulio
I am in a limbo between atheism and agnosticism (sp?)
speaking of religion though, I saw a really funny movie with Stephen Colbert "roasting" president bush...I thought it was funny!!
(here is the link to the movie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879)
anyway, in that video colbert says:
"he is a supporter of all religions there are infinite ways of accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior"
though that isnt true of all christians...it is for some...
Giulio
nature.
just amazing to feel the "force" from streams, trees, etc and I am not even a hippy LOL
I am not much into statues and chuches that beg/expect money esp those saying you are suppose to present 10% of your net
church, especially RC has TOO much money (for something that is not suppose to believe in phyical wealth?) and too many assets and too many child molestations... something wrong there....
just amazing to feel the "force" from streams, trees, etc and I am not even a hippy LOL
I am not much into statues and chuches that beg/expect money esp those saying you are suppose to present 10% of your net
church, especially RC has TOO much money (for something that is not suppose to believe in phyical wealth?) and too many assets and too many child molestations... something wrong there....
MUSLIM FTW.
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I m Muslim , for me humanity is more than any thing else
I m Human first than Sindhi than Muslim
I m Human first than Sindhi than Muslim
WOW, it seems I'm the first one too say that I'm a very religous Jew!!!
(I'm Jewish)!
(I'm Jewish)!
I am a Christian and believe that Christ died for my sins and that He will return to bring us all home someday.
I'm a Roman Catholic.
I don't beleive in any relgions.
But i did go to a catholic school and i always wanted to be baptized when i was a kid because everyone else was but now that im older i realized that thats what i didn't want. But all my friends are christians mostly anyways and they are just normal people.
But i did go to a catholic school and i always wanted to be baptized when i was a kid because everyone else was but now that im older i realized that thats what i didn't want. But all my friends are christians mostly anyways and they are just normal people.
i don't really claim anything, but the one that fits the best is mahayana (vajrayana) Buddhism. Though I think there is something to learn from every belief system. NB Catholicism has always fascinated me
I'm a practising Muslim... will always be
I am a HINDU and I am very proud and I love my religion
I don't classifiy myself as part of a religion.
I used to be Catholic, i still techinically am.
The religion I can relate to most, is buddhism, for the simple fact that instead of restricting life, buddhism allows you to better yourself, thus allowing you to life all of life.
But then again, I don't know much of Buddhism.
I used to be Catholic, i still techinically am.
The religion I can relate to most, is buddhism, for the simple fact that instead of restricting life, buddhism allows you to better yourself, thus allowing you to life all of life.
But then again, I don't know much of Buddhism.
Topic "stickyfied".
I dont know if I can name it religion. It's a personnal meltpot of differents culture. I mixed a part of Sorcerer's philosopy and believes (that the Christian part;-), a part of Bouddhidm, a part of Shaman's practices and believes with vegetals life. And around all of that that's my personnal crazyness;-)
And I dont see a point of this post !!!!
Being a athiest
Being a athiest
I'm a Druid
| nerdmaster128 wrote: |
| I'm Catholic by baptism and birth, however I disagree with a lot of tenets of the Catholic church, so I prefer to see myself as a Christian, in the more general sense. |
The difference is that later I became Agnostic. I'm not sure about a lot of things, and prefer to let this question without an answer.
Sanguinus Spiritus..... well a semi practicing member of this religion of sorts...... 
I am pagan... Or more correctly a eclectic, neopagan pantheist.
I'm a proud JEW
I am my own damn god. Ha ha ha ha ha .... (I am not deranged - just happens to match some Modest Mouse lyrics) IT feels good to be the god of your own world - it is a bit of a sanity check - when bad things happen, you can no longer say things like "god's will".
I was forced to be raised Roman Catholic, but when I got older, I asked my Priest to help me understand some things. We both sat in his office talking about the old testament and God and geesus. We shared cigarettes while sipping iced tean and spoke for a couple hours. Ridiculous answers to questions like "If women are more sensitive as mothers, wouldn't they make better Priests? Why can't women become priests?" (answer: because they have a period every month... not because it would mess up the cassic alb - white robe, but becuase they were DIRTY FILTHY creatures that were not worthy to SERVE GOD.) The one question that nailed it for me (ignore the pun) was why there needed to be a sacrifice in order to open the gates of heaven... he couldn't answer that, I stressed that God was supposedly almighty. He kept stating that I needed Faith - like some thomas guy... Faith is blind and counter-observative in nature... ignore what you see and feel, and just believe THIS!
The Priest tried his best to answer my questions and keep me in the circle of faith, but it was over for me -- free will prevailed. I haven't felt that free since graduating high school! I was no longer told what to believe. He admitted that he didn't have to think that hard since seminary school (which was some 40 years prior). I was amazed that nobody asked questions like that.... it really says something about the blind faith and power that they have over their sheep.
BTW, I was an altar boy for about 15 years - the priest never tried to touch me in inappropriate places. I enjoyed my service at the time.
I was forced to be raised Roman Catholic, but when I got older, I asked my Priest to help me understand some things. We both sat in his office talking about the old testament and God and geesus. We shared cigarettes while sipping iced tean and spoke for a couple hours. Ridiculous answers to questions like "If women are more sensitive as mothers, wouldn't they make better Priests? Why can't women become priests?" (answer: because they have a period every month... not because it would mess up the cassic alb - white robe, but becuase they were DIRTY FILTHY creatures that were not worthy to SERVE GOD.) The one question that nailed it for me (ignore the pun) was why there needed to be a sacrifice in order to open the gates of heaven... he couldn't answer that, I stressed that God was supposedly almighty. He kept stating that I needed Faith - like some thomas guy... Faith is blind and counter-observative in nature... ignore what you see and feel, and just believe THIS!
The Priest tried his best to answer my questions and keep me in the circle of faith, but it was over for me -- free will prevailed. I haven't felt that free since graduating high school! I was no longer told what to believe. He admitted that he didn't have to think that hard since seminary school (which was some 40 years prior). I was amazed that nobody asked questions like that.... it really says something about the blind faith and power that they have over their sheep.
BTW, I was an altar boy for about 15 years - the priest never tried to touch me in inappropriate places. I enjoyed my service at the time.
I am a roman catholic, but I do not believe in all of the ways of the Roman Catholic church and I feel that my beliefs are better suited as a protestant.
Quote: I Am Jedi
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And I'm Darth Vader (Mwahahahaha) No actually I'm a stormtrooper. Ok. Back to earth.
My Labels: didnt-follow-my-moms-religion, bad-girl, science-freak, or in other words, Religionless (Don't know if that's a word)
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And I'm Darth Vader (Mwahahahaha) No actually I'm a stormtrooper. Ok. Back to earth.
My Labels: didnt-follow-my-moms-religion, bad-girl, science-freak, or in other words, Religionless (Don't know if that's a word)
I'm Roman Catholic, and proud to be so.
| afgdomain wrote: |
| Quote: I Am Jedi
--- And I'm Darth Vader (Mwahahahaha) No actually I'm a stormtrooper. Ok. Back to earth.
My Labels: didnt-follow-my-moms-religion, bad-girl, science-freak, or in other words, Religionless (Don't know if that's a word) |
So are you saying you have no religion or are just being pointless
| Revvion wrote: |
| dont have one |
Your like me. Were both Athiest.
im anglican, christian .. but dont really understand much about the religion.. as long as it teaches us good things, `most main religions are doing the same ,,, good teachings .,.. result in good poeple... thats wat i think .
i believe in christian values, but i am not catholic.
I believe in YOU guys; because we are all different parts of ONE being. The word Religion must have its roots in "relying on" each other. Anyways, we shall all meet there when time is due.
Till then, goodbye, good night and good luck...
Till then, goodbye, good night and good luck...
I am a Christian. I follow Christ.
Christian - Protestant (Lutherian)
I believe only to four dogmata:
Sola scriptura!
Sola fide
Sola gratia
Solo Christo
I believe only to four dogmata:
Sola scriptura!
Sola fide
Sola gratia
Solo Christo
| jaime wrote: |
| I don't have a religion, I believe in God... |
I don't have a religion, I don't...
I believe in and follow Jesus Christ.
where is he going?
you meeting him at Tim Hortons?
you meeting him at Tim Hortons?
Christianity, because i proven on myself, that its true religion. In Bible you can find all answers of your life. From where fe comes, Who we are, Where we going.
Religion and faith is most powerfull thing in this world and always will make conflicts till the end.
Religion and faith is most powerfull thing in this world and always will make conflicts till the end.
Hi People,
I respect all religions and have no preference - I guess religion is very important for all people.
I was born catholic - my family are, then I´m too.
I respect all religions and have no preference - I guess religion is very important for all people.
I was born catholic
- my family are, then I´m too.Religion is more than only name or any sort of peoples. Its based on faith.
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I'm atheist.
A child of God, friend of Christ and faithful servant of Jesus Christ..believe in Holy Spirit and teh Holy Trinity..Christian, Protestant..Jesus for life
I am a christian. I attend a church that is non-demonational and is usually referd to as the church of christ.
I'm a Roman Catholic.
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I'm active in our Church's organizations and activities. In fact, I always come home in our province to celebrate the holy week. I'm a volunteer in our Church. Making me present there almost every day. I'm also a former guitarist in our choir,a former choir, a youth ministry member, a former Altar Knight, an active member of our apostles' group, and a current member of the Guadians of the Eucharist.
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I'm active in our Church's organizations and activities. In fact, I always come home in our province to celebrate the holy week. I'm a volunteer in our Church. Making me present there almost every day. I'm also a former guitarist in our choir,a former choir, a youth ministry member, a former Altar Knight, an active member of our apostles' group, and a current member of the Guadians of the Eucharist.
Roman Catholic
I dont belive in god! he doesnt exist and all people that bvelive in himnwill go to the hell sith the deamon, because heexists!!!!
My whole family is christian and members of "svenska kyrkan"(swedish church) so I guess that I am christian until I am 18 even if I not believe in any god.
Agnostic right here...
I'm a christian, protestant. well, i was raised as a christian.
i don't view the bible as an historical book. the bible is written by humans and formed by humans. everyone that reads it will find something that can be interesting and that may help in our search for hapiness.
believing is for me not the same like: yes i know there is a God. believing is for me the search for love and hapiness, also involving my fellowmen, and being uncertain. i can live with uncertainty, that's why i can believe. it makes you stronger. strange huh?
i don't view the bible as an historical book. the bible is written by humans and formed by humans. everyone that reads it will find something that can be interesting and that may help in our search for hapiness.
believing is for me not the same like: yes i know there is a God. believing is for me the search for love and hapiness, also involving my fellowmen, and being uncertain. i can live with uncertainty, that's why i can believe. it makes you stronger. strange huh?
hindu...
Jedi - Ha
| quicksilver00x wrote: |
| hindu... |
hey im hindu too! cool i thought i would be the only one lol
I am baptised Roman Catholic under Vatican Two, but unfortunately I am not a devout follower. In a way I could be considered a heretic, because though I believe in some of the laws of the church, there are a some that I chose to out right ignore or disagree with.
For the time being though, and most likely in the future, I will stay Catholic because as of yet no other religion has an appeal to me. Plus, all the arguements that I have heard so far that try to explain how there is no "higher being" or a God felt too much like they were putting me down for what I believed in and more like they were trying to get me to believe with their thinking instead of actually explaing to me how there was no such thing as a god or something.
As a side note, I find Greek and Roman mythology quite fascinating, but I do understand that it is mostly myth.
For the time being though, and most likely in the future, I will stay Catholic because as of yet no other religion has an appeal to me. Plus, all the arguements that I have heard so far that try to explain how there is no "higher being" or a God felt too much like they were putting me down for what I believed in and more like they were trying to get me to believe with their thinking instead of actually explaing to me how there was no such thing as a god or something.
As a side note, I find Greek and Roman mythology quite fascinating, but I do understand that it is mostly myth.
I suppose I am a christian, protestant. I rarely go to church, but I celebrate easter and christmas.
I'm a member of the Church of Google. I worship the search engine Google. Our religion is known as Googlism.
I am a HINDU! But that's where I draw the line! When I say I am a humanist, what l really mean is that l do not have the time to differentiate between any religion with mine! Ask yourself, do you have the time for all that crap!?
I have my own Religion ^_^, come from my own mind.
| talonsmallville wrote: |
| Hi People,
I respect all religions and have no preference - I guess religion is very important for all people. I was born catholic - my family are, then I´m too. |
yes 100% true!! religion mean so much for all of us !!
i'm Muslim
peace be upon you all
i'm muslem, i'm muslem like all the prophets including jesus.
jesus is a prophet and christians has missed that they made him a god.
jesus is a muslem just before the coming of prophet muhammed. CRAzyyy!!
no i'm not crazy it's the truth. muslem is the one who belives in The one god who sent all the prophets and who created earth,skies,angels, humans, and muslem who believes that this life is like a passing way to the after life.
jesus belived like that and he called for that so he is a muslem.
muslem is a word in arabic means a one who believe and obey something which is great of him.
prophet ibraheem is a muslem too and he called us muslems before the rise of islam. check that with holy books you will find it beleive me. and check in the bible you will find that jesus and moses knew that prophet muhammed will come after him and he is the last prophet for humans he told christians to beleive in him. but unfortantly christians are fighting him. shame!!!
i'm muslem, i'm muslem like all the prophets including jesus.
jesus is a prophet and christians has missed that they made him a god.
jesus is a muslem just before the coming of prophet muhammed. CRAzyyy!!
no i'm not crazy it's the truth. muslem is the one who belives in The one god who sent all the prophets and who created earth,skies,angels, humans, and muslem who believes that this life is like a passing way to the after life.
jesus belived like that and he called for that so he is a muslem.
muslem is a word in arabic means a one who believe and obey something which is great of him.
prophet ibraheem is a muslem too and he called us muslems before the rise of islam. check that with holy books you will find it beleive me. and check in the bible you will find that jesus and moses knew that prophet muhammed will come after him and he is the last prophet for humans he told christians to beleive in him. but unfortantly christians are fighting him. shame!!!
I only believe in myself, because it is impossibly to rely on some god in the world where is so evident that there is no universal power. But maybe I belive in the Nature. Nature is very clever and when a man looks around him he must realize that there are many wonders that only genius could created.
| abedalmged wrote: |
| peace be upon you all
i'm muslem, i'm muslem like all the prophets including jesus. jesus is a prophet and christians has missed that they made him a god. jesus is a muslem just before the coming of prophet muhammed. CRAzyyy!! no i'm not crazy it's the truth. muslem is the one who belives in The one god who sent all the prophets and who created earth,skies,angels, humans, and muslem who believes that this life is like a passing way to the after life. jesus belived like that and he called for that so he is a muslem. muslem is a word in arabic means a one who believe and obey something which is great of him. prophet ibraheem is a muslem too and he called us muslems before the rise of islam. check that with holy books you will find it beleive me. and check in the bible you will find that jesus and moses knew that prophet muhammed will come after him and he is the last prophet for humans he told christians to beleive in him. but unfortantly christians are fighting him. shame!!! |
Im Muslim too. I think you spelled it wrong. Its either Moslem or Muslim.
I am a Christian, and have always attended Anglican/Episcopal churches, though I'm moving somewhere where there is a large CRC (Christian Reformed Church) community so I might try that out
Christian, Lutheran.
Buddhism is still my religion, the philosophy is the only one that is truly real and it's the only tolerant religion. Period.
Facts:
Buddhism: The religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (ca 624544 bce). He refuted the idea of man's having an immortal soul and did not preach of any Supreme Deity. Instead he taught that man should seek to overcome greed, hatred and delusion and attain enlightenment through realizing the Four Noble Truths and following the Eightfold Path.
Prominent among its holy books is the Dhammapada. Buddhism arose out of Hinduism as an inspired reform movement which rejected the caste system and the sanctity of the Vedas. It is thus classed as nastika, "unbeliever," and is not part of Hinduism. Buddhism eventually migrated out of India, the country of its origin, and now enjoys a following of over 350 million, mostly in Asia.
Facts:
Buddhism: The religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (ca 624544 bce). He refuted the idea of man's having an immortal soul and did not preach of any Supreme Deity. Instead he taught that man should seek to overcome greed, hatred and delusion and attain enlightenment through realizing the Four Noble Truths and following the Eightfold Path.
Prominent among its holy books is the Dhammapada. Buddhism arose out of Hinduism as an inspired reform movement which rejected the caste system and the sanctity of the Vedas. It is thus classed as nastika, "unbeliever," and is not part of Hinduism. Buddhism eventually migrated out of India, the country of its origin, and now enjoys a following of over 350 million, mostly in Asia.
I am baptised Roman Catholic, but I am not practising my religion and I find myself almost believing in nothing. I will keep reading and learning and maybe one day I will find my spirtiual self.
Under the influence of my very religious grandmother (and through tradition), I'm a baptised Roman Catholic, I even did my holy communion at 11 or 12.
However, ever since my brain got to the "independant thinking" stage, I've been a convinced atheist. No God or mindless waste of time for me!
However, ever since my brain got to the "independant thinking" stage, I've been a convinced atheist. No God or mindless waste of time for me!
I'm not sure what I am anymore. I was raised Catholic, which is why I am not Catholic now in my adult life. I asked too many questions and was basically told to shut up and take it on faith.
I did A LOT of reading on A LOT of other religions, the major ones as well as the lesser known or older religions. I finally didn't know what to believe and finally just assumed there is a God and a bunch of supernatural stuff we don't know about, can't see, can't hear, but has some kind of influence on us sometimes, especially if we pray.
I then ended up in the hospital with a very life-threatening condition, had a horrible time at it, and came out very, very weak. Oddly enough, the first thing I did when I had the strength was go to a Catholic Church for confession. I hadn't been there over 15 years, but it was my one driving need. However, I didn't stay for mass; as strong as I felt about confession my sins (which I wept as I did), I felt just as strongly that I didn't belong there anymore.
So what am I now? Anybody know?
I did A LOT of reading on A LOT of other religions, the major ones as well as the lesser known or older religions. I finally didn't know what to believe and finally just assumed there is a God and a bunch of supernatural stuff we don't know about, can't see, can't hear, but has some kind of influence on us sometimes, especially if we pray.
I then ended up in the hospital with a very life-threatening condition, had a horrible time at it, and came out very, very weak. Oddly enough, the first thing I did when I had the strength was go to a Catholic Church for confession. I hadn't been there over 15 years, but it was my one driving need. However, I didn't stay for mass; as strong as I felt about confession my sins (which I wept as I did), I felt just as strongly that I didn't belong there anymore.
So what am I now? Anybody know?
I was raised Baptist, became agnostic, but I converted to Christianity.
It's very rude to say people who believe in God are mindless, ignorant, etc. I think I speak for everyone who does believe in God, that i is upsetting.
Hey dyrtyrice, I've met many Buddists who believe in a Supreme Being and believe Buddha taunt it at some point.
And the Muslim guy, Don't say "I'm Right, Christians are wrong about Jesus" Our religion came before, and out Bible tells mroe about him than your book(s).
Redace, you just described God. You said Nature is something taht only genius created. In religions that teach about a God, he is Genius.
I repect religions. If you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, I respect that. Religion is important, as someone has said. People who Diss religion are the cause of Religious peoples' anger.
studsstudio: You said that the Bible cannot be a historical book, however, if you look through history, and you watch the History Channel, National Geographic, etc, they are finding more and more that the Bible is very Historical.
If there was no God, there would be no Atheists. Lol.
It's very rude to say people who believe in God are mindless, ignorant, etc. I think I speak for everyone who does believe in God, that i is upsetting.
Hey dyrtyrice, I've met many Buddists who believe in a Supreme Being and believe Buddha taunt it at some point.
And the Muslim guy, Don't say "I'm Right, Christians are wrong about Jesus" Our religion came before, and out Bible tells mroe about him than your book(s).
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| I only believe in myself, because it is impossibly to rely on some god in the world where is so evident that there is no universal power. But maybe I belive in the Nature. Nature is very clever and when a man looks around him he must realize that there are many wonders that only genius could created |
Redace, you just described God. You said Nature is something taht only genius created. In religions that teach about a God, he is Genius.
I repect religions. If you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, I respect that. Religion is important, as someone has said. People who Diss religion are the cause of Religious peoples' anger.
studsstudio: You said that the Bible cannot be a historical book, however, if you look through history, and you watch the History Channel, National Geographic, etc, they are finding more and more that the Bible is very Historical.
If there was no God, there would be no Atheists.
Lol.im atheist cuz various thnigs one of them its cuz there exist to many religions i dont know who trust my soul the second one an irreparable lost that the most important one....i really belive if gods exist its no so good and protector....i respect religions something that my father told me to do ... the only reach which I have with the religion is by my mother she was catholic but nothing else....peace and love for all of those who belived in god and god failure you..
p.d. sorry for my english
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I am Roman Catholic but I'm not visiting churches so frequently (maybe few times a year).
well... I´m a christian... since I´m baptised (spelling?)
I dont really beleave in God though... I prefer sience...
I´m not sure that counts as an religion though :S
i can respect other religions, I dont say they are wrong, but personally I cant really beleave in any of them, I prefer facts (and now that might start some discussion here, lol)
I dont really beleave in God though... I prefer sience...
I´m not sure that counts as an religion though :S
i can respect other religions, I dont say they are wrong, but personally I cant really beleave in any of them, I prefer facts (and now that might start some discussion here, lol)
what would the religion be that honors nature?
not a God but just in a life force of some sort and just being in nature beings a 'religious expereince'
in the old days I would say druid but it also has different connotations and not really overly accepted anymore although there are some followers... and I dont mean DND gamers LOL
any idea?
not a God but just in a life force of some sort and just being in nature beings a 'religious expereince'
in the old days I would say druid but it also has different connotations and not really overly accepted anymore although there are some followers... and I dont mean DND gamers LOL
any idea?
Still some real Druids around in Wales (just down the road from me)- they are the ones with the funny white dresses and the jawbreaking language
There are a few cults/religions/beliefs in this category :
Paganism is probably the largest in this genre.
There are a few cults/religions/beliefs in this category :
Paganism is probably the largest in this genre.
I try to be Christian. Jesus teachings are not easy to put in practice, but I think they are the best principles to guide someone's life.
But I guess there's a way to spirituality in every religion. Your relationship with God and with the world deppend on you.
"The best religion is the one that makes every human being better. "
Dalai lama
"Nobody has talked like this man before"(John 7:46)
But I guess there's a way to spirituality in every religion. Your relationship with God and with the world deppend on you.
"The best religion is the one that makes every human being better. "
Dalai lama
"Nobody has talked like this man before"(John 7:46)
I'm proud to say that I'm a Muslimah, a Muslim woman. It benefits you in every aspect of life. The religion that never suppress woman instead give them the liberation. I'm thankful to be born as a Muslim and till now stays to be a Muslim.
I am a Hindu. I go to temples. But what in religion? We every one is human and mankind should be our religion. Agree?
Im Agnostic, but i respect the other religions, expecially christianity--due to culture-- and neopaganism.
My mother was a raised Jehovahs Witness. As soon as she got out of the house though she broke apart from the congregation. My dad was protestant. I rarely go to church and have dubbed myself humanist. It just makes the most sense to me.
Why should we believe in a religion formed 4.6 billion years after the earth formed?
Why should we believe in a religion formed 4.6 billion years after the earth formed?
Strife -- in philosophy, religion, and politics -- has certainly gained so much ground that it is impossible for us to reconcile with one another. But it is possible to find reconciliation ... by means of the foundation of all things, which is God. For he does not cease to be the same for all ... irrespective of our differences, and his earth bears us all, even if we preferred to see that the ground would cleave asunder beneath our enemies.
The sun sends his rays upon us directly, paying no heed that we look askance at one another. The rose smells sweetly to both the Jew and the Christian -- and to the Muslim too. And so God is God of all, and whatever he says, he says in the same manner to all that are ready to listen. If then we look to our own rules, books, and works, which we have made ourselves and which differ in many thousands of ways, we are irreconcilable. But if with due attention and honor we accept God's ideas regarding our lives ... reconciliation is easy.
I am the human, thats my religion........
The sun sends his rays upon us directly, paying no heed that we look askance at one another. The rose smells sweetly to both the Jew and the Christian -- and to the Muslim too. And so God is God of all, and whatever he says, he says in the same manner to all that are ready to listen. If then we look to our own rules, books, and works, which we have made ourselves and which differ in many thousands of ways, we are irreconcilable. But if with due attention and honor we accept God's ideas regarding our lives ... reconciliation is easy.
I am the human, thats my religion........
Buddhism, I think.
In Taiwan, some people would mix many religious elements into one. We may have ceremony like the other one. So, it is hard to define my religion. But basically, I respect all religions.
In Taiwan, some people would mix many religious elements into one. We may have ceremony like the other one. So, it is hard to define my religion. But basically, I respect all religions.
I am somewhere around a Unitarian Universalist haha :)
I am a born Catholic but it's been a while since the last time I went to church. Actually a lot of things had happen to me, and I had stopped believing in this religion. I had investigate a little about some others but I haven't found a good answer for me. I do believe in God, but I don't know, most of the religions contradict themselves, or there believers seem so hipocricts, doing what they are not supposed to do. I don't know, thats just my impression.
well, being new to this forum, i first have to explain the point where i stand, which is kind of confusing at times.
so here we go, im latin, from way down in south america and,
i guess i should be considering myself a kind of gelug tibetan buddhist.
not too weird already?
so here we go, im latin, from way down in south america and,
i guess i should be considering myself a kind of gelug tibetan buddhist.
not too weird already?
I am a paradoxial poet.
My religion is this.... be kind... enjoy life... give back to nature....
I am a paradoxial poet because in my religion we call god by different names at different times, sometimes god is a seductive emerald godess, 5'2'' with cute... anyways... othertimes we plead affirmations to St.Michael or the norse god Odin...
We try not to hold any particular concepts in mind....
Instead by moving beyond concepts we can see we are already there,
like the zen master who said he has nothing to teach, and people have nothing to learn.
I read the Tao Te Ching, and love it's everyword, I read the Bible, I worship not Lao Tzu or Jehova, I try not to worship myself, I don't think being conceited is always a bad term..
Me and other freethinking paradoxial poets can't label god, we love the mantra OM , it's the closest thing we've found to a name of that all rightous all encompassing allness....
We realize we a bright from the beginning, and when we don't flaunt our brightness, we become enlightened.
We see life as an illusion, and we don't see this is bad..
Breaking down the word illusion.... we see an illusion is an illuminated vision. Sounds glorious to us!
We love song, music, dance, and celebration.
We cry for those who die, and we joke empathicly about the opposing sides of war, we think... Take the soldier of that side, and the one of that side, give em a few drinks at a bar, they'd laugh together at something universally funny.
We here theres a word for us... no not crazy, though most the time that's acceptable, the term is that we are Universalist unitarians. That sounds silly, almost communist.
Speaking of communism... The word sounds alot like community?
Why do we want to destroy a community?
We don't call ourselves followers of anything..
What we follow has nothing we could call front..
and we don't see it's back..
What we see is constantly changing.
Like I wrote earlier, we move beyond concepts as often as possible, one benefit, is it keeps us from growing tumors and keeps us from much frustration, suffering is a part of life, yes, and we don't deny when we suffer, but it's not our life's emphasis, life is... as I like to put it..
joyous movement.....
We look for visions, like the old indian wandering the forrest,
We dream alot, with our minds, our hearts, our eyes, our hands.
One time in a trance an angel spoke to me the meaning of life.
I was shocked... for I don't often hear voices that make me feel total ecstasy by their vibration, I tried hard to listen, the harder I tried the more her voice faded away, the concept of hearing an angel dilluted the experience, from what I understood was simple. We are love, love is the creator, when we lose love, we lose ourselves, it has always been this way, and always were. Poeticly speaking, I didn't really talk to an angel, no one is really a prophet, no one is really anything?
How can this be? Didn't quantum physics prove this?
If there is a god, we joke, it must be a verb...
Hail Allah said a friend...
moving joyously...
My religion is this.... be kind... enjoy life... give back to nature....
I am a paradoxial poet because in my religion we call god by different names at different times, sometimes god is a seductive emerald godess, 5'2'' with cute... anyways... othertimes we plead affirmations to St.Michael or the norse god Odin...
We try not to hold any particular concepts in mind....
Instead by moving beyond concepts we can see we are already there,
like the zen master who said he has nothing to teach, and people have nothing to learn.
I read the Tao Te Ching, and love it's everyword, I read the Bible, I worship not Lao Tzu or Jehova, I try not to worship myself, I don't think being conceited is always a bad term..
Me and other freethinking paradoxial poets can't label god, we love the mantra OM , it's the closest thing we've found to a name of that all rightous all encompassing allness....
We realize we a bright from the beginning, and when we don't flaunt our brightness, we become enlightened.
We see life as an illusion, and we don't see this is bad..
Breaking down the word illusion.... we see an illusion is an illuminated vision. Sounds glorious to us!
We love song, music, dance, and celebration.
We cry for those who die, and we joke empathicly about the opposing sides of war, we think... Take the soldier of that side, and the one of that side, give em a few drinks at a bar, they'd laugh together at something universally funny.
We here theres a word for us... no not crazy, though most the time that's acceptable, the term is that we are Universalist unitarians. That sounds silly, almost communist.
Speaking of communism... The word sounds alot like community?
Why do we want to destroy a community?
We don't call ourselves followers of anything..
What we follow has nothing we could call front..
and we don't see it's back..
What we see is constantly changing.
Like I wrote earlier, we move beyond concepts as often as possible, one benefit, is it keeps us from growing tumors and keeps us from much frustration, suffering is a part of life, yes, and we don't deny when we suffer, but it's not our life's emphasis, life is... as I like to put it..
joyous movement.....
We look for visions, like the old indian wandering the forrest,
We dream alot, with our minds, our hearts, our eyes, our hands.
One time in a trance an angel spoke to me the meaning of life.
I was shocked... for I don't often hear voices that make me feel total ecstasy by their vibration, I tried hard to listen, the harder I tried the more her voice faded away, the concept of hearing an angel dilluted the experience, from what I understood was simple. We are love, love is the creator, when we lose love, we lose ourselves, it has always been this way, and always were. Poeticly speaking, I didn't really talk to an angel, no one is really a prophet, no one is really anything?
How can this be? Didn't quantum physics prove this?
If there is a god, we joke, it must be a verb...
Hail Allah said a friend...
moving joyously...
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So are you saying you have no religion or are just being pointless |
I'm an atheist, so I don't see the point of coming here, but it's interesting to see what other people think.
Good to see so many alternative religions and inclusive ideas in one place - im an atheist but i respect any personal faith that doesnt try to enforce itself on others or set in ideas in stone. If you believe something and wish to express this in spreading love and forgiveness, im definitely a fan.
I think that organised religion has a very negative effect on personal faith, pigeonholing genuine belief into dogmas that have to be defended whenever a contrary statement is made. My girlfriend asks me (when drunk) if i think less of her for believing in a God - i tell her no, because her God is just a personl expression of herself and the world around her that she has chosen to manifest in a deity figure. Why would anyone have a problem with this? (Except the Pope of course. He is the only path to our salvation, and would like to keep it that way.) As a good man said, 'if you dont like my fire, dont come around'.
Anyway, im rambling and this was supposed to be a short post, peace to you all.
I think that organised religion has a very negative effect on personal faith, pigeonholing genuine belief into dogmas that have to be defended whenever a contrary statement is made. My girlfriend asks me (when drunk) if i think less of her for believing in a God - i tell her no, because her God is just a personl expression of herself and the world around her that she has chosen to manifest in a deity figure. Why would anyone have a problem with this? (Except the Pope of course. He is the only path to our salvation, and would like to keep it that way.) As a good man said, 'if you dont like my fire, dont come around'.
Anyway, im rambling and this was supposed to be a short post, peace to you all.
I'm a Muslim. And like to be one as Islam is very simple to understand and give you all the answers and reasons. Why it's simple? Cause its very main rule in your life is "Don't hurt anybody and don't get hurt" If you wanna do anything and you don't know if God will like it or not ask yourself: Does it hurt anyone including me? And Hurting here means in any way or means. At the same time if there's no other way but doing this harming thing and for example your life will depend on it so do it and God will forgive you. Simple and doesn't have strict rules to follow.
It gives the reason why you created, why you are on earth, why we should obey God? for me Islam was the solution for all my questions and hard times. In return I respect every other religion and I like to know what the other religions stand for and what answers it gives, and it's reasons to make us live.
It gives the reason why you created, why you are on earth, why we should obey God? for me Islam was the solution for all my questions and hard times. In return I respect every other religion and I like to know what the other religions stand for and what answers it gives, and it's reasons to make us live.
I'm proud to say that I'm christian.
Well, since "Chet is dead," I guess that would make me an atheist.
muslim------> sunnah------> mazhab syafie'
I'm a Muslim. Sunni
I don't like the fact that the world thinks of us as people that will kill anyone that isn't a muslim..
Islam is a peacfull religion. The name "Islam" comes from the world "Peace"
I love what TrueFact said
If only the world can sit down for a minute and learn what Islam's message, I bet they would change thier point of view about us
I don't like the fact that the world thinks of us as people that will kill anyone that isn't a muslim..
Islam is a peacfull religion. The name "Islam" comes from the world "Peace"
I love what TrueFact said
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| It gives the reason why you created, why you are on earth, why we should obey God? for me Islam was the solution for all my questions and hard times. In return I respect every other religion and I like to know what the other religions stand for and what answers it gives, and it's reasons to make us live. |
If only the world can sit down for a minute and learn what Islam's message, I bet they would change thier point of view about us
I am a Muslim - Shiat - the ones murdered for what they believe is spiritual enuf to be tolerated by others.. lol.. just a quick look at iraq boombings & syria... but umm i dont really think am that spiritual, i believe every religon have a single reason and thats the CREATOR, we all seek help and happiness from the creator, some calls it, Allah, God, Khuda, Buddha(s), Bhagwan & so on.. (sorry am not so much familiar to other faiths) ..
in the end, i quote " our religon & your religon are no much different as most of us want the same"
in the end, i quote " our religon & your religon are no much different as most of us want the same"
Hello,
The worst post ever! I don't like that Raymond!!!
We are all good people.
5ani
The worst post ever! I don't like that Raymond!!!
We are all good people.
5ani
I am a southern baptist.... so yeah.... you might think I am radical, but I am actually a pretty laid back kinda guy.
I happen to be a Christian but I don't belive and don't follow everything it preaches.
I have no religion. God or Allah does not exist for as far i see. People can control their own life. After death you live on in your sibblings, or in your ideology.
I strongly believe that anyone should have the religion of believes that he/she is most comfortable is. Power to live lies in within yourself, not in the divine.
I strongly believe that anyone should have the religion of believes that he/she is most comfortable is. Power to live lies in within yourself, not in the divine.
Catholic
Lapse Catholic
Pagan agnostic pantheist with Wiccan roots.
I usually find it easier just to say I'm Wiccan, less explanations that way.
Basicaly, I rejected my Southern Baptist upbringing because I found that Christianity had too many internal contradictions, found Wicca instead and followed that 'religiously' for a while, and now I'm pretty much a seeker with no dogma, just an open mind.
I do believe that there is something out there, but to my mind most religions are like the blind men in the fable about the blind men and the elephant. I'm blind too, but instead of only listening to one and believing that an elephant is like a wall or a tree, I'm trying to piece them all together for a better understanding of what the elephant really is.
I usually find it easier just to say I'm Wiccan, less explanations that way.
Basicaly, I rejected my Southern Baptist upbringing because I found that Christianity had too many internal contradictions, found Wicca instead and followed that 'religiously' for a while, and now I'm pretty much a seeker with no dogma, just an open mind.
I do believe that there is something out there, but to my mind most religions are like the blind men in the fable about the blind men and the elephant. I'm blind too, but instead of only listening to one and believing that an elephant is like a wall or a tree, I'm trying to piece them all together for a better understanding of what the elephant really is.
I belive in quran and the only god. I'm muslim and Islam is my religion. But, I can'y say I'm pure. It's not so easy to be a pure muslim. At leat I try to be a good muslim by practicing it's rules.
I am a Christian [Methodist]
Well I am Christian... Catholic to be exact. I was born and raised into my religion. I am pretty much satisfied with my religion. If I had to choose a religion other than Catholicism, I would choose Hinduism because it reminds me of the concepts that the greeks believed in, that is the greeks gods' and goddesses. If I had to inqire about a religion it would be Islam because it is expressed by the media and by many followers as being very violent and I hope that this is not true.
my family are Buddhism. but i go to church and buddhis temple. and i learn about islam. so i believe all the religions unless it is harmfull. and i respect all the religion. so can i say that i am a free thinker?
Christian Catholic
I am an athiest by choice. I am of Jewish decent
My religion is Optimism. OK so its not a religion but its the closest I will get to one.
I dont believe in God. I dont actively renounce God.
I see God / Gods or whatever as an idea, a tool people use to try and foster the things they see as right and good.
Not everyone agrees with everyone else and so we have religious conflict.
As soon as these ideas and ideals are Deified they take on a stronger and more sinister role. The "My way is right, and you will see that I am right, or be punished" is seen time and again for motivating the faithful to rise up against the unbelievers, heathens, or whatever.
Religion has had plenty of time to develop over the years and now much of it seems like a bad game of Chinese whispers.
I would like to strip it all back to core values.
I am Optimistic that at the heart of religious values, all most people want is safety, security, the love of their family and the ability to live their lives unmolested.
I am no Religious Studies major so I apologise for my simplistic approach.
Additionally I am not getting in to the Life after Death issue as I dont believe it, although I have dabbled elsewhere.
There is a great short story by Terry Bisson called "They're made out of Meat" (Google search will find it no problem) which kind of highlights my opinion of our standing in the Universe.
I dont believe in God. I dont actively renounce God.
I see God / Gods or whatever as an idea, a tool people use to try and foster the things they see as right and good.
Not everyone agrees with everyone else and so we have religious conflict.
As soon as these ideas and ideals are Deified they take on a stronger and more sinister role. The "My way is right, and you will see that I am right, or be punished" is seen time and again for motivating the faithful to rise up against the unbelievers, heathens, or whatever.
Religion has had plenty of time to develop over the years and now much of it seems like a bad game of Chinese whispers.
I would like to strip it all back to core values.
I am Optimistic that at the heart of religious values, all most people want is safety, security, the love of their family and the ability to live their lives unmolested.
I am no Religious Studies major so I apologise for my simplistic approach.
Additionally I am not getting in to the Life after Death issue as I dont believe it, although I have dabbled elsewhere.
There is a great short story by Terry Bisson called "They're made out of Meat" (Google search will find it no problem) which kind of highlights my opinion of our standing in the Universe.
muslim
I dont believe in anything, but if someone can proof anything I will believe it gladly.
I believe in God. I believe in Angels. I believe in Holy books. I believe in Messengers. I believe in hereafter. I believe in now and then.
I believe I'm a Muslim, practising Islam, from my first day of existence, now, forever and ever.
I believe I'm a Muslim, practising Islam, from my first day of existence, now, forever and ever.
CHRISTIAN but God is people.
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) and yes, we are Christians. I actually just returned from a two year mission in New York City where I worked within the Hispanic communities. It was an amazing experience.
I was born into a Catholic family, but I guess I can attend any church I wish to attend, even outside Christianity.
I'm a neutralist-meaning that I believe that whatever a person believes in their heart to be the true faith is what matters, and that it is different for anyone. There are as many religions as there are people-so labelling them and trying to bind them all under a handful of umbrellas is just ridiculous. I just don't agree with other people pushing their beliefs on others.
I suppose if I had to define my own personal religion it would be a mix between Satanism and Buddhism, with a healthy dose of agnosticism.
I believe that I am my own god, but doing good deeds for others is essential for achieving contentment, and am always in pursuit of an ultimate truth-despite the unlikelihood of there actually being one.
I suppose if I had to define my own personal religion it would be a mix between Satanism and Buddhism, with a healthy dose of agnosticism.
I believe that I am my own god, but doing good deeds for others is essential for achieving contentment, and am always in pursuit of an ultimate truth-despite the unlikelihood of there actually being one.
Open-minded and curious.
apostolic
I am a neopagan... jsut starting my path through this life as one, and am just trying to figure myself out 
| Coclus wrote: |
| I dont believe in anything, but if someone can proof anything I will believe it gladly. |
I have always thought faith in anything is the belief in something you cannot prove. So if you can prove anything either way, tell me so I can further edumacate myself.
I classify myself as a pagan. Unfortunately, the Christian church has attached terribly negative connotations to such a simple word. When I say I'm a pagan, all I'm really saying is that I'm not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim. Most people get visions of devil-worshipping and the sacrifice of small children or something. Ridiculous, but I have had the response, "You mean you're a Satanist?" Uh, no. Sorry. I don't even believe in Satan. He's a Christian character. Yeah, you can keep him. I don't want him.
I believe that there is almost no black and almost no white in our world. Everything is made up of shades of grey. Nothing is completely good, and nothing is completely evil. Granted, some things are darker or lighter than others, but it's still all grey. I believe we should do the best we can with the information we are given in this life, and the afterlife will work itself out. That's the "my religion in a nutshell" speech.
I believe that there is almost no black and almost no white in our world. Everything is made up of shades of grey. Nothing is completely good, and nothing is completely evil. Granted, some things are darker or lighter than others, but it's still all grey. I believe we should do the best we can with the information we are given in this life, and the afterlife will work itself out. That's the "my religion in a nutshell" speech.
What ever be your religion, the best religion is Humanity. We call it in India as "Manab Dharma". Believe it and join it.
I don't think you can put a name to what I believe in. Here's my story:
Not everyone has the same beliefs. Some will read this and think nothing of it, I'm sure. On the other hand, there will also be those who read this and then start to wonder the possibilities.
My name is David and this is the story of how I was saved. It’s quite a long story, so you may want to get in a comfy seat with some snacks. The entire story is as true as I can remember it. This entire story really exposes me to a lot of things that I would normally not talk to people about. I do this because many people have talked to me about my life and want to know more about why I am the way I am. Even though some may look down on me because of this, this is where I come from.
When I was young, my relationship with God was strong. I was brought into the world knowing about God from the start and I could swear I could see Him when I needed Him most. It was when I was growing up, when my mother stopped talking about Him at the end of each night, when I thought I didn’t need Him, and when I questioned myself that He may not exist.
It all starts with me being two years old. I was like any other two-year-old, curious about everything, getting myself in trouble, and giving my parents gray hair. One morning I was playing around on the carport with my brothers (Robert, John, and Michael). My father pulls his truck up next to the carport and comes out with a shoe box in his hands.
He kneels down and opens the box with a girl puppy inside it. Her name was Lady. When dad puts her on the ground, she started to run around and I tried to run from her. She was small, yet able to keep chasing me as I was trying to run away from her. I was scared of her! I tried to stand on top of a small pile of wooden blocks that had a beam in the center of it, supporting the end of the carport opening.
It was a family event; the first day Lady joined the family. We ran all around the yard and had a lot of fun trying to play dead, while she curiously went over to us and sniffed our faces with our eyes closed. It was a day I will always remember.
When Lady got tired, one of her back legs didn’t look right and she limped a little bit. My father called the pound and the person that sold him the dog said that a car had hit her not too long ago and she did that when she ran around a lot. He explained that he was trying to get the dog a family, so he didn’t tell dad that piece of information. My father didn’t mind too much, since she was an overall healthy puppy. As time goes on my brothers and I have some playtime with Lady almost every day.
Each night, before bed, my mother would pray with me. This kept my faith and kept me strong inside. I prayed for everyone and everything I held dear – even Lady.
At the age of five, I started going to school. I was like anyone else; I had friends, family, and things seemed more than perfect. My mother stayed at home and helped my father with his truck-driving business. More time went by and I came to the end of my second year of first grade (Yes, I got held back; due to my reading skills not being as strong as my parents would have liked).
During this time, my parents explained to us that we were all going to move far away and live somewhere else. It made me pretty upset, having to leave my friends and home for the first time in my life. Dad had already gone to this site where we were going to live on and mowed it down. Apparently, it was all wooded with trees, etc. in the countryside.
We traveled some days later to get the site set up to live in. My parents had already thought of a house plan and everything. We left sometime near the morning of one day, and kept Lady at home, since we wouldn’t want her to run off while we were building the new house. I loved traveling. Seeing the capital of Georgia, Atlanta, was very neat, I thought. I went to Europe when I was four and remember the airport. My brothers and I always tried to count the planes every time we passed through the city.
Hours later, we moved from the 2-dimentional flat landscape to the 3-dimentional mountain area. I could never get used to going up and down so many times to get there! Rain started to fall when the sun soon fell down the mountain and the fog on top of the mountain area was near impossible to see through. It was miserable weather!
We finally go there, I looked out the wet window into the dark and saw weeds, grass, and trees directly outside the window. When the van stopped, the rain was still pouring down on everything. My father and mother told us to stay inside the van, while they set up the two tents. Some minutes later, they gave us a flashlight and told us to run inside the tent and try to sleep, while they go to their tent.
Extra Note: Years later we realized that some of us could have just slept in the van. The back seat of the van was even able to hold down into a bed.
The sound of the rain against the tent kept my mind off of things. I didn’t mind moving all that much, the only thing I really didn’t like was not being able to see my friends again. To this day, I have only seen one or two of them a time or two over the years and I really would have liked to keep in touch with some of them. So many things ran through my mind that night, but it would pass and I would awaken to a new beginning.
What a way to start the summer. I wake up in a tent in the middle of the woods. On the top of the mountain, I could look down into the valley of Menlo. Trees and huge rocks made up the majority of the environment. On the bright side, the whole place served my brothers and myself as a huge playground.
Our house soon became under construction. When the basement area was carved out and a few layers of blocks were put around the perimeter, we brought over Lady and some belongings. During this time, we had bought a mobile home to live in, to make living a little bit more normal. I was away somewhere during the time they put it there, and I have absolutely no idea how they managed to move that huge thing there, as it was so many rough turns to take in order to get to the property.
Oh boy did we ever have a lot of stuff to take over... One of my father’s friends helped us tow an 18-wheeler full of stuff and carried it all the way to out new home. It was several trips going back and forth across two states.
After the summer was growing short, I was going to school in the second grade. This is a major turn of events in my life. Getting new friends was hard - really hard. I don’t know what it was, but I was never able to get along well with the others my age.
Because I was trying to get along with others, I tried to play some sports like baseball and basketball. I soon found myself quitting them due to health problems. Allergies really, really, really, suck badly. Every time I did anything active, I would be disabled for continuing due to my allergies. Another problem I had was SVT, a rapid heartbeat problem. Out of nowhere, my pulse would go crazy due to this.
This was yet another reason why I never got along well with my friends. Because of this, Lady was basically my closest friend at the time.
Time went by and my relationship with other people was still not as good as I believed they should have been, even towards the end of the second grade. On Monday, May 6th 1996 I woke up and went outside to go on the bus for school, not knowing that this is the worse day I would have ever lived.
“Lady’s dead! Lady’s dead!” my younger brother cried out. I didn’t believe him. I ran towards the scene and saw for myself. There is no combination of words that can describe what I was feeling. I saw Lady lying on the ground, flies crawling all over her, blood staining the ground, and could see into her lifeless eyes. It was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. Someone shot her during the night.
I was nine years old and just screamed as I ran inside the house that was almost finished. I ran through my parents’ bedroom and buried my head in my mother’s lap and cried. My mother held me close and tried to explain that she was an old dog and was going to eventually meet her end soon anyway. I don’t know if this helped me or not at the time, but I did understand that I would have had to face this at sometime… though I had not intended for it to be so cruel.
I went upstairs in my room and looked out the window at the site where Lady was lying. Minutes later, my father drove the backhoe and laid Lady in the bucket. He carried her to an area within the woods, dug a hole, and buried her there to rest forever.
Two days later, my school counselor spoke to me and tried to help me get over this. We got a piece of paper, wrote a small poem on it, placed a picture of Lady on there and had it laminated. I still have it next to me now, as I type this. It is too hard for me to upload it and not feel like a sissy (as the red pen marks now turned pink over and sloppy kid hand-writing), so I choose not to show it. The picture above of Lady is from the poster thing I made.
It was during this time when questions about God came through my head. The questions starting with “why” kept coming up in prayers. The whole thing stabbed me in the heart and I thought it would never heal.
Years pass by and it was still hard for me to accept this. You may think that is an exaggeration, but it really was that powerful against me. I thought it would never leave me; it was a constant nightmare to have it come through my mind so often.
Some time later, we had another dog for a while. This dog was named Dixie, but dad got rid of her after she tore the screen off our back porch.
I believe I was in the sixth grade and was having trouble at school one day and felt really bad. Coming home from school, my spirits rose when my mother was waiting for me with a weenie-dog named Oscar. She was vacuuming the kitchen and Oscar was barking (sounded more like high-pitched squeaks!) and playing with the vacuum end. We decided to keep him indoors. As I went to feed our chickens, I thanked God for making this day better, as it had started out pretty bad.
He was a very wild little dog and my brothers and I had some fun times playing with him. After I got in from school and finished my chores, I almost always spent time with him. Training him was pretty cool too, getting him to sit, shake, fetch, etc. was successful.
A few months later, my oldest brother, Robert, sneaked a puppy into the house. He was named “Dale” (after a racecar driver that had recently died) and was a bit smaller than Oscar at the time. Dale kept growing and Oscar remained the same size, the two dogs played with each other all the time.
Things were going along well, until something came through my head. Eventually, they will die also and I thought I knew for certain that it would be as hard as it was the first time, when Lady died.
In order for my brothers and myself to get covered by a scholarship, my parents made another decision to move back into the state of Georgia. At this time of my life, I was questioning the existence of God. I honestly had no idea if He existed or not. I could pray saying “If you exist, why don’t you show yourself to me?” but it doesn’t work that way and I often found myself endlessly questioning the facts of life.
However, I did make a sincere prayer, even when I did not know the truth about God. The way to think about this is: “If he doesn’t exist and I pray, then woopty-doo. However, if I prayed and he does exist, then things may fall in my favor.”
A prayer to the thing I was worried for the most was the only thing I could do, so I did it. I prayed to God and I explained everything, how I felt, why I needed help, that I didn’t want to ever be hurt that bad ever again.
Some time had passed. I was in the tenth grade, 17 years old, tired from a day of working around the house. The year earlier, I had discovered what I was allergic to and had that under control for the most part. I also had surgery on my heart to fix the SVT problem I had (again, for the most part).
So after this day of work, the night creeps up over the mountain hills. The family settles in their beds and I take a shower. Before wanting to head to bed myself, I step outside and feel the last bit of warmth of summer day against my chest. The night sky was so clear and calm. Every star was clearly visible and lighted the ground around the house.
It felt so nice outside, that I got a lawn chair and a quilt to make myself comfortable. As crazy as it sounds, I just sat out in my lawn for hours that night and gazed into the Milky Way. Some distance away, I could hear Oscar coming over, checking out what the noise was when I was getting comfy.
When Oscar realizes it was I, the little dog jumped up in my lap and seemed to take about ten full minutes before getting situated. I stayed out there for well over an hour, just gazing at the sky. It would be hard to believe, but there were so many shooting stars. The whole sky was just filled with them.
The whole thing was just magical. The sky continuously spat out beams of light like I have never seen before. There is no way to describe how amazing it was to be there, to see so many shooting stars and with Oscar in my lap, sleeping away.
The next day was like any normal day. It was the weekend, and things were normal. My little brother, Michael, went outside to check the mail and discovered a site that would bring back old wounds. Oscar had died. Michael spotted him on the side of the road when he reached the mailbox.
My father was away working on some house and so we got an old cardboard box and placed Oscar on it and left him on top of some concrete blocks we had outside our house. Dad would come home and would bury him.
Everyone went back inside the quietest house in Georgia to wait for dad to arrive. I was taking things well so far. On the other hand, I was not right in front of Oscar at all since he died. I had watched everything from the front porch.
When everyone was in, I pulled on some shoes and went outside to Oscar. When I got to him I noticed that there was no blood whatsoever. His eyes were closed and I pat his head and said good-bye for the last time. A tear rolled out down my face as I walked into a solitary environment on our property.
I approached a small lake on our land and washed my hands. Dad came home soon afterwards and my mother came out to tell him what had happened. Dad checked Oscar’s body and took him to a place to bury him.
At the end of the day, dad said that Oscar died from snakebite. Apparently, Oscar died somewhat quickly, since the bite was near his heart and he was, after all, a small weenie dog.
I believe God planned that last night I had with Oscar. That night with the shooting stars showed me that there is more to Heaven and Earth that meets the eye. So how do I know this wasn’t coincidence? Did God really answer my prayer and give me that miraculous night with my dog the day before he died? Folks, all things are questionable, but there is a point when you draw the line in what is true and false.
I prayed and I believe it was answered. Things as small as common house pets can mean everything in the world. Oscar meant a lot to me and when he died it gave me more than I could have ever imagined. The second that I thought my prayer was answered, I put faith in God and the truth has spoken for itself.
It wasn’t coincidence. I live now, with an open mind, while knowing the truth.
Edit: There are some things that I don't believe in that a lot of other people do. Such as, I think Saturday is the actual Sabbath day; not Sunday. I also think that God and Jesus were two different people with their own personality traits. I don't think God was actually Jesus. lol
Edit#2: Wait a sec, I only got four points from all of that? Not cool!
Not everyone has the same beliefs. Some will read this and think nothing of it, I'm sure. On the other hand, there will also be those who read this and then start to wonder the possibilities.
My name is David and this is the story of how I was saved. It’s quite a long story, so you may want to get in a comfy seat with some snacks. The entire story is as true as I can remember it. This entire story really exposes me to a lot of things that I would normally not talk to people about. I do this because many people have talked to me about my life and want to know more about why I am the way I am. Even though some may look down on me because of this, this is where I come from.
When I was young, my relationship with God was strong. I was brought into the world knowing about God from the start and I could swear I could see Him when I needed Him most. It was when I was growing up, when my mother stopped talking about Him at the end of each night, when I thought I didn’t need Him, and when I questioned myself that He may not exist.
It all starts with me being two years old. I was like any other two-year-old, curious about everything, getting myself in trouble, and giving my parents gray hair. One morning I was playing around on the carport with my brothers (Robert, John, and Michael). My father pulls his truck up next to the carport and comes out with a shoe box in his hands.
He kneels down and opens the box with a girl puppy inside it. Her name was Lady. When dad puts her on the ground, she started to run around and I tried to run from her. She was small, yet able to keep chasing me as I was trying to run away from her. I was scared of her! I tried to stand on top of a small pile of wooden blocks that had a beam in the center of it, supporting the end of the carport opening.
It was a family event; the first day Lady joined the family. We ran all around the yard and had a lot of fun trying to play dead, while she curiously went over to us and sniffed our faces with our eyes closed. It was a day I will always remember.
When Lady got tired, one of her back legs didn’t look right and she limped a little bit. My father called the pound and the person that sold him the dog said that a car had hit her not too long ago and she did that when she ran around a lot. He explained that he was trying to get the dog a family, so he didn’t tell dad that piece of information. My father didn’t mind too much, since she was an overall healthy puppy. As time goes on my brothers and I have some playtime with Lady almost every day.
Each night, before bed, my mother would pray with me. This kept my faith and kept me strong inside. I prayed for everyone and everything I held dear – even Lady.
At the age of five, I started going to school. I was like anyone else; I had friends, family, and things seemed more than perfect. My mother stayed at home and helped my father with his truck-driving business. More time went by and I came to the end of my second year of first grade (Yes, I got held back; due to my reading skills not being as strong as my parents would have liked).
During this time, my parents explained to us that we were all going to move far away and live somewhere else. It made me pretty upset, having to leave my friends and home for the first time in my life. Dad had already gone to this site where we were going to live on and mowed it down. Apparently, it was all wooded with trees, etc. in the countryside.
We traveled some days later to get the site set up to live in. My parents had already thought of a house plan and everything. We left sometime near the morning of one day, and kept Lady at home, since we wouldn’t want her to run off while we were building the new house. I loved traveling. Seeing the capital of Georgia, Atlanta, was very neat, I thought. I went to Europe when I was four and remember the airport. My brothers and I always tried to count the planes every time we passed through the city.
Hours later, we moved from the 2-dimentional flat landscape to the 3-dimentional mountain area. I could never get used to going up and down so many times to get there! Rain started to fall when the sun soon fell down the mountain and the fog on top of the mountain area was near impossible to see through. It was miserable weather!
We finally go there, I looked out the wet window into the dark and saw weeds, grass, and trees directly outside the window. When the van stopped, the rain was still pouring down on everything. My father and mother told us to stay inside the van, while they set up the two tents. Some minutes later, they gave us a flashlight and told us to run inside the tent and try to sleep, while they go to their tent.
Extra Note: Years later we realized that some of us could have just slept in the van. The back seat of the van was even able to hold down into a bed.
The sound of the rain against the tent kept my mind off of things. I didn’t mind moving all that much, the only thing I really didn’t like was not being able to see my friends again. To this day, I have only seen one or two of them a time or two over the years and I really would have liked to keep in touch with some of them. So many things ran through my mind that night, but it would pass and I would awaken to a new beginning.
What a way to start the summer. I wake up in a tent in the middle of the woods. On the top of the mountain, I could look down into the valley of Menlo. Trees and huge rocks made up the majority of the environment. On the bright side, the whole place served my brothers and myself as a huge playground.
Our house soon became under construction. When the basement area was carved out and a few layers of blocks were put around the perimeter, we brought over Lady and some belongings. During this time, we had bought a mobile home to live in, to make living a little bit more normal. I was away somewhere during the time they put it there, and I have absolutely no idea how they managed to move that huge thing there, as it was so many rough turns to take in order to get to the property.
Oh boy did we ever have a lot of stuff to take over... One of my father’s friends helped us tow an 18-wheeler full of stuff and carried it all the way to out new home. It was several trips going back and forth across two states.
After the summer was growing short, I was going to school in the second grade. This is a major turn of events in my life. Getting new friends was hard - really hard. I don’t know what it was, but I was never able to get along well with the others my age.
Because I was trying to get along with others, I tried to play some sports like baseball and basketball. I soon found myself quitting them due to health problems. Allergies really, really, really, suck badly. Every time I did anything active, I would be disabled for continuing due to my allergies. Another problem I had was SVT, a rapid heartbeat problem. Out of nowhere, my pulse would go crazy due to this.
This was yet another reason why I never got along well with my friends. Because of this, Lady was basically my closest friend at the time.
Time went by and my relationship with other people was still not as good as I believed they should have been, even towards the end of the second grade. On Monday, May 6th 1996 I woke up and went outside to go on the bus for school, not knowing that this is the worse day I would have ever lived.
“Lady’s dead! Lady’s dead!” my younger brother cried out. I didn’t believe him. I ran towards the scene and saw for myself. There is no combination of words that can describe what I was feeling. I saw Lady lying on the ground, flies crawling all over her, blood staining the ground, and could see into her lifeless eyes. It was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. Someone shot her during the night.
I was nine years old and just screamed as I ran inside the house that was almost finished. I ran through my parents’ bedroom and buried my head in my mother’s lap and cried. My mother held me close and tried to explain that she was an old dog and was going to eventually meet her end soon anyway. I don’t know if this helped me or not at the time, but I did understand that I would have had to face this at sometime… though I had not intended for it to be so cruel.
I went upstairs in my room and looked out the window at the site where Lady was lying. Minutes later, my father drove the backhoe and laid Lady in the bucket. He carried her to an area within the woods, dug a hole, and buried her there to rest forever.
Two days later, my school counselor spoke to me and tried to help me get over this. We got a piece of paper, wrote a small poem on it, placed a picture of Lady on there and had it laminated. I still have it next to me now, as I type this. It is too hard for me to upload it and not feel like a sissy (as the red pen marks now turned pink over and sloppy kid hand-writing), so I choose not to show it. The picture above of Lady is from the poster thing I made.
It was during this time when questions about God came through my head. The questions starting with “why” kept coming up in prayers. The whole thing stabbed me in the heart and I thought it would never heal.
Years pass by and it was still hard for me to accept this. You may think that is an exaggeration, but it really was that powerful against me. I thought it would never leave me; it was a constant nightmare to have it come through my mind so often.
Some time later, we had another dog for a while. This dog was named Dixie, but dad got rid of her after she tore the screen off our back porch.
I believe I was in the sixth grade and was having trouble at school one day and felt really bad. Coming home from school, my spirits rose when my mother was waiting for me with a weenie-dog named Oscar. She was vacuuming the kitchen and Oscar was barking (sounded more like high-pitched squeaks!) and playing with the vacuum end. We decided to keep him indoors. As I went to feed our chickens, I thanked God for making this day better, as it had started out pretty bad.
He was a very wild little dog and my brothers and I had some fun times playing with him. After I got in from school and finished my chores, I almost always spent time with him. Training him was pretty cool too, getting him to sit, shake, fetch, etc. was successful.
A few months later, my oldest brother, Robert, sneaked a puppy into the house. He was named “Dale” (after a racecar driver that had recently died) and was a bit smaller than Oscar at the time. Dale kept growing and Oscar remained the same size, the two dogs played with each other all the time.
Things were going along well, until something came through my head. Eventually, they will die also and I thought I knew for certain that it would be as hard as it was the first time, when Lady died.
In order for my brothers and myself to get covered by a scholarship, my parents made another decision to move back into the state of Georgia. At this time of my life, I was questioning the existence of God. I honestly had no idea if He existed or not. I could pray saying “If you exist, why don’t you show yourself to me?” but it doesn’t work that way and I often found myself endlessly questioning the facts of life.
However, I did make a sincere prayer, even when I did not know the truth about God. The way to think about this is: “If he doesn’t exist and I pray, then woopty-doo. However, if I prayed and he does exist, then things may fall in my favor.”
A prayer to the thing I was worried for the most was the only thing I could do, so I did it. I prayed to God and I explained everything, how I felt, why I needed help, that I didn’t want to ever be hurt that bad ever again.
Some time had passed. I was in the tenth grade, 17 years old, tired from a day of working around the house. The year earlier, I had discovered what I was allergic to and had that under control for the most part. I also had surgery on my heart to fix the SVT problem I had (again, for the most part).
So after this day of work, the night creeps up over the mountain hills. The family settles in their beds and I take a shower. Before wanting to head to bed myself, I step outside and feel the last bit of warmth of summer day against my chest. The night sky was so clear and calm. Every star was clearly visible and lighted the ground around the house.
It felt so nice outside, that I got a lawn chair and a quilt to make myself comfortable. As crazy as it sounds, I just sat out in my lawn for hours that night and gazed into the Milky Way. Some distance away, I could hear Oscar coming over, checking out what the noise was when I was getting comfy.
When Oscar realizes it was I, the little dog jumped up in my lap and seemed to take about ten full minutes before getting situated. I stayed out there for well over an hour, just gazing at the sky. It would be hard to believe, but there were so many shooting stars. The whole sky was just filled with them.
The whole thing was just magical. The sky continuously spat out beams of light like I have never seen before. There is no way to describe how amazing it was to be there, to see so many shooting stars and with Oscar in my lap, sleeping away.
The next day was like any normal day. It was the weekend, and things were normal. My little brother, Michael, went outside to check the mail and discovered a site that would bring back old wounds. Oscar had died. Michael spotted him on the side of the road when he reached the mailbox.
My father was away working on some house and so we got an old cardboard box and placed Oscar on it and left him on top of some concrete blocks we had outside our house. Dad would come home and would bury him.
Everyone went back inside the quietest house in Georgia to wait for dad to arrive. I was taking things well so far. On the other hand, I was not right in front of Oscar at all since he died. I had watched everything from the front porch.
When everyone was in, I pulled on some shoes and went outside to Oscar. When I got to him I noticed that there was no blood whatsoever. His eyes were closed and I pat his head and said good-bye for the last time. A tear rolled out down my face as I walked into a solitary environment on our property.
I approached a small lake on our land and washed my hands. Dad came home soon afterwards and my mother came out to tell him what had happened. Dad checked Oscar’s body and took him to a place to bury him.
At the end of the day, dad said that Oscar died from snakebite. Apparently, Oscar died somewhat quickly, since the bite was near his heart and he was, after all, a small weenie dog.
I believe God planned that last night I had with Oscar. That night with the shooting stars showed me that there is more to Heaven and Earth that meets the eye. So how do I know this wasn’t coincidence? Did God really answer my prayer and give me that miraculous night with my dog the day before he died? Folks, all things are questionable, but there is a point when you draw the line in what is true and false.
I prayed and I believe it was answered. Things as small as common house pets can mean everything in the world. Oscar meant a lot to me and when he died it gave me more than I could have ever imagined. The second that I thought my prayer was answered, I put faith in God and the truth has spoken for itself.
It wasn’t coincidence. I live now, with an open mind, while knowing the truth.
Edit: There are some things that I don't believe in that a lot of other people do. Such as, I think Saturday is the actual Sabbath day; not Sunday. I also think that God and Jesus were two different people with their own personality traits. I don't think God was actually Jesus. lol
Edit#2: Wait a sec, I only got four points from all of that? Not cool!
Hardcore Christian. You can tell by every aspect of me (clothes, jewelry, attitude). The things that I have been through and have experienced leave me no other alternative than to put my faith in a higher being. After exploring, I found Him. I plan on going to a Christian college very soon and getting a degree in theology.
Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and Jew!!!!
P.S. That guy who just posted about 5 pages of a comment needs to get a life. No offense DUDE, but not only is it pathetic to write pages of a response to a subjective online question, it would be ridiculous for someone to read all of that.
P.S. That guy who just posted about 5 pages of a comment needs to get a life. No offense DUDE, but not only is it pathetic to write pages of a response to a subjective online question, it would be ridiculous for someone to read all of that.
I am Christian Catholic, but i don't go anymore to the church. Well i am still curios and open mind too.
And if i was in born in 2035 i will certainly choose the Jedi path ahahha ! Rolling on floor laughting !
And if i was in born in 2035 i will certainly choose the Jedi path ahahha ! Rolling on floor laughting !
I am a Christian, I don't really care about what you believe I just care that you believe it with your whole being. I believe that as long as you believe in God you should be fine. That means Islam, Judisim, Christianity, Hinduism, and most religions excpet for (sorry this is just what I believe) paganism, polythesim, atheism, Bhudism is OK to me.
My religion is Judaism. I am a Jew who lives in awe of God's wonder.
May God be Praised!!!
"As we wait for the coming of the Messiah, we praise God for what so far He has done." - Chabad Morovhokachad 156:91
May God be Praised!!!
"As we wait for the coming of the Messiah, we praise God for what so far He has done." - Chabad Morovhokachad 156:91
I'm Catholic and I believe that all religions just worship God. Isn't that basically all?
I am a hindu, and a keralite, from India.
Goodness's sake, you are a Keralite? I was fairly surprised to find many Indians here, but I didnt think I would meet another Keralite. From which district in Kerala are you?
| swapnalokam wrote: |
| Iam HINDU and a pure dravidian as same as you mega star.. but not from andra... Iam from kerala... |
Goodness's sake, you are a Keralite? I was fairly surprised to find many Indians here, but I didnt think I would meet another Keralite. From which district in Kerala are you?
| varun_dodla wrote: |
| I'm a HINDU but I really don have any hard feelings for religion and caste. I respect ppl as individuals and except others to reciprocate in a similar way. |
Actually that is the characteristic of every hindu.
I am also a hindu and I believe in contemplative religion rather than ceremonial religion. I think religion is a relationship between individual and god and no one has any right to dectate any terms related to this.
I'm Catholic.
well i was born and raised Baptist (Christian) but I couldn't really tell you what I am now... It's kinda complicated.
i am a christian, a southern baptist. less conservative than other baptists secs in our country (Pilipinas).